Author Topic: workshop in the planning,, (Read 42498 times)

tghs · « **on:** November 14, 2024, 12:59:57 pm »

clearing of the yard for my retirement shop, (maybe less than 2 years) tree service that we have used before doing a big job, 150ft of driveway and then the big clearing, lots of very big pines, a few oak, sourwoods and 2 massive sweetgums, I dropped and cut up all the small stuff over the last few weekends,, sorry for the dark early morning pictures but it was about twenty minutes ahead of the heavy rain coming in today,, don't think too much will get done today..

Jo · « **Reply #1 on:** November 14, 2024, 01:40:40 pm »

Good job! Looks like your workshop is likely to have a log burner

Jo

tghs · « **Reply #2 on:** November 14, 2024, 02:04:22 pm »

salt box type roof, optimized for angle and direction for solar panels.. not much of a need for burning wood in our area,, summer cooling the greater cost... not much good burning wood there anyways mainly pine..

Jo · « **Reply #3 on:** November 14, 2024, 03:10:50 pm »

So the solar panels can run the Aircon. I can recommend air conditioned workshops (and houses)

Jo

tghs · « **Reply #4 on:** November 14, 2024, 03:26:24 pm »

the owens corning solar shingles we added when the house needed reroofing took a huge hunk out of the electric bill.. not enough wattage for full operation but you have the days where the heat pump is barely working, those days we sell back to the grid.. the sizing on the new place should be close to dead even when you factor everything in..

Kim · « **Reply #5 on:** November 14, 2024, 04:30:58 pm »

A new shop! Very exciting! As is the impending retirement! Looking forward to following along with your shop build

Kim

crueby · « **Reply #6 on:** November 14, 2024, 04:38:05 pm »

Will/do you have a pond for the model boats?

tghs · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2024, 04:46:43 pm »

no ponds as not enough level spots,, my 10' x 16' koi pond was built into hillside.. I am thinking about a 10' x 10' out building designed for casting and "hot" work..

tghs · « **Reply #8 on:** November 16, 2024, 04:40:37 pm »

some daylight photos, the big pines are(were) 90 years+, the heavy rain on thursday slowed the work so they will finish on monday.. the age of the trees makes sense with other things I found in the area,, metal detecting an old house foundation withing 100yds I found an old shotgun breach,, the place had burned or was burned,, other debries point to a backs wood still operation was here!!! found draft animal shoe nails in the woods, most likely was cornfields back then.." still waiting to find a mason jar full of silver dollars" I also have found some native american worked stones and mortar bowls..

Jo · « **Reply #9 on:** November 16, 2024, 04:59:02 pm »

That's a fairly young pine with the tape on it looking at the rings.

Yesterday we had to use hammers/wedges on Cedar rings that were over 4ft in diameter and that tree despite its size was also surprisingly young at about 40 years. Not something you want growing near your house or workshop.

Jo

tghs · « **Reply #10 on:** November 19, 2024, 04:19:22 pm »

last few trees removed, now looking at a small used track excavator so I can start digging out stumps and such..

propforward · « **Reply #11 on:** November 19, 2024, 04:49:15 pm »

I don't know if there's much that's more exciting than building your dream shop. Looking forward to progress.

I have no advice other than "have fun with it" and "do it the way you want to". About as useless as advice gets.

I shall enjoy watching the build and egging you on.

steamer · « **Reply #12 on:** November 19, 2024, 08:03:09 pm »

Following along! Nice start Tghs!

Dave

Zephyrin · « **Reply #13 on:** November 20, 2024, 05:24:47 pm »

lovely plot you have, a true dream to build a workshop here, looks close to paradise, lucky man !

tghs · « **Reply #14 on:** November 20, 2024, 06:21:46 pm »

thankyou,, we've been here over 35yrs now.. it's a 1.3 acre wooded lot,, at the time this area was mapped out the minimum lot size was 1 acre,, neighbors only if you want them!!!!

tghs · « **Reply #15 on:** March 20, 2025, 07:14:01 pm »

well the search for a used machine did not pan-out,, looked at this monday , it was delivered today.. lots of fun days digging ahead.. not as big as I hoped to get but it should work out, just not as fast (it does have a good seat that rotates 180 for the backhoe operation..

