Above 1200 Sq/FT The Pool Barn

[KevoDesign]

Been a while since I have updated anything, had a month of travel soccer that I coached two teams for my kids so not a ton of work got done through October or the first half of November, but we are starting to get back in the swing of things.

I finished the retaining wall on the far side of the driveway except for the caps. Plan to count those this week and get them on order Friday. I am ready for concrete on the rest of the driveway, but the temperatures have started dipping into the 20's at night so I am debating on waiting until spring for the pour. Any advice or thoughts on this would be appreciated.

The wait on the transformer and power company continues, we were on the schedule to get the new transformer the week of Thanksgiving, but nothing happened. The electrician has a call in to the power company to try and find out what the new date is. Not much I can do other than keep waiting.

 

[KevoDesign]

While we wait we started on moving some of the tools that don't require power into the shop and built the first work bench for the storage area. I had some long leaf rough sawn pine left over from a counter top project I did a while back. I got the wood for almost nothing so decided to use that for the base. The material came out of framing for a 100+ year old farm house so it is true dimensional lumber, gave the bench an interesting look.

Rough cut the pieces to length and started laying out the legs.

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Taught my oldest boy how to setup and use a pocket hole jig for the joints, he did most of the pocket holes for the whole bench.

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Then we laid each section out and screwed it together.

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Front section complete.

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Back sections and cross slats installed.

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All of the pocket screws are hidden so that you cannot see any screws after assembly. I am a huge fan of the pocket screws as the make a tight joint and clean finish.

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For the lower shelf I originally thought I would just use plywood, but the prices are ridiculous right now, and I hate how leaves, dust, and junk accumulates on the ones I have in house garage. I did some wandering at the farm store and decided that I could use hog panel for the lower shelf as it was cheap and would be easy to keep clean. Also prevents me form throwing small items down there that would easily get lost in the shuffle. I cut it with an angle grinder and notched it to fit the lower frame. I used quarter inch framing staples to secure it to the frame.

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I picked up a piece of black melamine for the top. Figured it would wipe up any spilled oil or gas easy, and it has a nice finished look. Down side is it shows every spec of dust and it weighs a ton, I cut it up while it was still on the trailer for this reason.

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Then some quick notching to fit around the poles with a jig saw.

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Once in place I edge banded it with 1x2 material pocket screwed from underneath, taped it of and gave the 1x a quick coat of stain to match the rest.

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I ordered some hanging hooks from Amazon to hang all of the garden tools above the bench also.

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Then I hung the extra hog panel on the wall to use for hanging miscellaneous items on the wall, need to order some large carabiner clips for this still to do air hoses and extension cords. Overall I think it turned out well for just being a garden shed bench essentially. I'll get a little fancier with the benches once I start on the wood shop.

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Hopefully my next update includes wiring , until then....

 

[wreckdiver1321]

Nice work on the bench, that looks really nice and very stout. I like the hog wire idea too, that should be considerably cleaner than plywood.

I can't wait to start doing stuff like that with my kids. My oldest is getting close, he'll be four in February. Need to start teaching him stuff.

 

[jbrentd]

Nice work on the bench! Looks great and didn't cost an arm and a leg.

 

[Kevkx125]

KevoDesign cool shop you have going there. Nice design and execution on the work bench.

 

[KevoDesign]

Thanks for all the comments on the workbench.

big news came today. The power company and my electrical contractor will be here Friday (pending weather the rest of the week). And I should have power by Friday afternoon. Complete with county inspection which means I can start framing the inside!!!

 

[KevoDesign]

Electrical is finally done! Which coincides with the last of my county inspections.

It took an army, two trucks from the electrician and four from the power company.

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They swapped out the transformer at the pole to give the barn enough juice, old transformer was maxed out between us and two neighbors

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I had the conduit bored a few months ago, so the power company dropped the overhead line and used the new conduit to power the house and shop.

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All hooked up and ready for the meter

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We're Live! One 200 amp breaker for the house, and one for the shop.

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Then connections at the house.

