Readying for the KW

[crane operator]

Good luck.

 

[DMiller]

Fecking weather liars
A full day Early

 

[DMiller]

Appears I will be waiting, awhile.

 

[kshansen]

Fecking weather liars
A full day Early
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Dang how many Humming birds do you have around there? Four feeders! If they all show up at the same time it must sound like an attack of little 2-stroke mini-bikes!

 

[DMiller]

Five feeders
Look to be twenty something most days
Fill in morning empty by nightfall
8 cups/day

 

[DMiller]

Weather announcement
Rain showers, pop up storms ALL night now.

 

[Truck Shop]

It never rains until---you cut hay, ready to harvest wheat, a wedding, a BBQ, car show, parade,
go camping, just before cherry harvest, right after you spray for weeds and last but not least
when trying to apply automotive finish.

 

[DMiller]

I threw down the towel tonight, Fog will be thick as Mud in morning so sleeping in for a change, might even wait to 5 am to get up!! Have some farm work to get done, will piddle on that between rain showers. Otherwise NOT DOIN SQUAT.

 

[DMiller]

And I was correct, up at 5, coolest part of morning, 74 shown temp, feels like 80, humid enough my shop is sweating on all the tin surfaces and dripping off the gutter skins. My own glasses fogged over soon as stepped outside and a Haze hangs across the valley. MAYBE Wednesday, looks to be a cool front stirring rains tonight, tomorrow and Tuesday with a temp drop of close to ten degrees on lows Wed, Th, Fri. Will shoot for Wednesday maybe Thursday.

 

[crane operator]

Well that's it then, its time for A/C in the shop. The weather spirits have foretold it and it must be done.

Get to digging under that mattress and let some of that old money breathe. With inflation its just worth less every day anyways. Get a minisplit and get this issue sorted out.

 

[DMiller]

Need BIGGER Building!! Have to have hood open to start painting (Cowl extensions for Intake tubes) to do that Door has to be Open. Need at least 10' Wider to accommodate the truck, could use a 50 or 60x100 with 16' ceiling far better than what currently have. Not ever considered having full size semi in this one.

 

[crane operator]

I had to paint in a old gas station stall, it was our only compressor. I don't remember what we were painting, but it wouldn't fit inside. So we built a temp paint booth extension with clear plastic and 2x4's ten foot out beyond the overhead door. I think we had a little box fan as a exhaust fan, and it was quite a fog inside.

 

[DMiller]

So far the fans and a tarp across lower door opening has kept the 'Fog' of overspray down, pleased with that, thought about extension but decided can wait.

 

[Spud_Monkey]

How big is that shop?

 

[DMiller]

Entire building 30x48 12’ ceiling so doors on 10’.
Working side 30x30

Truck just happens to be 28’ long

 

[DMiller]

Shoulda woulda coulda, as to having built bigger. Wife said could not be exceptionally huge to house, even 40x80 x 14 or 16 ceilings would have been my choice with full 12-14’ doors. Shot and shut down long ago.

 

[Spud_Monkey]

Entire building 30x48 12’ ceiling so doors on 10’.
Working side 30x30

Truck just happens to be 28’ long

Would barely squeeze in mine too of 32' for length, but plenty of head room here thankfully of 15 +/- feet after slab and rock down.

Shoulda woulda coulda, as to having built bigger. Wife said could not be exceptionally huge to house, even 40x80 x 14 or 16 ceilings would have been my choice with full 12-14’ doors. Shot and shut down long ago.

Mine is encouraging me to go bigger and says I should build another one on other property so I have place to store projects after house is built
I might add on to current project in the future, I just didn't want to take any more trees out than I already have, along with how it's saddled between hills, ravine and other land features with the direction the driveway goes to follow contours of the property.

 

[DMiller]

As am back to retired I doubt will build anything bigger. If had the money would do a 50x80 on 6” slab and footers. Store my truck and eventual RV inside. Been looking as to rentable structures or property with one could do that in just no luck yet.

 

[DMiller]

As to painting
Have time, can wait especially as materials cost was over $2200, cannot waste it and have to redo it.

 

[DMiller]

In actuality my shop was built to store household crap when built as were also listing the old home for sale and had to "Stage" it, all excess Sh!t OUT. Had to come up with something wife could buy into where could resume working on my own stuff in it after emptied. Entire structure 6" studs, Stick Built on 24" footers with 6" slab was just over $60k insulated and tinned inside.



My other option maybe some day is open up that inside wall, move my Machine tools elsewhere or to a separate structure and where the HVAC is now make that a Ducting slot for a external Wood Heat system where add a Actual Forced Air Furnace and AC system.