New Home shop build

[allen456]

As most of you know, I recently moved. Of course, with the move, there is the fun part of moving my shop and doing the build out. With the new house, I had to go with the shop being in the basement. Not my first choice, but with the neighborhood conveniences, a stand alone building to meet the rules is way out of the budget. Luckily, the existing framework was usable and I could easily add to the existing walls to create the layout that I wanted.

The shop will consist of three rooms, a nasty room where the grinders and such will be, a light dust room from the presses and hand sanding, and a clean room for material storage, glue ups, and leather work.

I started last Monday with the framing, hoping to finish in the next day or two and have the electrician do the rough in. I have already framed the walls and doorways, just need to add in a couple of coffers due to the HVAC and other items that are in the way (they should of ran these much better considering the ceiling beams are all wood I beams).


I will add post as it continues.


Here are a few pics of the old shop the day we left and where I grew the most as a maker over the past two years.

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Here is the new shop thus far


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[FeralGentleman]

Looking good. I bet you will miss that detached garage for shop space, but that looks like a sizeable basement to build out the new digs. Are you putting in soundproofing or are the grinders/dust collectors quieter than what I imagine?

 

[ndmiller]

Forget the shop, home theater, pool table and bar is the smart way to go. I bet you could build a hell of a hammered copper top bar in that space.

We know a guy that can do a fireproof charcoal fireplace for you on the cheap.

 

[MaryDy]

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