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Blazinzuk looking great.
Volunteer shop
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Blazinzuk looking great.
Thank you sir. Got a bit to go still but gotta get paying jobs done to finish it up!
It is a bit fustrating using the shop and expending energy and time but that energy and time not going to finishing the shop.
If course this is earning money to go to finishing the shop.
I'm trying to keep only exactly what I need out there. Starting to get old walking between the garage and shop.
But it will be worth it
If course this is earning money to go to finishing the shop.
I'm trying to keep only exactly what I need out there. Starting to get old walking between the garage and shop.
But it will be worth it
Finallygotit
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You'll get there. You've made great progress so far.
zmotorsports
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Great looking progress so far.
Looks great!
Plan to blow In insulation for the ceiling?
I’m in a similar situation with walking between new shop and old garage, though, I’m way less moved in, my concrete is just curing now.
But gotta love the family and friends help! [emoji106]
Plan to blow In insulation for the ceiling?
I’m in a similar situation with walking between new shop and old garage, though, I’m way less moved in, my concrete is just curing now.
But gotta love the family and friends help! [emoji106]
Maybe.... 200’ doesn’t seem like much until you have to walk back and forth 10 times. [emoji23]
I did blown in my house attic last year and I think I’m going to try the same for the shop unless I come across Craigslist discounts that convince me otherwise.
Are you going to paint the OSB?
No shop is ever big enough lol. Be nice for my shop to be another 20 ft deep.
Can't complain though. Even not finished with not all my stuff in there, and no permanent lights yet it's awesome
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Not quite done yet ( with the rack or my shop lol). But man it's nice to have space!
Can't complain though. Even not finished with not all my stuff in there, and no permanent lights yet it's awesome
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Not quite done yet ( with the rack or my shop lol). But man it's nice to have space!
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Blazinzuk you are right there a shop is never big enough.
Great work.
Great work.
Continuing trying to keep as little as possible in here but still have enough to do work. One more rack to build and some stair rail. Then onto finishing the shop.
Here is my current work area
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Having fun messing around a bit building shelves. Man shelves are awesome
Here is my current work area
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Having fun messing around a bit building shelves. Man shelves are awesome
Finallygotit
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Looks good!
I am always torn between shelving and the law of horizontal surfaces. “A horizontal surface will soon be piled up.”
zmotorsports
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Ain't that the truth.
Shop is looking good and glad to see ya working in it, done or not.
So been a while. Life gets away from you a bit.
Anyway lots has happened.
Got all the walls taped up. Nothing fancy. I believe the term most commonly used was firetaping it. Just sealing up the joints
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Got that done and blew in Attic insulation.
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Did this in.my house and in the shop. Ran into a bit of an issue. I had looked around in the attic of the house it seemed pretty even but I'm a big guy and when my buddy crawled up there to start blowing stuff in there were areas with almost nothing! Used 16 extra bags on the house.
Well that's about how many I was short on the shop. But still had some R19 fiberglass and tossed that up there. Got full coverage in the shop attic to at least R19 everywhere but closer to R40 everywhere. Next year I'll buy 20 more bags and get the blanket coverage that cellulose provides. But it will do for now
Boring insulating pic lol
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Anyway lots has happened.
Got all the walls taped up. Nothing fancy. I believe the term most commonly used was firetaping it. Just sealing up the joints
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Got that done and blew in Attic insulation.
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Did this in.my house and in the shop. Ran into a bit of an issue. I had looked around in the attic of the house it seemed pretty even but I'm a big guy and when my buddy crawled up there to start blowing stuff in there were areas with almost nothing! Used 16 extra bags on the house.
Well that's about how many I was short on the shop. But still had some R19 fiberglass and tossed that up there. Got full coverage in the shop attic to at least R19 everywhere but closer to R40 everywhere. Next year I'll buy 20 more bags and get the blanket coverage that cellulose provides. But it will do for now
Boring insulating pic lol
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Well things get in the way. My buddy is moving and he has to build a new shop at his new place. He is thinking 2 years.
The plan is for me to keep a couple small items in my shop so he can use them still and then we will move them to his shop when he gets done.
Here are the items
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Yep I got a nice mill and lathe for a while. Gonna be a good chance to learn em. Nice thing is when his shop us done I will have a key to it. So I'll have access to these even after they move out of my shop.
Moving em was tricky though. Skid steer we were using had a hard time with the lathe so we put it on my little trailer instead of the big deck over. Weight was not ideal.
