Hi all. I joined the forums a couple of years back when I started a job as a trainee precision engineer. I'm no longer doing it as, sadly, it was 100 miles travel each way to the workshop (was going to move closer but it never happened). I'm still interested in using my own lathe and doing metal work, so I hope you see some more posts of my work on here in the future.
I'm currently getting my feet clear to start my own business doing bicycle repairs and whilst I'm at it, I'm going to get my viceroy lathe up and running to make my own tools and possibly make some to sell on.
At the moment I have a wood built garage that's quite damp on the inside. Started working on the outside today and found some rotten wood that's going to need replaced and I'm going to put some vents on far away walls to try ventilate the place to get rid of the damp on the inside.
I thought I'd start a post on here to keep a record for me and others to see whilst I do the work. Wouldn't mind any helpful hints and advice as I go on.
Currently I need to dry out the inside of the garage as it's quite damp and the concrete floor has started to crumble on the surface. I'm hoping it's not too far gone and I can, when it's dried out, go over the top of it with some concrete repair.
I don't have any electricity in the garage and it's too far from my house to get any lines to it (across the road) so I'm going to wire up a 12v system with LED lights and a generator to run my lathe and other power tools.
Anyone had any experience of doing this and know good ways to keep the 12v battery topped up? I'm thinking of using a leisure battery for a caravan and possibly some solar panels. Only problem is that there isn't much sunlight on the west coast of Scotland.
I'll get some pictures up soon so you can see where I'm starting from, and hopefully some more as I progress to a finished workshop.
I'm currently getting my feet clear to start my own business doing bicycle repairs and whilst I'm at it, I'm going to get my viceroy lathe up and running to make my own tools and possibly make some to sell on.
At the moment I have a wood built garage that's quite damp on the inside. Started working on the outside today and found some rotten wood that's going to need replaced and I'm going to put some vents on far away walls to try ventilate the place to get rid of the damp on the inside.
I thought I'd start a post on here to keep a record for me and others to see whilst I do the work. Wouldn't mind any helpful hints and advice as I go on.
Currently I need to dry out the inside of the garage as it's quite damp and the concrete floor has started to crumble on the surface. I'm hoping it's not too far gone and I can, when it's dried out, go over the top of it with some concrete repair.
I don't have any electricity in the garage and it's too far from my house to get any lines to it (across the road) so I'm going to wire up a 12v system with LED lights and a generator to run my lathe and other power tools.
Anyone had any experience of doing this and know good ways to keep the 12v battery topped up? I'm thinking of using a leisure battery for a caravan and possibly some solar panels. Only problem is that there isn't much sunlight on the west coast of Scotland.
I'll get some pictures up soon so you can see where I'm starting from, and hopefully some more as I progress to a finished workshop.