Wood shop specs and cost?

[kennym]

Ohhh yeah!!

If you paint it white before you move in, you'll thank yourself later!!

[Robertfishes]

I also used 7/16" OSB for my interior shop walls and ceilings, I used a good primer and white paint. I later installed a divider wall and door and used white "kilz" paint and it also worked great with much less time and labor. I bought some 5/8" plywood with one side melamine for my "glue up" benches, I cover them with contractors paper and use butchers paper where I glue the bow lams. your shop is looking great!  

[razorsharptokill]

I used Kilz on the outside, might as well use it on the inside too.

I used 1/4" staples to hang the OSB. It holds great. I bought a box of 5000 so I didn't spare any.
What is melamine?

[Robertfishes]

Melamine plywood is used in cabinets, The owner of the Cabinet shop by my house said "it's a thermo plastic product baked under pressure onto plywood". I got it from the shop for a very very nice price..I don't have any air tools so I used drywall screws for the OSB, didn't have any help either.

[razorsharptokill]

That would be a monumental task Robert (as you are aware)! I tried to hang a 2' x 4' piece on the ceiling and had a very tough time doing it! I made a long "T" out of 1x4 to help hold it up while I squared it and secured it.

[Robertfishes]

thats what I did but I used 2x4s, I also used an 8 ft ladder with a couple of 2x4 scraps on top..this worked well for me.

[razorsharptokill]

The ladder idea is great!

[Tom Leemans]

That really turned out nice Jim!

We finally got a concrete guy out to get going on ours. He got it formed up yesterday. Of course they're calling for rain all week now. Arrrrgghhh!

[razorsharptokill]

Finished putting all the plywood up on the walls and ceiling today.

Going to add two more T8 lights for a total of 6 8 footers in a 400 square ft. shop. I have some 4ft lights that I can put over work areas also.

Once I get it painted white inside it should be plenty bright.

[Tom Leemans]

You're sometimes limited when you go to a home center, but the lamps with the higher color temperature number (eg. 4,100 or 5,000K) the better the color reproduction and closer to daylight you are. We use the 5000K lamps in the printing biz. The wattage can be the same but the higher kelvin number will look brighter. Keep a couple of clamp lamps with incandescent bulbs for chasing rings on selfbows though.  

[razorsharptokill]

Sounds good thanks.

[razorsharptokill]

I shot six gallons of Kilz on the walls and ceiling today. I took the bulbs down to avoid overspray. It should look brighter in there now!

[razorsharptokill]

I picked up a Craftsman table saw for $30.00 today off of Craigslist. It will be enough to build my work bench and cabinets.

[snag]

Wow! Here I am just insulating and sheet rocking my garage and installing a workbench down one side and getting excited about that! haha

[razorsharptokill]

What would you guys say is the best height for a wall mounted work bench?

[bjansen]

I like top 34-35" off the ground for general workbench work.

There is a tip I heard a while back. If you stand up straight with your hands at you sides, your wrist will be at the ideal workbench height for you.  For me that is 34.5" off the ground.

[Tom Leemans]

34" to the top is standard, but in my dad's shop, we made one bench a few inches higher, so you aren't bending over so much. It's good for chopsaw and layout work. It's amazing how a few inches can save your back.

P.S. My concrete guy is coming back tomorrow to finish the ramp and the pad outside the man door. I got 3 walls up and my nail gun trigger valve sprung a leak. Got to go pick up a $30 trigger valve assembly because of a .10 cent urethane seal.  :mad:

[Eric Krewson]

I made my work bench high enough so I don't have to bend over at all to work on a stave.

My work bench top is 42" tall, my vise jaws are 51" above the floor.

Cuz is over 6' tall so this gives you an idea of how comfortable it is to work on a bow with my extra work bench height.