Swedish workshop in a old brewery

[GLTHFJ60]

The tires are cute!! Haha.

What is the capacity on that trailer? Looks well made.

 

[NTCRS]

Nice!! Love the progress.

Thank you! Not so big progress this time, I only bought stuff

I like the wall mounted wood rack. Very nice!

CT

Thanks, my girlfriends liked it as well so Im satisfied

I just caught up...excellent job on that roof replacement. I was amazed at the wood chips (?) in the attic, is that just construction debris from the original build or was it put there for a sort of insulation?

The metal roof is excellent, looks nice and I think very durable. I always like it at the end of a big job when I think I won't have to work on "that" again for a very long time.

I have never seen that many weights! Do you think it was the wheel or the tire itself? I would think you could see the wheel go out-of-round on a spindle. I have seen a few lumpy tires though...

Thank you, yeah I love the new roof. Both the look and the feeling that I know I "saved" a building for rotting and falling apart!

Yeah the wood chips are for insulation, very common in old buildings here in sweden.

The wheel was straight on the outside but vobbled a bit on the inside, the tire really straight, so it was very weird I had to put weight mostly on the outside. Out of ideas, told the customer that I didnt want to do it, but also explained that if I did, it might not be good anyway. But he was very reasonable about it and told me that he gonna buy new wheels soon.

That is a nice trailer! Very nice!

CT

Thanks, yeah I love it so far. The stupid thing here in sweden is that I have to upgrade my drivers licence to legally use the trailer because of its size, weight and load capacity.

The tires are cute!! Haha.

What is the capacity on that trailer? Looks well made.

Haha yeah 10" doesnt look big. Its a 3 ton (3000 kg) trailer and it weighs 765kg so I can legally load 2235kg (ca 5000 lbs?) but i can carry even more.

 

[Bempa]

That is a really nice trailer!

 

[LaneRover]

Everything is meassured in metres, I dont know how it changes for your feet etc..

Found some cool old swedish fire extinguishers
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If you don't need an exact conversion figure roughly 3 ft per meter.

Love the old Fire Extinguishers!

 

[BC1]

Just read through the whole thread and I'm very impressed. You have a ton of ambition getting that much done while working what I assume is a full time job. I am actually inspired to get some of my own **** done now!

 

[Matias]

Love all the work done. The wood stacking thing is awesome! What can we expect for this summer with cars and the garage?

 

[NTCRS]

That is a really nice trailer!

Yeah I think it will serve me well. Got it from a dealer in Karlstad, Boonstatrade.

If you don't need an exact conversion figure roughly 3 ft per meter.

Love the old Fire Extinguishers!

6x15 trailer then Thank you, old stuff is often very fun to display in garages!

Just read through the whole thread and I'm very impressed. You have a ton of ambition getting that much done while working what I assume is a full time job. I am actually inspired to get some of my own **** done now!

Always fun to be able to insipire others to keep grinding

Love all the work done. The wood stacking thing is awesome! What can we expect for this summer with cars and the garage?

Actually got a "order" for one more wood stacking thing for my girlfriends uncle

2018 I will probably build the porsch for my neighbor, some fence/railing on my "roof porsch" on the shop, and might start with the carport (if not Im saving that one for next year)..

 

[NTCRS]

2 months since my last update. Been really busy with changing and mounting tires and I've also built a porch for my neighbor. Short update but atleast I did shot some pictues:

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[95riosnake]

That's one hell of a porch! Looks very similar to the one you built for your house. Definitely transformed the look of his house. Before it was definitely lacking character, now it has something interesting going on.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Wow, that's beautiful!

 

[Sdb278]

Awesome thread! And I love a square Volvo, especially 244

 

[NTCRS]

This is how the old "porch" looked
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That's one hell of a porch! Looks very similar to the one you built for your house. Definitely transformed the look of his house. Before it was definitely lacking character, now it has something interesting going on.

Thank you! Yeah he liked mine so he wanted something like that, just slightly smaller

Wow, that's beautiful!

Thx, Im pleased with the result and so is my neighbor

Awesome thread! And I love a square Volvo, especially 244

Damn i almost forgot I had the old blue 244. I miss it, but if Im gonna buy another one sometime it will be a stationwagon (245)

 

[95riosnake]

Anything new going on with your shop?

