What needs fixed in the shop

[yesteryearforge]

Just finished my new Forge or as many of you call it my shop
Need to enclose the eaves and put the woodstove in place.
Only trouble is I built a bigger shop but ran out of room before its even getting cooler outside.
Mike

[Leah]

What a great looking shop. That place looks big enough to live in.

[ThomasPowers]

Looks like there is plenty of room for expansion too!

[yesteryearforge]

Allthough the two lean-to's were put on for hammer-ins and meetings where anyone that wants to forge can, they are each 10ft x 40ft and built so that i can enclose them if needed.
But no plans for that in the near future

Mike

[skunkriv]

Yesteryear-Sure is nice to see the pics of your shop. Can't tell you how many times I have built one just exactly like it...on paper!

One of these days maybe...

[yesteryearforge]

Skunkriv
Yeah i built it on paper for years also.
Then i just went ahead and bit the bullet and built it.
Me and Primtechsmith did most of the work.
It seemed that every design that i started out with ended up like the one you see.

Mike

[Bentiron1946]

One of the big safety things I see in a lot of shops is steel storage. Even I do it and that's not good. I have stuff sticking out at head height and I have head banged, nearly poked out my eye and caught steel in the mouth. In my old shop I would stick Styrofoam blocks on the ends to slow down injury. Undersized electrical service is another big item too. I have seen under sized air mains in shops where they rely heavily on air driven equipment. They will run their compressor at a higher pressure to make up for the undersized main. They will also have the line sloped toward the air tool instead of back to the receiver and no auto drain on the tank.

[ThomasPowers]

I went ahead and covered the down hanging handles on my screw press with foam pipe insulation, now they are quite comfortable to run into...

[Glenn]

Wrap those handles in yellow or bright red duct tape, so you can see it coming at you

[Glenn]

I ask the original question, so I guess I better report back on the progress. So far I have removed two old artificial Christmas trees (in boxes), a 5 gallon bucket of clay for lining forges (now firmly dry and set up like concrete), and a wheelbarrow of loose metal, drops, etc.

The trash man got a garbage bag and a half of old paper, cardboard, floor sweepings, etc.

There may be hope yet, I just have to stay focused a while longer.

On the bright side, I did take time to install a flood light over the main work table. (pun intended)