Here Is My Shop!

That's a very nice second home you have there. Like the way you have everything setup. I'm still blonking along on mine. Hoping to move in after we get home in the spring. Cheers, Mike
 
RVJimD said:
Really nice, thanks for posting!

Question about your crane, dose it fit out the door? I suppose you could get the heavy stuff in the door far enough to manage? Does it move around the shop where you need it? I ask because I often think, "how can I fit a job or gantry or fixed chain hoist here or there?"

Thanks again for the nice shop tour!

Jim
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As the crane currently sits it does not go out the door but that has not been an issue as I have been able to back the trailer or truck into the garage and then use the crane to lift it off. This includes the milling machine, lathe and stock saw. The one design fault I have, which was necessary to meet building codes here, was I could not go to a 12' sidewall which would have allowed for taller overhead doors. 10' doors would allow the crane to pass through them easily. The crane could easily be modified to pass under the current doors, it's height is adjustable but its about 2" too tall to go through the inner door. Thus far we have been able to just pass the trailer through into the shop and unload the machinery or projects/materials.
 
Cheeseking said:
Looks VERY nice! I hope to be able to build something along those lines once my kids are done with college and my wife and I figure out where we can agree on to retire. Have to go somewhere we can get enough property to pull that off. Yes, love all the pictures. You can't post too many so please do. So the shop is the back half divided by a wall with the single roll-up door and service door??
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I was fortunate enough that a change in how the "accessory structure" square footage is calculated allowed me to grandfather in my old 25x25 garage and add that to the max allowable size. Yes, the building is split in half and separated by an insulated overhead door and a service door. I needed to heat this as cheap as I could and I did not want to loose sq footage for a utility room. So insulated the heck out of everything, including the doors. Unless its -30 wind chill the ductless unit keeps it comfortable enough to work in a sweatshirt.

FOMOGO said:
That's a very nice second home you have there. Like the way you have everything setup. I'm still blonking along on mine. Hoping to move in after we get home in the spring. Cheers, Mike
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Your shop looks great and I look forward to seeing it finished, If your like me I'll bet you just cant wait to get it finished.
 
Heh, heh, I bet Charlie Spencer is drooling over that much work space!

TDA, Charlie is one of the great members here who posted a pic of his shop. I have never seen so much equipment in such a small space but he makes it work. Would that we could all have the beautiful shop you have - congrats!
 
Mikey, I have seen the pics of Charlie's shop photos and he has a lot of stuff in a small space. I never posted photos of my old shop but I had what I have now, minus some of the benches in a 12'x16' space. You had to step outside to change your mind! The cool thing here is I have lots of space for accusations. I have a real "need" for a small surface grinder so I've been shopping. Thanks to you and all for the kind words. My back is slowly getting a bit better and I have been in the shop for at least a few hours every day this week, if nothing else but to look at this board and see if I can share my "wisdom" with someone in need and to post these photos.
 
TakeDeadAim said:
This is coming late, what a surprise building a shop had delays! The area I am showing in this thread is 25'x30'; which is half of a 30'x50' pole building. The other half serves as our garage and storage area and also houses my air compressor, nice to not have to hear that thing running, as well as storage areas for hardware, parts and materials.

This was a project many years in planning and one of those things that I put off way too long, in some ways I think because I thought I did not deserve it. Of course the things that happen in everyone's life that become priorities jumped in line a few times as well. You all know, the septic system needs replacement, the car that gives up two years before you wanted it to and then some health issues. Anyone who has paid for any kind of major health issues in the past 6-8 years knows what I mean. That 20% co-pay adds up!

I think the only advantage of the delay was the chance to look at a lot of shops and design and re-design this one a dozen times. The lathe I have had for several years, it and a bench top mill lived in a small shed off the back of the house. Now I have the room I need to add a few things and some space to work. Sorry if I got carried away with the photos.
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I would love to have that much room and that many toys, but it aint to be. Enjoy your lovely shop, and the toys in it.
 
When the Kearns boring mill gets there and the K +T mill , the cars will be outside . Oops sorry , nope lol it's very nice . I can only dream of a shop that size.
 
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