I have one with similar set up but with forged upper/lower. Mine shoots just like yours, smooth with hardly any kick (but I put muzzle brake on-loud as hell indoors). Thinking about getting a billet set.

I agree. Blue will look much better. :thumbsup:

If I had a shop like that, my wife will never find me. :)

My comments in blue -- had to add this because otherwise it appeared I had no message... DOH!

When I was sighting in my Oly Arms Ultramatch in '92 there was an old guy and his two 30 something kids at the range one stall away and right next to steel roof support pipe.........they were shooting a .378 Weatherby Mag with a muzzle brake. The shockwave off that brake was violent and wrang the pipe something fierce too. I was flinching in anticipation of their trigger pull, had to relocate to dial my gun in. The SOB's shot 2 boxes of shells making them a LOT tougher than me. I was hoping they'd break a collarbone and have to quit!

Haven't been too fond of breaks ever since. :D

Maybe someone interesting will drop by to help out...

If only more often....

:thankyou:

Got this update this morning from the job site foreman:



Hi Greg,
As promised attached from a really bad photographer this week’s snap shots.
Finished installing the garage doors yesterday and they’ll have power Monday or Tuesday, they look awesome with the window panel in the middle.
The barn doors are hung and with a few minor adjustments will be ready for paint Monday.
Windows arrived today and we’ll set them early next week then tackle the awnings.
Extractor fan is installed and ready to be wired.
Electricians are still working away bending and pulling wire, hopefully they’ll be done with everything by the middle of the week. BAF’s not spinning yet, but so close. Something to do with pulling wires for the garage door openers.
Plumber is all caught up, waiting to set finish.
Boiler and hot water is all vented and piped ready to fire up next week.
Welder will be in setting the handrail and the lower panels in the barn doors.
Roofer has only the bathroom to do with the corrugated metal and seal the Extractor fan.
Drop ceiling panels are in and ready for their final coat.
The goal is to be done with all the construction side of things next week so we can get the painters in for their touch up and the a big clean up….







BIG IMPROVEMENT is the new insulated overhead doors (tore out the beat to death rollup versions)






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The blue overhead beams in the "office area" were painted black -- and now just need the windows to be installed. The wood column construction was required because that's where the plumbing came out of the concrete floor for the radiant heat. The boiler used to be here but we moved that to a closet downstairs under the stairway.... this will be finished out with barn wood and the corrugated metal used elsewhere in the shop.







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This is the "reception area" as you come in via the man door.... I will just put one of my gas pumps and some related "stuff" on the walls etc. Maybe a leather sofa so it "looks like" a room.... but it's basically just wasted space. So we just put the barn wood wainscot on --- and gave it a BLACK dropped ceiling and some track lighting to clean it up.





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This is the "barn doors" between the upstairs office area and the upstairs storage area. This gives me a large opening and since they don't swing out they use less room to open if needed (since they don't swing!).... I needed to be able to have access --- so might as well attempt to make them at least be "kool".







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Coming along nice, those doors make it look like a different building!

YEAH THEY DO!!


I'm now thinking I may have to paint the exterior in my racing colors.... except that if you saw where the building sits -- that would just be a pure waste of effort and money. The area ain't exactly "race car alley". It's really pretty nasty and people just pile crap outside of their buildings etc. So making it look killer outside... as much as I want to... would just attract unwanted attention.

Looking good! Very Man-Cavish! :thumbsup:

I would keep it as low key as possible as well.


You could have a full time security guard live in the "wasted" room lol

Oh.... trust me.... With as much as we travel etc.... Security is something we don't skimp on!

My builder just called me --- he was there this morning and thought he should call and express his profound love for how it's all turning out.... everything EXCEPT the floor. I agreed, and asked him to bring in a professional industrial floor company to do an assessment and recommendations.... with the criteria that it must be able to withstand parking a FIRE TRUCK with HOT tires on it... and must not yellow.... and of course it has to look kool.


BTW -- He was "astounded" at how much air the BAF moves!


Funny....