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Fortunately it's only about 7 miles to my house. It was a slow 7 miles!
The plan is for me to keep a couple small items in my shop so he can use them still and then we will move them to his shop when he gets done.
Here are the items
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Yep I got a nice mill and lathe for a while. Gonna be a good chance to learn em. Nice thing is when his shop us done I will have a key to it. So I'll have access to these even after they move out of my shop.
Moving em was tricky though. Skid steer we were using had a hard time with the lathe so we put it on my little trailer instead of the big deck over. Weight was not ideal.
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Fortunately it's only about 7 miles to my house. It was a slow 7 miles!
Well finally got onto priming the drywall.
I used a cheap pva primer. Seemed to work well.
Got part of the ceiling primed and miracle of miracles got the top section of my door on!!!! After like a full year.
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This was pretty important cause it finally started getting cold. This was almost 2 weeks ago and our lows were dropping into the teens instead of the high 20s.
Time to test the insulation. I left my paint in the shop, and left 4 halogen flood lights on. Well insulation success, it did not freeze in the shop. Despite it hitting 17 that first night and 12 the next. With just 4 halogen flood lights for heat.
I used a cheap pva primer. Seemed to work well.
Got part of the ceiling primed and miracle of miracles got the top section of my door on!!!! After like a full year.
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This was pretty important cause it finally started getting cold. This was almost 2 weeks ago and our lows were dropping into the teens instead of the high 20s.
Time to test the insulation. I left my paint in the shop, and left 4 halogen flood lights on. Well insulation success, it did not freeze in the shop. Despite it hitting 17 that first night and 12 the next. With just 4 halogen flood lights for heat.
So got all the drywall primed. Had some buddies coming up that Sunday to help me spray paint. Had to drive 2 hours to get my kilz primer in 5 gallon buckets, combined that with a quick trip to my parents for some large pumpkins for the kids and various things happening and what should have taken me 8 hours, took 12.
Well got home and started going to town priming the OSB with kilz.
Just me and my paint crew
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My kids and their friends, the girls kicked **** the 2 boys well they didn't make a huge mess!
If you are painting OSB use kilz oil based primer, seriously just bite the bullet and do so. Got one coat on and realized it was gonna need a second coat.
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Well it was Saturday night round midnight, I had friends coming about 11 to spray the paint on, so I went to bed and woke up at 6 to finish the second coat. It was totally worth it. Kicked my **** but the kilz made all the difference in the painting.
You can see my little electric heater in there that has pretty much kept the shop above freezing by itself even in the low teens. I was fairly uncomfortable leaving the halogens on all night. So got that little heater from the house and Bam!
Well got home and started going to town priming the OSB with kilz.
Just me and my paint crew
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My kids and their friends, the girls kicked **** the 2 boys well they didn't make a huge mess!
If you are painting OSB use kilz oil based primer, seriously just bite the bullet and do so. Got one coat on and realized it was gonna need a second coat.
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Well it was Saturday night round midnight, I had friends coming about 11 to spray the paint on, so I went to bed and woke up at 6 to finish the second coat. It was totally worth it. Kicked my **** but the kilz made all the difference in the painting.
You can see my little electric heater in there that has pretty much kept the shop above freezing by itself even in the low teens. I was fairly uncomfortable leaving the halogens on all night. So got that little heater from the house and Bam!
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So finally onto paint! Sprayed the whole thing. Used some medium gloss paint. Bought 4 mostly full 5 gallon buckets for 100 bucks.
So to this point. 5 gallons of PVA primer on the drywall, 8 or so gallons of kilz on the OSB.
Spraying paint.
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Thank goodness it was a warm day. Probably hit 55 that day and sunny!
Got fully painted and finally finally starting installing lights!!!!! Yep the kind you just flick a switch to turn on! This was HUGE to me
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You can also see how well the paint turned out. It's certainly not garage ma hal level but it's awesome for me.
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So to this point. 5 gallons of PVA primer on the drywall, 8 or so gallons of kilz on the OSB.
Spraying paint.
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Thank goodness it was a warm day. Probably hit 55 that day and sunny!
Got fully painted and finally finally starting installing lights!!!!! Yep the kind you just flick a switch to turn on! This was HUGE to me
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You can also see how well the paint turned out. It's certainly not garage ma hal level but it's awesome for me.
