My fabrication shop. YEAH!

[JaysinSpaceman]

looks nice. where did you purchase the outside lights?

I got them from Lowes. They are in the indoor light section but I asked the lighting guy if they would be ok outdoors and he said as long as the connection is weather tight (under the eves or sealed up with a bit of silicone) that the socket and shade are just fine outside.

I love the vent/light idea. There must be an architect in the family somewhere...
ac

No architects but we all have a hell of an imagination. I've also designed a lot of other things (furniture, decks, car parts, etc...) but this was the first set of building plans that I have drawn up. Always remember, whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.

Jaysin

 

[PERFORMANCE-RED]

Maybe I missed this part but how do the sliding doors seal around the opening and the floor?

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

Maybe I missed this part but how do the sliding doors seal around the opening and the floor?

Honestly, It's one of the few details that I haven't yet figured out. And it is also the one mistake that we made during construction. the doors sit with about 3/4" of gap at the bottom. I think that I might try to use some of that brush material (the stuff that they seal roll up doors with) to seal the top and sides. As for the bottom I am not sure yet, but you can bet I will figure something out.
If you have any ideas post 'em up.

Thanx,

Jaysin

 

[bomber]

What a great building! You should certainly be standing tall!

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

OK, so I know that it has been a while since I updated my build. First I was sick for about a week and a half then it was busy, busy, busy which is good because it means that I made some money and on top of it all I started teaching my Principals of Fabrication class again this semester. In between all this though I/We managed to get the shop sheetrocked, taped and sanded, primed and painted, and trim up around the windows and top of the walls. So all this description is useless without pictures, here you go.

So I had to leave home for one night and vandals broke in and graffitied the place. Not really, we had finished about half of the insulation and then I had to take a trip to SoCal over night and when I returned I found that my wife and mother spent the evening that I was gone finishing the insulation, so I guess that they're allowed to leave their mark.

Wow, all those outlets and little windows were a pain to sheetrock around.

But it came out great and we didn't waist a single sheet of material and only had one miss measurement that required a little mud to fix.

Proper use of a ladder!!

A few days later all taped and mudded. I hate sanding sheerrock joints. But I was going for smooth walls (no texture) because they stay much cleaner in a metal fab shop.

Painted and trimmed out after the next weekend. Boy, do the windows ever pop out at you now. They look so good with the trim and finished walls. (The pictures don't really do them much justice, so much better in person.)

It is amazing how much brighter it is with the walls all painted. Even with only the winter light coming through the clerestory I could just about work inside with the lights off.

Well, we only have a few little things to rap up (outlet covers, lower trim, shelves, etc..) and I can start moving all my tools in and get to work.

I'll keep you updated as I start moving in and organizing my workspace. Do you think I should start a new thread about the setup of the workspace or just continue the saga here?

Thanx
Jaysin

 

[jamo1911]

Hay Jaysin,
Wow man, Congratulations - that shop looks great!! Love the details - roof line, stained glass, wrench handles, custom electrical service bracket, clerestory windows etc etc... Awesome job !!!!
Jamie

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

Thanx Jamie, it's been a real labor of love. I am glad that you like all my silly details, I tend to think outside the box and it shows in just about everything I build. Now I get the joy of moving all the (tons) of tools that I have, HEHE!!

Thanx Jaysin

 

[tdkkart]

Proper use of a ladder!!

Geez!!! Probably 16 of our safety Nazi's are gonna nail you on this one.

You do realize that since you've allowed a safety breach during the construction of your building that you now have to tear it down completely and start from scratch.........

At least that'll give you a chance to fix thath engineering screwup that caused the mismatched roof angles..........

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

I love safety Nazis, they are way too much fun to play with. In all reality though, I am well aware of the dangers of what I do and as far as I am concerned if I got hurt or died it would have been my own fault. The reason safety Nazis have jobs is because people refuse to take responsibility for their actions.

As far as fixing the roof, I did. I just screwed some plastic sheet over the gap. HAHAHA!!!

 

[tdkkart]

As far as fixing the roof, I did. I just screwed some plastic sheet over the gap. HAHAHA!!!

Ah well, sounds good to me, don't forget the blue plastic tarp when the weather gets bad. The handy part about these is they are self-removing, if left long enough they just rot and blow away.

Nice shop BTW............

 

[Quiksilver]

As I said before, looks awesome!!! Now when can I move my stuff in?

