Lookin po nub... shop build

[Louie HaHa]

oh damn, good look faded. I'm checking into that.

[Louie HaHa]

I called lowes and home depot today to try to get a trencher. No luck, lowes said they didn't rent those out and home depot had the one I needed which went up to 30in deep but I would need to tow it on a trailer. I can't tow from my ride unfortunately. I thought about renting a truck from uhaul or something but decided eff it, Ima dig this. Almost there, it got late and too dark but I'm only like 6 inches away or so from finishing. Of course the day I dig the majority of it it's the hottest day of the year. 100 degrees and digging was a sweatfest. Ready to be rockin again, Ima start having effed up dreams soon if I don't work.

[Captain Glass]

I'm really interested to see what happens with this. I'm looking to do something similiar except when I bought my house there was a huge shed already there. Please post pics when your up and melting. Good luck bro.

[Louie HaHa]

Quick update with more to come in the next week, hopefully 3-4 days.

Electric has been run, got the ventilation working, hardibacker is on the necessary areas. Ended up putting sheet metal on the floor after absurd amounts of research (online and in person). Basically my floor and bench are the same materials. Haven't had any problems with my bench so I figured I'd do the same on the floor. It was easier and cheaper than tiling or other options I looked at.

I ordered a small kit shed for my oxygen tank and am waiting on that right now. Still need to pipe my oxygen and do some last minor details (moving my kiln to the correct spot, setting up my torch, etc.) on the inside and I'm pretty much ready to rock and make some $$$$$. Much needed for sure. This has proven to be much more expensive than I thought it would be but it'll be worth it. I'm happy with it.

Oh yea, gotta build a little mini box for my propane to sit outside also. Shouldn't be too tuff.

Other than that I'm getting sick of problem solving everyday. Not that I don't enjoy it to a certain extent but I'm just getting exhausted. It's been hot and sweaty since I started and I'm soar errday I wake up. And when I'm not working on the shed I've been watching my 1 yr old daughter and trying to get the house situated.

It's all good though. Shits for the greater good, right?

Do work.
Ready. To. Melt.

[Louie HaHa]

Shop painted, running my lines today. Shoulda been up and rockin already but effing "Express Lines" Delivery (the company that is delivering my mini shed for oxy) basically screwed the pooch so I'm waiting for that. I'm not even going to get into what happened, so pissed about it it'll just make me mad all over again although it gave me something to negotiate on so I got 10% off. It's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow, throw that biatch up and order my oxy for wednesday.

This has been the longest that I've gone without melting glass in like 12-13 years. Think my wife is gonna kill me cuz I'm going nuts. Thankfully she's more patient than I am.

Pics soon of the whole thing soon. 2 days till my torch is blazin!!!


Do Work.

---Z

[Louie HaHa]

Alright, here it is.





I want to give a shout out to all the members on here who have helped me through knowledge, advice, suggestions, etc. This is a great community of people and thanks to the founder(s) for starting this up. You are doing good by us and I appreciate it.

If anyone has any questions about how I went about all of this, in case you are attempting the same or something similar, just hit me up.

It's been a long road to get to this point. Lots of work, sweat, planning and $$$$ but its all paid off in spades.

I dig my new digs.

Do Work.

Thanks for lookin---

Z

[Louie HaHa]

Crap, looks like a pic didn't upload right. On the left side of the shed I have a 3'x2' window for intake. I found that window coupled with the little vent I cut above the front door gives a nice flow to the air inside. Just the window was sucking so hard it was basically blowing across the room right at my kiln, which I wasn't cool with for when it gets cold out. The vent redirects it and works well.