The Workshop Project

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Grumpy Northener
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The Workshop Project

#1 Post by Grumpy Northener » Sun Jun 05, 2016 6:00 pm

Is exactly what it is - a project to sort out my workshop - it was built by the previous property owner also into classic ownership and although it looked ok on first appearance it very much like the house therefore I have branded the previous owner as a 'unfinisher / bodger' has everything is either unfinished, bodged or a combination of both
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It looks great and is built pretty well with a matching slate roof with a 50 degree pitch to match the house (which is an old chapel)
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The added bonus of a loft space but has you can see unfinished with a lack of floor boarding (now completed) and crammed to the rafters with everything that SWMBO wants to keep just in case of a nuclear fallout (99% of which is useless but she insists on keeping it)
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
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Re: The Workshop Project

#2 Post by Grumpy Northener » Sun Jun 05, 2016 6:16 pm

Over the last six months I have attempted to get works done and have now managed to get the ceiling in the main workshop done and got the plasterer to screed the floor at the same time with a heavy duty latex compound - concrete finish to the original slab was very poor having been laid in several batches it was uneven and harboured dirt & dust. The electrics were nothing more than life threatening how the previous owner had not killed himself I am not quite sure - I spent a couple of weekends sorting this with wall mounted lighting and a good spread of 13amp 2 gang industrial sockets - 32amp feed for the compressor - outside lighting etc - still have some minor odds to finish on the electrical front but getting there
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I now need to find time to get the ceiling / walls & floor painted - then sort a couple of doors / frames for the two apertures at the back of the shop - one on the right leads to the understairs void and will become a WC / washroom - opening on the left leads to the side door and the staircase to the loft - I have the fan & filter banks for the walls - again just a matter of finding the time to install them - slowly but surely I will get there :o
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles

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Re: The Workshop Project

#3 Post by alabbasi » Mon Jun 06, 2016 5:02 am

Nice work, will it fit a 2 post lift?

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Re: The Workshop Project

#4 Post by gazza82 » Mon Jun 06, 2016 12:58 pm

Have you mounted a strip light on the roller-door? Clever .. although if tight for space it is in a prime position to be "taken-out" on something immovable parked/placed too close. Didn't think of looking at that idea on mine ... how does the wiring supply work? My "motor" is on the side frame so it is on a flexible-coiled cable to the wall mounted control box .. remote activated of course!

I would love to have low down lighting like that but that's my storage areas .. all around the walls .. also considered a pit until I found the builders drawings of ours and the garage is sitting on concrete piles (side of valley!) and steel reinforced concrete floor! :cry:
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Re: The Workshop Project

#5 Post by rich. » Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:01 pm

nice & clean garage.. are you having a pit?

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Re: The Workshop Project

#6 Post by Grumpy Northener » Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:38 pm

Not enough height for a lift and no plans for a pit either - I am a bit spoilt for choice has a very close friend has a 2 post lift in his workshop that I have access to at any time - along with his lathe / milling machine / blasting cabinet etc - I also have access to a heavy duty car rotisserie so I could always utilise that on the larger projects.

Workshop is currently in use for the business approx 60% of the work is undertaken here and the other 40% on a mobile basis - over the coming months I will assess as to if I want to expand the business into a industrial unit and start employing others or if I just keep the business as sole trading and in the confines of current workshop - downside being is that the classics are now living outside but I have hopefully just sourced the use of a agricultural building for vehicle storage.
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles

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Re: The Workshop Project

#7 Post by Grumpy Northener » Thu Jun 09, 2016 7:09 am

I needed a compressor for the workshop - whilst there is a vast range of off the shelf kit available - nothing suited my requirements - I wanted to future proof my capital purchases - hence although 150 litre 14 cfm (cubic foot per minute) compressor would suit my needs now - it highly unlikely that it would be of sufficient capacity in 12 months time so after much research I found a company that would custom build to my requirements and the end result is this
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270 litre - 23 cfm - however to power a pump of that size the motor requires a 3 phase supply and I only have a single phase supply - so the motor is powered via an invertor - I also had an acoustic canopy made for it which takes the 101dba down to a much more acceptable 68dba - close the garage door and you cannot hear it running outside of the building - I have great neighbours and would hate spoil the relationship by creating nuisance noise.

Has you can imagine custom build + future proofing comes at a cost - £3,500 cost ! :o - but I am of the opinion that I want to do it once and it's pointless investing for the short term when buying professional equipment - I had the compressor mounted on industrial casters so that it be moved in the workshop if required - I now have it plumbed in with feeds to 2 wall mounted self retracting 15 metre reels - supplied air initially via a 3 stage separator with coalescer to provide breathing air for the air fed mask.
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles

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Re: The Workshop Project

#8 Post by Grumpy Northener » Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:58 pm

So several months on and much done - filtered air extraction / intake system fitted, door frames made up and doors hung to understairs access & loft / external side door access - painted the workshop out but still need to paint the floor - have invested in in a long roll box for tools along with a tall cabinet for the bigger bits of kit - will take a pic next time the workshop is empty (but it rarely is) - still left to do is the big sort out of the stuff in the loft so that I can put a workbench up there and mount the vice's - need to also make room for my box pan sheet metal folder too - still need to line out with plasterboard & decorate under the stairs out along with fitting a WC & hand basin - so much to do so little time :(
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles

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