Dave Otto · « **Reply #16 on:** March 20, 2025, 07:59:58 pm »

That's a nice looking tractor/backhoe, should keep you busy for awhile.

crueby · « **Reply #17 on:** March 20, 2025, 08:14:30 pm »

Um, you may want to check the back yard, just saw a youtube video from your area show8ng a bunch of shop elves driving that tractor across lawns...

cnr6400 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 20, 2025, 08:24:53 pm »

Great looking tractor! and it has a rumble seat on the back for Slim, with 3 orange handles! Maybe he can use the handles to weight shift, like a sidecar on a motorbike...

PaulR · « **Reply #19 on:** March 20, 2025, 08:31:24 pm »

I had a play with a slightly bigger toy just before Christmas...

Kim · « **Reply #20 on:** March 20, 2025, 10:50:41 pm »

Wow, you guys have some real big-boy toys! Looks fun!

Kim

tghs · « **Reply #21 on:** March 30, 2025, 05:34:18 pm »

swapped out the backhoe bucket with the tool needed for the job,, seems to be working well..

cnr6400 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 30, 2025, 06:16:39 pm »

Wow that looks like a great ripper attachment! Even has a hydro / telecomm cable remover hook on the outer side!

(well with my luck that's probably what would happen if I was using it). Amazing job tearing out the roots by the garage. Got the right tool for the job there.

Kim · « **Reply #23 on:** March 30, 2025, 11:46:36 pm »

Wow! That looks pretty wicked! You could do a lot of damage with that! And apparently, you DID a lot of damage with it. Luckily, it was the damage you intended

It's good to have the right tool for the right job!
Kim

CI · « **Reply #24 on:** March 31, 2025, 03:12:16 pm »

I purchased a toothbar.
Have not tried it yet, but I hope it is effective for clearing land that some somewhat overgrown with small saplings.
From watching videos on the internet, for trees that this won't cut, you push them over at a 45 degree angle, and then use the toothbar to dig under the roots.
For smaller saplings, I think this will just cut them off at grade level.

.

crueby · « **Reply #25 on:** March 31, 2025, 04:47:05 pm »

Fun looking toys you guys!

tghs · « **Reply #26 on:** March 31, 2025, 04:55:43 pm »

Quote from: Casting Iron on March 31, 2025, 03:12:16 pm

I purchased a toothbar.
Have not tried it yet, but I hope it is effective for clearing land that some somewhat overgrown with small saplings.
From watching videos on the internet, for trees that this won't cut, you push them over at a 45 degree angle, and then use the toothbar to dig under the roots.
For smaller saplings, I think this will just cut them off at grade level.

I have the toothbar on the way!! when I did the purchase the bar was listed with a 2 week lead time.. but much to my delite they shipped the ripper seperate and right-away..

.

Overbuilt and Overkill · « **Reply #27 on:** March 31, 2025, 08:57:14 pm »

Maybe a couple of warnings if your planning on doing any concrete work. All biological type soil has to be removed, a fancy name for any type of earth that supports plant growth. It can not properly support concrete or structural buildings. Secondly, concrete has to be supported on completely undisturbed earth even if your planning on using compacted crushed rock under the concrete. Due to eons of tiny but important natural vibrations that happen everywhere, the earth will already be as compacted as it's possible to get. So it can't be disturbed at all. Absolutely NO digging with the bucket teeth below your chosen grade level. You use what's called a flat bucket technique even with a back hoe bucket by using the bucket, stick and boom controls at the same time to keep the bottom of the digging bucket flat and level as your filling the bucket and digging to to your finish grade level. Above that you can dig with the bucket teeth, but never below that finish grade.

I spent most of my working career operating up to D-11's, Hitachi 5500 hydraulic shovels, P & H rope shovels, 100-300 ton haul trucks, 20-75 ton excavators, road graders, Cat 992 loaders etc.

tghs · « **Reply #28 on:** August 02, 2025, 12:49:47 pm »

lots of work done on getting the 150ft driveway to the new building site.. basically have paid for the little Kubota I bought,, did a little shop work making some logging chain holders (with the help of a welder friend) used a defunct aircompressor tank.. hopefully will have photos of the ready for barrier, rock and gravel sunday..( the blade box arrived about 2 weeks back) then maybe back to some model work.. been away from it for to long,, we have a work study employee now, so my schedule there has improved a bit.. (they owe me quite a few days!!!)

tghs · « **Reply #29 on:** August 02, 2025, 12:59:11 pm »

a few better photos from last weekend (hot weather was nasty, 12vdc fan on the ROP bar was a lifesaver) slowed a bit as I watch what I'm digging..

cnr6400 · « **Reply #30 on:** August 02, 2025, 04:30:43 pm »

CI · « **Reply #31 on:** August 02, 2025, 08:48:39 pm »

Looking good.
I am waiting on cooler weather to avoid the ticks and other bugs that are out in force.

