Killinger
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underground workshop
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tachikomaster
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Thank you for the support guys!
It means a lot to me, I can't let you down now
It means a lot to me, I can't let you down now
Wowsa . . . . that is some INCREDIBLE work and Transformation !! 
Get a pretty girl to narrate in front of camera and you could . . .
. . . . . film your own "This Old House" for Slovakia !!!
Your work is top notch and English is very good . . . except one correction.
No such word as . . . "cutted" . . . the past tense is just . . . Cut.
Present tense . . . I cut the tile today.
Past tense . . . . . Yesterday the tile were cut.
Keep Pics coming and tricks on how you make tile work turn out so excellent !!
Get a pretty girl to narrate in front of camera and you could . . .
. . . . . film your own "This Old House" for Slovakia !!!
Your work is top notch and English is very good . . . except one correction.
No such word as . . . "cutted" . . . the past tense is just . . . Cut.
Present tense . . . I cut the tile today.
Past tense . . . . . Yesterday the tile were cut.
Keep Pics coming and tricks on how you make tile work turn out so excellent !!
OP
tachikomaster
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Wowsa . . . . that is some INCREDIBLE work and Transformation !!
Get a pretty girl to narrate in front of camera and you could . . .
. . . . . film your own "This Old House" for Slovakia !!!
Your work is top notch and English is very good . . . except one correction.
No such word as . . . "cutted" . . . the past tense is just . . . Cut.
Present tense . . . I cut the tile today.
Past tense . . . . . Yesterday the tile were cut.
Keep Pics coming and tricks on how you make tile work turn out so excellent !!
Thank you!
Heh, I should have got a pretty girl in front of camera when it was looking like old stone wall dungeon
for scientific purposes of course..I looked up "This Old House" on yootube, but it seems they don't have a pretty girl narrator either :/
Actually I was thinking about buying a decent camera and starting a youtube channel about how to set up a workshop on budget. As that's what I'm going to do here anyway, just document the process..
But I don't feel like my spoken english is on that level, so maybe with subtitles.
What brings me to your next point.
Many thanks for correcting my english
I need that a lot, and this is best learning experience for me. Many people let things like this without comment and I don't know about my mistakes. I learnt basic english in school, but mostly watching movies in english with slovak subtitles at first, then with english subtitles and last year I finally started reading books in english.
But when I'm writing any post, Google Translate is still my best friend correcting minor things..
Anyway, I hopefully corrected all "cutted" to "cut"
Feel free to correct me any time you see something wrong!
vonhef
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Great job! I also appreciate your endurance.
C_F
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Same here, along with my knees and fingers!
Very impressive work as usual, Tachikomaster.
Krokodil
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Looking good! Well done!
OP
tachikomaster
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Hi guys!
Weekend before the last one I has finished grouting.
It didn't go much as planned, but what do..
I don't have many pictures because it was race against the clock, as I did the whole damn thing alone in one go. So I'll start with pictures and at the end I'll write what I would do different next time. That is IF I would do grouting again. Which I wouldn't. Ever..
Taped the edges of wall with masking tape:
In the process:
Tape helped only a little, grout ended on walls anyway
Cleaning:
Relatively clean:
1, do grouting first, then paint, it will be everywhere
2, don't do whole room at once, 4m x 4m room took me 10 hours, and/or:
3, have someone to help you clean the grout
4, don't use metal spatula for grouting or removing grout before cleaning, don't be cheap as me and buy silicone one
5, less grout you leave behind, less grout you need to clean
6, buy a lot of sponges for cleaning, I ended using all bath sponges in house
7, use rubber gloves, otherwise your hands would look like sharpei dog
Anybody who is doing tiles for living earned my respect, money you pay them can't pay for new knees..
With that done I could finnaly cover the hole. I decided to use it as time capsule for my future me:
After painting a few places which were dirty from grout, it's all done:
So, why it didn't go as planned?
It has a lot to do with previous 7 points, but number 4 in particular.
You can see the smears on the last two pictures.
