marcusb

Atlas forge in PA went thru an event, he would be one to ask if you have an issue.

Whats the ram weigh? Little hammers run fast.

On 11/5/2019 at 9:35 AM, jlpservicesinc said:

Why not use it?

The usual..... cross country moves, lack of space, better options and so forth. I plan to power it in the near future and get some use out of it.

Looking forward to the video

On 11/4/2019 at 1:35 PM, jlpservicesinc said:

Lookd great. When do we get to see a view of the inside? 

Moving out the excess lumber this week and framing the floor to pour concrete, I will take some pics of my progress.

I've got an old No5 b Edwards with new jaws. Been tripping over it for years. 

Looks very similar to the orange presses I have seen sold at quad-state. Nice compact design.  Just do your forging inline with the cylinder 

I'm kinda confused by this thread at this point, but I will throw in the random info I have gleaned over the years on presses. If your shop is limited on electrical service build a hammer, if its not build a press.

Got the doors finished up over the weekend.  Upper doors swing in and lower doors swing out. Under normal use I will just use the lower doors. 

On 11/1/2019 at 3:34 PM, Marc1 said:

Great work and so cheap!

How does it work to build a barn in your corner of the woods? You just do it, or do you have to go to the local mafia ... sorry council, and put plans in, and pay for permits, and environmental impact study, and arborist inspection, and frog and worms ptsd tax etc? 

Jenny, how do you turn locust into timber? Black magic?

Thanks for the compliment. As was said above, I live in one of the last semi "free" corners of the country. People here just do what they need to, and the tax man comes around and assesses the results at a premium rate. 

On 11/2/2019 at 8:18 AM, Fowllife said:

Most of southern Ohio does not have any zoning or building department for rural areas, so you can build whatever you want wherever you want. There are lots of places where you will see a $750k house next to a house trailer. Even in some of the smaller cities there is not much in terms of regulations. Up in northern Ohio most rural areas have zoning of some type, and almost all cities have a zoning and building department. The township I’m in has zoning, but no building department. You are supposed to get a zoning permit for any structural added or addition. There is a small fee,  if it is waived for agricultural buildings. The county just recently has started making people get plumbing permits. 

Marcusb - great progress. I have always liked that style of barn, although you don’t see many in this area. What is the overall size? Are you putting battens over the joints, or isn’t wind blown snow much of an issue this far south?

I tell myself next year on the battens, but we all know how that goes ... As for snow, last year I think we got 1/2" at most! I live down in a valley so our wind is nothing like I saw when I lived in Northern Ohio, and I cant say I miss that wind much at all!

On 11/2/2019 at 9:12 AM, pnut said:

The dreaded emerald ash borer. I'm right across the river from Cincinnati. They've killed all the ash around here. Do you also have the American Chestnut blight in your area? It's a fungus that makes big cankers on the trunk. If you catch it early you can plaster mud from around the base of the tree on the canker and wrap it up and it might stop it before it kills the tree. Surprisingly theres microbes in the soil that fight the fungus. Thats why it shows up just above the soil line.

Pnut

I can't say I have ever seen a Chestnut here. The Elms all die young from the dutch elm disease. I just heard Rural King imported sudden oak death into my area. The green latern fly is also headed this way. Going to be lots of lumber to saw in the coming years for sure!

Some plain steel diamond plate on the floor?

Cheaper option would be some hardy board....

On 10/30/2019 at 5:37 PM, jlpservicesinc said:

Very nice.  That went up quick.    What do you figure is your cost overall? 

I've really tried to do this on a shoe string, the only thing I bought retail was the roof metal and fasteners.

Poles were from another pole barn that someone tore down. Set in concrete so the bottoms looked weathered but were structurally sound. I flipped them over and put top in the ground   Cost me $250 for those.

The lumber (what lumber I did not saw myself) came from an estate auction. The dead guy hoarded wood from Lowes any time he could buy it on a discount and had a whole barn full of it. I bought a huge lot, big enough it took me two crazy truck loads to haul it all home. Paid $250 for it.

The roof I bought new since I wanted the shop to look nice. I found a local manufacture that rolls it to order. Buying it direct saved me decent amount of money. I bought the roof metal, trim, insulation and fasteners for it all from them. Cost me around $700.

All the siding you see, rafters and some internal wood I sawed from trees off my land. We have a insect here that has killed all the ash trees so I made lemonade and turned them into a shop. Cost of the blades $100.

I bolted all the main beams to the poles. It cost me $100 for the bolts.

Rear door track was free from a family member. 

Front door hinges were scrounged or made, I did have to buy two and that about killed me, Cost me $20

Misc. Nail screws and lag bolts $100

So after all that typing no one reads.............. 

Around....

$1700 so far

I still have to wire it up and do the floors. I wired up another barn on my place to serve as a shop but its ready to fall over so I will be pulling the wiring out and installing it in this shop. I wont have much in the wiring other than some upgrades I plan for the house panel. I'm budgeting $200 for that portion.

I plan to do concrete in the center section so I can work on equipment etc, i have sand and gravel on the farm so I will be buying Portland cement and mixing it myself. 

My end goal is to have it powered, floored and ready to drag my junk in for $2000. 

On 10/29/2019 at 11:18 AM, ThomasPowers said:

For the winter; the fiberglass sheets they sell for metal roof skylights might help. (And are cheaper than windows by far.)

I've got wood up there, I've considered using the clear panels, but they cost money....   I will wait until I find some windows for free or very near to it. The Scot in my no doubt!

On 10/27/2019 at 11:46 AM, jlpservicesinc said:

Wow, great work.  Love the building. Will you have side vents on the upper section from the lower roofing up? 

Going to put windows up there when I can find some for the right price.

I use ND 20 weight in my hammer

Small world, I used to live in Fremont. Are you a member of NOB? The old k's series Fords are hard to beat, just keep plugging along. I need to order a PTO cover for mine, I have had a few close calls while logging and there is not much holding them in there. I'm behind on my thread updates. I'm finishing up the front doors now and then its onto the floors. Goal is to have it powered and heated before the weather gets really bad, well bad for the southern part of the state anyways.

Brought some anvil timbers down off the hill from the sawmill and stacked them in the new shop to dry. One on the front is to become a yoke if I do my part.

Thanks for the compliment. The old ford is a 4000 gasser I have fixed up, shes not much but shes paid for! I'm down in the SE near Athens. What part of NC Ohio are you? I used to live up that way myself.

I agree with the above, that's awful slow, unless it hits like a freight train to compensate I fear you may be disappointed with its performance.

The base supporting the anvil is hollow. Well it was, its now filled with lead. I would say similar concept to my former little giant, solid top, hollow cone but that was a one piece frame so I guess that's apples and oranges.

I find it to be a mindset. We are prisoners of our stuff!

That tree made some nice lumber!

That spike would get me in all sorts of nasty ways!

I'm coming up short on lumber so I went up today and cut one more nice ash tree. 

Found this nice Ash, the bugs have done there work its dead...

Wedged the tree over into a nice pocket..

Looks like there will be some pretty wood in the log..

My AXE!

Getting a chain around the log, it did not want to co-operate. It took me a couple attempts but I got it.

Skidded the log to the mill. I'm going to make some lumber tomorrow!