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I normally hang out in the turning forum but this isn't really about turning so I'll post it here and hope my friends from down there will see it. I built my shop several years ago over a two week vacation with help from my brothers and nephews. When I built the shop I put a drop ceiling in it but knew almost immediately that was a mistake. It wasn't very long before I ripped that ceiling out, but then I never put a new ceiling up. Over the years, I've known I needed to as the insulation was exposed and didn't have any support. I've had put it back up a few times and the shop was also pretty dark as there was no reflected light from the ceiling. Well, this year I finally decided to address the ceiling issue. Here are a few pics of my shop as it looked in March. You can see what I mean, the insulation is sagging. I've known I should do something but that it was going to be a chore since my shop is so full. Finally, I had enough and decided to go with a metal ceiling, it's basically pole barn siding and the nice thing is, it goes up finished, it doesn't need mudded and painted like drywall. It's also very durable. Here are the after pics. The hole is for access to the attic area. The lights are LED and are very bright. The pictures don't really show what a dramatic difference there is. Not going to lie, I am very happy with myself over this improvement. Did all of the labor myself with LOTS of help from my brother. For a 24X30 shop material cost for ceiling panels and lighting was right at $1500.00. For my money that is a heckuva of an improvement for that amount. Now, my shop is basically a train wreck at this point, I figure I'll be another month before I have any kind of order but I'm still really happy with this project.
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Well a start anyway. Got all but three planks ripped down to 1x4'' by maybe 5' long. Started to remove the T & G edges. Back at the old Pole Barn Shop, this was easy to do, just set up the table-saw and rip away. Now? Well, I guess we might be having a bit of a Barny Stanley #31 and a Corsair C-5 Scrub Jack and plane away. Lots of shavings to rest my tired feet on, too. Corsair runs along the tongue parts, until a wide shaving appears, the #31 takes over and joints the edges straight. Might be worth the trouble, if the boards all look like this when I'm done If the #31 gets to be a might big, we have others awaiting their turn All Stanleys. L-R: #31 , a #5-1/2, a #5, and a #5-1/4. Note the pile of shavings? I plan to have all the edges jointed straight, and then work over the faces. Hope these all turn out ok..
