New Shop

[pelligrini]

I'd hate to have to sharpen that blade.

You could have done it yourself with picks and chisels. Might have taken a couple years, and a few more doctors visits for your back.

[chopnhack]

Now that's a saw blade ;-)

[JSUPreston]

Now that's a saw blade ;-)

Think Lee could make a Shark Guard for that one?

[Tom Clark]

Nice building. You will love it. My last two shops have been steel buildings, so thought I would throw in a couple of ideas. The first was in north FL, and had the typical R11 insulation. It was way too hot in the summer, and hard to heat in the winter.

The second building is in the NM desert, so I wanted it better insulated! They built it will R19 ceiling, but only R11 walls - all they offered. After 15 years in the first building with only the insulation for walls, this time I wanted solid walls that I could mount things on. When the building was finished I added studs on 24" centers, screwed the top rail right to the metal beam, and used Tapcons to screw the bottom to the floor. Then put 50 sheets of 2" thick x 4' x 8' foam insulation behind the studs.

The foam sheets was cheap insulation. I was going to use the inexpensive paneling for walls I remembered from years ago. Hah! Try to find some! $20 and up for the really cheap stuff. This time 7/16 OSB was used. It cost $7.20 per sheet and makes for solid walls. It looked like a dungeon until painted white.

The new shop is far nicer than the old one. We are at 5000', so it cools off at night, so the shop hardly ever goes over 82 degrees even on 100 degree days.

This is just throwing out an idea. Worked for me…

[BadeMillsap]

Tom

Thank you for the notes and pics !! I really like the idea of the studs and will definitely use that going forward. As far as insulation I am sure you are correct that more is better I just have to get to an acceptable cost vs comfort happy medium.

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[twistsol]

The shop looks great. It's a little depressing that I started mine a year ago and you're now ahead of me. You're going to have a great space when it's completed.

[BadeMillsap]

Pretty much complete with the addition of counter top and cabinets ...

Well it's been a long haul but other than a few "todo" items like getting the DC like I want it ... the shop is mostly complete and fully functional ...

I finished the countertop and cabinets this evening ... first time I ever built cabinets ... can't say I liked the chore and I definitely don't like painting them!!

The cabinets above the counter top were purchased along with a couple of others not pictured on craigslist for $25/each ...

The counter top is a double layer of 3/4" MDF sealed with polyurethane (which it turns out I AM old enough to purchase ... ) ... I'll add another pegboard over the middle (there are already two 4x8 PBs not pictured)... counter top is 19.5' long and 24" deep ... very comfortable to work at.

I'm REALLY glad to have the cabinets and counter top finished ... it was getting very tiresome having things scattered between two shops and all over the floor...