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More to come later as I need to get some work done.
 
Thanks Mike.

The next project was the copper water line that provides to spigots, sink and swamp cooler. The copper line shares several over head trapeze brackets that also secure the air line via unistrut . A sink mount was built to eliminate the sink legs. Spiral oval ductwork was used to preserve shop hight.

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74' of ductwork secured with aircraft cable. Each section was sealed from the inside...guess who crawled inside to seal haha. "Swampzilla" has two wet sections, two pumps, and 8" media resting on a custom built stand (second welding project done in the new shop). Next up was the compressor dryer and airlines. I used the fast pipe system from rapid air. The 1" extruded aluminum piping (powder coated ) and fittings are rated to 195 psi.
Its a loop system totaling 320' with two overhead reels and several double drops.

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The floor was cleaned and sealed using xylene base sealer. The saw joints were caulked with Seka self leveling compound, this took 5 days since I could only do half the floor at one time. 6" vinyl mop board was used to finish up the walls/floor.

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Each piece of equipment was cleaned, serviced and brought in to there new home. This took several days as some machines required more than others.
 
51 ton iron worker, 1440 lathe, CNC lagun mill, smaller mill, vertical band saw, cold saw, plate roller welding machines, fume extractor, profile roller, rotary pipe/tubing bender, and a CNC plasma table moved in and located. RPC installed and 3ph power to machines.

A new XPR-10A-LP (Bendpak) was install in the N/E bay (roll up door used for this reason) with the help of a buddy.

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The last bit of concrete (19 yards) finished up the new apron on the front. 6" pipe was used for bollards to protect the drive through door as well as corner protection for the building.

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I have been trying to finish up the shop over the last six months, but seem to only have time to work on paying projects. I still need to stock the new overhead plate rack, bring in the horizontal band saw, input/out put rollers for saw station, 8' apron break and various brackets. The new added space is so nice when working on several projects.

The past two years have been taxing, but in the end worth the effort. So far I have $26.00 per sf. Doing the work myself allowed me to upgrade many features and end up with my dream shop. Currently I work in the shop every other day as my career is winding down. Once retired, I will be spending more time where I belong.

Thanks for looking and keep turning and burning.
 
Well I don't think I can compete with Firestoppers shop but here is my lame attempt.

Few pictures of the motorcycle half of our shop.

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It's pretty tight in there, I had to stagger the bike lifts to keep trips to the toolbox and workbenches unobstructed without bumping the bike on the opposite lift that I was working on. It is a little frustrating but I think I finally have things arranged in a manner than work is not impeded to bad.

Mike.
 
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