Wood shop specs and cost?

[fish n chicks]

Originally posted by Eric Krewson:
One more suggestion, put in twice as many lights as you think you need. I have one end of my shop I sure wish I had stuck another florescent 48"er in, kinda' dark down there.

I did put an abundance of 120v and 220v plugs around the walls, as well as a 100amp breaker box.

Definitely a GREAT suggestion Mr. K! I'd say a fixture every 72" o.c. with 36" at your walls. Man I hate the lighting in my shop. Some spots if I work a certain way my body actually shields the light i need! Try to avoid that Razor.

[razorsharptokill]

I looked it over today. I'm going with two T8's  end to end over my work bench on the back wall(19'5"). Two more every 4 foot or so toward the front where the garage door is. I'll have them there too so when the door is down I won't have a dark spot there. So eight 8ft lights total in 400 square feet. I should be able to tan in there.

[fish n chicks]

Originally posted by razorsharptokill:
I looked it over today. I'm going with two T8's  end to end over my work bench on the back wall(19'5"). Two more every 4 foot or so toward the front where the garage door is. I'll have them there too so when the door is down I won't have a dark spot there. So eight 8ft lights total in 400 square feet. I should be able to tan in there.

lol. Don't forget to invite the honies!! Some Jimmy Buffet and a few dozen bows scattered about and you got yourself a party!

[timbuckII]

Have you built you bench yet? You might want to think about making a walk around bench rather than one up against a wall. I built one up against the wall but later built a walk around and am much happier with it.
The top is a 4 X 8 sheet of 3/4 ply wih 4X4 legs, 2X6s as a frame at the top and 2X4s to hold a shelf at the bottom. Heavy enough not to hop around and with a vice mounted at the corner and a support down from it it is easy to work and walk around.
Just a thought. Great looking shop by the way.

TBKII  

PS: Think about what kind of vice you will get.

[fish n chicks]

Now that you have a real shop, you should consider shopnotes magazine. This link is to a sample mag, and in it are plans to build a bench worthy of an true woodworker. Click the next button above the cover to flip through the pages, the site makes it look like it's just a cover page.

http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/sample/01/

Unless you already know about the mag...

[razorsharptokill]

Thanks fish, I went ahead and subscribed. I have a 6' bench my dad made years ago that is super sturdy. It is almost exactly as you described Tim. He had it in his basement and it was set up as a walk around. I like that idea.

I was considering the spray on expandable foam insulation but I think I'll just do the fiberglass roll.

I rolled another coat of Kilz on the outside today. Looks much better. I'll spray a good oil based exterior paint on it as soon as I can.

Make that four 8' lights. Should still be plent bright.

[razorsharptokill]

Ended up being just over $11,880.00 Still have a lot more to do like storage, tools etc...

[fish n chicks]

That's a lot of shop for 12 large. Congrats! Now you gotta work on buzzing neon budweiser signs and a couple of shop stools! I knew a guy who had a urinal put in his shop/man cave.

Probably should've mentioned that before the build huh....

[fish n chicks]

Forgot to mention a couple of ideas that I want to one day incorporate into my own shop:

1. Try to get your compressor into your loft for noise isolation.

2. Try to get your dust collector up there too. Not necessarily it's holding bin, but if you can locate the motor up top, and create a lil bin downstaris for easy cleaning, it will also save you the headache of all that noise.

[razorsharptokill]

I have most of the insulation in now. I lack about 35 feet of 23" insulation in the ceiling.

All the electric is roughed in except the main from the house to the shop. I have to get a track hoe in there for that.

[razorsharptokill]

Electric is on in the shop. Found some plans for an air filtration set up that uses a 110v squirrell cage and household air filters. I'm going to put it between ceiling joists so it doesn't hang down.

[razorsharptokill]

Got one wall and the ceiling paneled with OSB. It's starting to look like a shop now!

[kennym]

Soundin good Jim!!

We do require pics when complete!

[carver]

I will say this:  barn style roof costs extra.  Each "rafter" is actually 3 rafters, joined together at the ridge, the pitch-change, and the projection.  You're paying for the storage space it will give you...otherwise, go for straight gables and sacrifice some storage space.

[razorsharptokill]

It's already built. I like the extra headspace the gabled roof gives.

[carver]

cool ... what did you end up paying?

[razorsharptokill]

Just under 12K but I'm still adding things so...

Here's some pics:
  the electric trench

  before insulation and plywood

 

  The inspector. I think he thinks it's his new dog house.

[bjansen]

Thats awesome Jim.  Your going to have a lot of fun out there.

[T Folts]

Nice shop there Jim. I would live in that thing if I had it.

[razorsharptokill]

Thank you all. I'm really having fun getting it ready.