Shop is done

Looking Good...I know you can't wait...

Re: Shop is done

Paul grover

What are the brand of lights and the lumin? Looks like your lighting is perfect,great job. Thanks Paul

Re: Shop is done

John lucas

Not sure the brand or lumens. I bought most of them at Costco and some from Sam's. The last 2 from Walmart. They have come down in price. The first ones were about $30. The last ones were $16. They are brighter than my 4 foot fluorescents, dont ever humm. And havent changed a bulb in 4 years.

Re: Shop is done

Philip Duffy

John, Congratulations! Let's see that first piece! Bye the bye, have you thought about painting the floor with special garage epoxy, in white of course. P.

Looks Great, John!

thought about it. decided no

john lucas

I'm too anxious to get into the shop and by the time I cover the floor with equipment and floor pads there won't be much showing. I was going to paint the walls but decided to leave it more industrial looking. may change my mind later.

the move begins

john lucas

MY step son and I got 3 trailer loads full this morning. Probably have about 6 more to go. the Bandsaw, drill press and a couple of really tall cabinets are going to be interesting.

Re: the move begins

John K Jordan

I thought I posted this earlier but must have been dreaming, so here is (again?):

Excellent! I can't wait to come see first-hand. What's your ETS? (Estimated Time till Shavings?)

JKJ

Re: the move begins

John lucas

I'm going to make shavings next week. The shop won't be anywhere near ready but the lathe and bandsaw will be working.

starting to fill up.   

john lucas

I have most of the machines in now. I have a large metal working work bench and my bandsaw to put in here. Then there are a gazillion boxes and lots of wood that have to go somewhere. Also have to assemble the table saw which will take up a lot of room.

Re: starting to fill up.

John Scheideman

Looks great, John. You're going to love it! I am going to replace my 8' florescent lights with LED's this summer. I can't wait to see the difference.

shelves

John K Jordan

>>>Then there are a gazillion boxes and lots of wood that have to go somewhere.

Have you used this type of shelf?

I load them up with wood and tools, those I get from Sams claim to hold 600 lbs per shelf but I think that's without the casters.

They come with plastic shelf liners but without them are great for drying green wood.

JKJ

Re: shelves

john lucas

Yes i've got several of those and they will go in the southwest corner next to my plywood and long board storage.

Re: Shop is done

Mike Brazeau

Looks awesome John! Congratulations. You have worked hard and accomplished a lot is a short time. Serious envy for the metal lathe/milling combo. Wish I had room for an old metal lathe.

Outstanding!

Don Orr

Enjoy!

JEALOUS!!

klowwn

Congrats!!

They Don't Break

Stuart Johnson

I stepped on a tube and pretty well destroyed the plastic sleeve. The bulb or whatever you would call it now still lights. I might be wrong but I think they are just led strips inside a plastic tube. This one has more light than one of my older florescence two bulb fixtures.

Re: They Don't Break

John lucas

You are.correct. they have about 30 or 40 little bitty LED squares like you see when you look in a small.flashlight.

Epoxy paint the floor!

Charlie belden

Bare concrete floors generate concrete dust like you won’t believe. Epoxy paint it with a little sand in it for traction and things will get a lot less dusty. Too late now i guess.

Re: Epoxy paint the floor!

Philip F Duffy

That is what I suggested but John said no. P.

Re: Epoxy paint the floor!

Tony-Memphis

I treated mine with Thompson's and it has held up well and no dust! (20 years so far). I'd rather have a nice epoxy as the concrete is not very nice to look at, but, I had no choice. And, after 20 years, there ain't much floor showing in my small shop anyway! Next time?

Re: Epoxy paint the floor!

mikeee12345

For a hard use floor epoxy is often top coated with a layer of urethane which is a less brittle surface. Dropping hardened steel objects on an epoxy floor will result in small fractures similar to a rock chip on a windshield. For a shop floor the polyurea type coatings will last longer unless you want a floor that is primarily used as a show piece. Certain chemicals will also cause problems with an epoxy coated floor, the other issue with epoxy is the concrete surface must be free of all petrochemicals and be completely dry or you will have issues with the epoxy as it is curing. The other issue when installing epoxy floors is making sure all of the concrete dust is removed from the surface, if not the concrete dust will raise into the epoxy as it is curing and create a haze in the finish. If you don't take the proper steps in preparing the surface for an epoxy floor you will have problems. A business associate of mine has a floor coating business and I have helped him out on several larger projects when he needed additional hands in mixing and applying the various products to the floors. Prepping the concrete floor for the product is the most important step in the process, taking short cuts in this step usually shows up in the final product which can often require rework.

Prepping....

Henry (Raleigh NC)

A general statement for all painting processes:

"Prepping the concrete floor for the product is the most important step in the process, taking short cuts in this step usually shows up in the final product which can often require rework."

Henry

Re: thought about it. decided no

Dennis in Southern Oregon

Just MHO, but seal it if you want, but don't make it pretty or white or you will obsess over every nick and spill that inevitably will occur in a shop.