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General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: 455pev on October 06, 2016, 08:07:51 AM
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Well it has finally come that I needed to get rid of the old and build a new Barn( Brian will back me up on this one). Hate to see my old barn go but it has served it time well. it is in need of more repairs than it is worth. Not many barns left that are still held together with mortis and tendons and wood pegs. New Barn is almost complete and I will be glad when it is because it is taking all my time, but boy will it be nice.
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More Pictures
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The main section is 30 by 72 with 12 foot walls. This is Divided into a work area and storage. the short section is 16 by 30 with 8 foot walls(paint booth). Maybe once this is done I can get some of my cars done, or my sons' cars.
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Wow! That is an awesome workshop!
You should post a picture of your old barn for comparison.
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Serious shop envy....congratulations! Very nicely done!
Chuck
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Serious shop envy....congratulations! Very nicely done!
Chuck
X 2 (and more I'm sure). Extremely nice.
Dan
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Is the separate bay on the right built especially for the 65 GS?
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Definitely agree with everyone else - a wonderful structure! :thumbsup:
Cheers, Edouard
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Wow, very nice indeed!
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Nice shop !
you can never have too much storage .
I,m getting ready to pour concrete in mine the end of this month .
:cheers2:
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Is the separate bay on the right built especially for the 65 GS?
Sort of. It will be for what I am not working at the moment but am driving so for now it will house the 69 GS convert.
thanks everyone been looking forward to this for 18 years. Ever since we bought our house.
I am hoping to be moving into it by the end of October.
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You have enough height in that building that you can put in a couple of lifts and double stack the cars!
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I may have thought about that once or twice. :icon_biggrin:
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Well it has been a short winter trying to get everything moved into the new shop. almost have everything moved and getting ready to tear the old barn down.
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more Pictures. Did get to use the Paint booth over Christmas to do some repair work on a 93 Wrangler for my son. It needed some sheet metal work and some paint work. It was nice to be able to paint when it was 10 degrees outside.
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Christmas break Wrangler project. Not really what I wanted to be working on, but gave me a chance to use the booth and barn in the cold to see how well it will heat.
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finished wrangler with hardtop and full doors added. New tubular front fenders.
Before and after
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Nice shop. Love the paint booth. Nice work on the jeep.
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The shop turned out great and nice job on the Jeep!
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Very nice!
What type of heating system do you have? I'm wondering how you keep the paint area warm while exhausting out the paint mist and fumes!
My 32x50 pole barn is packed full of cars, not much room to work in the off-season.
I'm seriously considering a(nother) garage addition... about 3 cars wide and 1-1/2 cars deep. It would be attached to the house and have a nice 2nd floor that could eventually be converted to bedrooms (for future owners), but will be used as a nice workshop for as long as I'm here.
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For now the paint booth is heated with a globe style heater on top of propane tank. And as for air filtration I am trying to filter it. I used a squirrel cage fan in a box with filters on 2 sides. Did great for for the jeep as I didn't paint a bunch. It moves a ton of air so I have some different fans I am going to build boxes for with filters. They don't move as much air but with multiple ones it should do ok. If not the next step will be exhausted to outside.
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here are some of the old barn
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What are you going to do with the old barn ? Wish I could find an old shed or barn close to my place , that kind of lumber is bringing a premium around here .
That old rough sawn lumber is what i,m using for my interior walls on my buick/man cave shed .