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blackrams
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JUL 27, 10:02 PM
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I'd have to go back out and look but, my air compressor has a 10 gal. tank (IIRC). It might be bigger. It does what I need done. Even though I do have several air tools, I don't use them very often. Edited: I checked, my compressor has a 20 gallon tank.
Reference the AC units, those get used every time I go out there. In addition to the two ceiling fans, the two oscillating fans and a whole house squirrel cage fan. I usually turn the AC units on and come back in for 20 minutes to allow the AC units and fans to circulate some cool air through out the building. There's a lot of cubic feet of air that needs to be cooled down in that building. They also help dehumidify the air in the shop some, that's a big deal here.
Edited: The lift is still waiting on my Electrician to come back and run the conduit and wiring. Should happen this week.
Ram[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 08-05-2025).]
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TheDigitalAlchemist
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JUL 28, 12:03 PM
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blackrams
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JUL 28, 12:16 PM
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82-T/A [At Work]
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JUL 30, 08:49 PM
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Man, that work shop is awesome!!
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blackrams
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JUL 31, 08:15 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
Man, that work shop is awesome!! |
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Thanks, I appreciate the comment. Spent several hours pushing and leveling out that dirt I had delivered. Spent the next day (morning and evening) doing the same for my neighbor who had two triple axle dump truck loads delivered to his back yard. Heat index at noon was 120 F. While I do enjoy tractor work, that was a bit taxing on this old body. But it's done now and both yards look leveled or contoured to the owner's desire. Now to get some grass and plants on it. 
Rams 
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1987RedFiero
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AUG 01, 05:33 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Some good suggestions there, Will consider and act on some. My next project is to put my air compressor out under the lean to and then plumb air lines into the shop but, that's going to have to wait a while, my "Honey Do" list is long and I'm behind according to her schedule...................... Apparently, we need four new ceiling fans installed where there's already four ceiling fans in the house. Mine is not to question why but to do or.................................
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A few things.
If you use cordless electric tools, A gun/riffle safe is a good investment, A 600.00 safe from H/F is cheaper than a batttery pack burning the place down and everything in it.
The air compressor. You can knock down it's noise with going to a junkyard and getting a vehicles aircleaner/filter box and ducting It muffles the compressors pumping noise by 2/3rd and the air filter flows more than enough air to ever limit the unit. I added it to mine and now no one complains if I'm running it at 2am. Mine is outside my garage in a 4'x4'x8' tall shed with 3/8th inch plywood walls no insulation.
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blackrams
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AUG 01, 06:01 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 1987RedFiero:
A few things.
If you use cordless electric tools, A gun/riffle safe is a good investment, A 600.00 safe from H/F is cheaper than a battery pack burning the place down and everything in it.
The air compressor. You can knock down it's noise with going to a junkyard and getting a vehicles air cleaner/filter box and ducting It muffles the compressors pumping noise by 2/3rd and the air filter flows more than enough air to ever limit the unit. I added it to mine and now no one complains if I'm running it at 2am. Mine is outside my garage in a 4'x4'x8' tall shed with 3/8th inch plywood walls no insulation. |
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More interesting ideas.  I like the way you think. Inside the shop, the biggest limitations are square footage, what it costs to get things the most efficient way and time to get it done. Time is the one thing I seem to have most of. I don't have any battery powered tools, I know their handy but all my plug in tools still operate and they don't get used much anyway. Yeah, I'm on the cheap side. If it still works, I'm going to use it till it doesn't work. But, a fire proof storage cabinet is always a good idea. Will seriously consider that air cleaner idea, never thought about that before. Air compressors are noisy and I'm already suffering from hearing loss due to my military activities.
I need to contact the company that manufactured my building to find out what the load bearing A frames up high are capable of carrying. There's a lot of wasted space up high that could be used for storage of all those things we should get rid of, throw away or give away but think we'll have a use of "someday". You know, those things one comes across five or ten years after being put up and wondering why I ever kept it..............
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 08-15-2025).]
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OldsFiero
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AUG 01, 04:24 PM
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I looked into these a while back and they were rated for a pretty good snow load ( a serious consideration here ). Find out what their rating is and try to determine your load where you live and that could give you a pretty good idea of what would be OK.
Marc
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blackrams
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AUG 01, 06:20 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by OldsFiero:
I looked into these a while back and they were rated for a pretty good snow load ( a serious consideration here ). Find out what their rating is and try to determine your load where you live and that could give you a pretty good idea of what would be OK.
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Marc,
An excellent idea. Haven't put much thought into actually constructing that storage area yet. But believe that eventually I'll need a storage area somewhere. I seem to keep inheriting things that aren't really mine from my Spousal Unit to store. But, that reminder about snow load makes me think again about a mezzanine hanging from the A frame versus supported by posts from the floor. While we don't get much snow here (normally combined with ice), if I had a heavy load hanging from the A frame on a platform, a significant snow load could cause a structural failure. You have given me reason to rethink this. Thanks.
Rams [This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 08-01-2025).]
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1987RedFiero
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AUG 01, 09:02 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
More interesting ideas. I like the way you think. Inside the shop, the biggest limitations are square footage, what it costs to get things the most efficient way and time to get it done. Time is the one thing I seem to have most of. I don't have any battery powered tools, I know their handy and but all my plug in tools still operate and they don't get used much anyway. Yeah, I'm on the cheap side. If it still works, I'm going to use it till it doesn't work. But, a fire proof storage cabinet is always a good idea. Will seriously consider that air cleaner idea, never thought about that before. Air compressors are noisy and I'm already suffering from hearing loss due to my military activities.
I need to contact the company that manufactured my building to find out what the load bearing A frames up high are capable of carrying. There's a lot of wasted space up high that could be used for storage of all those things we should get rid of, throw away or give away but think we'll have a use of "someday". You know, those things one comes across five or ten years after being put up and wondering why I ever kept it..............
Rams
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I started buying cordless tools, because 1) They made less noise than the air tools and compressor before I was told about the compressor inlet car air box trick/mod and 2) makes life a lot easier when I hit the junkyard for parts. Are they needed, no but nice to have. I just don't trust the batteries not to flare up into a fireworks flame throwning fire starter. So a riffle safe they get stored and charged as needed.
Cheap is good and why I hit the junkyards.
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