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Now I bought those LED lights before I really researched lights enough. They are 2300 lumens each. I have several 2 bulb fixtures I'm gonna pull the ballast out of and use LED bulbs in for the rest. If your going LED that seems to be the most cost effective route.
After painting and a weekend that destroyed me I took a couple days off from working on the shop. Not totally by choice but my body said no more dummy!
I got a bunch more lights put up over the next week.
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And yes there are wires hanging from the ceiling. Gonna get the other fixtures here soon and start modding them so I don't have those wires hanging.
Also I ordered 2 ceiling fans. Cheapest 56" blade ones on Amazon. Got one up.
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And put this klunky wall controller that came with it on.
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Well I didn't realize it was only designed to control one fan. A little research revealed a post on here where a guy melted the controller using it to control 3 fans. Not his fault either, installers did it.
Ordered a controller that was designed for up to 5 fans and was much less klunky.
Well that got here today. So up goes the other ceiling fan.
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And much much nicer wall controller.
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And that brings us basically up to date on my shop!
Tomorrow painting some old metal cabinets I got given
After painting and a weekend that destroyed me I took a couple days off from working on the shop. Not totally by choice but my body said no more dummy!
I got a bunch more lights put up over the next week.
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And yes there are wires hanging from the ceiling. Gonna get the other fixtures here soon and start modding them so I don't have those wires hanging.
Also I ordered 2 ceiling fans. Cheapest 56" blade ones on Amazon. Got one up.
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And put this klunky wall controller that came with it on.
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Well I didn't realize it was only designed to control one fan. A little research revealed a post on here where a guy melted the controller using it to control 3 fans. Not his fault either, installers did it.
Ordered a controller that was designed for up to 5 fans and was much less klunky.
Well that got here today. So up goes the other ceiling fan.
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And much much nicer wall controller.
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And that brings us basically up to date on my shop!
Tomorrow painting some old metal cabinets I got given
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Blazinzuk nice work.
Finallygotit
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Nice work!!
Being a pole barn I still wanted to be able to wash it out with a hose if ever needed.
So vinyl trim went up.
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Goes up pretty easy with 2 guys.
Also I plan to clean up the over spray soon. Bad knees makes that kind of stuff slow going
So vinyl trim went up.
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Goes up pretty easy with 2 guys.
Also I plan to clean up the over spray soon. Bad knees makes that kind of stuff slow going
Ok guys questions.
What's the best way to get that overspray off the floor?
I haven't tried much yet. I'd love a solution where I could stand. Being kneeled down is kind of hard on me.
Next question. Air filtration. I was painting some metal cabinets tonight. No windows ( on purpose) and how I did it all the place is sealed up pretty good.
How have you done it? I think some sort of air filter system that hangs from the ceiling will be good but wondering if I should put some vent fans in the walls.
What's the best way to get that overspray off the floor?
I haven't tried much yet. I'd love a solution where I could stand. Being kneeled down is kind of hard on me.
Next question. Air filtration. I was painting some metal cabinets tonight. No windows ( on purpose) and how I did it all the place is sealed up pretty good.
How have you done it? I think some sort of air filter system that hangs from the ceiling will be good but wondering if I should put some vent fans in the walls.
Couple of questions.
I built this to be sealed up tight. I thought after a bit I could figure out how to manage the airflow to create a more comfortable space.
I was spray painting some old metal cabinets today. Doors shut. Well that didn't last very long. Had to open the door.
So air filters. I think finding a used motor and building my own might be best. Or even a couple. I am gonna be doing spray painting from time to time. Just gotta find a design I like. Or am I gonna be better off buying a mass produced unit?
Other thing I was thinking about are exhaust fans. In the wall the kind with shutters.
I hope to paint a whole truck in here eventually but that is gonna require some different stuff.
Anyway pics of said metal cabinets.
This was their general condition.
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Some sanding, priming and other stuff and I get a decent looking result.
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The doors really need blasted down to bare metal which I plan to do sometime, but I need to get these up do I can put stuff in em.
I built this to be sealed up tight. I thought after a bit I could figure out how to manage the airflow to create a more comfortable space.
I was spray painting some old metal cabinets today. Doors shut. Well that didn't last very long. Had to open the door.
So air filters. I think finding a used motor and building my own might be best. Or even a couple. I am gonna be doing spray painting from time to time. Just gotta find a design I like. Or am I gonna be better off buying a mass produced unit?
Other thing I was thinking about are exhaust fans. In the wall the kind with shutters.