They are not caused by grout, they are caused by me. That's how it would look like when you leave too much grout behind curing on the tiles and you decide to scrape it off with metal spatula before sweeping, so you don't have to clean that much with sponge..
I don't care how much time and sweat I must invest in something in order to look good. But sometimes I don't use brain and I'm angry at myself.
I didn't manage to clean it with anything I had tried to this day. My theory is that the metal from spatula has somehow embedded to surface of tiles.
But I'm over that now, it would be only better..
Stay tuned for electrical instalation!
Weekend before the last one I has finished grouting.
It didn't go much as planned, but what do..
I don't have many pictures because it was race against the clock, as I did the whole damn thing alone in one go. So I'll start with pictures and at the end I'll write what I would do different next time. That is IF I would do grouting again. Which I wouldn't. Ever..
Taped the edges of wall with masking tape:
In the process:
Tape helped only a little, grout ended on walls anyway
Cleaning:
Relatively clean:
1, do grouting first, then paint, it will be everywhere
2, don't do whole room at once, 4m x 4m room took me 10 hours, and/or:
3, have someone to help you clean the grout
4, don't use metal spatula for grouting or removing grout before cleaning, don't be cheap as me and buy silicone one
5, less grout you leave behind, less grout you need to clean
6, buy a lot of sponges for cleaning, I ended using all bath sponges in house
7, use rubber gloves, otherwise your hands would look like sharpei dog
Anybody who is doing tiles for living earned my respect, money you pay them can't pay for new knees..
With that done I could finnaly cover the hole. I decided to use it as time capsule for my future me:
After painting a few places which were dirty from grout, it's all done:
So, why it didn't go as planned?
It has a lot to do with previous 7 points, but number 4 in particular.
You can see the smears on the last two pictures.
They are not caused by grout, they are caused by me. That's how it would look like when you leave too much grout behind curing on the tiles and you decide to scrape it off with metal spatula before sweeping, so you don't have to clean that much with sponge..
I don't care how much time and sweat I must invest in something in order to look good. But sometimes I don't use brain and I'm angry at myself.
I didn't manage to clean it with anything I had tried to this day. My theory is that the metal from spatula has somehow embedded to surface of tiles.
But I'm over that now, it would be only better..
Stay tuned for electrical instalation!
madoc1
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that turned out amazingly well! love the details, like the well. you could put some beer in there with a bucket of ice and have cold beer and no mess. to bad about the marks on the floor. maybe place a machine or bench over it. any way great job.
jim
jim
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I bet the marks will be less obvious over time. Regardless, it really looks great in there!
OP
tachikomaster
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Thank you. That's cool idea! Literally
Thanks, I hope they would fade by walking on it. Or they would be buried under a ton of dust when I start using the workshop
Great work on the shop.
Motoman1100
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Great work from beginning to end! That's a lot of hard work!
bagged89s10
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your shop has come a long way. Nice work! One question, what type of tile did you use, ceramic or porcelain? I just recently decided I'm going to tile mine as well.
shortykorte
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Great job so far. Look forward to seeing your vision come to life.
CodeRedZ
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Great job!!!
elefan
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Truly impressive work. I like your honesty. Thanks for sharing.
BD1
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That is a truly amazing job .
I think I would have sold and moved .
I think I would have sold and moved .
jwhcars
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I think that the shop looks fantastic !
OP
tachikomaster
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Thank you for your support guys!
Actually I needed to google the difference between ceramic and porcelain tile to answer your question correctly, because I thought that porcelain is just another type of ceramic material.
From what I get, ceramic tile is glazed and porcelain is not.
The one I have used is the cheapest exterior tile I could find at local store in tolerable colour
The material is called "gres", which is porcelain (not glazed) and it's the same material throughout the whole tile. So if I manage to chip off some, it would be the same colour as the surface.
Be sure to use flexible thinset mortar and don't use the rapid setting one, if you are doing this first time. The regular one I was using was setting at comfortable pace for me to work and I had all tiles cut beforehand.