 

[bluesman2a]

Wow, all those outlets and little windows were a pain to sheetrock around.

I did mine in OSB, but like you, had MANY outlets to cut out. I hear what you are saying here. By the time I finished the last one, I was really questioning the decision to put all of them in! That is until I got to start using them all!!!

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

I did mine in OSB, but like you, had MANY outlets to cut out. I hear what you are saying here. By the time I finished the last one, I was really questioning the decision to put all of them in! That is until I got to start using them all!!!

There are never enough outlets when you need one. I don't have the funds for a good cord real yet but I thought ahead and wired a box at the top of the wall so I can add a drop down cord later.

Thanx for all the props guys.
Jaysin

 

[RobSmith]

That giant pole in the middle of the floor...Couldn't you have used a steel beam to do away with that. What a waste of manoverability and work space.

 

[Mezzanine]

^^^Sigh.

Some people just refuse to read a thread.

Seriously though, beautiful shop. Had you used a little bit more concrete in the construction, it would have achieved near perfection (for me).
NICE WORK!


C

 

[Boosted1]

Your shop / garage has turned out beautifully. Congrats and nice work. Time to start enjoying it.

 

[Tman]

Jaysin, looks awesome. I too built rolling doors in my strawshop. We decided the temp OSB sheathing on them is too heavy, I have been thinking about aged steel when I add my windows to the doors. Thanks for the idears.

FWIW I used one of the pole barn door closures that is usually on the edges of the doors to **** them tight to the opening for a center latch, I can really **** it up solid then throw a chain through the handles for added security when away.

 

[cyclopsblown34]

You just aren't same from vandals no matter where you are. The sheetrock made a world of difference.

 

[E46M3]

Jaysin,
This whole build post is just getting cooler and cooler. Much is a result of what you call- "your silly details." That's where the cool comes from Jaysin... real nice job. I like. Alot.
Cheers,
E46M3

 

[mrb]

There are never enough outlets when you need one. I don't have the funds for a good cord real yet but I thought ahead and wired a box at the top of the wall so I can add a drop down cord later.

Thanx for all the props guys.
Jaysin

one alternative is using a cord drop, with a twistlock connector in the middle so you can remove it when you dont want it in your way

Here is a picture of one I made for a guy on here

nothing beats a good cord reel though. Save up for a reelcraft

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

We installed some shelves this weekend, all preparation for moving my tools and junk in. I didn't want any floor space taken up with long term storage shelves so we decides to build these shelves which bolt to every stud and hang from the rafters by chains. I've built these kind of shelves before and had them work well so I decided to do it one more time.

Here is a shot of one wall of the shop. I did the length of both long walls, 8' off the floor so you wont hit your head and will be easily accessible from a short ladder (I will eventually build a library style ladder). This gives me about 96 sq. ft. of storage without disturbing the flow (hehe).

But as soon as we were done someone put us away for the night, out of sight out of mind. As you can see they are plenty strong.

Hey, now this is a great place to cat nap when I should be getting work done.

So that was our weekend I hope to be moving stuff in next weekend. Thanx for following along at home and if you have any questions about the shelves feel free to ask or copy away for your own shop space.

I asked once before but didn't get any preferences, should I start a new thread about how I organize the space as I start moving in or should I just keep this one going?

Thanx
Jaysin

 

[Tman]

Just keep posting here!

 

[e-tek]

GREAT shelves! I did the same with mine, hanging 3 shelves from the ceiling with threaded rod. Definitley nice to keep stuff OFF the ground! Love the windows too.

 

[Dragster Racer]

I know that is a test, but that would really **** if it failed the test with all three of you on there. Love the build. Getting some ideas for myself.

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

Dragster~ I'm glad you like it and take all the Ideas that you want, after all that is why I posted my build here. Yea, it would have sucked to have it fail with us all on there but in reality it would hold us with half as many chains so we weren't all that concerned.

Thanx
Jaysin

 

[raider65]

We installed some shelves this weekend, all preparation for moving my tools and junk in. I didn't want any floor space taken up with long term storage shelves so we decides to build these shelves which bolt to every stud and hang from the rafters by chains. I've built these kind of shelves before and had them work well so I decided to do it one more time.

Here is a shot of one wall of the shop. I did the length of both long walls, 8' off the floor so you wont hit your head and will be easily accessible from a short ladder (I will eventually build a library style ladder). This gives me about 96 sq. ft. of storage without disturbing the flow (hehe).

