Shop Update #4 - Spraybooth Demo and New Concrete
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- čas přidán 2. 02. 2023
- Hello friends! All of my flooring woes have now been taken care of. Progress is inching forward on the shop and as Spring looms on the horizon there are big changes coming. Of course, there's still a lot to do, so stay tuned. I also have some actual machining content coming up soon.
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I will take a good rebar schedule anytime. It would have allowed your slab to settle in plane and in one piece, cracked yes but still useable. Since you only get one chance at doing it right I would skip the chicken wire or even the mesh and put #5 rebar (six inch slab) on a sixteen inch center schedule, eight inch on the perimeter sixteen inches. I would use a liberal application of chairs to hold it up even when abused and walked upon. Then I would inform the contractor that I would be standing there when pouring with a shotgun loaded with rocksalt to "incentivise" the crew to not 'walk the steel down'! Any wheel barrow work would be done with blocked up 2x12 planks to stay off the steel. The first to recommend using 'hooks' to 'pull the steel up' would get the hooks jammed up his sunless locker! It is truly amazing how after all the many, many decades of using concrete how few contractors will take the time to do a good job and do it right. They prefer to sell you on fiberglass reinforcement because it is cheaper and quicker for them dump it down smooth it off and leave you to live with any future problems. They know the right way in many cases but just won't do it the right way. I would venture that 90% of concrete contractors should not even be allowed in the business. Those mesh columns are spaced too far apart to be of any use under the weak mesh at best. What you are going to get is a wave pattern with the trough being on the ground and the most likely place for cracking and heaving to form. While the mesh has some tensile strength it has no shear or bending resistance. If you are pouring a slab on solid bedrock with 100% contact you might get way with no reinforcement but not likely even in that scenario as simple expansion and contraction is going to crack it while any moisture freezing under it will lift it giving a broken plane. Sad to say but it is very, very, very difficult to get decent concrete work. If you want a quick education on the correct way to pour check out Tyler Ley PE, PHD's channel on CZcams. He has not only spent his career studying concrete in great detail but has autopsied many installations to show just how they performed in a variety of uses and situations with a variety of methods good and bad of application.
Progress is progress . The mesh should be in the top 1/3 to stop surface cracking . Sand can be a good base for concrete , providing it is compacted properly . It has to be penetrometer tested after compaction . 8 or 9 blows per foot for house pads , i compacted my sand to 19 to 20 blows per foot . Then about 2 feet of crushed & highly compacted granite to build the base level to the reqd height . No saw cuts & no cracking after 2 years so far . 👍
"...mole men rising up" , love it.
Making progress! New slab looks great
You saying "hey look at my spray booth!" me saying b-by
Your shop is looking good. I made simple scale models of all my big heavy machines. It makes setting up shop so much easier. Thanks for sharing your shop
In case you're pondering it, forget epoxy the concrete. If you can swing it, polish that concrete instead. Much better grease/cutting fluid/rapid tap clean up. You know how it is when you slather your 2 inch paint brush full of metal cutting oil onto the 3 inch drill that's chucked up to your Bridgeport.
I'm definitely not going to epoxy it. The community college did that to the shop floor and it doesn't hold up well to chips at all. It was scratched and dirty 3 weeks into that first semester.
woooo hoooo 👍👍😎👍👍
Good progress.Well done.Thank you.
I think that went jusr fine.
Add as much lighting as you can, as you age you will appreciate it
Maye if previous owners had braced the floor with a few loads of pineapples, it might have stayed put. No guarantee, I've never tried that method. Finding 8 inches of sand makes me want to remove the rest of the floor and redo it the same way.
That's a thought that had not occurred to me. Pineapples are the strongest of the bromeliads. The rest of the floor will be the dirty side if the shop. Welding grinding etc, so I'm not as concerned with that part.
I only made it a little more than 30 seconds before I laughed out loud. Glad to see you making progress.
I can't believe someone sprayed in that thing, out in the main shop would have been better. Not to mention the light fixture doesn't exactly look booth safe!
Definitely true! The light fixtures really aren't good for anything, especially lighting the shop.
Hello Stuart, I speak from experience, no matter how long it take's , before you're able to move your machinery in Don't...Patience!! all your electrical work first!!
Your friend,
Nelson Wh-it- eee??
Well hello there Mr. Wh-it-eee! How have you been?
@@StuartdeHaro I'm okay, thanks to you, and your help!! Every time, I had to move to a new place, I always cluttered up my space, and electrical work was always compromised, to nearly impossible!! No matter how long it take's, do your electrical work, and anything else prior to moving in your machinery!!
Your friend
Nelson Wh- it- tee
Good call demo-ing the old concrete, and starting out fresh Stuart! Looks like they did a nice job.
Yes, you were right, that was one crappy paint booth!! It 'll great when your finally finished and start working on projects. Good luck and thanks for your informative video.
Looks really nice Stuart. Just a comment that you probably already know. I worked with a house builder up north for a while and he tried all kinds of different methods to find one that kept his basement floors from cracking. Guess what...they always cracked to some degree. I hope it all comes out for you I'm sure it must have cost a small fortune. Thanks for the video.
Nice to see you have a solid floor now.
Recalling those miserable winters where the cold concrete pulls all the heat out from boot soles, would insulation have provided some benefit--even without any in-floor heating?
I'm not sure. Maybe. It's a bit late now I guess.
@Stuart de Haro It's probably moot with enough anti-fatigue mats or pallets.