.

vtsteam · « **Reply #32 on:** August 03, 2025, 12:39:12 am »

I like what you're doing. Old 60's Ford 850 here with a Pippens backhoe of similar vintage.

Nice finds! Do you knap?

tghs · « **Reply #33 on:** August 03, 2025, 12:53:03 pm »

no haven't tried knapping "yet" , all older stuff no pottery shards,, a few years back I found 2 nice motars bowls, one is quarzt..

tghs · « **Reply #34 on:** August 04, 2025, 11:24:41 am »

spent alot of time in the nice weather on the tractor this weekend, this axe head rolled out of backhoe bucket onto the scraped driveway.. didn't take a second look to figure out what it was..

also a small scraper type tool..

tghs · « **Reply #35 on:** August 04, 2025, 02:43:16 pm »

about ready for barrier, rock and gravel!!!

RReid · « **Reply #36 on:** August 06, 2025, 01:14:45 am »

Very cool finds!

tghs · « **Reply #37 on:** August 06, 2025, 12:56:37 pm »

all the finds seem to relate to the Guildford culture, 5000 to 6000 years old,, I not to far from where the culture was first described... if you search guildford axe you get matches to the axe I found...

tghs · « **Reply #38 on:** December 19, 2025, 01:45:36 pm »

signed contracts yesterday!!!! building starts mid January!!!!

the 200ft of driveway with rock edge added..

crueby · « **Reply #39 on:** December 19, 2025, 01:53:54 pm »

Been a lot to get the drive in, you gotta be excited to see building!

CI · « **Reply #40 on:** December 19, 2025, 04:10:33 pm »

Yep, that is a lot of driveway.
Cool axe !
.

tghs · « **Reply #41 on:** March 11, 2026, 12:50:39 pm »

the footprint of the shop has been staked out,, well and septic in the next two weeks (I hope) made some changes to the shop at work,, some modern tech seems to have found its way in (whole new world for me)

CI · « **Reply #42 on:** March 11, 2026, 01:08:01 pm »

crueby · « **Reply #43 on:** March 11, 2026, 02:07:50 pm »

High Tech dreadnought battleships!

So, what is that gizmo that Slim is guarding in the corner? The pod he uses to clone himself?

tghs · « **Reply #44 on:** March 11, 2026, 02:54:18 pm »

Elegoo Saturn 4 16k resin printer,, Slim was given orders to guard it or the first thing printed would be his replacement (with attitude upgrades)

cnr6400 · « **Reply #45 on:** March 11, 2026, 05:26:47 pm »

Slim looks like he's thinking about what kind of shoes to print for himself...

crueby · « **Reply #46 on:** March 11, 2026, 05:30:45 pm »

Quote from: cnr6400 on March 11, 2026, 05:26:47 pm

Slim looks like he's thinking about what kind of shoes to print for himself...

And a winter coat!

tghs · « **Reply #47 on:** April 09, 2026, 05:38:42 pm »

there was actually a earth mover in my yard that wasn't mine!!!! shop build has started.. in the mean time I made a tool rack with some old metal buss-bar strips,, (correct allen wrench got a spot.) also I was gifted this maximat7 , it has seen very very little use but does have lots of patina from sitting about,, big (big to me) rotary table included,,

Dave Otto · « **Reply #48 on:** April 09, 2026, 05:44:08 pm »

Great score on the Maximat, and good news on the shop progress!

Dave

crueby · « **Reply #49 on:** April 09, 2026, 06:10:44 pm »

Great news on the excavating! And that Maximat is definitely BIG - lot bigger than my old Unimat!

tghs · « **Reply #50 on:** May 19, 2026, 01:27:44 pm »

have the maximat7 in my hands (well in my work shop) lots of cleaning, 2 gallons of evaporust on hand, All will get a good going through...

will need to find some base material for it..

cnr6400 · « **Reply #51 on:** May 21, 2026, 01:28:15 pm »

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Author Topic: workshop in the planning,, (Read 42498 times)