But as soon as we were done someone put us away for the night, out of sight out of mind. As you can see they are plenty strong.

Hey, now this is a great place to cat nap when I should be getting work done.

So that was our weekend I hope to be moving stuff in next weekend. Thanx for following along at home and if you have any questions about the shelves feel free to ask or copy away for your own shop space.

I asked once before but didn't get any preferences, should I start a new thread about how I organize the space as I start moving in or should I just keep this one going?

Thanx
Jaysin

what type of chains did you use...the load rating?

 

[waltmcq]

I love you shop too. What a great space.

 

[Stargeezer]

one alternative is using a cord drop, with a twistlock connector in the middle so you can remove it when you dont want it in your way

Here is a picture of one I made for a guy on here

nothing beats a good cord reel though. Save up for a reelcraft

That was for me. Yep-I was going to use two cord reels and then discovered you can only get 13 AMP service out of the commonly affordable reels. So I put only one reel up and then used a genuine mrb drop cord and box at 20 AMP rating for the dropper that needs more amps for chop saws etc. It is installed now. mrb does great work on these. Gotta post some pics..

 

[heavychevy454ss]

Great design. Can't wait to see the final layout. Keep posting it here.

I really like the doors. Might have to steel that to replace my swinging doors.
Keep up the good work!

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

what type of chains did you use...the load rating?

The chain is rated at 340lbs load and is welded link, but the chains will never fail the HOOKS will. There was no rating on the hooks but the storage that I plan to use the shelves for is mostly bulky materials that don't weigh much. No engine blocks or heavy steel is going to be stored above my head.

Thanx Jaysin

 

[e-tek]

The chain is rated at 340lbs load and is welded link, but the chains will never fail the HOOKS will. There was no rating on the hooks but the storage that I plan to use the shelves for is mostly bulky materials that don't weigh much. No engine blocks or heavy steel is going to be stored above my head.

Thanx Jaysin

I'm quite sure you COULD store an engine block up there if you wanted.

 

[akdiesel]

What a great creation and nice attention to detail. The door handles, the windows, and the door guides show off the shop great.

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

OK. So I have started moving a little bit of my stuff up but I have yet to have anything called organization. Really I just moved up enough stuff so I could start the task of building my new welding table. When I started the shop my father asked if I was going to take my 4' x 4' welding table with me when the shop was finished, when I asked why he told me he would like to keep it. So I said "it's yours", how could I say anything else with all the help he gave me with the construction of my shop. So I wanted a 4'x 8' table any way and I had collected a fair bit of extra steel through all the fab jobs that I do and started on it about three days ago. I calculated out the weight of all the tube and plate and the thing comes in right near 1200 lbs. (well it wont move when I don't want it to).

So here are some pictures.

In case you're wondering all of the nuts and studs under the table top are welded to flanges that run cross wise on the bottom of the 1/2" top plate, these alow me to adjust the top surface perfectly flat.

The top still needs the paint stripped off and there are still shelves to build and four casters to mount and hangers for clamps and grinders but I thought that, at this point, it was worthy of a post. Hope you like it.

Jaysin

 

[Tman]

Hard to tell, what is the top material?

 

[BRUISER]

Jaysin,

you did a great job on this build.. the shape, quality of work, etc...

A+

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

Hard to tell, what is the top material?

Tman,

The top plate is 1/2" steel plate, it has paint on it right now that I will be stripping off before it is finished. I got the top plate free and it had the paint on it when I picked it up. The plate was originally built to be used as a temporary damn at a water treatment plant but had never been installed and when they were doing the construction cleanup they were just going to send it to scrap so instead I picked it up.

Jaysin

 

[squatch]

<homer simpson>MMMMMMMMMMM Newcastle</homer simpson>

 

[Stargeezer]

That is an awesome welding table. Please post more images as it gets finished-up.

Thanks

 

[JaysinSpaceman]

So I got a bit more done to my table and I thought I share. I added hooks at the four corners, places to hang grinders and c-clamps, and put the casters on so I can move it when need be. It rolls beautifully and is really easy to adj. for level as well.

Here's the over all as she sits now. I still need to add holsters for the MIG gun and I am sure I will think of plenty of other things down the road. If you have added cool accessories to your welding table that you think I can't live without let me know, I love the little things that let the work go easier.

Thanx Jaysin

 

[vvk645]

very impressive table, I really like the design.