Good Morning All,
I've been plugging away on building out my new shop in my barn. I completed framing the walls a few weeks ago. I ended up framing a new wall inside of the existing exterior walls. Although this caused a minor loss of square footage, it will pay dividends in speed of flooring, wiring and wall finishes; not to mention a nice straight wall looks better.
Last weekend I finished installing the 3" rigid insulation on the floor and got the first layer of 3/4" OSB on top of it. I'll be installing another layer of 3/4" OSB this week as well; glued and screwed. I feel this should provide a good solid floor that will support the typical loads for a woodworking shop. As you can see in a couple of locations, I did add some solid wood blocking instead of insulation so the insulation doesn't get crushed over time. One spot (not pictured) is where my 16" jointer will sit; all 1800lbs.... The other spot is roughly in line with where my tractor and truck tires will be on the occasion where I'm loading materials in/out.
Yesterday I finished hooking up the feed wiring for my electrical panels. You'll notice that there are two panels with a lockable disconnect between them. The panel on the left will provide lighting to the entire barn, convenience receptacles throughout the barn, compressor, maybe the dust collector etc... the panel on the right will provide power to the larger equipment in my shop (TS, BS, jointers, planer, RAS, mortiser, phase converter, dedicated 120V receptacles for stationary tools. My logic for this: we have a 3 year old and I'm trying to prevent future mishaps. I plan to have my son understand that the tools are only to be used by/with me. But I see teenage peer pressure as a major wild card and I'm sure there will be times when curious kids may wander into the shop. For the record, I do plan to lock the door to my shop, but some days I may forget to do that, so this is a second layer of protection. As for added cost for this setup, it may have cost $100 because my brother in law owns an electric supply house so I got a good deal on all of my electrical supplies .
Now I'm trying to finalize my electrical layout for lighting, power and data. Still hoping to have the shop complete by sometime in the summer. I need to put it into high gear...
Cheers,
NWB
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