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Title: New knife shop
Post by: bjansen on December 18, 2016, 07:33:00 PM

My latest knife making project – a knife making shop.  I was able to build a shop with a maximum space of 461 sq ft …so that is what I built.  Concrete and gutters were outsourced – the rest I did myself.  Have to thank Doug and Chad for helping me with the rafters, my neighbor Jason for helping me with the roofing felt, my Dad for the siding and paint and my wife and son for some other random tasks/giving me the time to do it.  I poured concrete on 8/11/16 and hung the last panel inside on 12/11/16.  I burned a lot of weekends out there building this, but it is very nice to have a separate space for this.  

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Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: bjansen on December 18, 2016, 07:33:00 PM

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Inside is 20+ year old rough sawn red pine on 2 walls and then metal for the back two walls and ceiling.  

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Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: LC on December 18, 2016, 08:16:00 PM

Now that's a AWESOME shop! Congrats!

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: ron w on December 18, 2016, 08:52:00 PM

Real nice.......   :thumbsup:

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: KSCATTRAPR on December 18, 2016, 10:35:00 PM

Wow, that's pretty neat!!! I bet it will be hard to get you out of there!

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: Holm-Made on December 18, 2016, 10:42:00 PM

Very nice.  I bet it is a dream come true for you.

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: Thadbow on December 19, 2016, 05:22:00 AM

What a great shop Brad, love that touch of the rough cut pine!

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: Lin Rhea on December 19, 2016, 09:46:00 AM

Love it! Very well done!

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: flyflinger on December 20, 2016, 05:14:00 AM

Awesome shop!

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: just_a_hunter on December 20, 2016, 11:53:00 AM

Sweet!

Todd

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: Bladepeek on December 24, 2016, 12:29:00 PM

Comfy looking and very well thought out.

Trade ya   :D

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: kbaknife on December 24, 2016, 03:04:00 PM

Fabulous!!

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: Sam McMichael on December 24, 2016, 04:54:00 PM

Great job! I guess you will truly be a knife grinding fool, now. You will enjoy this for sure.

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: Gdpolk on December 24, 2016, 08:30:00 PM

That sure looks nice.  I could get cozy in a place like that.

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: Bill Kissner on December 24, 2016, 09:29:00 PM

Brad, you continually amaze me with your skills. No doubt you will be a successful knife maker!

I'll bet this means you are not moving back to Illinois in the near future?   :confused:

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: bjansen on December 25, 2016, 08:12:00 AM

Thanks for the comments. Bill I think I will be here in Wisconsin for a while - but I really don't know. I moved quite a bit with my job but I finally settled on the thought that anywhere I live, I am just going to treat as if it were basically a permanent home.

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: South MS Bowhunter on December 26, 2016, 08:58:00 PM

Super nice!  Going to be nice having that special place to create knives.

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: Dmaxshawn on January 01, 2017, 11:05:00 AM

Thats an awesome looking shop and the rough sawn boards already have stories and good mojo on the walls.  Your work is top notch bud.  you'll be hammering out some good ones

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: wisconsin wood butcher on January 02, 2017, 01:01:00 PM

that is nice. that wood stove and rough sawn lumber is a nice touch

Title: Re: New knife shop
Post by: stujay on February 12, 2017, 06:56:00 PM

:thumbsup:    ;)