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shameless dude
Orange Level Joined: 10 Apr 2017 Location: east NE Points: 13611 |
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when i put insulation under my floor in my Astro building, i put 2 inch hard foam (4x8) sheets in next to the outside walls, laid them long ways so it was insulated 4 ft into the building. there is 4 inches of concrete on top of it. have never had any settling there. been there since 1996. was always told that the frost will penetrate up to 4 ft inside under the walls of a building. the concrete i have in there has fiberglass strands in it, has never cracked. you may not hafta put insulation in in the center of the building, unless you put heat tubes in.
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21451 |
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well it does look nice....on the ground. nice and HEAVY ! buy a couple boxes of E7018AC. That's the ONLY rod I use and have same welder. EASY to use, consistent and never fails in 25+ years. Be sure the box has AC on the end, it's designed FOR AC welders. 7018 is for DC . You'll need to add some grease zerks and a trust washer on the btm really helps. though that'd be $$$ for sure due to weight load. just be safe erecting it !!! and no heavy loads until 2 months after you pour the concrete. I think McMaster Carr sells them.have a look at the chart for sizes, weights,dimensions... |
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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Jay, Shameless and AC Folks,
Thanks for the advice and support. I havent got the pricing on the exterior foam frost barrier work but am pretty sure I want to do that to reduce the chances of frost penetration. I spent most of the day putzing with the "low steel" on the jib boom fabrication. Amazing how this stuff sucks up the time. Was very hot in the sun, so there were several breaks in the shade. Have all of the pieces laid out and fit. Am going to bolt the top support frame to the main beam. I can weld it solid if needed. Have a bunch of moves to make one this proposed crane tomorrow. Will try to get it bolted and tack welded together so I can pick it and move it to the weld shop. More shots of steel in the driveway: This is not very clear since I have a lot of clamps and things to set this up for fit and tack welding. Lots of tripple and quad checking! A little cleaner view of the pivot end: Holes where upper brace support attaches to the running rail: Have intermediate vertical brace fabed for the 4'6" distance from the pivot: Grease zerks are a great idea too! I have two rear axle bearings from WD series I would like to use as pivot bearings! May look at those again tomorrow. Regards, Chris Edited by Sugarmaker - 15 Jul 2020 at 9:16pm |
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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Folks,
Burned some hours on the low steel again today. For some reason the moves dont get made unless I do them! Humm? Trolley stops: Pivot assembly: Channel for mounting to the upright column. Had something chew my pant leg off. Dang its rough out there in the real world!:) I need a bunch of those Allis tapered shims for the bolts to seat flat. Need 14 of those! Oh and I hooked up my little Lincoln 225 tomb stone welder and it works. Thanks to friend Gary for loaning me his silo cord and a plug for the welder that matched. Burned a little 6011 stick for a test. Its been a while since I did stick welding. Just like falling off a bike! Should have the building materials tomorrow afternoon. Woo Hoooo! Regards, Chris
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IBWD MIke
Orange Level Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Newton Ia. Points: 3436 |
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Chris, those 'tapered shims' are still available new. Not sure where you buy them, McMaster-Carr maybe? We use them at work when working on,,,,,,,,,,Hoists.
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wjohn
Orange Level Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Location: KS Points: 1794 |
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These?
I didn't have any need for them but the other day I was curious if they could be found, and sure enough...
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1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21451 |
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yeesh I got 2 big coffee cans full of them, used maybe 4 or 5 of them in 20 years. I can't give them away ( covid19 boarder thing), can't get a penny a piece at yard sale ( covid 19 no gatherings) so they keep collecting dust....
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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Folks,
I guess I will whittle some tapered washers from a chunk of matching I beam, We got a partial delivery of materials today, but the poles are delayed. So nothing will start till those get here. Also worked on the jib crane system: Nice to do a little stick welding for a change too! Regards, Chris Edited by Sugarmaker - 22 Jul 2020 at 12:38am |
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JohnColo
Orange Level Joined: 03 Apr 2020 Location: Niwot, CO Points: 1258 |
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Just like the old TV ketchup ad, "Anticipation!"
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shameless dude
Orange Level Joined: 10 Apr 2017 Location: east NE Points: 13611 |
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hey John...i know where there's a bunch of lumber stacked if ya want sum...bring yer Freightliner!
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IBWD MIke
Orange Level Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Newton Ia. Points: 3436 |
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Chris, what size do you need? I might be able to 'find' some. Wouldn't be a big deal to send some your way.