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The county came by and gave the final approval in the afternoon, not sure the inspector believed we are done with just one plug but he politely signed off.

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Hope to start framing things this week.

 

[Chrisb62]

Merry Christmas and have a joyous and Happy New Year.

 

[KevoDesign]

Merry Christmas and Happy New

Merry Christmas and have a joyous and Happy New Year.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you as well, hope it was a great holiday and is a great 2022.

 

[KevoDesign]

Well I'm not great at keeping up with the posts, but I have been making some progress on the barn. Started framing up interior walls for the wood shop and utility room almost immediately after the electrical inspector left.

First put in the dividing wall between storage and the woodshop:

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Then on to the walls, these will both have 8x8 openings that will house carriage house style doors to be built in the wood shop soon:

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I framed the exterior walls in the front in a traditional framing as I needed the structure to support the loft:

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I got in a hurry and mis-framed one of the window headers

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A little magic with the sawzall and a couple more 2x's and that was corrected, it was funny I leaned the wall up and stood back and went "that's not right"

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[KevoDesign]

With the walls in I moved on to framing the loft floor. 2x10x18' 16" oc. Realized that the overhang was a little too close to the garage door when open. The door cleared the underside of the joist by 3/8" and I was worried as the barn settled that someday it might rub. My neighbor stopped by for a few beers and we thought it over, he suggested notching the joist, but I'm not a big fan of sharp corners in load supporting members, so I ran some calculations on the load and decided I could get away with a taper.

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Floor joist starting to go up, man handling these single handed was a pain, but I got them all in place eventually.

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Then the shorter ones went in for where the fold down ladder will be:

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I've actually got quite a bit more done but I haven't taken pictures yet. I will shortly and try to get another post up.

 

[andyvh1959]

Looking great. I like it when garages and out buildings are designed with the entire lot and buildings considered. Looks so much better in the long run. Small details can really stand out.

 

[KevoDesign]

Looking great. I like it when garages and out buildings are designed with the entire lot and buildings considered. Looks so much better in the long run. Small details can really stand out.

Thanks Andy. We certainly had a lot of planning, almost 10 years worth and probably a couple dozen different designs. It’s nice to hear that someone notices

 

[Thirdyfivepickup]

cant wait to see this done. Love the layout!

 

[Homebody]

I love this! Great use of space and the design to mesh with the house looks great.
I can't wait to see it with the house siding painted to match the garage. Is the plan to eventually put the same steel roof on the house? Please say yes...

 

[KevoDesign]

Yes there has been talk about steel siding to match although my wife had a bad vacation home experience that involved a steel roof and a persimmon tree dropping nuts all night that really gave her a hatred for steel roofs. So maybe we will do it maybe not. Regardless the roof is near the end of life and will get turned grey eventually one way or another

 

[KevoDesign]

As I was finishing some odds and ends on the framing, my neighbors father-in-law offered to go through the old electric furnace I had secured and help me get it installed. I quickly ordered a wifi thermostat on Amazon to make sure I could take advantage of the help. I knew I could wire it all up and although I had never wired a thermostat I was pretty sure I could figure it all out. However I would not been able to go through the used unit and diagnose any potential issues so I was grateful for the assistance.
I went ahead and bought the 2 60 amp breakers, yes 120 amps, and two runs of 6-3 wire, yes that is the wrong wire more on that in a minute. By the way 6-3 indoor romex was around $375 for 50ft!

I got home and started looking at the furnace connections and realized I only needed 6-2, two hots and a ground, there is no neutral, so back to Homey's place which is a half hour drive each way for me to return the 6-3. After return I found out that they had no 6-2 in stock. I pulled out my phone to do a quick search for 6-2 romex and found something very interesting, 6-2 NM-B was $4.35 a foot at the local Lowes, but 6-2 UF-B was 2.15/ft. So if you wonder why I used the burial expensive stuff when wire is high it was because it was actually cheaper. IDK?

