Chaz
Well-known member
Heres an update on the Strange Days Shop.
It dosent seem like much, but its been a lot of work.
I wanted more light and power out on the shop floor cause I was tired of dragging out extension cords. I hit on an idea to provide light, and power as well as some class to the shop.
I added street light power poles (as well as a curb and sidewalk to the "city" inside my shop
I found some post yard lights at a local supplier, and haggled the price down on a group of four. They're kinda short, so I lifted them up on a 6 sided base fabricated out of 1/8 in steel
I welded these up and cut out for 220, and 110 power outlets on the side of them. I cut 1 foot holes in the shop floor, and sunk the bases in the holes. I then ran conduit and 3 circuits from base to base (lights, 110. 220)
Heres a pic of a finished base with the lamp post attached.
The condiut was poured into a curb that stands 1 1/2 inches above the shop floor using a 50/50 mixture of mortar and concrete mixed with elmers concrete binder. It worked REALLY nice!
Then came the hard part. Laying 600 paving bricks in a herringbone pattern between the curb and the buildings. They're not fully grouted yet, but you get the idea from the pics.
We made a set of doors for the fire station out of some old T111 siding (painted em red cause , well, Its a fire station !
Then I carved the year 1925 out of wood, poured colored mortar over the carving, pulled out the numbers, and ended up with a block to inset below the station belltower. Its not perfect, but looks ok from a distance.
So heres what it looks like as of today... I'll keep posting as things change,
It dosent seem like much, but its been a lot of work.
I wanted more light and power out on the shop floor cause I was tired of dragging out extension cords. I hit on an idea to provide light, and power as well as some class to the shop.
I added street light power poles (as well as a curb and sidewalk to the "city" inside my shop
I found some post yard lights at a local supplier, and haggled the price down on a group of four. They're kinda short, so I lifted them up on a 6 sided base fabricated out of 1/8 in steel
I welded these up and cut out for 220, and 110 power outlets on the side of them. I cut 1 foot holes in the shop floor, and sunk the bases in the holes. I then ran conduit and 3 circuits from base to base (lights, 110. 220)
Heres a pic of a finished base with the lamp post attached.
The condiut was poured into a curb that stands 1 1/2 inches above the shop floor using a 50/50 mixture of mortar and concrete mixed with elmers concrete binder. It worked REALLY nice!
Then came the hard part. Laying 600 paving bricks in a herringbone pattern between the curb and the buildings. They're not fully grouted yet, but you get the idea from the pics.
We made a set of doors for the fire station out of some old T111 siding (painted em red cause , well, Its a fire station !
Then I carved the year 1925 out of wood, poured colored mortar over the carving, pulled out the numbers, and ended up with a block to inset below the station belltower. Its not perfect, but looks ok from a distance.
So heres what it looks like as of today... I'll keep posting as things change,
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