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ChriX:
Thought I'd post up some photos of my current project - building a new workshop. Hopefully you guys will be able to give me some pointers along the way. It is going to be an 'r' shape as you will see from the photos, with small part for a machine shop and the long part for woodworking with space to get a car in when necessary (for servicing etc.). The outside area will be an idea space for playing with stationary engines and messy jobs. By my very rough calculations I think the final floor space should be a touch over 500 sqft.

Anyway here are some photos:

This (unfortunately) is the earliest photo I have. Up to this point we have cleared a lot of overgrown weeds, and pulled down an old stable and lifted the concrete floor underneath it.


The concrete broken up in to more managable chunks to be moved away.


A view of the right hand side area.


Another right hand side view with the beginnings of some footings.


That's it for now. I'd like to get your views on if the machine tools should be partitioned off from the woodworking section? It seems like wood dust and oily tools would end up in a right mess to me, but I am a long way off having to make the decision.

andyf:
I'd go for a partition. I have recently been shaping some hardwood on my milling machine, having wiped the oil off every exposed surface as best I could, but it was still covered in dust right up to to the top of the spindle head. If you start using power saws, routers etc in the same space as your nicely oiled metalworking machines, the wood dust will stick to them like sh1t to a blanket.

A stud partition clad in chipboard makes it easy to hang things up.

Andy

DaveH:
ChriX,

You have a big job going on there.
Will be nice to watch the progress.
 :beer:
DaveH

Brass_Machine:
I love watching shops get built.  :headbang:

Andy has a good idea, Partition it if you can. That brown stuff is nasty.  :dremel:

You can never have too many power plugs or lights.

What are you doing for flooring? Heat/ac?

Eric

 :mmr:

ChriX:
Thanks for the replies! I sketched out the following (sorry for the poor quality, was not near a camera/scanner so used a webcam).



We may leave out the foam insulation under the floor. I am also unsure how many membranes/vapour barriers I need for the walls - does what I have make sense? I've got one between the outer cladding and insulation and then another between the insulation and inner cladding, which may not be necessary?

I am hoping to get away with minimal electric heating, just one of those oil filled radiators I expect, but we also have an old woodburner to go in to make things nice and cosy occasionally during the winter.

This makes things much easier...  :headbang:

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