Shop Talk

 Yes the OSB prices went out of sight. Hope its on the way down. $6.00 per sheet? Not sure what thickness that was? When I bought the 5/8 thick OSB for the shop exterior and roof sheeting it was $18.75 and was closer to $40 last time I checked. with 180 sheets of it required. It would have impacted the budget dramatically! I agree that dry wall might be a good cost effective choice also. I could live with dry wall on the walls. Maybe still have the white steel liner panels vertical on the lower 3 feet?

Regards,

 Chris

 Made a list of materials (wood) and called local lumber yard. They had it ready when I got there, good quality, and it was noted that the prices of lumber is trending downward! Good news for anyone building! So I got materials to try to frame out the rest of the Z1 area.

Also secured the materials for the stairs, threads and risers. I got 2 x 12 for the tread. Most stairs I have used 2 x 10 for the step. Will see how this looks and feels. I would like to get these built. May have to put the stairs in without the walls being done? Would then need to finish the walls around the stairs if I put them in place now.  

Probably the right thing to do is have the walls finished first. But I would like to be able to get up in the loft to do some work too.

Do you guys like using drywall in a building like this? My brother has a similar shop with dry wall and it looks real good. 

So you see I am still open on the final wall coverings. Comments always welcome!

Regards,

 Chris

 Thanks! The two 10 inch stacks are for steam to escape from the boiling operation. About 120 gallons of water per hour is boiled 98% of the steam goes up those stacks. The larger 12 inch is the smoke stack. 

Worked on walls inside today as the weather was windy and rainy at 50 degrees.

This is a view down at the wall base plate. I finally got around to fastening it down with several tapcons. Drilled about 1.5 inches into the concrete.

Started the wall for the bathroom:

I think I may move the large sink back out into Z1. Just seems like the thing to do! Would then place a small stainless sink in the bathroom:

Jogged the wall and framed in the stair well:

Keeping it tractor related:

Regards,

 Chris

 Thanks again for the kind words. I do get overwhelmed sometimes, and I know it will never be done too!

I missed the hole in the wall, Sorry:)

Off to help with harvesting corn at the local Tractor show grounds today. I was lured in with a free breakfast in a hour! A team of members will be working on picking corn with antique equipment today with various machines, maybe some orange too? I will try to take some pictures and post them later too.

The boys went deer hunting with me for a hour last night. It was fun to have them get excited about hunting.

Regards,

 Chris

I try to include a little orange here and there in this thread to attempt to keep it somewhat related to what this forum is about Allis tractors. Some days I feel the forum is becoming a different type of forum and it doesn't interest me as much, Sorry just my opinion.

On the shop. My next steps are walls roughed in so that grandson Nic can do the rough wiring of the building. I have been walking over 2x4s laid on the floor for weeks. Its time to get moving!

My west walk door came out in a odd spot for the inside wall. I needed to jog the wall for the door to open.

 Next is the 9 foot wide x 8 foot high opening for another internal garage door. This would allow large project to be moved into Z1. This would be a R12 door with a row of windows too.

On a side note my door guys were here yesterday and they delivered and programmed all 4 of my new 4 button remotes for the OH doors! Sweet! They also will be back to disassemble the spring/ opener systems on three doors and move them down a inch. This should allow just enough clearance to get ceiling panels in place on the rafters with minimal interference.

Morale of the story here is that you should have the eave height approx 2 foot higher than the door height! 

They also measured for they 9 x 8 door. Awesome! 

Very impressed with Northeast Ohio Overhead Door Company and would recommend them to anyone!

A walk door will be framed about where the ladder is setting to go from Z1 out into Z2. Big debate where this should go. Trying to keep it central in the whole building. 

I am now considering placing two interior windows in the long wall between Z1 and Z2.

These would be approximately in line with the windows in the exterior walls too. At similar height. Allowing light in and cross ventilation. Also Jim stopped in to visit and made the suggestion that a window air conditioner could go into one of those also. Interesting concept!

Its going to get cold and the building is dried in, which I am very glad of. Just wont have any heat this winter. Will keep stumbling along. Thanks for checking in on me!

Hope things are good in Orange land!

Forgot to mention I am not a builder! Dont be too critical on my unconventional wall building techniques. It may not be much for looks but should be hell for stout!

Regards,

Chris

Jim,

 Just the old disc that you helped me set up as a weird 3 point with a JD 272 mower mounting system! Still working! Thanks! The cultipacker, well I may have a picture of that somewhere? I just drag it around behind. 

Regards,

 Chris

 The trolley should come together tomorrow.

Regards,

 Chris

Internet died at our place for a day or two after the rains. Yes almost went into withdrawals!

I designed the building using Google sketch up. I have worked in design for several years on drafting boards and CAD systems. I agree that a good detailed design helps a lot. But one of the things that you dont get on paper is the feel of the building and or the physical layout or the work flow or the walking paths. So Having a general Idea in my head I have been living/ working in and around the fake walls on the floor for several weeks now. This approach allows me to be a little more artistic and creative and also allows folks that come in the building to critique the layout too. I appreciate your input and your thoughts are right on the money. I have also been procrastinating a little and working on some actual projects in the shop.

Including:

-Changed the tires/ rims to winter ones on the truck. Was sooooo nice to have a smooth floor to work on!

- First welding project. Had  several spot welds on a air box for the FL40 (another thread)

- Also working on the FL40 (forklift project to see if I can get it running on LPG?) 

- Another load of 2B spread out with the Jubilee and back blade to get us out of the mud!

- Working on cleaning and painting of the rolling trolley for the jib crane. The tag cleaned up nice it is a 2000 lb trolley! Perfect! It may be PO#1 also! They will looks better! Just in clean up mode in these shots.

Replaced a broken push in zerk.

Large 4 inch wheels, should roll good.

Paint stripper is the gooey look.

- Brought the D17 home and packed it in the shop too.Sorry not a great picture.

- Worked on the TD6 hydraulic line issue. Just starting that repair project. Will not be pretty or fun. Messy, dirty, greasy, oily, ugly., heavy, lots of grunting, expensive, Perfect!

Thanks for checking on me! Hope things are good in Orange land!

Regards,

 Chris