JL Riffe Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 The following images are of my first shop space (build in progress). I first started smithing in '91 and this will be my first stand alone shop dedicated solely to metal working. I finally get my stuff out of the horse stall and I will no longer forge under an open sky. A little further along.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 looken good can't wait to see it filled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Riffe Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 looken good can't wait to see it filledI already have this fear that I don't have enough room....... I think the filling part is going to happen pretty quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 when i built mine last year i thought the same thing. they do fill-up fast and you have to get creative with storage and display. you will never build big enough. just keep room to add on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Looking good. I built a 30'x40' steel frame shop and it was getting crowded before I got the roof on. No problem though, you have all that pasture just waiting for the day. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 no matter what size shop you will fill it. Never can build one big enough. Have fun in the shop looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) As you didn't put down insulation befor the roof i would recomend a celing, preferably insulated. The sun beating down on the tin will heat it up and it will radiate heat down on you, an 80f day can see 120f, dont belive me just stick a thermoniter in your atic. Common mistake folks make in their horse barns as well. Ventilated peaks sertainly help (a gap between the tin and the non corigated ridge cap with out the corigated wood strips). Another benifit is condisation driping of the tin in winter Edited August 15, 2015 by Charles R. Stevens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 The time to start planning for the expansion of your shop is before you start building it, shed roof side extensions for stock storage with a gravel floor for instance oriented so you can increase the length. (I built mine on the back corner of my lot and am slowly heading toward the street: start was 20x30' first addition another 20x30' => 20x60' and I was thinking how nice an outdoor forging pad would be recently...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Riffe Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 I certainly believe you on the heat issue. The ridge cap will vent some, but I plan to place venting at each end to take advantage of our nearly constant easterly breeze, plus I should have a good cross draw with the shop doors open. Truthfully, we don't use air conditioning, we just acclimate each summer like our Amish & Mennonite neighbors so anything less than standing in direct sunlight is quite tolerable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 The problem is that the tin absorbes solar radiation, gets much hoter than the surounding air (or ground) and radiates the heat down into the shop, puting in insulation or a celing will deflect some of that radiant heat. Reflextex is suficent, If your rafters are on 4" centers you can buy 4x100' roles from a meatal building manufacture. Or use insulated fome sheathing, the aluminum reflects somthing like 98% of the radiant heat. Honestly it is much more like standing under a shade tree than siting in a tent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Riffe Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 I just checked out the Reflex Tech material and it looks like it may be the ticket.... Thanks for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Check the 1/2" fome products as well, se what is most cost effective. Even the relextive house wrap is beter than nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellc12 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 i like the kubota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Riffe Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 i like the kubota Thanks... I could have built a killer shop for what I am paying for the Kubota but I can't take care of the horse paddocks with a forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Build a harrow and make them earn their hay ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Thanks... I could have built a killer shop for what I am paying for the Kubota but I can't take care of the horse paddocks with a forge.You DO have forks for that don't you? If you ain't burning diesel fuel you ain't using your head for what you're supposed to. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Riffe Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Honestly..... the auger is my favorite implement. I vowed never again to dig another post hole by hand.... we are overly blessed with rock strategically located in the exact places I have to sink a post. The bush hog is nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) I will not deny that dads branson is a godsend some times, last summer it was fencing... 180 some odd cresote posts and an equal nomber of "T" posts. Hand tamped as the soil is silt and creet wont hold them any better than hand tamped. Then their are the 1100# round bales my hay man puts up, I am pretty good at moving the 4x4 bales but those 4x6 suckers are tough, and a word to the wise, if your hay man puts up 6x with a new hessan strap them down!tho the backhoe atachment is the bomb. I drag the padocks with the horses, and do other chores. It's a little slower but as they know what they are doing and I dont need to drive much it acualy goes as fast. (Dont have to get back on to go threw gates etc. Edited August 23, 2015 by Charles R. Stevens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Riffe Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 A couple of update pics. I've made some progress. Still lots of stuff to do tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Nice work! get a hood and chimney on that forge and start using it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Looking good, a little more work and it should be closed in for winter, enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Riffe Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 Thanks guys, I appreciate the positive input. I've never built anything like this in my life and I did it without prints or anything. Just my tape measures, calculator and squares. Honestly I am grateful it is still standing.... oh and as you can see, my shop floor needs mowing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 That's a fine shop and you'll be tweaking it as long as you're using it. I wouldn't mow the floor though, fences and a couple lambs will keep it all nicely manicured and . . . Lamb Mmmmmm. I have recipes I'll be happy to share.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Might need those, Jerry. Bringing the neighbors ram over to visit the "ladies" or "woolie mob" in november. We have 6 that are on orchard duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojak Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 A coat or two of Kool Seal and a ventilation fan in the rafters will help with the heat too. We used to have that setup in our hog houses and it drops the tempetature considerably. Reduce the heat radiated down and then pull whatever does make it out of the building. Might be cheaper than an insulated ceiling and you wouldn't need to run the fans all the time either. Of course, your pretty roof wouldn't be quite so pretty afterwards.That might not make sense but I'm less of a carpenter than I am a blacksmith. My words escape me sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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