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    Default Down the rabbit hole… shed refurb

    These things start simply enough don't they. I have a 10x7.2 steel shed, with a 3m open bay and a mezzanine that covers the open bay and one 3.5 inside bay. This meant I had a post in the middle of the shed, which I wanted to get rid of as its a pain working with the panel saw in limited width. Well, I fell in the rabbit hole and it's just got more surreal ever since!

    A quick look at the span tables showed that to meet domestic floor load ratings (1.8kpa/1.5kn) for the mezzanine, there should have been a post every 2.2m, not 3.6m. And to think the local council were the PCA So to cut a long story short, I am now reconfiguring the entire shed, enclosing the open bay, putting in stud framing with insulation and lining. Basically, the existing enclosed area will be machining, the open bay will be enclosed as a separate room for assembly and hand tool work. And of course I'm trying to do it as cheaply as possible.

    Progress will happen when time, money and weather allows. Recent rain hasn't been conducive to enclosing the open bay, so I've been restricted to constructing nib walls, putting in a 300x75 Hyspan beam to support the mezzanine, constructing an enclosed area for the dusty, and getting one wall lined. I picked up a pile of slat wall cheaply out of an old bike shop, looks like it's going to work well for lining, though my back and shoulders aren't thanking me for using it!

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    Bit more progress made, a fine weekend allowed me to get the framing done on the open bay.
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    The pile of rubbish in the 2nd pic is two flights of Oregon stairs, which I have yet to decide to recycle into a corner staircase to the mezzanine or start from scratch with new material.

    I recently picked up a new toy, but that brings the problem of where to put it:
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    Looks rough but but as far as I can tell, it's never been used - the soldered ends of the wiring were unmarked, the oil is clean, the belts are unmarked and the tank dry and uncontaminated. I've wired it up and it runs nicely, holds 150psi. I should have bought a regulator and used it instead of the baby 24L I borrowed from a neighbour to the right to do the framing. Six nails then wait for the compressor to catch up is no fun, and it took two goes to drive each Ankascrew with a rattle gun.

    This morning, I had the problem of putting up wall wrap single handed. Necessity being the mother of invention, the Triton Superjaws and a pipe clamp came to the rescue and worked incredibly well. Bored a 32mm hole in a piece of scrap to support the roll of Ametalin, easy height adjustment. Never ceases to amaze me how many uses I can find for the Superjaws.
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    Rain is back, so only progress has been to fit the right price window. Free stuff is good. Pick up the cladding tomorrow, so looks like I'll be sheeting Trimdek in the rain this weekend. Also need to make a new reveal for the nearly right price sliding aluminium door, mdf and water aren't a good combination.

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    Am pleased with the amount of light through that north facing window. Should be even better once all of the 10 years worth of dirt is cleaned off it - there seems to be enough on it for the Chinese to build a small island!

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    Sun was out briefly, so took a pic. She looks much better now she's properly dressed
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    Just need some custom flashing to finish off the sliding door and the outside will be done. Some of the cladding was a real pain, because as it turns out not all Trimdek is the same. Different width of the ribs and pan pressings mean the fit isn't perfect.
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    The end wall opposite the door caused me the most grief as the existing sheets are squeezed up about 60mm to fit, which is too much across just 4 sheets as to line up the ribs the pan can't sit flush with the top hat. I ended up flashing the ends of the top sheets and doing the bottom as an infill, the ribs don't line up but at least the pans sit flat and I don't have a wavy wall.

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    Looks really good. The slat wall was a good pickup. Did you get any Tslot fittings with the panels?
    Those were the droids I was looking for.
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    Unfortunately I didn't, there was a box of them somewhere but the guy doing the demolition didn't know where it was. Such is life. They're not the same as T track - some are shaped like a T track, some are a rounded T and some are L shaped slot. It's larger than a 1/4" but the channel is thinner wall than T track. Some of them have plastic channel not aluminium.

    I haven't thought too much about how I will use it, but slat wall fittings aren't terribly expensive.

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    Here's a pic to show the difference between slatwall channel and T track:
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    Been a while, and not much progress to report, but the electrical is now done and finally can use the CU300 without having to work around obstacles. So getting ducting for dust collection will now take priority. The slatwall has done wonders for brightening up the place.
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    Forgot to mention the drill press table, I figured there was a perfectly good rip fence for the CU300 I could use to do double duty. Some angle and 40x40 SHS, a piece of discarded solid core door and some hardboard for a sacrificial top and inserts, end result was this:
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    Works very well. It's got me thinking of what else might be adaptable for other tools.

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    Drove past a tool shop that is closing down, so I called in to see if I could pick up some pleated filter cartridges for the dust collector. Lucky for me they had two 500mm dia ones left, $207 ea so naturally they came home with me.

    Well, kinda lucky. Seems 500mm is a loose definition. From what I gather, they're made for the FM300S which has a 490 dia bag drum. My dusty is a Holytek SF003 with a dia of 504. So they "almost" fit. Tried to stretch the rubber collar on, close but not quite there. I did develop a case of sudden onset Tourettes trying to fit it, but to no avail I'll have to figure out a way of stretching the rubber collar or adapt the dusty.

    With the shop closing, all the shop fittings are for sale as well, so I'll be going back to get a few pegboard hooks. A couple of hundred should do

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    I don't like pegboard hooks, have them at the Day Centre where I help out, they keep coming out when we get a tool off them. Inevitably they land on the floor, sometimes never to be seen again. There must be a big black hole that lost tools and bits go into.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore View Post
    I don't like pegboard hooks, have them at the Day Centre where I help out, they keep falling out when we get a tool off them.
    Kryn
    Had a similar problem, grabbed a hotmelt gun and with a squirt of glue in the hole over the hook they don't fall out but can still be removed to be relocated.

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    Yes the single hook ones do that. I have to use double hook ones with slat wall, and they stay put. Like these:
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    I prefer the slat wall hooks like this, but you pay a lot more for them. And the shortest length is 100mm, the pegboard ones you can get in 50mm.
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    Got the filters onto the dusty. Though my neighbours now think Father Ted has moved into my shed, given the language I was using Now they're on, they better not need to come off. At least now it'll fit in its enclosure, the old needle felt bags made it nearly 2.6m high.

    I had also picked up some of the loop style pegboard hooks, thinking they'd be handy for small packets of fasteners. Turns out they're a bit more useful than that:
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    Went back to the tool shop that's shutting its doors, seeing I used up all the slat wall I thought I might pick up a bit of pegboard to finish off a short bit of wall inside the dust collector's "cupboard". Just like going to the supermarket, why do I always buy more than I need
    2100 high, 900 wide single sided gondola shelving units with steel pegboard backing, $35 a unit is why. It just so happens that is what Bunnings charge for a single 900x450 piece of steel pegboard. Closing down sales are much better!
    All I really needed was this, but I figure the rest will get used. Eventually.
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