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As you can see, the windows and door are fitted.
All I need to do now is fit fascia, soffit boards and guttering, seal, insulate and screed floor, install roof insulation and ceiling plaster board, connect electricity and water and waste pipes then install wood burning stove and sink.
Hopefully that will all be done by late spring and I can start thinking about machinery, workbenches, tools and everything else.
I’m pleased that I now have a building which is watertight and secure. I feel like a milestone has been passed.Thanks to everyone for the positive comments.
I had to ease back on the work over the winter as it was just too cold and I was struggling with tennis elbow which was pretty unpleasant.
However, spring has finally arrived and I’m back working on the workshop.
I’ve fitted insulation in the roof.
I’ve fitted the chimney for the wood burning stove which will be needed next winter.
And I’m now in the process of installing wooden cladding over the insulation.
I’ve still got a way to go, but hopefully I should be at least partially operational by the time summer arrives.
The best part is going to be when I start installing workbenches and equipment.
Watch this space.I haven’t posted anything for a while, but I have been working on the shop.
The internal roof lining is in place and the floor insulation is installed.
The fascia and soffit boards are installed.
I can’t add any more photographs for some reason, so I will upload this submission and start a new one.
The electricity and water supply is connected.
The floor screeding is complete and the floor painted.
The walls are painted and the skirting boards fixed in place.
Well, that is as far as I have got.
The floor is painted with an industrial epoxy two part paint designed to be hard wearing.
I’ve sealed around the bottom of the skirting so that springs that fly off into the unknown cannot hide under the skirting.
I’m very pleased with how everything is working out. The next step is to install the wood burning stove, then guttering and drainage.
As you can see, the wiring and plumbing still has to go in. I’ll start with putting in a consumer unit then move on to lights and power outlets.
All the wiring is going to go into surface-mounted trunking so that I can change the installation to fit in with whatever equipment is
in place.
This build has been a long slog, but I’m sure it will be worth it. If I had realised what was involved before I started I might never have begun.
I’m looking forward to posting the photograph with the first clock in it.
Regards to all, BrianThe electricity is connected up and the lighting installed.
I’ve used LED lights which look like ordinary strip lights. They are really bright and don’t consume much power. I wanted to have as much light as possible and am very pleased with them.
The wood burning stove is in although I haven’t lit it yet as we are having a bit of a heat wave here at the moment.
As you can see I have started moving some of my junk into the new workshop. I had to move it out of the spare bedroom as we had some friends staying.
There is a load more spread around the house that I have yet to move.
As you can see I have a boxford lathe. I agonised about buying this instead of a myford 7 and finally chose this one as it is in very good condition and in my opinion is better than a myford super 7 with gearbox.
I am interested in making tools for clockmaking and want to use the boxford for that.
I think Myfords are rather over priced for what they are. This lathe has induction hardened ways and power cross feed and is in very good condition with hardly any backlash and it probably cost half of
what I would have had to pay for an equivalent Myford.
Having said that,I do have a small Myford speed 10 which I am hoping to set up as a dedicated wheel cutting lathe. These are really solid, good quality little lathes.
I am now working on constructing some fitted desks to go along the front windows.
I’ll download some more pictures when that is completed.As you may have guessed, I’m building my own units.
I looked into buying some office furniture, but that made it look like an office. I then looked for workshop/garage furniture and that was either
way too expensive or I just didn’t like it.
By designing and building my own units I get exactly what I want. There is a desk type area beneath the front windows where you can sit, and the
rest is drawers and cupboards for storage.
I have now fitted the drawers without fronts which will be fitted next. The doors, which you can see stacked up under the drill, will be next
followed by a solid beech worktop.
This is taking a lot longer than buying some furniture, and it means that I have got to wait longer before I can get back to my clocks, but I think
that taking the extra time now to get it right will pay off in the end.
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