The new "Crashfab"

[crash2]

Jackstands--a man can never have enough of them :haha:

I needed to organize them as well :redneck:

 

[crash2]

So the last big piece of the puzzle showed up today--thanks to my best bud kyle. Its the material to finish my bench...

Kyle also grabbed a saw he uses at work for cutting metal and it made easy work of cutting this 3/8" plate to fit. Oh and 4x8 sheet is DAMN heavy :haha:

 

[crash2]

So a bunch of lifting and a bunch of smoke and 26' of welding its finally taking shape. I also found my exhaust fan works awsome for removing the crap out of the air.

So 95% of the welding is done and I have a bunch of finish work to finish up and then firmly affix it to the actual bench(granted its pretty damn on there,lol). But my monster bench is almost complete..

 

[Donkeylips]

Holy **** Mike, you have been busy. Finding new homes for everything is always my favorite part. Though I am not looking forward to do this next year.

 

[79chevy39.5's]

nice, your shop is more organized than my work shop is much less my house shop.

looks awesome

 

[crash2]

Holy **** Mike, you have been busy. Finding new homes for everything is always my favorite part. Though I am not looking forward to do this next year.

Ya its been non stop but soo worth it.

nice, your shop is more organized than my work shop is much less my house shop. looks awesome

Thanks my ocd is really having fun :haha:

 

[Poohbair]

.. love it

 

[79chevy39.5's]

ocd or whatever makes me rethink pulling crap outta shop and throwing up some plywood and pegboard and building some shelves

 

[crash2]

ocd or whatever makes me rethink pulling crap outta shop and throwing up some plywood and pegboard and building some shelves

If I can inspire one person--then I am achieving what I set out by sharing.. :awesomework:

 

[Anthony1]

Looking good. :awesomework:

 

[Bustin Loose]

If I can inspire one person--then I am achieving what I set out by sharing.. :awesomework:

Indeed you have! I can hardly wait to get the old shop cut out from all the blackberries that have grown around it especially now that I have a tractor to park under it. I giggled when I saw your grinder because there is one here too but the motor is under it and it runs the grinder belt drive style. I just need to hire an electrician to run power out to it someday. It used to be a small engine repair shop.

 

[crash2]

Indeed you have! I can hardly wait to get the old shop cut out from all the blackberries that have grown around it especially now that I have a tractor to park under it. I giggled when I saw your grinder because there is one here too but the motor is under it and it runs the grinder belt drive style. I just need to hire an electrician to run power out to it someday. It used to be a small engine repair shop.

:awesomework::awesomework:

 

[crash2]

Looking good. :awesomework:

Thanks Anthony....:awesomework:

 

[crash2]

Drilled a BUNCH of holes and countersunk every screw below the surface. Pays to have good bits :awesomework:

 

[crash2]

Spent a good 4 hours grinding and working the metal where I wanted it. The front 8ft long edge was the tricky one. Went thru multiple types of methods with the finish hand filed(ok ya I know :redneck:). But the front edge is absolutely straight and if it wasn't for the little pivots/small dips from the edge of the welds you would have thought it was rolled..

 

[crash2]

Last piece of the puzzle. I drilled and tapped the bench top and this ***** is VERY secure... :cheer:

 

[notstock]

Nice table :awesomework:
You are so danged anal about everything :haha:

 

[mudmaster]

Nice work!

 

[crash2]

Thanks--nice to see the hard work and planning paying off..

 

[crash2]

So this is the last piece of the puzzle--the one thing keeping me from being 100%!!!

Still wading options just need to get some sort of base down but we also need to gravel the whole driveway but thats not a big deal as there is a good base for that part.

Not knowing anything about this stuff is making it tough and $$ is now getting tight.

 

[ish]

Put road fabric down and put the gravel on top, it keeps the fines from coming up through the gravel. Either slope it all away or to one spot with a catch basin and then then pipe it somewhere. Anything less than 2% will collect water...

That's my best guess

 

[zukkev]

Key is slope it AWAY from the shop. Nothing worse than standing water at the doors...

 

[crash2]

I removed a big problem by moving the downspouts--that helped but it is kinda of a dome slope and for the most part it does slope away from the shop. There is also a good gravel base that extends roughly 8ft out from the shop and with the clay base below the dirt that should help.

I just need to get something because rigs are lining up to get into the shop.

 

[WA-Wheeler]

Yeah. Just needs a good slope. You have a tractor now right? I agree also with putting something down to keep the weeds at bay. Wish I would have done it....but then again using my propane torch is pretty fun lol

 

[crash2]

Not really worried about weeds--I have bags of caseron(sp) to put down.

 

[ish]

The road fabric isn't for the weeds, its for the silt. Put the roof drains into a pipe, then into a catch basin and then run it a long ways away.

 

[Maverick26]

The road fabric isn't for the weeds, its for the silt. Put the roof drains into a pipe, then into a catch basin and then run it a long ways away.

I wish I would have done this, I just put gravel down over dirt and I have been fighting it for 3 years.. every winter and every car ruins my driveway. The gravel just pushes down into the mud and Im left with the busy in my yard. I can back my trailer to my shop without 4x4. This summer I am renting a hoepack or large roller and then having it paved.

 

[crash2]

So where can ya get road fabric?

 

[jeffroadams]

Acf west or if you know someone in civil construction they'll have it laying around on a job

 

[ain'tstuckjustresting]

Like Jeff said, ACF West. There's one on 202 in Woodinville on the left before Columbia Crest Winery.