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    Thank you all very much for the advice! It's...

    Thank you all very much for the advice! It's greatly appreciated. My shop is build inside of an existing barn. It is a quonset barn, so two of the walls are curved. As the barn was an existing...
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    Workshop Heater

    Good Morning all. I am looking for a heating solution for my woodshop. First, the dimensions are 17'x30' floor print with 10' ceilings. So that ends up being 5100 cubic feet and 510 square feet. The...
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    I live in west-central Ohio, so there isn't a...

    I live in west-central Ohio, so there isn't a whole lot of snow. The barn has been in place since at least the 1950s. The house has been there since the 1800s. We do get some wind periodically, and...
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    Actually, the floor is dirt and gravel currently....

    Actually, the floor is dirt and gravel currently. Before anything with the shop happens, I'm going to have a concrete floor poured everywhere except where the horse stables are. I'm thinking 6"...
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    Bill, No offense taken! Thank you for your...

    Bill,

    No offense taken! Thank you for your input and advice. What do you mean when you say "I would work hard to preserve the interior curved envelope feeling..."? Unfortunately, it is not...
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    Good idea. I notice in my existing shop that when...

    Good idea. I notice in my existing shop that when I close the door, the 10' front wall tends to flex a bit. In the new shop, I'm going to use 2x6" studs on 24" centers and brace them. I'll also brace...
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    Sorry, I should have been more clear. I am...

    Sorry, I should have been more clear. I am planning on building a four-walled shop inside of the barn. The shop will be about 18'x40' and the long dimension will run along the outside wall with the...
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    The LVLs will not span the entire width of the...

    The LVLs will not span the entire width of the barn; only about 18'-20' maximum (the barn is 40' wide). I'll be sizing according to span tables to get the correct ones according to on center (OC)...
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    New Shop - Need Ideas

    Hi everyone, we have a 40'x60' quonset barn that my wife and I are reconfiguring. My current question is how best to secure a ledger to the curved section of wall. I want to run LVL beams from the...
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    That makes sense. Thank you.

    That makes sense. Thank you.
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    looks awesome. I know it's already done and...

    looks awesome. I know it's already done and installed, but would walnut plywood have worked well in this application?
  12. Thank you all for your responses. I have a Bosch...

    Thank you all for your responses. I have a Bosch 12" glide saw, and I was debating selling it, but I think I'll just keep it. I need storage space, and right now the saw lives under a wood storage...
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    1. When my square meets up perfectly with my saw...

    1. When my square meets up perfectly with my saw blades and then to my work piece.
    2. Trees changing colors in the fall.
    3. Flowing effortlessly through a series of curves on my SV650S.
    4. Doing...
  14. Okay, that's clever!

    Okay, that's clever!
  15. Role of the miter saw in a furniture shop?

    My shop is 17’x30′ and I am seriously debating the merits of having a miter saw/chop saw in there. The end walls are curved (the shop is in a quonset style barn), so space along the straight walls is...
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