My new shop building

[Daniel Thompson]

Last week I posted a picture of my new shop building in the Christmas tools thread and a couple people asked to see additional pictures so here goes.
This is the finished outside of the building:
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Backing up to the start of the project, the process went something like this:
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There was a bit of dirt to move out of the way:
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After getting the hole dug:
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Here are the forms in place for the poured foundation walls:
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[Daniel Thompson]

After stripping off the forms the foundation walls look like this. There are 90 yards of concrete in the walls. I wonder if the engineering company secretely owns the local concrete plant?
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Getting started on the framing:
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It took less than a day to set the roof trusses:
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Windows installed and waiting for stucco:
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Getting started preparing to pour the concrete floor. You can see the conduit for the floor outlets.
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[Daniel Thompson]

Starting to get the floor poured. The floor took another 30 yards of concrete.
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Unfortunately, the electrical utility box was about as far away from the building as possible. This resulted in needing huge electrical cable to cope with the voltage drop but I have 200 amp service for the shop.

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Fast foward to the moving in stage of the project. Here I've got the dust collector mounted to the wall. Now that I've got enough vertical clearance, I need to get a 55 gallon drum.
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Getting some of the machinery moved into the shop.
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[Daniel Thompson]

More misc. pictures of the inside.
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Finally got my benches moved in.
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The view out the windows from the bench area is pretty nice.
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The building is well insulated and you can see the 2 75K btu Hot Dawg heaters mounted on the ceiling. Getting the building warm is no problem but I haven't gotten the first gas bill yet so I don't know what the cost is going to be. There are 8 of the 400 watt metal halide lighting fixtures which provide plenty of light. There are also 3 regular incandesent fixtures with 200 watt bulbs. I think the color balance is a little better with both sets of lights going. The halide lights seem to be a little on the cold side.

There is still lots of stuff to do, painting, putting up duct work and getting organized but it's starting to get to the point where I can actually do woodworking.

[Bruce Page]

I can only dream...

Beautiful!

[Dewey Torres]

Holly cow,
When I fist saw it during the holidays I thought it was an attached garage shop on the side of the house.

That is going to be a superb shop to say the very least.

I did notice you are going to need a better bench though

[Andrew Joiner]

Hi Daniel ,

You need to make it bigger and get some decent machines!

Really, WOW! Good for you. Have fun and enjoy it.

That looks like a true dream shop.

[Brett Baldwin]

Man....with that much space, the mess in my shop would be overwhelming! Very nice Daniel.

[Steve Clardy]

Very nice looking shop building

[Daniel Thompson]

Andrew:
After putting 2 coats of paint on that ceiling, 15 feet in the air, I think there might actually be something to be said for smaller spaces.

After getting this built, I will be lucky if my wife lets me buy a new screwdriver.

[Jim Becker]

Wow....that's an awesome shop building. I love the windows and the light they bring, too!

[Joe Chritz]

Indeed impressive. 90 yards is a lot of concrete, if the engineer doesn't own the company he must have stocks.

Joe

[gary Zimmel]

Now that is one sweet man cave...

Congrats Daniel!

[Jim O'Dell]

It's cavernous!!! (spell check says it's a word) I think I'd get lost in there. No joke.
Beautiful space, and equally beautiful view. I know you WILL enjoy it! Jim.

[Danny Thompson]

Will the real Dan Thompson please stand up?

That is a sick shop! Congrats.