Anyways, running wire from the box through the framing:
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Along the ceiling:
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My two fresh 60 amp breakers:
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And into the furnace:
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Once wired I called the expert in to hook up the thermostat and check the system, you can see my wife here in that background, she appears to be hard at work buying something...:
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Then we fired it up from my phone:
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I was lucky that he came down to check the system though, it has two stages of heaters in it, and the second stage was coming on intermittently, he found a loose connection in a wire nut that was causing the issue. A couple of new wire nuts solved the problem, but I never would have known and the system would have struggled to keep up with out the extra bank. Might be why my buddies heating bill was so high and he decided to replace it?

Anyways, when it is 25 out I can run the building up to 60 with no insulation installed yet. Once it is spray foamed I expect it to hold that fairly regularly with little need to run. The best thing is the Amazon thermostat that I bought is Wifi enabled so I can turn the system on from work before I leave, or anywhere from my phone for that matter, and it is warm by the time I get home.

 

[KevoDesign]

Now that I could work without freezing my tail off the framing continued, I put the caps on the loft floor joist:

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Then my boys helped me frame the landing for the ladder over the furnace area:

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Then I put the cross bracing in on the floor joist, I used Simpson steel cross ties, one because they were cheaper than wood right now, and two because they were way faster to install:

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Then the Mrs. and I started the task of putting the 3/4 subfloor upstairs, I wish I had a picture of us putting the sheets up in the air and onto the 10 foot deck, it was quite the operation to get them up there. You can see half of the decking on here:

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As we were finishing the decking I realized that the hideous garage door mount left by the builder could easily be deleted with the cantilever, so I took care of that quickly, I will clean up the mess upstairs once I have loft stairs.

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Much better, the old steel running all the way up was cut with a sawzall, then I will removed the remaining truss pieces once access upstairs is easy.

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Once that was completed we started on the main dividing wall. I finished framing the top half of the wall:

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I originally wanted to sheath this in old barn wood, but I started to worry about termites and other issues that might bring so we went with the standard OSB instead. I need something sturdy to deal with my kids Christmas present that is going in the barn as well. Here are a couple of shots of the OSB going up.

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The scaffolding came in really handy up high:

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and done:

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I mentioned earlier that I chose OSB because this wall will take a beating since it will be getting this installed on it also:

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One of the next projects is to weld up a frame and get the hoop mounted in the center of the wall, I have had the discussion with the kids that the vehicles have to be backed out before shooting, this is probably a mistake but as most of my mistakes go it will be a lot of fun...

 

[KevoDesign]

Again I have been neglecting my updates but I am starting to get there. Before I worked on the basketball hoop frame I want to get some lights up in the garage space, and since I was in the wiring mood I went ahead and got the stuff to wire the woodshop as well. I went simple on the garage side, six standard bulb fixtures for now with 60 watt LED bulbs. They don't put out a ton of light but enough. Thinking I should upgrade them to 100w LED equivalents, and possibly LED fixtures down the road, but this works for now.

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In the woodshop I used can lights, mainly because I had left over LED trims from my basement finish last year. My oldest son (11) helped with the wiring and hooked up the switch solo by the end of the job.

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I placed them such that I should not have any shadows when I am working at each of the tools. This boggled my wife's mind since I did not have them equally spaced in straight lines. I rarely do anything that is not in perfectly straight even lines.

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Then it was on to framing out the back wall of the woodshop for electrical. Dylan wanted to help so I cut boards and he attached and spaced everything out.

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Then we hung all the boxes and pulled wire for the 30amp 220 circuit and 2 20 amp 110 circuits. The 30 amp is for my table saw, and possibly a future jointer or larger planer.
One 20 amp for the dust collector and one for the other tools in the shop. The lights are also on a sepearte 15 amp so there won't be a flicker on start up. This used a lot of wire.

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[jbrentd]

Looking good! It's crazy how fast the wire spools get used up...especially with how expensive they are these days.

 

[KevoDesign]

Thanks jbrentd, yeah I could not believe how high wire is right now, the local Lowes actual had cables locked through it, I asked and the guy said people were coming in and stealing it so much they had to put it on lock down.

