Thread: A big shed. A long time coming.

Back online again guys, following a couple of months off due to a nasty industrial accident.

Things have progressed a little further with the shed build internals, with the installation of a big mezzanine floor and some interior fitout. The mezzanine measures 12.0m x 6.0m and was constructed from all recycled steel components that I had laying around for the 150x150 posts, 200x100 universal beams and 200mm C-Purlins. I even had a set of galvanised steel stairs with handrails which perfectly suited the situation - just had to cut one tread out of the set and bolted them straight in. I purchased new Yellowtongue flooring for the whole area.

The shed is 5.0m high at the gutter line, so there is a full 2.4m under the mezzanine and 2.4m upstairs at low end. I have also framed up for a full bathroom and amenities room in the corner underneath the mezzanine, and I have erected quite a bit of pallet racking and commercial shelving units I had previously purchased. Lighting under the mezzanine is by twin fluoro's (yes, from my huge stash of hoarded goodies - got them all for free) and 4x 200 watt hi-bay LED's in the open area which light up the space like a disco. These things are amazing. A few images:

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More excitingly, I have begun to move some more of my long-stored equipment into the shed, although I don't have 3 phase power connected yet. My pride & joys at this stage are the 3 lathes. The Vicmarc VL300 which I have used a few times before it went into storage, the Omega/Stubby F600 bowl lathe I purchased 3 years ago but have never used and the mighty "Hegner VB36 Master Bowl Turner" which I had shipped over from the UK 4+ years ago. The latter involved quite a bit of assembly. These are now made in Germany by Steinert, and I have ordered a specialised "Super Precision Chuck" which will be a dedicated accessory for the VB36. Can't wait to get these things working, but it will probably be a couple of months yet as I try to complete the fit-out while continuing to make a living.

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I see a sleeping loft for a forum get together . . .

Wayne, what did you do to hurt yourself?

Originally Posted by Pat

I see a sleeping loft for a forum get together . . .

Wayne, what did you do to hurt yourself?

G'day Pat. It would be great to host a day for interested forum members to attend the shed at Somersby once everything is in place and the 3 phase power is connected etc. There's heaps of machinery still to move in there and I need to get the bathroom fully functional, but I think it would be good to have everyone have a play on the Stubby and the Hegner VB36 and other machines and offer advice and commentary on ducting & floor layouts etc.

A little way off yet, but I'll add more posts & images as we progress.

I won't go into great detail about my accident, but suffice to say I made a silly error and managed to get myself caught in between my little crane truck and a steel post. My complacency saw me end up with 5 broken ribs, 2 vertebrae and a cracked sternum, along with an enlarged spleen and significant soft tissue damage. Could have been worse, but I am now 80% recovered and should be 100% within another month or so.

Ouch!

I hope you get better.

Originally Posted by Hardenfast

I won't go into great detail about my accident, but suffice to say I made a silly error and managed to get myself caught in between my little crane truck and a steel post. My complacency saw me end up with 5 broken ribs, 2 vertebrae and a cracked sternum, along with an enlarged spleen and significant soft tissue damage. Could have been worse, but I am now 80% recovered and should be 100% within another month or so.

Crikey, sounds like a nightmare - I hope you get well soon. It's luck you weren't pinned there. It's the sort o thing I think about sometimes when moving machinery around. Yesterday I was putting feet on my small metal mill (230kg with most of that weight up around 1m above the floor) and tipped it over slightly (~10º) to see if I could get the feet bolts up underneath along one edge but it was not quite enough and realised I would have to go further. I thought about it and then went and got some 2x4's to act as props up against an adjacent bench in case it really wanted to tip over.

BTW shed is looking real good.

Wow! You got a site map to get around the shed? Fantastic.

I'd love a shed big enough to put pallet racking in. Looks great.
I'd be keen to come for a look, could bring a few others as well. Glad to hear you are recovering.

Starting to look excellent , sorry to hear about the accident , not nice , compression injuries a re a couple of inches from death , glad you made it , envious of the mezzanine , council wouldn't allow me to go high enough , great work.

WOW! I thought I was the only one who had a Jonsered thicknesser like that! In fact I thought it WAS my old unit (sold to a fellow in Moss Vale NSW 2012)...but yours has the sharpening attachment, so it mustn't be my old one! I too love the big old gear, had quite a collection at 1 point, but after downsizing was forced to settle for less. Lovely workshop. Enjoy

Jim Pearson sunny South Coast NSW

Originally Posted by beserkleyboy

WOW! I thought I was the only one who had a Jonsered thicknesser like that! In fact I thought it WAS my old unit (sold to a fellow in Moss Vale NSW 2012)...but yours has the sharpening attachment, so it mustn't be my old one! I too love the big old gear, had quite a collection at 1 point, but after downsizing was forced to settle for less. Lovely workshop. Enjoy

Jim Pearson sunny South Coast NSW

Funny you mention that about the Jonsereds thicknesser, Jim. I too sold a Jonsereds exactly the same without the sharpener around 30 years ago when we lived at Ourimbah - can't remember who bought it or where it was headed. Maybe that's the one you ended up with? Surely there can't be too many of them around.

In any case I got to see this one operating before it was disconnected. Beautiful machinery - can't wait to get it going again. I bought it as part of a package of older woodworking equipment from a joinery only 1 klm from where we are now. They were getting rid of all the older machines and upgrading to all CNC machinery. Good deal for me. The package included these goodies which will be gradually installed and set up over the next 4-5 months as the 415 volt system becomes available:

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Like WOW man, and to think I call my Triton gear machinery.
Regards

Wayne, From the close up pic, definitely not my old one. The crank is in different position and the anti kickback pawls are different. Same basic machine, though. My big test was a 400mm wide by 30mm thick red gum slab. You could here it a kilometer away! But it would take a 2mm pass! Mine had an 8 HP 415 motor. And I reckon it weighed 800 kg. Moved it in with a forklift to my Plywood business in Sydney, then into storage in St Marys for a year, then to Bowral for permanent home. Had it up on 45mm gluts, so I could put 1 1/2 iron pipe under to move if I needed, sorta like building the Pyramids! Sold it to the fellow from Moss Vale in 2012, when moved to South Coast. Bought in about '96 from Henry Black, a well known artisan joiner in Concord, Sydney. I also sold an 8' stroke sander, a 26" Crescent Bandsaw, a 1" spindle moulder and a SuperSaw Radial arm saw (that I got for $150! from a demo bloke who did not know what it was..., with the pivoting head and 700mm stroke, a real cracker of a RAS...I'm now in 7.5 x 7.5m garage on my small block, with 3.6m ceiling. I'm in a residential neighbourhood, so lined the walls and ceiling with perforated ply and rock wool bats. Quiet as..! My main power these days is my 12" Taiwan copy of a Wadkin Table saw with sliding table. And a King drill press ($50!) The saw has been with me since I started the plywood business in 1991. Anyhoo, that's me in a nutshell, long retired timber merchant building bespoke built in bookcases for older women with money, mostly in Bowral...nice little niche I found 15 years ago. Love your shed and your gear. Enjoy.

Jim in Shoalhaven Heads

I thought that was you Jim.
I’m still here in Concord, retired pretty much,restoring a few cars and travelling to Canada a fair bit.

Wayne, glad to see your Shed happening.
I have about 20 feet of lineshaft up and running with a worn out Mortiser running off it.
Also just got the Wadkin lathe running. Rest of my WW gear is now in an annex including the Disc & bobbin.
Keen to come up and have a decko when your set up.
You and Jim are welcome here anytime you are in the big smoke.
Referring of course to the exhaust from the horrendous traffic we enjoy here.
H.