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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Mike, Folks,
Thanks for the offer on the washers. Those tapered washers will need to be custom fit due to holes being out of alignment on the beams and such. I layed out and drill half of them, of course the hole is in the wrong place so I will have to shave some more off the one side. Yep just about the way I do things! Trying to come up with a easy way to clean and paint this tube and beam assembly? Probably just brute force and a wire cup brush. slather on some primer and get on with life! Here is that welder I used. It purred right along. I was impressed! Did any one pick up on the origin of that piece of channel that I used?? :) Also considering various options for the " bearings" or bearing material. My neighbor used simple nylon cutting board material for his bearings and it has worked fine for years. Sounds almost to easy to be true. We need to make it a little more challenging than that! At our local tractor club grounds we have barley thrashing day today. Since we are not building a building, I guess that will have to fill in the afternoon. Will try to get some pictures too! Hope things are good in Orange land! Thanks for checking on me! Regards, Chris
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21451 |
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re: tapered washers.. saw a guy needing a few,so he took a piece of iron pipe and cut with a thin bladed angle grinder...2 cut = 2 washers. He'd done that trick a LOT cuz the 1st 2 were PERFECT for the job. re: welder. nice classic 'tombstone' with newer cables( no grommets in holes so be careful !). E7018AC only rod I use..,reminds me gotta make a 2by5by3 workbench tomorrow BEFORE the sun gets too high. Dang 90*F and humid IN the garage..... Jay
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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Jay,
We need picture of the work bench! Yea I should have went and got some rod. But no! I just use what I got with the welder. I will pick some up when I get this set up in the proposed shop! Some pictures of the proposed jib crane fab work. So I wanted to have some type of bearings for the pivot points. A while ago I was looking at the large final drive bearings from a WD. Figured I better figure this detail out before this thing was in the air! So noodled out the fit. The race needed to be raised about .06 inches for clearance, so the bearing can rotate. Whittled out two 1/8 thick shims, with hole for the bearing. Mig welded these to the outer race. Now to align the race with the pivot pin. This didnt have to be extremely accurate. But I found a washer that fit the I.D of the bearing and the O.D. of a socket. Then another socket bolted to that, to act as a pilot. Crude but pretty effective. Since nothing is going to fit in the center of the bearing, it could be off a tad and still should function. Welded the race/ spacer to the support stubs. backing up a little here was my crude design: The alignment of the bearing with the pivot pin. Welded in place, Dont look at my welds too close! That was some small 6011 rod at about 75 on the dial. Went in a little hot! Set up on my sawhorses by my nice neighbor again for cleaning and painting. The "wings are what I will use to run 2 x 4's to the ground for getting the pipe plumb. The swing beam and upper support fully welded: Just need wire brushed and primed. The tappered washers, yea not perfect but should work just fine. I like that better than tightening bolts down at a angle. The old man in command central (our old camper). Was a great place to turn on the central air and take a couple hour nap, while the rain came through today. Not sure when I am going to shave? Still my way of protesting, I just forgot what it was!:) Looking forward to tomorrow when I find out when we might get the glulam posts to actually build a building! By the way this pressure treated wood issue sounds like it may get worse in the near future. Glad I have a pile setting here. Hope I have enough! Also picked up 9 sheets (4x8) of 2 inch foam for using as insulation under the cement. only need another 100 of them!:) Thanks for checking in on me! Regards, Chris Edited by Sugarmaker - 22 Jul 2020 at 12:40am |
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ac hunter
Orange Level Joined: 05 Jan 2011 Location: OHIO Points: 948 |
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Chris,
Looks like you are making progress on the boom project; looks pretty substantial and well thought out. Hope you get all your building materials collected. I don't think you will have any shortage of work for quite a while. Just stay safe. Russell.
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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Folks,
Builder picked up the posts yesterday. I keep learning. These glulam posts are nice and straight and true. They are made of three 2 x 6 boards, bottom is pressure treated then the uppers are std. Laminated and fingerjointed together then machined to 4-1/8 x 5-1/4. So the pole lay out was completed and the batter boards setup and the proposed building extremes layed out and squared. Neighbor came over from his building project and took time to drill the 26 holes, 18 inch daiameter for the poles. Builder team ( i guess that includes me) cleaned out the loose dirt in the holes. Mixed and poured 3, 60 lb. bags of cement in 26 holes. Ran out of cement, so I will pick up some more this morning and get the other two poured today. Poles will be set tonight. The the plan is to pour a dry bag of cement around each post to tie in the piece of rebar that is through the base of each post. We move forward. Amish sawmill call about the hemlock material for the wainscoting. I pushed them out a week since I dont need it yet. The trusses are due any day next week. So lots of moves to make. Regards, Chris Edited by Sugarmaker - 22 Jul 2020 at 12:27am |
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21451 |
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yeesh the posts aren't SQUARE ???? please be careful when setting them, be a real bummer if a few got set wrong... |
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ac45dave
Orange Level Access Joined: 23 May 2015 Location: SE(IN) Points: 1317 |
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Chris, that post setup is about dead on what morton buildings used when I put my shed up 24 years ago.They did the cement and rebar that way also.You're on your way now buddy.This is going to be fun to watch just like all your projects.
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hd1937
Bronze Level Joined: 25 Jul 2014 Location: Linesville, PA Points: 19 |
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Chris,
Looks like your fishing time in the near future may be limited??? Jim Edited by hd1937 - 21 Jul 2020 at 7:35pm |
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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Hey there is Dave and Jim!