Good luck and wear kneepads
It would be kinda complicated, because I'm still living with my parents and it's their house Three years ago when I decided to rebuild this room for workshop I didn't have any plans for future. Mainly because I had no GF and it's not so easy to start living on your own here. But now I have one, and we are waiting until she finishes her college next year. Hopefully she would find some work so we could start living together. Meanwhile I'm using the time to earn money for our own house.
At the begining of this rebuild my father had said he would invest in the material because it's his house, if I would do the work myself. That's why I'm trying to do it on lowest budget possible.
Now that the rough work is done, I can invest in my own tools and workshop equipment. Eventually if I would have my own house, I would build my workshop there and move tools and equipment with me.
End of honest and heartbreaking look at my life
Actually I needed to google the difference between ceramic and porcelain tile to answer your question correctly, because I thought that porcelain is just another type of ceramic material.
From what I get, ceramic tile is glazed and porcelain is not.
The one I have used is the cheapest exterior tile I could find at local store in tolerable colour
The material is called "gres", which is porcelain (not glazed) and it's the same material throughout the whole tile. So if I manage to chip off some, it would be the same colour as the surface.
Be sure to use flexible thinset mortar and don't use the rapid setting one, if you are doing this first time. The regular one I was using was setting at comfortable pace for me to work and I had all tiles cut beforehand.
Good luck and wear kneepads
That is a truly amazing job .
I think I would have sold and moved .
It would be kinda complicated, because I'm still living with my parents and it's their house
Three years ago when I decided to rebuild this room for workshop I didn't have any plans for future. Mainly because I had no GF and it's not so easy to start living on your own here. But now I have one, and we are waiting until she finishes her college next year. Hopefully she would find some work so we could start living together. Meanwhile I'm using the time to earn money for our own house.At the begining of this rebuild my father had said he would invest in the material because it's his house, if I would do the work myself. That's why I'm trying to do it on lowest budget possible.
Now that the rough work is done, I can invest in my own tools and workshop equipment. Eventually if I would have my own house, I would build my workshop there and move tools and equipment with me.
End of honest and heartbreaking look at my life
OP
tachikomaster
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Merry christmas guys!
I'm back with another big update.
Things for electrical installation has finally come.
So I've used free time of this holiday season to do that.
Also I have got a new camera and tripod.
So no more blurred pictures!
I'm testing bigger picture resolution (1024x768) in this post.
Let me know if you like this one better, or the old one (800x600) for mobile devices convinence.
All things together:
Lamps:
Lamps back-plates installed on ceiling:
Breaker board:
Trunking:
Filling with cables:
Cable branch for ceiling sockets:
Switch with flat bend cover:
Internal bend:
Sockets for workbench:
Ceiling sockets:
Breaker board before connecting cables:
Breaker board cable work:
Finished!
It went faster than I have expected.
With a lot of free time I started my first workshop project, storage lockers restoration.
Before:
Light pass with wire wheel:
Cleaned from inside:
New paint:
After:
My plan is to bolt them together and make a wheel base for them.
I would like to have all things mobile in my workshop, so I can shuffle them around as I would need space for bigger projects. Except things which need stability, like workbench and lathe table.
Next update would be about my sand blaster cabinet.
Stay tuned and happy new year!
I'm back with another big update.
Things for electrical installation has finally come.
So I've used free time of this holiday season to do that.
Also I have got a new camera and tripod.
So no more blurred pictures!
I'm testing bigger picture resolution (1024x768) in this post.
Let me know if you like this one better, or the old one (800x600) for mobile devices convinence.
All things together:
Lamps:
Lamps back-plates installed on ceiling:
Breaker board:
Trunking:
Filling with cables:
Cable branch for ceiling sockets:
Switch with flat bend cover:
Internal bend:
Sockets for workbench:
Ceiling sockets:
Breaker board before connecting cables:
Breaker board cable work:
Finished!
It went faster than I have expected.
With a lot of free time I started my first workshop project, storage lockers restoration.
Before:
Light pass with wire wheel:
Cleaned from inside:
New paint:
After:
My plan is to bolt them together and make a wheel base for them.
