Re: Construction. . .FINALLY!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 300sniper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">looks like some beautiful country out there. sounds like you should have plenty of room. that is a dream of mine, having a house and big ass shop well outside of town.
edit: are you going to do isolated thick slabs for your cnc equipment? </div></div>
The slab will be 5 bag crete. 10" thick with 5/8" rebar done on a 10" grid. It's going to have in floor heating. Thought about trying to isolate the slabs for the machines but the costs associated with routing all that tubing around the slab makes it prohibitive. Since gun work really isn't that invasive(Not like I'm whackin on heavy castings or anything) I think it'll be ok. I was able to get pretty good finishes at Nesika and that floor was absolutely awful. 4"-5" with cracks and sags all over the place.
The only thing I'm really concerned about is when tuning an action or fitting a barrel. As for now I'm a one man band and both those processes depend on me baby sitting the machine. Meaning I can't do both simultaneously so I don't worry too much about transmitting vibration from one machine to the next.
I've heard two trains of thought regarding heating the floor. I personally think that controlling the temp will help the machines as it'll stay pretty constant. It sure is nice to have during the cold months. Warm feet are happy feet! Considering a lot of shops operate on slabs much less "robust" I'm not too concerned about the floor. -But I do know what your saying and I've seen big job shops that are set up this way. It's really cool for sure! I am friends with an Okuma guru and he's told me that they won't guarantee a new machine unless the floor is done that way. Not sure how true that is, but its what I was told.
It'll be nice to get this thing all done. I still have machines in storage that I've not been able to pull out and use yet. The extra room will be a big blessing.
Plans include a smaller building thats detached for painting, bluing, plating, etc. I don't want that crap in the main shop due to the fumes and mess. Bad enough needing the "dirty room" for grinders, sanders, etc.
Thanks guys. This'll be pretty cool when its all wrapped up.
C