Folks, Yes very similar to the Morton building pole set up. This builder worked for them at one time too. Seems like a good post foundation. Posts are in. Thanks to friend Matt H for coming down and doing a lot of shoveling to help fill in the holes. I took the GG boys to Home Depot and picked up 29 more bags of cement. Mixed 6 bags and loaded the last two holes this morning at 11:00. By 5:00 when we set the poles they were good and stiff. Here we have the west posts set, working on north end. Some folks just dont like this type of construction. I guess I do. I plan to keep the water away from the building and I think we will be fine for many years. Me in the Persian orange of course: Last pole! It was a good evening. I left the heavy lifting to the young guys. Everything looks as I expected, with the overheads in the correct locations. Yes lots of moves to make now on this project! Thanks for checking in on me. I am cleaning and painting the three major parts for the jib crane while I am resting. Which as Matt says happens often!:) Thanks to Julia, Matt's girl friend for taking some pictures too. Tomorrow the framing starts. if weather holds. Walk doors and window locations will be important. I have the window locations but the walk doors are still up in the air. Thinking of putting the hinge side against a post? Getting additional cost on overhead doors. Wayne Dalton brand. Good overhead doors are not a cheap date. But if you have bought anything lately you know that too! Regards, Chris
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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Jay, My luck, I would get some in the wrong hole or turned the wrong way too. These are a engineered pole. I like the features. Nice and true. I let the builder and his son work the posts into position. I would call it "brute strength and awkwardness" played a large role in getting them set. Then it was a dance to get them plumb and in line. Lot of credit to the layout and the neighbor drilling the 18 inch holes. No adjustments had to be made. Regards, Chris
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21451 |
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It GREAT to see the poles up ! Now you need to have PATIENCE and measure 3-4-10 times at EVERY step to be 100% sure the 'numbers' are bang on. The better they are the better the building. The Shop was built in 1963 and still straight, plumb and true.That 's the shop I used to own...sigh....oh well... Jay
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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Folks,
Trial fit. View from the road: Building is 67 feet off center of road. Worked a hour or so this evening and got rained out: A few of the top stringers in place. Grand son was over and he will order the materials to get the 130 feet of 3 inch condiut in place for the main power to come to the building. Also will have condiut for the phone service too. May have that in place by early next week. Working on details like where the walk doors will go. Think I have that noodled out. Regards, Chris |
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Kenny L.
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: NEIOWA Points: 1224 |
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Now that the poles are in place and you stand back and look at it you realize that it not as big as you thought it was going to be then you get the hoof and walls cover and that is when you say to yourself I should've went BIGGER I know that what happen when I build mine and think that what everyone says to them self when it build, but knowing you you'll make do with what you've. Thanks for all the pictures
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21451 |
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Kenny L said what i was thinkin...lol.. though once you add on a couple 'side sheds' and extend the back, it'll almost be big enough....... I'm finding out that bigger isn't always better though.... I got a LOT of 'stuff' to deal with in my downsizing.... oh well... When you drop conduit in for phone ,leave a rope in to pull high speed cable or if from house, pull both at the same time. Also a CAT5 cable ( good for alarm system and internet). While you may not ever use it...it costs next to nothing NOW to install, PITA later on... one of those woulda,shoulda,coulda things...... Be sure to take LOTS of pictures ,all sides... AND save them on your PC and a flashdrive ! I never backedup a 'photoshoot' and lost 100+ pix off the camera when it 'crashed'. progress is GREAT !!!
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IBWD MIke
Orange Level Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Newton Ia. Points: 3436 |
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Looking good Chris! Sharp looking truck too.
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8167 |
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As you know I am easliy distracted. Had a whole paragraph written went to do somethin came back and it did not like me posting it. Anyway I added a 25 x 25 building as I increased the building twice. Length and width. Ran out of room to go any bigger. All under one roof no lean too's on this one! Also have the 16 x 24 foot storage area up stairs too. Hope I can pack it full! Electrical conduit and main disconnect arrive at noon. Will try to dig for that tomorrow. Thanks for checking on me! Regards, Chris
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21451 |
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re: All under one roof no lean too's on this one! I'll give you 2 months..... then we'll hear about the 'new additon'..... re: Hope I can pack it full! You won't have a problem... ALL your long .lost family and friends will do that for you !!! cheers Jay |
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tadams(OH)
Orange Level Access Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Location: Jeromesville, O Points: 9626 |
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My original building was 40' X 34' then added a 40' X 24' addition and then added another 20' in length and 10' in width making the whole building 100' X 34' and it was packed till I sold a couple of pieces. this all took place in about a 20 year span
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hd1937
Bronze Level Joined: 25 Jul 2014 Location: Linesville, PA Points: 19 |
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After seeing your truck inside I agree with the others. You need to add 25 ft on the north end.
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