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30x40 cabinet shop build - metal building

I like your old shop except the table saw dust collector tube on the floor.

I bought the same dust collector used earlier this year and it has very little use on it. The guy I got it from had it in his basement shop (total fire hazard mess) but never hooked it up and never used it. I got a ton of spiral metal duct piping with it too along with gates. Mine has two of those paper filters stacked on top of each other. I see you’re using three of them side by side, is that a modified dealio you made and how well does that setup work out?

Also, I noticed it looks like you have a router table on your powermatic table saw wing too. I have a powermatic 66 table saw and bought a cast steel router table made for a table saw wing table. I thought it’d be the best space saving idea but haven’t installed it yet.

I’m in the process of converting my 2 car garage into my wood shop (on hold at the moment as I’m building deer stands in my fab shop) I’m starting from scratch in my garage figuring out my layout. It’s cluttered up with wood tools and wood machines right now making it difficult to maneuver around in. Gotta do the walls adding windows, wiring and painting them or covering them with something like wood.

Anyway, nice shop build you have going on and I know you’ll be happy once you’re settled in there. I’m not sure about the full glass door tho, seems like it’ll be a pita to keep clean.
 
Landslide said:
I like your old shop except the table saw dust collector tube on the floor.

I bought the same dust collector used earlier this year and it has very little use on it. The guy I got it from had it in his basement shop (total fire hazard mess) but never hooked it up and never used it. I got a ton of spiral metal duct piping with it too along with gates. Mine has two of those paper filters stacked on top of each other. I see you’re using three of them side by side, is that a modified dealio you made and how well does that setup work out?

Also, I noticed it looks like you have a router table on your powermatic table saw wing too. I have a powermatic 66 table saw and bought a cast steel router table made for a table saw wing table. I thought it’d be the best space saving idea but haven’t installed it yet.

I’m in the process of converting my 2 car garage into my wood shop (on hold at the moment as I’m building deer stands in my fab shop) I’m starting from scratch in my garage figuring out my layout. It’s cluttered up with wood tools and wood machines right now making it difficult to maneuver around in. Gotta do the walls adding windows, wiring and painting them or covering them with something like wood.

Anyway, nice shop build you have going on and I know you’ll be happy once you’re settled in there. I’m not sure about the full glass door tho, seems like it’ll be a pita to keep clean.
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It's two filters, I made a box to attach them all to. I think it works awesome. I get no noticeable fine dust in the air. What sucks is when the dust collector overfills, those filters get packed and it takes hours to clean them out. I just put a sensor on my bin to let me know when it fills up.

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The pipe on the floor was aggravating at first, but now I don't notice it. My new setup will all be drop downs. Hopefully using spiral duct, 6" everywhere. Instead of pvc.

I don't like having the router in the table saw like mine. Some of my operations require using both at the same time. Again it was this way to save space. I'll make a dedicated router table in the new shop.

What I've learned about garage doors, they both have to be cleaned. My current ones are solid panel and white, but tinted with brown and red sawdust. Looks like crap.
 
Deuce 40s said:
I put up 3 rows of 1x4s and 24 sheets of maple ply today. Fucking beat. I'm not sure yet how high I'll go. Especially around the 4' sections on the side with the braces.

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How thick is the plywood you used?
 
Landslide said:
Dam, that’s a really great deal. Local supply place to you?
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Incredible deal. They don't normally carry hardwood veneer ply so they were trying to unload it. I'm not sure why they bought it. My normal place is is 1.5 hours away, this one is 30 minutes. But I typically buy prefinished birch at $55/sheet. If I can get prefinished maple or birch from the new place easily, I'm switching. Still TBD if they'll order it for me at a good price.

I thought this stack was going to be junk plywood based on the cost, with missing veneers and voids. I couldn't inspect it before buying. I've only found 2 sheets so far that were too ugly to put on the walls. They'll still be great for shop cabinets.
 
I finished the two side walls this weekend. So far I've burned through 42 sheets of plywood, with two left. All that's left is the rear peak and the sides next to the garage door. I didn't think I'd need every damn sheet of plywood, but I'm about 2 short of being able to finish the walls entirely. The only scraps are in the bottom left of the first picture, from cutting around the braces.

Getting that third row up along the back with the full sheets almost killed me. I also spray foamed around the doors and windows to help a little more.

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I need gutters badly. Hopefully in the next two or three weeks they'll be installed.

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Landslide said:
Dam, that’s a really great deal. Local supply place to you?
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The deals from this place keep getting better. I think this guy has a crush on me. :flipoff2:

He just texted that a new shipment of plywood came in and sent a price list of various species.

What I got:
31 sheets of 3/4 maple for $21.50/sheet
72 sheets of 1/2 birch for $13/sheet
free delivery.

:grinpimp:
 
Deuce 40s said:
The deals from this place keep getting better. I think this guy has a crush on me. :flipoff2:

He just texted that a new shipment of plywood came in and sent a price list of various species.

What I got:
31 sheets of 3/4 maple for $21.50/sheet
72 sheets of 1/2 birch for $13/sheet
free delivery.

:grinpimp:
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It's good to be wanted :lmao:
 
Deuce 40s said:
The deals from this place keep getting better. I think this guy has a crush on me. :flipoff2:

He just texted that a new shipment of plywood came in and sent a price list of various species.

What I got:
31 sheets of 3/4 maple for $21.50/sheet
72 sheets of 1/2 birch for $13/sheet
free delivery.

:grinpimp:
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Holy shit that's cheap.
 
RMO said:
No kidding the 3/4" is $90/sheet and 1/2" is $70/sheet at Lowe and HD.
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worse quality and you have to move it yourself 3 times. I haven't bought plywood from them in years, but even my old distributor was getting me for $60 per sheet of the good stuff. 3/4 was the same price as 1/2.
 
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worse quality and you have to move it yourself 3 times. I haven't bought plywood from them in years, but even my own distributor was getting me for $60 per sheet of the good stuff. 3/4 was the same price as 1/2.
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Will you order some for us and do a group buy? Charge 20% markup for yourself and I'd still pick up half a pallet.
 
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Deuce 40s said:
The deals from this place keep getting better. I think this guy has a crush on me. :flipoff2:

He just texted that a new shipment of plywood came in and sent a price list of various species.

What I got:
31 sheets of 3/4 maple for $21.50/sheet
72 sheets of 1/2 birch for $13/sheet
free delivery.
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Wholey fawk! I'd almost consider driving down from PA for those prices. I do think he's going to be suggesting he wants to put food and drink into you in a romantic manner, though... :flipoff2:
 
Deuce 40s said:
The deals from this place keep getting better. I think this guy has a crush on me. :flipoff2:

He just texted that a new shipment of plywood came in and sent a price list of various species.

What I got:
31 sheets of 3/4 maple for $21.50/sheet
72 sheets of 1/2 birch for $13/sheet
free delivery.

:grinpimp:
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Somebody is going to be calling in a favor in the near future :laughing:
 
My neighbor let me borrow his toy. What a life saver! A lot more work is left, but I got a few hours into it.

I'm only going 2 high, it's not really structural. I design and build retaining walls for my real job so fawk off :flipoff2:.

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