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Gyrogearhead wrote:

Don2 wrote: Since I put all the insulation in the shop...I have not put an A/C in yet( I can buy one, just have not ) Its almost ok with just a fan.

I caulked all cracks, placed thick plastic sheet in the walls, then fiberglass ins, then another sheet of plastic, then 3 layers of 15# tar paper, then 3/4" foam board (R-5) I think, then 1/2" OSB and more caulking after the foam ins, and after the OSB.
I THINK its about there ( Oops..missed another plastic layer somewhere, 3 layers total of plastic. )
Would have put spray in insulation, but ran out of money..!!!

It's like you dress up in layers when cold is better than one thick layer????? ( I think? ) No..its very good so far.

12' x 35' used a lot of material........OUCH..!!!
But its my hobby, what can I say? Even the Wife was OK with it. ( Keeps me out of her hair )

Don2

Ps.
Yep...The scales HATE fans too..!

Gee, Don, it sounds like with all the vapor barriers and insulation you could turn your shop into a meat locker with just a little bit larger a/c unit.
That would be perfect if you're a big time hunter!! Dress 'em out, store 'em and reload for more all in the same room.

Gerry

Syntyr wrote:

Rust was a BIG item for me too...Not as bad as you have it close to the water. I even had dies rust in the plastic box..!
I found myself cleaning and oiling items in my shop all the time. The shop use to be just a framed in building with no inside walls. Like most garages are.
I went through a phase of looking for the perfect metal protection to keep stuff from rusting.
The best thing I found that worked great was EEZOX.

My walls now are 7 1/2" thick all over. I wanted it to where I could light a candle to keep it warm in the winter, and use ice cubes in the summer to cool it off.....Its not quite that good..but close, plus its very sound proof.

Thats why I mentioned it...its very important to protect your investment of tools and mics. stuff...!!

Don2

The rust is a continual fight. Thankfully for the last 17 years I have worked as an IT admin for a company that does a LOT of print production work. All of our toner replacements for the printers come with decent sized dessicant packs in them. I have been collecting them for years

Next up on the list is the insulation... Its a three car garage and the wife said I could have the third bay for my area!!! So it may be a while until I can get all of the insulation. I have two really big fans that I crank up when doing wood working but I dont think it would be so good to have those running when I am dealing with powder or those really small primers

Gyrogearhead wrote:

Don2 wrote:

Syntyr wrote:Well it's not my reloading area yet but I am working towards it. I have my workbench setup and now I need to mount and setup all of my equipment. Finally after 2 years in the new house!!!

Now if you got any money left over...you can make it where you don't sweat to death in the coming months.
( I KNOW what I'm talking about. Was born in Houston and lived there until 14 years ago !! )
I'm sure its still very muggy there in the summer

The 3/4" foam 4x8 insulation panels at HomeDepot work very well. I added them to my walls in my shop here and helped a lot.

Have fun
Don2

Fiberglass insulation in rolls for the walls also works wonderfully well and if you put 4" of it in the walls and celing a small 6400 BTU window air conditioner will keep the garage in the mid 70's all summer long. At least mine does. Best of all it stops anything in the garage from rusting and down here in Seabrook that's important!!

Gerry

Syntyr wrote:Well it's not my reloading area yet but I am working towards it. I have my workbench setup and now I need to mount and setup all of my equipment. Finally after 2 years in the new house!!!

jdkinman wrote:Definitely agree with the "you can never have too much space" mindset.

I started off with a nice 12' x 24' insulated, air-conditioned shop with cable TV and a phone line and wondering if I'd ever possibly need any more room. Fourteen years later, I'd really like to double the size of the shop but that's not feasible in any way, no matter how I look at it. So, I just have to try and become better "organized."

Overview of the casting table, a storage area and shelves and the reloading area--

Where I lube the cast bullets and partial brass organization and storage behind the lube table--

Casting equipment, some molds, supplies, etc--

And the bench--

Reloading and casting and gun-cleaning . . . Calgon time.

JD

Bear67 wrote:I had my phone in the shop earlier, so I took some shots. I have been reloading for 51 years so I have lots of stuff in boxes and chests. I have set up a new area out in the Machine Shop--it is well lit, AC & heat and plenty of power. The bench is an all metal work bench, a locaL shop threw out and I welded the joints to reduce movement and added HK shelf at bottom. The drawers on top are library card catalog drawers that my daughter's school threw out and they hold tons of "stuff". The RCBS press is at least 30 years old and the Lyman turret on the left is temporarily mounted to check it out. I got it in a multi--stuff purchase. Shelves and storage above hold manuals, scales and more "stuff". Screw lid plastic buckets underneath hold brass and media.

The second picture shows old cheap kitchen cabinets that I took down in a house I was remodeling years ago. They hold bullets, clean brass, primers, powder, plastic ammo boxes and other reloading stuff that is not needed right at hand. There is a large workbench on the opposite wall with window and 5" Wilton vice and room to work on guns. Of course, since this is a machine shop there is a couple lathes, mill, drill press, hydraulic press, and some other tools. I make parts for the antique engines and tractors that I also play with. I keep this shop at a temperature of 62 degrees year around unless I am working in there and this helps keep moisture condensation down.

If you can not tell, I like to take something someone else threw away and make something of it. All of the material in this shop was saved/left over from other construction work that was part of my work for years. Lights, electrical, metal sheets, steel for the structure and trusses were saved back. I tend to never throw away much that might be usable. The house I live in now was built much in the same way--We (me, wife, kids, friends) built it with materials we had saved back and out of our back pocket and it never had any morgage. Old benches and cabinets may not look as good, but sometimes function trumps "pretty".

Seabear wrote:

texasmusic wrote:I can see wood on the table = bench is too clean and neat!

What I call a bench is a stool seated in front of a large pile of things... table is somewhere underneath it all.

Then you would love mine. LOL What "covers" it depends on the last 3 projects I have done or the stuff my wife wants out of the house. She piles it on my little work space knowing I have to move it to work.