 

[KevoDesign]

With some of the lighting done I moved on to finishing the basketball hoop. My neighbor is a commercial contractor and seems to have an endless supply of extra angle iron, so I went to his barn and did some shopping on Sunday morning.

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He also had some 2" round that looked like it would work well so I snagged some of that to and cut four pieces of pipe to length. I moved my metal working cart down to the barn so that I would have a vise and sander down there. I store the angle grinders inside it as well.

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Test fitting the pipe to the angle iron and checking the square on my cuts.

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I used the steel workbench I got from work as a welding table for the first time, this worked out really well.

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After both wall mounts were in I set them on the floor and tested that the uprights would be level, all good.

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Welded those on and added a few cross braces then a quick test fit on the floor.

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Then a quick coat of rustoleum satin black because a grinder and some paint make me the welder I ain't.

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Positioning on the wall was fun as a one man operation. I mounted a 2x at the correct height that the lower bracket needed to be at, then looped a ratchet strap over the truss.

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Then ratcheted the bracket in to place until I had it almost flat to the wall. Positioned and drilled the mounting holes into the studs in place and attached with 3" lags.

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The backboard was a different story though because I could not figure out how to hold it up and slide the carriage bolts through as a one man operation on scaffolding. Hope to get an extra set of hands this weekend to stop by and complete that. How it currently sits

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Been working on a finish for the OSB, don't really just want to paint it as I don't like the half finished look. Thinking about stain but want the backboard to pop, I tested a grey whitewash also, I do like the grey whitewash but thinking maybe I need a grey stain instead. I am planning on doing the shop doors in a vibrant color, blue or green and think they would pop more against the grey. I am open to suggestions on this one.

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[KevoDesign]

Well had some friends stop by last night for a beer and got a hand for a couple minutes to get the hoop mounted. The boys were super excited

 

[jbrentd]

My boys would love that. I’m sure yours will too!

 

[KevoDesign]

Progress is slow but steady. I worked last Friday on getting the HVAC ducting installed. After about 4 different plans, several calculations for duct sizing, pressure loss, and about a week of wasted time I decided to quit over analyzing this and just use the keep it simple stupid method.

I calculated that the woodshop would need about 350CFM of conditioned air for the whole space, an 8" round duct is almost perfect for this. The garage side needed 850CFM to balance the spaces, so I got out the duct chart and saw that 2 14x8 duct should match that about right. I bought a plenum, an 8" take off, and some sheet stock and proceeded to teach myself how to build duct work. I am sure there are better ways to do this, but overall I was pretty happy with the results.

I started by cutting the holes in the plenum for the 8" round and two 14x8 duct runs.
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Then I assembled the plenum and sank some self tapping sheet metal screws into the joints to hold the thing together.
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I needed some brackets to attach the plenum to the top of the furnace as the plenum is slightly larger than the lip that runs around the top of the furnace. I picked up a little HF brake a couple of years ago and have really found it useful for little brackets like this, a little work with the tin snips, run it over the belt sander, a bend and a couple of holes and viola! A custom bracket or two.
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After installing the plenum I needed a pair of 7" long ducts that were 14x8. I used some flat sheet stock I had and bent up one half of each duct on the brake complete with flanges for the tie in to the plenum. I don't exactly know what it is, but there is something very satisfying about drawing out the bends on flat stock, bending it, and having it fit perfect.
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These exit right below the basketball hoop, I ordered 14x8 vent covers with dampers to be able to control the flow into the garage area.

Then I placed the AC coil inside the plenum and buttoned up the last side. The AC coil will get hooked up to the condenser in the spring when the weather outside is better.
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That's it for now, hoping to finish lighting in the loft next, and then weather permitting I can get the barn over 60F and get the spray foam installed.

 

[KevoDesign]

Been a busy couple of weeks in the shop and out and about. A couple of weeks ago a friend told me about a family that was looking to get rid of a metal lathe for free. I got in contact with the gentlemen last week and was able to go over and take a look. The story is that grandpa passed in 2009, and the lathe has been sitting there since. He brought it into the house around 1970, and it has been in the basement since.

