Frank Snyder's & Marty Walsh's shops......

[Dave Shively]

I too am impressed at the speed of Frank Snyder and Marty Walsh as they build their shops.
I know the hardships that these two guys, wives and families are going through even
thought the building can be fun at time. When I built my shop 2 plus years ago and doing
it by myself, there was times I wish I never started it. It took me took me 7 or 8 months
and very long hours and nights, so my hat is off the these guys.

Here is a chronological set of pictures as I built mine. I thought it my be of interest to them
as well as others.

Dave

[Dave Shively]

[Dave Shively]

[Julio Navarro]

truly incredable.

[Jim Dunn]

WOWOWOWOW looks like a place to get lost cutting grass in. Is that in Texas some where??

[Jim Becker]

Thanks, Dave...that was a great pictorial!

[Joe Mioux]

Dave:

Thanks for the pictorial.

What is the outside? Brick veneer? or something else.

How do you like and if so, how does that compare in price to a brick job?

It looks great, btw.

Joe

[John Fry]

Dave,

I watched you build your awesome shop back then, and it is still fantastic! Now watching these guys build their shops is making me envious all over again.

So I will just sit here and live vicariously through your woodshop posts, and tinker about in my little garage.

By the way, you have a beautiful place!

[glenn bradley]

If I sit very still and close my eyes, will my garage seem bigger? Great pictorial, thanks for posting. Really a dream shop.

[Larry Cooke]

Dave, I really like your shop. I've seen some of your pics (elsewhere maybe?) and still enjoying looking at them!

All I can say is you have one beautiful shop there.

Larry

[Art Mulder]

Way to raise the bar on SMC posts, Dave.

Attention creekers! Everyone now hear this! We need aerial photos of all shops, from now on!

...art

ps: Dave, I love the floor covering you put in.

[Maurice Ungaro]

Dave,
It's too clean....must have all been done in Photoshop!!

[Frank Fusco]

We are not supposed to be envious......but.......

[Dave Shively]

Joe,
Yes it is brick venner but called Nova Brik and is motarless. It is very easy to put up and saved me somewhere over $8000 in labor to have normal brick layed. I did get tired of doing it though because I had to handle every stinkin brick and the back wall was done off scafolding which I throw together.

Jim,
Sorry, not Texas but Indiana.

Dave

[Marty Walsh]

Dave,

Thanks for the kind words, and for posting the shots of your shop being built. I saw them all "on some other site" when you were doing the work. It's nice to see it again, and be reminded that there IS light at the end of this tunnel I've been living in for 3 months!

So tell us, with the shop done and in use (although it looks too clean to be in use), what might you have done differently if you had to do it again? (Aside from having someone ELSE do it... )

Thanks...
- Marty -