58er Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 Pretty much all set for our tomorrow footing is for both power hammers. 20' deep with rebar plus fiber mix in cement infront of forge framed in for end grain floor which will also but up to anvil put a piece of channel in floor by door with a threaded rod welded on to it and ran it towards wall for a welding station in floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 That's gonna be a fun project and challenging. You'll come out OK, I'm sure. BTW, I assume that was a typo and your footers aren't 20' (feet) but really 20" (inches). Will be nice with all the windows for ventilation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 No. 20 feet. Hehe. Just kidding. Yes 20". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I would love to have concrete floors. I work with dirt floors. On the upside very little chance of an errant fire (like concrete). Down side, dust gets EVERYWHERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Yes no matter how much I sweep my dirt floor it's still dusty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Panzer, spread some small gravel, say 1/4" to 1" size, over your dirt floor. No dust and easy on the feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 limestone crusher fines watered down makes a firm floor too. Me I just went down to the arroyo and got fine sand and gravel in 5 gallon buckets and poured it between my floor edges, (PT lumber) and struck it smooth and called it good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 I can save the extra concrete for you. Hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Concrete dry. Started on endgrain floor in front of forge, anvil,power hammer. Unless something blows up at the mill, I will be getting hammer with my boilermaker buddy Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankem Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 My wife told me I have to finish the basement before I can make the forge. Looking at starting the forge sometime in June/July. I guess I should take some pics and post them too. This door is great! I love it. Nice work 58er! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Thanks Flankem. Yes, definitely post pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 Thanks that's funny because we had chickens in there for a few years when we first moved there 20 years or so ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Our shop started out life as a "bunny barn". At the time we were raising fancy show rabbits, but it became a chore so the bunnies had to go and the 10' X 30' was converted into the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 Finished the endgrain floor in front of anvil/forge/power hammers. Brushed in sand. 1 more task I can add to the things I don't want to ever do again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 Monorail supports mostly complete with one to be added in middle. Monorail hung. Its getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Monorail. I am full of envy but I manage to stick the arm of my excavator through the doors and lift heavy equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Greetings 58er, Lookin good... Wont be long and we will see your new hammer in the pictures.. I had a rail in my old shop and loved it. I used it for many operations but my favorite was a tool balancer on a trolley with my Porta Ban saw so all I had to do is grab it , pull it down , Shazam it was ready to work from any place in the shop. Keep up the great work. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Thanks guys. I should have mid-span support done for monorail by Saturday. May put hammer into shop but have to work late all this week. i also have to go back to guys house who sold me hammer to get a few remaining parts for it. Cant wait to get back to forging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 Finally finished monorail and moved hammer into shop. Started conduit for electrical/lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Finished lighting this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 11 hours ago, Scrambler82 said: Wow, nice shop developing, like the beam support system. Thanks, they were kinda handy to rig off of to get hammer into shop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51 Papy Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 58er I have to ask...why end grain floor. It looks great (40 years I've had a wood shop). Should be nicer to stand on then concrete just never seen this done in a shop. Papy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 28 minutes ago, 51 Papy said: 58er I have to ask...why end grain floor. It looks great (40 years I've had a wood shop). Should be nicer to stand on then concrete just never seen this done in a shop. Papy The shop where I worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard had floors made from end-grain wood blocks (pressure-treated with creosote) bedded in sand. Durable, comfortable to stand on, didn't damage tools that got dropped; hard to keep clean, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 The Western Electric Company plant in Columbus had end grained wood floors back in the heavy equipment area; couldn't tell if they were creosoted due to all the oil they has sopped up over the years. Fairly good sized place; used to have over 3000 people working there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58er Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 I find standing on wood a bit Better on my back as opposed to the concrete. Also I liked the look of it and wanted to try it. I made the blocks 3 1/2 inches thick out of wolmanized 4x6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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