scara
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Post by scara on Jan 11, 2016 15:18:39 GMT
"Its not the size that matters, its how you use it"
.................Thats what I used to say to my wife, then she showed me a picture of John Holmes - lmfao - sorry couldn't resist that little nugget - pmsl.......................
seriously though, some great looking shed in here, keep it up guys..............keep 'em coming, looks good
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Post by petegsx on Jan 11, 2016 20:26:46 GMT
Rusty, it's 3mm thick from memory and I just got it from Bunnings here. Sounds like what you have your eye on will do the job nicely too.
Love it Scara.. haha! And cheers!
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Post by petegsx on Jan 18, 2016 20:16:29 GMT
Got most of the compressor room done on Sunday, just need to do the tidy up bits and make the door which will double as the work bench. Unfortunately this photo highlights the slight angle the shed is on and also the one wonky bit of concrete where we ran over the formwork and lifted one corner up so the concrete runs up, hence the shim under the bottom piece of timber. The main thing was to keep the opening as squared as possible so I can keep the door/workbench easy to make. I need to cut a hole up towards the top to let it breathe as well and will probably use that to run the air hose and power cord through as well.  I also just bought a 9m retractable air hose off eBay which will be a hell of a lot easier to keep tidy than the 20m hose I have at present. |
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Post by paddy on Jan 19, 2016 15:06:30 GMT
I like the retractable hose idea. My compressor hose is old too bloody long and it's all over the dam place. Everytime I decide to tidy it up soon after i need it again so out it comes making a mess again.
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Post by petegsx on Jan 21, 2016 20:19:40 GMT
Yep exactly! Got one from eBay for $AU45 delivered which is pretty cheap... however it's only 8mm internal diameter so hopefully it still does ok for spraying. I can't see why it won't but we'll see, rated to 200PSI continuous pressure so it should be fine. It's tiny which is great and probably the only downside is the run of hose to the compressor is just a touch shorter than I'd like. It's also on a swivel bracket to allow it to fold flat against the front of the compressor room out of the way when not in use. Hopefully I'll get the room door done this weekend and I'll post up some pic's with the hose etc. so you can convince yourself it's a worthwhile purchase  |
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Post by petegsx on Jan 26, 2016 20:32:45 GMT
The shed is very close now, really just need to get some peg board and shelving up to be able to un-clutter the garage and make the shed useable. Compressor room door was done on the weekend:  And yesterday we managed to almost finish it up to double as a workbench. Just need to figure a method to hold the legs against the door while it's shutting so they don't drop on the compressor (apologies for the blur):  And you can see the retractable air hose there too, still need to get the fittings to be able to try it out though. |
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Post by petegsx on Feb 4, 2016 20:28:35 GMT
Gettin' close! Got some shelving in and pegboard up, and got the pins sorted to hold the compressor room door/workbench legs in place. No pic's of those just yet as there's still too much crap up that end of the shed, but here's the other end:   |
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Post by rusty on Feb 5, 2016 7:02:39 GMT
Looking great that is:-)
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Post by paddy on Feb 5, 2016 14:31:15 GMT
Its quite deceptive how much space you actually have. I find only the Kat now puts it into perspective.
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Post by petegsx on Feb 6, 2016 21:59:52 GMT
Yup! It's roomier than I thought it would be which is awesome! I'll still need the expanding section I've yet to make to be able to move enough to spray, but there's a reasonable amount of room as it is. I pretty much got it sorted yesterday so I can start using it now. I have still yet to organise fans/filters for spraying and the little section out the front so I can expand it for some extra room, but I'm nowhere near paint to need to do that just yet. Gave it a big clean out and got some whiteboards and cork board up. Here's the pins in the compressor room door hinged legs to make it a workbench. With these in I can lock the legs back real easy:   And the whiteboards/cork board I picked up from KMart...  Unfortunately my skills with applying sheets of contact are not so good... this was $3 so I can tear it down and do it again if the bubbles/creases are too annoying, but it's a real good size:  That should mean today I can actually get on with the Kat at last... |
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Post by paddy on Feb 7, 2016 9:56:46 GMT
I have a cork board in the garage. When we finished clearing my nans flat I saw one in the main entrance lobby and my mum was going to bin it. I decided I'll have it in the garage instead.
Anyhow with room for spraying can you not just hang items from the ceiling and also have a turntable aswell. I hung my nose cone from a bungee which worked a treat.
What do you have in mind for ventilation as I'm after ideas for when our garage is rebuilt. I've even thought of using a hoover with a coned out card end on the hose (coned out to about 2.5ft) and have that behind what I'm spraying lol.
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Post by petegsx on Feb 7, 2016 22:18:47 GMT
Initially I thought hanging would be cool, but the way it's turned out I think I'll just make some stands instead as I've still got a bunch of spare timber lying around. I had a look on eBay a while back and there are lazy susan bearings dirt cheap on there so yep a turntable is definitely on the cards as well.
When I sprayed my 450, the issue I had with hanging was the parts moving while I was spraying. I held with one hand and sprayed with the other which was ok but damn annoying, so this time I think sitting on a stand will give me a better result.
I haven't finished thinking about ventilation just yet, but my initial thoughts have been a positive pressure system with a higher CFM fan on the inlet than the exhaust.
Probably some sort of mesh or lightweight filter on the inlet side to stop the crap getting in.
Given where the shed is the biggest issue is going to be fumes etc. as it's between our house and the neighbour, so I'm thinking of making an "explosion proof" fan of sorts... just something like a pedestal fan in a box driven remotely by a V belt or something like that. That way it's still cheap but the fumes are away from the motor.
To deal with the fumes I'm thinking proper spray booth filter material in front of and behind the fan, and a charcoal filter on the outside to capture anything that may make it through. Generic charcoal filters for range hoods are cheap as dirt on eBay so I can just cut them to size.
I think my inlet fan will be up on top of the compressor room and the exhaust down at the other end for a bit of a diagonal cross draft. I'm probably going to hang some sort of plastic blind between the shelving and pegboard to seal that end off from overspray etc.
All in my head at the moment but it may make some sense...
I've had conflicting advice as to whether the inlet should be up and exhaust down or vice versa, so that may swap around yet...
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