Here are a few before and after pictures of a shop I restored, starting in Nov,2005. It was built in the late 1930's and used by a father as a blacksmith/welding shop and later in the 1950's one of his sons started doing automotive repair there until his death in the mid 1970's. The father carried on until his retirement in the 1980's.The shop was then was slowly under used and finally abandoned.
As you'll see nothing was ever thrown out is seems. So far I've removed 48 tons of steel scrap that was recycled.
This is the same place in the shop as the "before" picture above it. That's the same window in both pictures but that's a new bench I built. Below was his welding corner.
Note the red Lincoln arc welder on the right. It's the same welder in the after picture seen below.
That welder is in the same place where it's been for decades and will be cosmetically restored since it works very well as is.
To help orient yourself, look for the Pepsi Machine in the center...
...of both these pictures. Both pictures are of the same area about 8 years apart.
The project was done mainly with my son and one other friend. Couldn't have done it without their help. Outside took about a year and the inside a second year. I'll post some more pictures if there is any interest.
To see additional pages of the shop and this thread, once you reach the bottom of each page, near the bottom right hand corner are numbers to click on for corresponding additional pages.
An index has been added to this thread due to it's advanced size to make referencing a post(s) easier. This index is not a complete detailed one, rather it is just a list of the major, photo-heavy posts focused on the shop. This index is brought to you courtesy board member
wrigh003 with my thanks.
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Especially if it's by a fire! Thanks everyone.
Please don't stop sharing your projects and progress!