I would like to have all things mobile in my workshop, so I can shuffle them around as I would need space for bigger projects. Except things which need stability, like workbench and lathe table.
Next update would be about my sand blaster cabinet.
Stay tuned and happy new year!
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C_F
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Your wiring & lighting turned out looking really nice! Looks like you have plenty of plugs too, that will sure help when you are shuffling things around.
CAMMShaft
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Impressive work! You have made a great shop out of unused space.
CAMM
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That is one awesome job on the electrics, well done.
ajohno
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Great job.
Grizz1963
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Impressive.
If you look where you started, this has been a great transformation.
Cabinets look lovely.
If you look where you started, this has been a great transformation.
Cabinets look lovely.
OP
tachikomaster
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Thank you guys!
Plan is to add more sockets for machinery when I would decide on more permanent place for it. I have 3 spare breakers and 10 more sockets. But I would need to open the trunking and run new cables for it, because I didn't buy enough of it.
Also I have 3-phase breaker and socket to be shared between lathe and mill (one of my dreams), but I need to decide the layout first.
Plan is to add more sockets for machinery when I would decide on more permanent place for it. I have 3 spare breakers and 10 more sockets. But I would need to open the trunking and run new cables for it, because I didn't buy enough of it.
Also I have 3-phase breaker and socket to be shared between lathe and mill (one of my dreams), but I need to decide the layout first.
KCarGuy
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I am Blown Away with the Determination and the work that you have put into this project.
You have got to have such a great feeling every single time that you walk in there.
Great Job.
And I love seeing the different ways that things are done and the different products around the world.
Like the electrical.
Thanks for sharing your journey.
And keep posting as you continue....
You have got to have such a great feeling every single time that you walk in there.
Great Job.
And I love seeing the different ways that things are done and the different products around the world.
Like the electrical.
Thanks for sharing your journey.
And keep posting as you continue....
Boosted1
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Wow! That is a huge transformation. Your hard work paid off in a very nice work space.
The flooring, wiring, lights all look top notch. Congrats.
The flooring, wiring, lights all look top notch. Congrats.
BMW_Garage
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Nice restoration of that underground space! Great job!
1953mercury
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It's been awhile since I've checked in on your project. You've really come a long way. Very nice job on the surface mount elect. Lighting seems very good. Should be a joy to work in. Happy New Year, Mike
Scottwi
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I love the way you did the electric. I want to add to my shop and I was thinking of running conduit but I like the way yours look a lot better.
wasfast
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Absolutely awesome and superb level of patience to do quality work! I really like the surface mount raceway and breaker box. I've never seen that type here in the US. We have Wiremold and Panduit, breaker boxes are sheet metal generally. Are the parts for yours just from a home improvement store or specialty electrical supplier?
jwhcars
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Great job on the electric. You really did a nice paint job on the cabinets, I like the green color!
Scottishross
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Looks stunning mate
Well done
Well done
OP
tachikomaster
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Thank you for your kind and encouraging words guys!
Thanks!
Raceway, that's how it's called?
I think Legrand is on US market too, but I'm not sure if with the same products as in europe. This one is called "DLP" 80x50mm and it's generally used for office applications.
I noticed the sheetmetal construction of US breaker boxes too and I was wondering if it's because some regulations maybe?
I used my contact from work with the company representative to get the material through their wholesale store. But you can generally get them here in shops specialized in electrical supplies, from different manufacturers too.
Hope it helps.
Thanks!
Raceway, that's how it's called?
I think Legrand is on US market too, but I'm not sure if with the same products as in europe. This one is called "DLP" 80x50mm and it's generally used for office applications.
I noticed the sheetmetal construction of US breaker boxes too and I was wondering if it's because some regulations maybe?
I used my contact from work with the company representative to get the material through their wholesale store. But you can generally get them here in shops specialized in electrical supplies, from different manufacturers too.
Hope it helps.
theoldwizard1
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Very nice electrical work ! The surface mount conduit looks exceptional (not common in the US, but I like it !)
Our breaker panels must be inside of a metal box with a cover.
Our breaker panels must be inside of a metal box with a cover.