but I thought I'd show it anyway. I had asked about getting my partition wall up back in early November. Then life intervened (and Mother Nature with winter) and i didn't get much done after that question. But the days have been unusually warm so I was able to get some things done. the big one being I finished the partition wall. In one of the quirks of fate that seldom (never) happen to me, I had bought some number of 10' 2x6s and 3-10' treated 2x6 (sole plates) to build it. After I was done I had a 2' section of 2x6 lumber left, and a 4' piece of the treated wood. Typically I go back to the store (twice) for more wood. Anyway, here's some pics but remember: I am not a carpenter...nor have I ever claimed to be. There was just me, so I lifted the first third of it up using a deer hoist. But the next piece had to be done as one piece because of the door and the the way the top and sole plates were staggered. I wound up using my tractor with some pallet forks which was only slightly tricky, but still worked. That wall had to be up for me to continue on with the wiring.

Edited January 23, 20179 yr by Fred W. Hargis, Jr

Looks great to me! I'll bet that feels good to get at least that much done.

Yeah, any progress at all is better than none.

Nice! Gonna be a big work area!

Nice wall. Glad you got it up without mishaps. 

Super ! Not a small job for one man.

Looks good, Fred! Now you can add "Carpenter" to your resume!

John

How is the echos in there?   Looks good.    I wouldn't know what to do with that much room.....

11 hours ago, HARO50 said:

Looks good, Fred! Now you can add "Carpenter" to your resume!

 

John

 Nope, never in a million years.

Looks pretty good from where I sit Fred. I'd say "carpenter" is a fair title.

Any specific reason(s) you chose 2x6 vs 2x4 interior wall since non load bearing? Just curious..

I'm betting the other side of that 2X6 wall is un heated.

14 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

I'm betting the other side of that 2X6 wall is un heated.

Good point, although the outer three to the exterior are 2x4...maybe structural for what he plans to fasten, hang, support on either side???

Hmmmm. I thought it was all framed with 2X6s.

It's all 2x6, and as Gene guessed the storage area will not be heated so I wanted the full insulation value in that wall. Another reason for the 2x6 (as Dave speculated)  is that I have 2 possibilities of some really heavy stuff being bolted to that wall....since I haven't laid out the floor plan yet it only possibilities. But I have a set of steel tube lumber rack that were welded up that might wind up on that wall in the storage area, and with lumber I'm sure they exceed 2000#, thought most of that load is on the floor. The other thing (on the shop side) would be the dust collector. It's less (about 350#) but I still like to use really long lag bolts to hold it up.

Edited January 24, 20179 yr by Fred W. Hargis, Jr

Hey Fred. You are in a rural area, right? Why not vent the DC to the outside? Saves space, no bags to empty, and no worries about filtration. 

My "cyclone" collector catches most of the debris. There's only a miniscule amount that reaches the outside. 

A pile of wood dust and scraps laying just outside a building...is an open invitation to Termites and other wood chewing bugs.   They see a free lunch, and then wonder what is for Supper....then they look at that nice building sitting beside it.......

 

park a barrel of some sort right under the outlet  if you vent outside.   When it is full, make it into compost,....somewhere far from the building.

I am considering something like direct venting. I've thought about making it "convertible", something I've not heard that anyone has tried. That would be venting out during the non heating (or low heating) months, then put the filter back on for Dec-March, or so. this is a cyclone, so only the very finest dust would get blown out....and I imagine the wind would carry it off. Obviously if I do this it will have to be mounted on an exterior wall. Then I'd have to cobble together so way to pipe it out and then switch back to the filter. I'm thinking it can't be that hard to do.

Might work, Fred. Although, I can't say I've noticed any change in my propane useage since venting to the outside. But, my shop is just 26 X 36 and my DC is just 2 hp and only runs at the saws. Got a little self contained unit for the planer and jointer. 

"just 26x36" is pretty much the footage I'll have. interesting you haven't seen the LP go up...one thing if I make it convertible, should it not cost much in fuel (in the winter), I can just leave it vent out year round.

Fred, my longest run of hose is 25' until it gets to the separator. The separator is a 35 gallon metal trash can with a plastic "cyclone" lid. It's about 4' of hose to the impellers and, it's 4' from there to the vent pipe in the wall. 

My supposition/theory is that any heated air sucked in at the saw gets dissipated in the hose run and trash can. Though, the can never seems warmer than ambient.  I've run the DC and felt the exhaust and it is just a bit warmer than the outside @ 38 degrees. The shop is heated to around 55-60. I hate to work in the cold.