 

[NTCRS]

Customer wanted to try stretched tires instead of buffy ones:
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I've built a railing on the roof terass on top of the shop:
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Also bought some new outside furniture but Ive forgotten to snap some photos

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And in this pic you can see the old rain water "cup" from the house in the left corner
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Celebrated my dog's (and his nutsack) third birthday with some meet cake
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View media item 86936Drank some beers with a couple of friends a few days before this little guy showed up

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I will do another update of a little more house renovating

 

[NTCRS]

Sorry that Im really bad at taking before shots of most things I do, but I've redone the roof on my girlfriends grandparents smaller cabin. Too bad her grandfather decided to reuse the old roof concrete panels instead of buying new ones

But atleast everything else is new

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After that mini vacation that included roof work, ocean bathing, beer drinking etc I decided to tear down a brick wall on the porsch that I've hated since I moved in.

Here is an old pic from the day I got the place:
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And now it looks like this:
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Then I mounted my scaffold I bought in january on the side of the house

View media item 86945My first plan was just to change the window and paint the siding, but...

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One plus was that I also found to small windows that you couldnt see from inside
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Also took down the weatherproofing boards and put up some new
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Changed the big window and painted the smaller ones. Also installed a tin lip for rain protection

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And first cout of new white paint
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A friend of mine helped me fix the exterior on the shop door/doors

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Also a quick fix in the room up there: Trimmed out around the window, putty and chaulk on walls and roof and a bunch of new fresh white paint on everything. A nice quest room

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Thats it for now!

 

[Matias]

Congratulations! I hope everything has gone well with the newcomer

You've done a lot of work! That guest room turned out nice.

 

[GeorgeK]

Very, very nice work.
I also love the old Volvo truck on the pictures.
What happens with the 2 small windows that were hidden behind the siding? Can't understand why would someone condemn windows...

 

[ChaseDE]

Garages, Breweries, and Wagons, are my favorite things. Great topic, keep it up man!!



At DogFishHead brewery, USA, with Sam Calagione

 

[NTCRS]

Congratulations! I hope everything has gone well with the newcomer

You've done a lot of work! That guest room turned out nice.

Thanks

Very, very nice work.
I also love the old Volvo truck on the pictures.
What happens with the 2 small windows that were hidden behind the siding? Can't understand why would someone condemn windows...

Back in the 50-70's many houses got extra siding on the outside and a thin insulation board on the inside, both because of the insulation and the "new nice siding look" haha So you can quite often find small windows that they just hided

Garages, Breweries, and Wagons, are my favorite things. Great topic, keep it up man!!



At DogFishHead brewery, USA, with Sam Calagione

You got a good taste in hobbies

 

[NTCRS]

Hi again!

Since I've bought the lathe, i have only used it like one time, it wasn't good enough. So I sold it, and moved the tyre machines so now its much closer when I have customer cars in the shop.

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And we need another daily, so I bought an old Volvo 245 -91 stationwagon, with some issues I have to work on, but looks rather nice for only $700

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And Im finally finished with the upper wall on the house. Yesterday my nephew helped me dismount the scaffold and clean up a bit

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Next year Im gonna do the same procedure on the balcony in the front of the house and the next other side, also gonna paint all the brick in a white color.

Until next time!

 

[Mikkeli]

Great progress with the house, it's going to look really nice after you finish paint job.

 

[Matias]

The garage is looking good, and I love the daily! I remember my godfather had one of those also in white, and it had the "Lambda" text in the front grill, which has stayed in my mind for 30 years, don't know why...

 

[NTCRS]

Just a few small updates so far:

Simple paint drawing for a project Im gonna start with spring '19, new garage door (5000mm x 2600mm)

Will tear down the pillar in the middle, build up a wall on each side and lift up a concrete filled steal beam on the top.

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And some cool tyres for a customer: 35" offroad, bearely fitted in the machine
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Did some rust repair of the floor and beam on the 245 wagon, also changed the coupé fan when I had the floor mat away
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After many searches for some adapter cables, I was finally able to install a bluetoothstereo
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Changed the brakes in the front:
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Car is starting to look like something now
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.. but this little slow engine thingie just screams for some tur..

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See ya next time

 

[Jyzze]

That is nice Volvo and looks like you have some big planc to do. Se ut bra!

 

[NTCRS]

So, the turbo engine swap on the 245 is completed, runs n drives and use it every other day. Here are som pics:

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SO, here we go:

Out with the old one and gave the engine bay a good wash
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The old not so big engine
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New turbo engine, same bottom and top
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Made a few mods on my old exhaust system from my old drifter
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Done, looks pretty stock
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And a special one just for you americans
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Cut of another bit of the front coils
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And put a set of Volvo 850 front lowering springs in the back, bolt on!
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Thats if for now I guess. In a few weeks or so project "New garage door" begins

 

[Motoman1100]

Love the thread! Thanks for the update and pics..... also thanks for making me feel like a lazy ***. Ha! You are a busy guy! BTW, that new battery is hilarious.

