Mmmmmm, Balsa ...

Hi NoGyro,

I've got the spoiler blueprints. I'll build it this winter also. Infact,, I'm going to build the spoiler first. After watching you, Jerry, and Kenny, I've really got the fever for the spoiler. See you at Benton Saturday if the weather is cooperative.

Ok, here's a peak at one corner.

come on guys keep the pics coming. Love to see more work bench designs and setups!

ok...don't laugh!

OK, you got my vote Bob!

is that dust in your truck?[&:]

about a years worth....tis what I got the van for..just rc and dust.

bobzilla,
Not even a table?
Edwin <g>

i throw a board down when i need something flat..i prefer sitting on floor..

Here's a few of mine - been "in" about four months now - love it!

Very nice, I love it. But what about heating, your walls are not insulated, does it get cold there?

Roger

Thanks,

Yes - to quote Dr. Evil it gets "frikkin freezing" in there. I do have some heat (pellet burning "stove") arrangement, but some serious insulation will be a spring project for sure....

Regards,

Bob

Gotta agree, nice shop. If I was a professional builder, thats what I would go for.
Edwin

Ok folks -

Spent a few hours in the "new" shop last night. Fingers got numb. []

Decided I'd better get on some better insulation - does anyone have any experience with the best way to insulate one of these metal "barns". It's 30 x 40 - any insight appreciated.

Bob

Ideal: use rolls of fiberglass insulation and cover with sheetrock like your house. Can get the insulation for the roof with the vinyl on the inner side and leave it exposed.

Cheaper: Foam sheet insulation the thicker the better and not sheetrock over it. May need several layers depending on the R value.

Looks like a great place to build. Like the tables.

Pete

I helped a friend assemble a 30x40 metal shop. The kit came with insulation blanket that was installed before you put on the siding. That proceedure sounds too late for you. But you might try to get some of that stuff. It came in about 6' wide rolls and had a plastic coating on it like vinyl. Fiberglass was only accessable from the sides. That could be taped up. Just a thought.
Edwin

as Pete says, just be careful with the foam insulation... if you're sesitive you might get a reaction to the "bad" air inside from the foam chemicals being released in the air.

there's some new researh against using foam for insulating, i know your're gona use epoxy & CA in there.... but in any case i would go the other route.

cheers, V.

Forgot to mention. He uses an old forced air heater on LP. Temp is set with an old non-setback thermostat. The building leaks enough that burner fresh air doesnt seem to be a problem. He has it next to the 10'x20' wide garage door. No problem keeping warm. But this is central Texas, 50deg is d@mn cold to us.
Edwin

I have the opposite problem.

We bought a new home back in May. It has a Royall wood/coal furnace in the cellar to supplement the fuel oil furnace, and of course we've been keeping that running now (20 acres of woods beats the price of fuel oil every time). The problem is that the system is designed so that when there is heat available but the thermostats for the upstairs and water heater are OK the excess is dumped into cast iron radiators throughout the basement. It's freekin 95º degrees down there. No kidding. Unpleasantly hot. Upstairs it's like we have heated flooring. Downstairs it's like being in a salt mine near the earth's core. I've been trying to regulate it, but getting a fire to burn 8 hours for sleep or work means a having a pretty large fire to begin with.

My workbenches actually curled from the 25 years of moisture from our formerly damp, cold basement being baked away and the sides of my wood tookchest shrank and cracked.

If I ever get it completed (no, they are never "completed" are they) I'll post some images. Looks like h#ll at the minute. It's been stacked up behind the long list of "honey dos" since we moved.

Charlie -

How 'bout I send you some of my cold for a bit of your heat? How big of a pipe would we have to run from Inidana to New York?

[8D]

Here is my shop.Only 8x12,cozy but it works.

Kaos, you might want to look into an electric infrared strip heater and heat only the work areas needing attention. I use the heaters in my barn to keep my critters warm but I am planning to install one over my main work area. They have a control knob to dial in the heat so they have adjustability. I too am making my R/C shop in a metal building. Rather than spend the energy and money to insulate the whole building (at least this winter) you could use one hanging heater to keep you in the heat.


Dan

Heres my corner of 10x8'

Still getting it spot on, but it's close. Needs more shelfs on the top left hand side.

Used to be a small bedroom, but the next day after the girl left for college it became mine again. LOL
Also have a complete metal machine shop in seperate bldg where I build M/C parts I sell.


Ronnie-The Toolman

Are you a cop? I see a box of donuts in the truck pic. LOL

Ronnie