Bad forge day

[ThomasPowers]

I have a sheet of fiberglass in my roof that matches the pro-panel shape for a skylight. I know it will be taken out someday by hail but it helps a lot to light the place when the doors are closed (no forges lit).

[rfb343]

Originally Posted by Frosty

And that counts as a bad forge day exactly how?

Go with tin on the roof, the other stuff is also kind of fragile if you ever have to walk on it or a limb falls on it. Unless I'm thinking of something else. The local Home Depot has the same (looking) stuff and a display piece has a corner broken where someone just snapped it off.

On the other hand if you use Ondura you can put a clear Lexan panel in for a skylight over your layout and assembly area.

More support and angle bracing is definitely in order as well. A couple windows will be nice but it's easy to put too many in. Light is only part of it, cross ventilation is important, very important.

Good for you all round.

Frosty

LOL yeah, when I went to HD to check the stuff out I saw all the Ondura was all busted and cracked... I just hate messing around with the ole standing seam(I always cut myself bad atleast once a job). I definately have plans for bracing before roofing(It staked out with guylines at the moment) but with having to put some new fence around the garden to keep the critters out and parts for the dishwasher so the wife doesnt put me out in the new shop to live I just couldnt swing the extra bucks for the additional material this week...but C"MON PAYDAY!!! My other thought was just gonna use corrugated as the I could put in some fiberglass skylights, but it ended up being just as expensive so I think standing seam it is. As far as the sides got its only gonna have 1 side for the present(for storage purposes) and tarps/canvas will make the remainder of the walls if needed. We're usually pretty lucky the climate is mild here and we dont get that much snow and very rarely any hail and I dont mind working in the cold and out here all locks do is cause you to have a busted door/window.

[Frosty]

I don't much like standing seam metal myself. We used Norclad or Norco or something like that, it's "like" corrugated but not. It has raised ribs about 1" wide every 12" and goes together like corrugated.

I stack a dozen sheets and predrill the top of the lap and the mid runs all at once.

Take a tape with you if you think corrugated clear panels will match up with corrugated metal panels. They don't even make ripple board to put the two together.

If there are matching clear panels out there they're probably proprietary and more spendy no doubt.

Frosty

[rfb343]

I'll have to check into that stuff... HD has some stuff that sounds to be similar to what yer talking about but it is quite spendy at almost 50$ for a 12' by 2 1/2 foot piece. I think the high cost cos its painted(the only way it comes) and Im stuck using the hardware store type places as none of the roofing center want to deal with a guy that only needs a few sheets...

Thomas,
where did you get the propanel? the only place i found it is bar c roofing supply in santa fe, and frankly thats jsut too far a drive from Maryland for roofing

[yesteryearforge]

I have purchased metal roofing several times in pieces as long as 38 ft
it is always better to not have any horizontal seems unless you have to

Mike Tanner

[ThomasPowers]

Stuff's endemic out this way, half the houses in the neighborhood have it as the heat and the excessive UV and the temperature cycles eat regular roofing.

They sell it at the local roofing supply stores and you can do deals for hail damaged roofing with the crews----a couple of years ago we had baseball sized hail come through town and pretty much every roof and every car in the entire town was totalled and had to be replaced---you ever see hail go *through* a car body? Turns out those polymer car panels are not that tough against 90 mph baseball sized hail---a friend's Saturn was a seive.

Thomas

[Frosty]

Big hail isn't the only thing a Saturn doesn't stand up to very well.

Then again the Bronco didn't fare so well either.

Back on topic. Roofing and siding steel is so common here abouts, you can have it delivered cheaper than picking it up at Home Depot. has to be more than a couple sheets of course. Still.

Frosty

[mark stephen]

I have those days.I call them my" drop everything and set every thing on fire days."

[pete46]

Frosty ,is That Your New Shop Behind The Bronco?
Looks Good .

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by pete46

Frosty ,is That Your New Shop Behind The Bronco?
Looks Good .

Yes sir. 30' x 40' x 14' eaves, steel post and beam.

I actually did some metal working in it yesterday and will be going out in a few minutes to resume.

I'm currently building a new Variable Volume propane forge, similar to what Ralph Sproul builds.

We have an event coming up in june I'd like to have the new forge ready by then. Who knows I might sell a couple and be able to afford insulation and wiring in the shop. Light . . . Mmmmmmm.

Frosty