JH-Q
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2008
- Location
- Tampere, Finland
Hello!
I used to have a thread for my previous workshop ( http://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...achine-shop-finland-242647/?highlight=finland )
Anyway, things with that workshop got too busy, and the overhead costs out of hand. In the end i ended up selling it completely for my biggest customer. I was left really worn out after too much work, and with a plot in the countryside with a small house on it, and some €€ to have time off. I spent over an year doing other things than work (except occasionally helping my friend with his CNC shop) Mostly renovating the house, gardening etc.
After having too much clean air outside, i began kind of miss the coolant stinking machine shop enviroment.. I began tinkering about a home shop, since i finally had some land of my own, and an opportunity to finally build one. I was also a bit worried about where to work after my year off ends, so i needed a back-up plan for income.
This is probably a temporary workshop for 5-10 years until i'm able to build the final bigger workshop here, so i designed the workshop to be transportable with a truck. I intend to sell the building later on when the final shop is finished, someone might get a good summer cottage out of this one!
Here's some techical details of the shop building;
-Floor area: 2.8x6.6m = 18.5m2 (9.33x22ft, 205sqft)
-Ceiling height: 2.0-2.3m (6.66-7.66ft)
-Electricity: 400V 3-phase, 20amps
-Completely designed by myself, mostly in my head, i made a simple 3D model to figure out places for windows, roof angle etc.
-Completely built by myself, after completing the steel chassis, there was no helping hands at all.
-Built with traditional methods. I cut all the timber with a handsaw (except for some splitting cuts with a hand-held circular saw) and i nailed all the nails with a hammer.
-Timber spent: ~2200m (~7300ft)
-Time spent: A lot. Around 700-1000 hours i guess?
-Cost: ~6500€ (for the building only, not machines) That's 35.7$/sqft for shop space, i don't consider it bad at all
Enough said, time to show some pioneer spirit and begin building!
There's around 30 pictures, so please be patient as i upload them and write the story as the building comes up.
I began the build by ordering 20 metric tons of gravel and compacting it. There's a milling machine stored in the crate.. I got a good deal on it, and didn't have a place for storage, so this is what i ended up with.
I didn't have a soil compactor, but i had a gasoline powered Pionjär rockdrill, so i designed a plate to fit on it, and my neighbor did the fabrication work in his shop.
Here we have a flat package workshop! (some assembly required, not for kids under 3 years old, includes small parts.. )
More timber..
Then i made these cartridges for base floor. They've got a wind stopping fiberboard underside, and will be filled with insulation later on.
I used to have a thread for my previous workshop ( http://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...achine-shop-finland-242647/?highlight=finland )
Anyway, things with that workshop got too busy, and the overhead costs out of hand. In the end i ended up selling it completely for my biggest customer. I was left really worn out after too much work, and with a plot in the countryside with a small house on it, and some €€ to have time off. I spent over an year doing other things than work (except occasionally helping my friend with his CNC shop) Mostly renovating the house, gardening etc.
After having too much clean air outside, i began kind of miss the coolant stinking machine shop enviroment.. I began tinkering about a home shop, since i finally had some land of my own, and an opportunity to finally build one. I was also a bit worried about where to work after my year off ends, so i needed a back-up plan for income.
This is probably a temporary workshop for 5-10 years until i'm able to build the final bigger workshop here, so i designed the workshop to be transportable with a truck. I intend to sell the building later on when the final shop is finished, someone might get a good summer cottage out of this one!
Here's some techical details of the shop building;
-Floor area: 2.8x6.6m = 18.5m2 (9.33x22ft, 205sqft)
-Ceiling height: 2.0-2.3m (6.66-7.66ft)
-Electricity: 400V 3-phase, 20amps
-Completely designed by myself, mostly in my head, i made a simple 3D model to figure out places for windows, roof angle etc.
-Completely built by myself, after completing the steel chassis, there was no helping hands at all.
-Built with traditional methods. I cut all the timber with a handsaw (except for some splitting cuts with a hand-held circular saw) and i nailed all the nails with a hammer.
-Timber spent: ~2200m (~7300ft)
-Time spent: A lot. Around 700-1000 hours i guess?
-Cost: ~6500€ (for the building only, not machines) That's 35.7$/sqft for shop space, i don't consider it bad at all
Enough said, time to show some pioneer spirit and begin building!
There's around 30 pictures, so please be patient as i upload them and write the story as the building comes up.
I began the build by ordering 20 metric tons of gravel and compacting it. There's a milling machine stored in the crate.. I got a good deal on it, and didn't have a place for storage, so this is what i ended up with.
I didn't have a soil compactor, but i had a gasoline powered Pionjär rockdrill, so i designed a plate to fit on it, and my neighbor did the fabrication work in his shop.
Here we have a flat package workshop! (some assembly required, not for kids under 3 years old, includes small parts.. )
More timber..
Then i made these cartridges for base floor. They've got a wind stopping fiberboard underside, and will be filled with insulation later on.
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