 

[Growlertdi]

I bet when the wagon was slipping into the pit you were having some huge pucker moments. Glad nothing got hurt but your pride.

I read the whole thread. enjoyed the transformation. congratulations on the new addition to the family.

 

[NTCRS]

Love the thread! Thanks for the update and pics..... also thanks for making me feel like a lazy ***. Ha! You are a busy guy! BTW, that new battery is hilarious.

Thank you, but the swap took almost 3 months, now that we have a son to take care of I ofcourse cant be in the shop as much as before

I bet when the wagon was slipping into the pit you were having some huge pucker moments. Glad nothing got hurt but your pride.

I read the whole thread. enjoyed the transformation. congratulations on the new addition to the family.

Yep damn right, also I forgot to mention that I was sitting in the pit while it "fell down"

Thanks !

I Might start rebuilding a tool chest today, either it will become a new welding cart/table och just a tool cart with wheels that you can drag around in the shop, I will upload pics when its done

 

[Jim'bo]

.. dont ask

I won't... but do tell!

 

[bunks-tj]

Alright i just spent my morning, reading through this top to bottom. I am thoroughly impressed. Your craftsmanship and eye for detail are amazing. i love your car choices (ive had multible volvo, MB, BMW and audis ) and I am currently on the search for a 245 myself, i wish we had the availability you have. there are not near as many good ones left here in the states.

well done on all of it

 

[NTCRS]

I won't... but do tell!

haha, I tried to lift the car up from bottom of the pit with a jack and a pole of wood, and as soon as it lifted from the ground the car "fell"

Alright i just spent my morning, reading through this top to bottom. I am thoroughly impressed. Your craftsmanship and eye for detail are amazing. i love your car choices (ive had multible volvo, MB, BMW and audis ) and I am currently on the search for a 245 myself, i wish we had the availability you have. there are not near as many good ones left here in the states.

well done on all of it

Thank you for your kind words. I like having projects and stuff to do

Yes they've been very available here but nowadays its quite hard to get hold of a reasonable example, a friends of mine even imported a 242 turbo from Us a couple weeks ago

Have a nice weekend everybody!

 

[Matias]

I love that Volvo estate!

BTW, I have a 5m door in my garage, and above it is a block of wood about the dimensions you've drawn. But it might be more expensive than the steel and concrete?

 

[NTCRS]

I love that Volvo estate!

BTW, I have a 5m door in my garage, and above it is a block of wood about the dimensions you've drawn. But it might be more expensive than the steel and concrete?

Hi, thanks!

The steel is more expensive but I've got a nice price from work (Y)

 

[NTCRS]

Mornin!

A month ago today I started the project "New garage door". Made a quick Paint-sketch just for motivation.

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Bought some Leca blocks and precut the steal beam

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Built a temporary windbreaker

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Put up pestle and scaffold

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Concrete processing guy showed up and cut the hole

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[NTCRS]

Freshly cut concrete

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Scraps

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My nephew were free from school a week so he helped out with the project

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Foundations were made

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Concrete filled the middle

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Welding the "sides"

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Started with the blocks

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Builds up pretty fast when you are two guys

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[NTCRS]

New design plans, a simple paint sketch with cedar tree

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Pour some concrete up the top and lifted up the steal beam

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Glued some insulation and made another paint sketch with studs for the cedar

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Grouted the inside & outside

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A few days later we started with the cedar look a like wood

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"Me and Kevin S rebuilt the garage door opening in the spring of '19"

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Completed

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Painted the inside

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[NTCRS]

My nephew Kevin took out two windows and rebuilt the holes with new blocks and grout

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Here is the inside of the other window, forgot to take photos before we started, here it is finished, painted and tool board rehung and filled with my Hitachi battery pack

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Next a buddy of mine showed up one friday morning and we started with the install of the garage door

1.5 guys (Im the 0.5) took 8h to complete the install

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Now in a week or so I will finish with the grout/plaster on the outside, and maybe later this fall Im gonna paint the front side of the shop.


Next project is a wish/demand from my wifey, paint the house and rebuild and glass/window install on the porch.

Again, paint sketch just for mockup

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Later!

 

[bunks-tj]

wow, big job. nicely done

 

[Motoman1100]

Looks great!

Are you gonna put some type of grate over the pit when not in use? I would walk into that thing in no time. ha

 

[NTCRS]

wow, big job. nicely done

Thanks!

Looks great!

Are you gonna put some type of grate over the pit when not in use? I would walk into that thing in no time. ha

Nah I've had it open since I moved to the property. Later on Im gonna fill it and rebuild it so I can have a scissor lift installed in floor level.