I went by Tuesday to take a look, all the components are there, the lathe was still operational and had very little backlash. I told the guy I would be back Saturday to start disassembly and pickup what I could without an army of guys.

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I did find a tag that it is a South Bend, I am guessing by the open drive design and aftermarket motor mount that it is definitely pre WWII. Once I get it home I'll do a little more digging to see if I can get the exact date on it. It maybe old, but the ability to turn a few metal parts when I need it for free is definitely worth the work to get it out of there.

 

[KevoDesign]

Friday I had the day off work, so I decided to heat the garage up enough to get the foam insulation installed. The company I works for manufactures and sells disposable two component spray guns, so I was able to borrow a spray rig and score a few cylinders of spray foam for free from one of our customers.

Getting the doors all taped off and scaffolding in place for the peak:

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Then setting up the spray rig, its a nice system, their is an onboard air compressor which keep the cylinders at constant pressure for quick spraying. The disposable kits are easier to setup but the CPDS sprays way faster for the second half of the tank:

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This is the gun we mold, I swapped out this tip for a fan nozzle with a static mixer before spraying though:

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Of course we have to have safety first!
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Woodshop all sealed in, I will install fiberglass insulation on top of this before drywall.

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Then I moved on and sprayed the entire inside of the garage / metal working area, the ceiling did not get sprayed as it still needs to have the lower side framed, then will get sheet metal and blown in cellulose to finish it off.
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[KevoDesign]

Got sometime this evening to start degreasing a few of the lathe parts. Started with the dial indicators and a set of the thread lead screw gears. These were a few parts I did take with me last weekend



I used some degreaser and a nylon brush all from China Freight. The degreaser surprised me and worked well. I would buy it again. Slow and steady wins the race. Scrub a little wipe a little the scrub a little more.

I’ll need to take the face off the dial indicator to finish cleaning but overall I think it turned out well



after that I work on cleaning the gears up. Just try to get 50 years of grime and grease off. They actually cleaned up well.


The lathe move is scheduled for Sunday but currently it is supposed to rain so we may have to push a week.

 

[KevoDesign]

Switched gears this morning. Working on getting the last insulation up so I can hang drywall in the wood shop and start moving tools. R30 in the ceiling and the extra on the deeper wall cavity




Trying to decide how to seal the floor. I’m thinking about using Zep sealer and wax system. I like the idea of wax as it can be reapplied without a bunch of grinding like epoxy. Does anyone have experience with this? Any recommendations on brands of sealer wax to use or avoid would be appreciated.

 

[rusty1161]

Looks awesome!

Look into https://www.legacyindustrial.co/products/formula-137-penetrating-sealer/ too. They are a member here.

Rusty

 

[KevoDesign]

Been way behind on the updates. Let’s start with the lathe. Moved it out of its basement home a couple of weekends ago. Disassembled the bed was somewhere around 1200 lbs. got it off the legs and on to a dolly that my neighbor uses to move his boat.

That allowed us to roll it to this point where it need to go up and over a wall

Luckily the machinist that care for it over the last 50 years built his fence around the staircase out of 2” x1/8” wall pipe. So we rolled the fence back and tied a ratchet around the bed and over the fence rail. Then start raising it like this

Raise 1/2” tighten the safety straps, little at a time. It was also tied to the front of the trailer with a chain hoist and blocked underneath. Looks sketchy but at worst it would have fallen an inch or two

That’s my neighbor he might be more excited about me having a lathe than I am. He did get a free 1950’s delta drill press out of the deal

up she goes

Then over the wall and on to the trailer

I did not get a lot of pics of me taking it off the trailer as I was a one man operation blocking, jacking, and lifting until I could get the legs back on and into place.

I have been spending Sunday afternoons the last couple of weekends cleaning and reassembling. Long way to go as it sat in that guys basement for 50 years. But slow and steady wins the race.



i did find the serial number on it and a list of south bend serial numbers. This one was manufactured in June of 1917. Approximately 105 years old. Really excited to put it back in service again.

 

[Juiced06GTO]

Is that a United Rentals hat you are wearing? I might have given away quite a few of those...

