Progress on my new shop!!

[NICK BARBOZA]

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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[Jim Becker]

Looks like it's going to be a nice space. I look forward to your updates as work progresses!

[Joe Jensen]

Looks awesome, I'm super jealous

[Bruce Page]

Looks awesome, I'm super jealous

Me too!


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[Jerry Olexa]

Looking good!!! Good job!

[NICK BARBOZA]

Finished up the second layer of 3/4" OSB flooring on Sunday.
Now it's full steam ahead on electrical!!!
Cheers,
NWB
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[Al Launier]

Now that is a nice project! Nice work & well planned!

[John K Jordan]

...electrical panels. You'll notice that there are two panels with a lockable disconnect between them.

What a great idea. I rely on keeping the shop locked at all times I am not there but your idea should be considered for every shop. Another rule I have is no one, even adults, work in the shop without me present.

It's great to see a shop in progress! I built mine a few years ago, down by my barn instead of inside the barn, and it was a wonderful journey. I was clearing some scrub with the tractor one day when I realized it was a beautiful and nearly flat spot, perfect for the shop. I tell people I built it with my bare hands but I lie, I actually used tools. :-)

I'll be watching for more progress photos.

JKJ

[John Lankers]

Rick, I absolutely love your OSB floor. I am planning to use OSB also in my new shop, are you planning to apply some sort of finish to make it more durable and to keep glue and "what have you" from staining the floor. I had unfinished OSB in the bench area in my old shop but it turned kind greyish, dirty looking over the years.

[NICK BARBOZA]

John,
I plan to paint the floor for now. Probably use a patio or porch floor paint. Battleship grey.
Someday I may install a camp grade hardwood, or something of the like as budget allows.
Cheers,
Nick

[John Lankers]

I was considering a clear varnish but paint isn't a bad option either. Regardless, anything is better than bare concrete when a chisel decides to roll of the bench.

[NICK BARBOZA]

The past week or so has been dedicated to wiring. I've got 95% of the wire pulled throughout the shop and about 75% of that is landed in the panels. I've only devised a few recepticles, so there are still hours of work left there...
The wires going in the panel are only temporarily stapled. I plan to tidy that up once everything is terminated.
Getting there!
NWB

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[Jay Larson]

Looking good. Nice and clean.

[Don Jarvie]

While you are doing the wiring add a few outlets on the outside of the shop. Also add some right inside the main door.

[NICK BARBOZA]

Good Morning all,
Made some decent progress on the shop over the past two weekends. Got the ceiling insulated and most of the vapor barrier last weekend. I used Roxul and it went well, but it was an arduous task.
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This weekend I got my 1x10 shiplap pine delivered. I decided to do a whitewash on it to provide a bit more light reflection while still keeping the 'barn' look. I'm quite happy with the look of the whitewash in place but the pictures don't quite capture it appropriately. In order to make the whitewash I did a few samples to come up with a mixing ration that delivered the look i was after. I had about 3ish gallons of primer left over from a house project so i diluted it with about 1.25 gallons of water. installation went pretty well, it was slow but I'm about 50% done at this point. There was alot of back-and-forth on the baker staging.
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I had to get a little creative installing mostly 14-16' pieces of 1x10 by myself. I made these little helpers to hold the piece up there within a couple inches of the ceiling until i was happy with how things lined up.
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Cheers,
NWB