New shop finished

[john lucas]

Man it's been a long haul, shutting down the old shop and moving and trying to get a new shop built. Finally got it all finished last night. My electrician did a great job. I have 15 LED lights in there and it's nice and bright. I have a 6x12 foot shed attached for my dust collector and air compressor and some wood storage. Going to start moving in today.

 

[Paul M. Kaplowitz]

Congratulations. Use it in good health.

 

[odie]

Wow......really, really nice, John......you lucky guy!

-----odie-----

 

[hockenbery]

Looks good. Enjoy it!

 

[Don Jarvie]

Nice shop John.

 

[Bill Boehme]

Fantastic. Your dust collector shed is bigger than my entire shop.

 

[Brian Longshore]

Looks good. Plenty of power outlets which is a must for the perfect shop! I'm curious to know how you set up your Breaker box. Do you have a 20A for each outlet or multiple per breaker? I know in the winter those heaters will draw some amps and fans will draw them in the summer. Congrats John!

 

[Charlie Knighton]

Enjoy.....update with 1st curlies

 

[Dean Center]

Looks terrific, John. And you are most deserving.

Since you're still a youngster, it might not be important now, but when you get to the "old eyes" stage, having white walls can be very helpful. The more light and the more contrast the better old eyes like it.

 

[john lucas]

Looks good. Plenty of power outlets which is a must for the perfect shop! I'm curious to know how you set up your Breaker box. Do you have a 20A for each outlet or multiple per breaker? I know in the winter those heaters will draw some amps and fans will draw them in the summer. Congrats John!

My electrician put in a 20 amp breaker to each 220.outlet. he put in a 30 for my bandsaw and a 50 for my welder. Each wall has a breaker for the 110.

 

[John Simmons]

Nice space. The older you get the more your realize.... a shop is never finished, they are forever evolving.

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

Looking good there . Now the work begins laying out the inside

 

[Emiliano Achaval]

Nice space. The older you get the more your realize.... a shop is never finished, they are forever evolving.

Shops are a constant growing and moving thing, they have a life, I'm always perfecting it.

 

[Emiliano Achaval]

Man it's been a long haul, shutting down the old shop and moving and trying to get a new shop built. Finally got it all finished last night. My electrician did a great job. I have 15 LED lights in there and it's nice and bright. I have a 6x12 foot shed attached for my dust collector and air compressor and some wood storage. Going to start moving in today.

Congratulations !!!

 

[john lucas]

Yesterday I move 6 trailer loads of machines and cabinets. Today will move a few more large tools. After that I will be filling all available spaces with boxes of stuff that was in cabinets and hanging on the walls on shelves. I have a full 10x10 storage shed full of wood, my artwork, boxes of stuff and Dust collector hoods and pipes. Don't know where all of that is going.

 

[John Torchick]

Sort of putting 10 pounds in a 6 pound sack? Congrats on the nice shop. Maybe I can get up there to Ooooh! and Ahhh! over the shop. BTW, is there a place for the coffee maker? Nothing like a cup of joe with a generous sprinkling of sawdust!

 

[john lucas]

I don't drink coffee. Ideally I would figure out a place for a small dorm fridge to hole cokes.

 

[William Rogers]

Congrats John. It won't take long to fill it.

 

[Brian Longshore]

My electrician put in a 20 amp breaker to each 220.outlet. he put in a 30 for my bandsaw and a 50 for my welder. Each wall has a breaker for the 110.

Wow Sounds like it was designed correctly from the start which will be immensely important and less headache in the future. Congrats on a great workshop and thanks for sharing! Big B

 

[Ed Davidson]

That is a real beauty, John. Worth the wait and the work, I'll bet.

 

[Gary Beasley]

Dont forget to check in with Ricky with that number I sent you when you are back up and running. He can sell you some top notch figured wood.

 

[egsiegel]

just a little jealous

 

[Charlie Knighton]

I got one for sale---- $44

 

[Bill Boehme]

I got one for sale---- $44

If you want to sell it online, it will be more likely to be seen if you list it in the For Sale section of the Woodturning Marketplace.

 

[odie]

Looks terrific, John. And you are most deserving.

Since you're still a youngster, it might not be important now, but when you get to the "old eyes" stage, having white walls can be very helpful. The more light and the more contrast the better old eyes like it.

Good advice.....

I wish I had painted my walls white while the shop was still bare......to do it now would be a bear!

-----odie-----

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[Doug Freeman]

Good advice.....

I wish I had painted my walls white while the shop was still bare......to do it now would be a bear!

-----odie-----

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Yes, I like white walls and ceiling for light reflection. Was wondering if you had considered that John? Did you seal the concrete floor with anything?

 

[john lucas]

I had light gray walls in my last shop and liked that. However I really like the industrial look of the conduit and I've added 3 more LED lights in a smaller shop so it's nice and bright in there.

 

[robo hippy]

I had the walls in my shop painted the same light tan that the saw dust seems to be.....

robo hippy

 

[Mike Johnson]

Lighter colored painted walls and floors will help reflect light into the work space providing a more productive environment and reduces the stress on your eyes by making it easier to see fine details and small numbers. Non-reflective (unpainted walls and floors) tend to absorb light that is provided by typical shop lights requiring more luminaires to provide a level of light sufficient for the tasks performed in a work shop area.

 

[Bill Boehme]

Another thing to consider besides overall brightness mentioned by Mike is the overall color temperature of light in your shop. The color of your shop's ambient light isn't just the color temperature of the lighting you are using, but also to a large degree the color reflected from walls and ceiling. White walls and ceiling will essentially reflect all colors equally while bare wood absorbs a lot of light and the light that is reflected is heavily biased towards the red end of the visible spectrum with very little light from the blue end of the spectrum being reflected.

 

[john lucas]

So I'll have a.nice warm glow. Maybe my tan will look nicer.

 

[Mike Johnson]

The Kelvin color of the lamp source used in the shop luminaires will have a big impact on the color you see in your shop work area. You also have the efficiency rating of the lamps that determine how accurate they provide the color of light provided in the work space, common lamps are around 70%, better quality lamps are 80% and 90% rated which equates to a more expensive lamp with higher quality rare earth elements used in the manufacturing process.

 

[Bobby Smith]

Looks nice! I like a lot of lights!