Nice score on the lathe! I really want to add that and a bridgeport to my shop some day! I have no idea how to use them, but am very eager to learn lol!

 

[KevoDesign]

Is that a United Rentals hat you are wearing? I might have given away quite a few of those...

Nice score on the lathe! I really want to add that and a bridgeport to my shop some day! I have no idea how to use them, but am very eager to learn lol!

That is actually my neighbor in the United Rentals hat, I the one in black hooking up the ratchet straps. He is a construction superintendent.

I've wanted a lathe since I left college. I was into FSAE racing through all my time in engineering school, we built our own cars and I did a lot of lathe and mill work. So when the opportunity came up to get one free I couldn't pass it up.

This lathe actually came with a milling attachment for the bed. I have never tried that before but being that I don't have a mill we are certainly going to give it a shot. it is a huge casting that you can put the vice on the bed, then the cutter goes in the chuck and you can use it to also mill parts.

 

[KevoDesign]

I have been making progress on the lathe assembly as well. Headstock, chuck, and drive gears all cleaned and installed last night. I need a few more bolts today and I should be able to mount the gearbox and motor.
I also finished up the insulation in the wood shop. Barring any rain I’ll pick up drywall on Friday and should be able to get that room hung this weekend. It’s only 14 sheets but I think almost everyone has a couple of electrical boxes so we will see how it goes.

 

[KevoDesign]

I’ve been lacking on the updates. So let’s see finished up the drywall in the woodshop.



Then it was on to mud, tape, and paint. Everyone always talks about how much they hate this. I actually kind of enjoy it. The room always looks so much closer to done. Here it is in primer.



Then it was on to paint. I painted the walls with two coats then went after the floor. I used Zep floor sealer followed by 3-4 coats of wax. If it gets dull I can just mop and wax again. It’s hard to beat for the price.

 

[KevoDesign]

Once the shop was finished except doors I moved on to cleaning out the house garage which meant I needed to setup a place for the condenser unit for the barn. Had a few retaining wall blocks left over so they made the base.



Then I set the condenser in place.



I still need to run lines and power to it. Going to have to get that going soon as it’s getting hot here.

 

[KevoDesign]

As I was moving tool boxes into the barn I came up with a plan for a cart that I got free with the lathe. I lowered the tool shelf and used the top of my china freight tool box to make a shop cart.



Holes were already drilled half way down so a quick swap of some hardware and presto chango I had a tool cart



I was shocked how perfectly it fit. Some things are just meant to be. Got all the toolboxes lined up on the back wall. I’m not thrilled with this configuration but it works for now.

 

[KevoDesign]

About a week after that I was surfing Facebook marketplace when a free fridge showed up in my suggestions. It was too cool to pass up, so I messaged the lady and swung by after work. It was in a subway shop that was being remodeled. They needed it gone and I need a fridge for my barn. Everyone was happy. A little elbow grease and it turned out pretty nice.



Lights up and is glass on three sides. Just need enough drinks to stock it now.

 

[KevoDesign]

I moved on to putting the woodshop tools in the shop. All moved in just need a table for the RAS



So I started working on that next. I saw a thing on YouTube for a through the fence dust collection so I decided I would give that a shot. There is a plenum behind the fence with a 4 inch pipe line connected to it. The French is made of stacked plywood with dados cut in each one.



Table before the fence. Had some scrap oak play wood and melamine left over from the other bench so I figured they would make a good top.

Then I added the fence and plenum


I ended up using a toilet flange to connect the plenum to the dust collector.



I did later add a blast gate. My oldest boy was a huge help in cutting and routing all the pipe. He loves working on projects.

 

[KevoDesign]

Somewhere in there I also got the lathe assembled completely. She’s ready to run just needs power. Thinking I might run a sub panel to that side for the lathe, welder and, ac. With the cost of wire a sub panel is likely cheaper than 3 or 4 50ft runs but I need to calculate that.



That’s it for now. I have been requested by the boss to finish up some landscaping soon so that will likely be the next major project before the shop doors, and electrical runs get completed.