Putting up my new shop

[Greg Pierce]

For 5 years I've had this building sitting on pallets waiting. Finally I have the time to get it up. Been working for about 3 months. Getting closer. Can't wait to get my equipment home from my business shop.

[Ron Jones near Indy]

Interior pics coming soon I hope. Looks like a nice space. Keep those pics coming.

[Greg Pierce]

Ron,
Yeah I will have some more shortly. Right now I am putting insulation on the inside. Using the Foil Type radiant barrier insulation, 4' wide. It's supposed to be r16. I sure hope it works! Next is the epoxy floor. Finish my wiring, plumb the bathroom, put my roll up door on and entry door. Move them machines in!, make sawdust.

[Richard Wolf]

Great looking shop, it's a shame it was sitting around all that time.

Richard

[Greg Pierce]

Here's the inside of my building. I am washing down the floor getting ready for epoxy. The silver insulation is to keep aliens away..... or it's just radiant barrier insulation, I forgot.

[Greg Pierce]

Here is a picture of the Rustoleum epoxy flooring. It went down easy and looks nice. after a couple days of drying I'm ready to start putting in equipment. Now I need to figure out where to put the tools. A blank page just has too many options. I have Delta unisaw, Delta planer, Jointer, drill press, scroll saw, my work bench, router table, dust collector, a few cabinets. Any ideas from any one who thinks, "if I had it to do over again I would......."

Thanks for the input.

[Dan Friedrichs]

Greg,

Maybe you've seen this, but Grizzly has a "build your dream shop" page on their website that lets you place tools in a shop (you specify the size), then drag them around as much as you want. Might help you figure out how to get everything to fit...

[Ted Jay]

Here's the inside of my building.....

What's that building size, 20x60?

If your tight for space in there you do have problems! :eek:

Looks like a good space though, with plenty of room to grow.

How did you like putting the sections together? Did you raise them one section at a time or two sections bolter together at a time? I'm assuming you had a lift...

Ted

[Greg Pierce]

Ted, the instructions said to put all sections together, then "gather a few friends" one person on a scaffold, four people on the ground and just lift it up. Yeah, right, that sucker bent, twisted folded, went every way but where it was supposed to. So I had my skid steer there, we put on forks and put a guy on the forks, four on the sides and started lifting. After we got the hang of it not so bad. The first 2 or 3 were boogers.

The building is 30 X 40