Southern Alberta Members?

[YYCHM]

View attachment 21591View attachment 21592View attachment 21593View attachment 21591A little late to the discussion, new to this, just built a new 76x80 shop am a machinist/heavy duty mechanic by trade so it is set up very well. I will attach some pictures below.

Where is this shop?

 

[Farmboy1]

Yes, we are still in the process of moving in, large lathe still needs levelling and power hook up. So far very happy, thank you for the kind words.

 

[Farmboy1]

We are in the Hand Hills South West of Hanna.

 

[Marc Moreau]

Nice shop I just buy a Benpak lift similar to this one you gone like it.

 

[Farmboy1]

Very nice lift, it does anything I need to lift so far, extended lift version as well, I had the room with 20’ ceilings.

 

[PeterT]

Nice. What size & brand are the lathes & mill? They look like Modern's from a distance.

 

[Farmboy1]

Yes the small one is a 14x40 and the big one is a 22x80, the mill is a 3VM with a 10x50 table and variable speed, I also have a 50ton press, metal band saw and modern drill grinder that will grind from 1/4”-3” bits

 

[Janger]

How do you heat the big space?

 

[Farmboy1]

Radiant heat for the main area 2x Calcana 100 000 btu

 

[Janger]

how did you insulate farmboy? is the slab insulated?

 

[Farmboy1]

Yes plus 2x10 walls filled with ridgid structural foam insulation and completely sealed.

 

[Janger]

Yes plus 2x10 walls filled with ridgid structural foam insulation and completely sealed.

Wow that's impressive. Are those SIP structural insulated panel walls? 10" - R40? R50? Did you insulate under the pad? What with? What R value?

 

[Farmboy1]

No, I had a bunch of ridgid sheets of insulation and ripped them to width in the table saw then put them in place and put in low expanding foam to seal up any gaps between the studs and the panels. Under the slab is 2” thick of the same panels with rebar on top of that and we went 10” thick slab keyed to 14” around the edges to allow for some of the heavy equipment we bring into the shop.