I hope to paint a whole truck in here eventually but that is gonna require some different stuff.
Anyway pics of said metal cabinets.
This was their general condition.
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Some sanding, priming and other stuff and I get a decent looking result.
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The doors really need blasted down to bare metal which I plan to do sometime, but I need to get these up do I can put stuff in em.
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zmotorsports
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Shop is looking great.
They make hanging garage filters.
Like this,
Shop Fox W1830 3-Speed Hanging Air Filter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008DPYSS4/?tag=atomicindus08-20
I’m not sure how big of a space that will cover or what types of air contaminant it will filter.
I like to evacuate the air to reduce volatile fumes and reduce the chance of fire or flashover. So I’ll be doing an evac to the out side with a filter on it to keep my outside from getting overspray and shop dusts all over.
Shop is looking good, keep up the good work
Like this,
Shop Fox W1830 3-Speed Hanging Air Filter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008DPYSS4/?tag=atomicindus08-20
I’m not sure how big of a space that will cover or what types of air contaminant it will filter.
I like to evacuate the air to reduce volatile fumes and reduce the chance of fire or flashover. So I’ll be doing an evac to the out side with a filter on it to keep my outside from getting overspray and shop dusts all over.
Shop is looking good, keep up the good work
Finally got those cabinets that I painted hung.
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Only got one door on. Half the speed nuts are stripped out and I lost a couple so hardware store in the AM then I can start organizing my bench and putting stuff away
Got one more of these to go under it too
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Only got one door on. Half the speed nuts are stripped out and I lost a couple so hardware store in the AM then I can start organizing my bench and putting stuff away
Got one more of these to go under it too
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Blazinzuk looking great.
Unruh
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Your garage is really coming along nice! I wish I had that kind of space. I really like how those cabinets turned out.
Thanks man. Trying to take everything I have learned over the years, and a whole lot of what I have wanted and putting it in here.
I feel lucky and very blessed to have this space. I have so much respect for guys who do stuff in smaller spaces. Mad respect for guys who can keep things spotless.
I'm hopefully working towards a more efficient and cleaner workspace.
Though the white and gray is bugging me a bit. Need to get some 1x3s to cover my transition line and paint them a nice bright color
Finally got the cabinets all done and up.
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Never had wall cabinets in a shop before.
I'm here to tell you that in fact yes you do need them. So neat and clean. And protected.
Built a little shelf there for cordless tool battery stuff
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Then added to my jackstand storage.
Once again simple lightweight shelf
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Was trying to make it look nice with some angles.
Then built a tool holder.
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Awesome thing is between the cabinets and all the shelves I've done so far the money I've spent has been on fasteners, paint, and sandpaper. Everything else has been scrap. I've got quite a bit more small peices too. So I'm gonna build some more stuff out of that. Then start on more uniform stuff.
Oh and the one of the main reasons for wanting a shop. To get my off road truck redone. After 5 years of not having a shop due to a semi unexpected move and really just me being lazy before we moved, I finally can work on my own stuff in fair comfort.
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Never had wall cabinets in a shop before.
I'm here to tell you that in fact yes you do need them. So neat and clean. And protected.
Built a little shelf there for cordless tool battery stuff
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Then added to my jackstand storage.
Once again simple lightweight shelf
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Was trying to make it look nice with some angles.
Then built a tool holder.
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Awesome thing is between the cabinets and all the shelves I've done so far the money I've spent has been on fasteners, paint, and sandpaper. Everything else has been scrap. I've got quite a bit more small peices too. So I'm gonna build some more stuff out of that. Then start on more uniform stuff.
Oh and the one of the main reasons for wanting a shop. To get my off road truck redone. After 5 years of not having a shop due to a semi unexpected move and really just me being lazy before we moved, I finally can work on my own stuff in fair comfort.
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Oh almost forgot quick little hammer holder
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I'm liking the plastic type pipe holders alot. I think they will find many uses in my shop. Cheap and easy. But geez I need a jigsaw. Cutting with a grinder isn't exactly precise
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I'm liking the plastic type pipe holders alot. I think they will find many uses in my shop. Cheap and easy. But geez I need a jigsaw. Cutting with a grinder isn't exactly precise
Got an iron pig in the shop! Very clean fj55. Putting a rear swaybar on it. Would have been simple but the exhaust is in the way. Plus trying to make it look original
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Outstanding shop. Wanting to add insulation and heat to mine.