....... and now to make you all feel way kooler than you are! LOL








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Looking nice!!!

No A/C? how are you going to weld with that BAF on? :headscratch:

Real welders don't have issues.....



I don't weld every day or all day - and it has a switch.

Speaking of switch.....Does the BAF have switched speeds or rheostat control?

IT'S ALIIIIIVE!!!!

I'll swing by and drop off my resume for security guard....are you supplying the firepower?:secret:

Place looks great, it'll sure be nice to get all settled in and crankin away.

:cheers:
Dan

It comes with a commercial industrial strength fan controller.....

This fan costs what your Grandmothers Buick sold for.... LOL... so it comes with the appropriate stuff.

In I DA HO ---- firepower is a relative statement... this ain't your Nancy F'n Pelosi democratic (we want your guns) kinda state. It's more like ---- my tank is bigger than your tank, kinda state -- and people actually would salute you if you actually had a tank! They'd think you're KOOL!!!! Just don't try to take their cows....


LOL


Actually -- this statement is not too far from the truth.

I did actually ask the sup'r if I needed to rope myself down when the fan is on....

Looking forward to the tank build thread! :bigun2:

Surprised it didn't blow the roof off when you turned it on, It is one BAF for sure! The doors on the front and the barn doors look great. I can't wait to see how you set up your equipment in there. It looks great.

Basher is coming over to help -- so I canceled the fork lift.

Mostly from the tax assessor. :lol:

I'm cheap and easy, pay me what you pay the grounds crew in a month and we'll call it good.

:G-Dub: :G-Dub: :G-Dub:
MAKE IT RAIN GDUBYA, MAKE IT RAIN!!

Well you can leave it on as long as the entire shop is filled with argon

:peepwall:

HA HAAAA
The Big Ass Fan. We have one at our shop. Works great. Will cause small tornadoes. lol :confused59:

The building does seem to sit funny on the foundation now.... If I remember right - the front of the building used to be parallel to the street... <scratching head>





You make a great point!! Hadn't seen that one coming! LOL







Your wife just called to correct this statement.... Her version more accurately described you as "cheap and sleazy" <I'm certain you've just mis-heard her in the past - kind of a wishful thinking version from your side> and she added "barely adequate".... with that, I hung up, not wanting to know what she was referring to.







Have you been inhaling again? LOL










Well that's good to know!!! LOL

Don't be surprised if you find a "BabyRuth" floating in the pool....when did you say the open house was?:whistling:

That fan is just killer. Is the cfm rating on it infinity?

Looks great.

To infinity and beyond!

the Big Ass Fans are Great - a Dealership I used to be Manager of had 2 of them in an area that we had 24 Repair Bays. Kept it Nice in there even in the Florida Summers!

I didn't realize the Dos Equis Guy did Masonry Work, but I guess when you are the Most Interesting Man in the World, you could lay block in your sleep!

Personally -- I'd rather by laying pipe if you know what I mean....



Old joke...


Guy walking down the street sees his buddy thru an upstairs window and yells up -- Hey buddy! What ya doin??

He replies -- I'm laying Linoleum....

The guy yells back -- Okay then! Well.... you give her my regards!

LOL
:gitrdun:

VERY cool building, where is it located?

It's looking really nice GW.

Did you buy the fan from here

http://macroairfans.com/

We race with the Founder.. Walter Boyd.

Near Sun Valley Idaho







Sorry Jer --- NO --- This is a Big Ass Fan - that's the brand -- so it's not Macroair fan. They make nice big ones too!
I let the builder order it - not sure where it came from. I do know that you can order them from Home Depot! They might have got it there. But builders have lots of suppliers so who knows.

I'm assuming you've seen their Big Ass Lights too?

The math didn't work out to go with LED fixtures. I simply don't have that many fixtures (while the space is larger than most peoples garages - it's still not a warehouse!). So NO Big Ass Lights. I'll use them for light -- rather than using them for heat as I do in the Bellevue shed.

The guy that came out to spec out the dump -- just went with high bay fluorescents...

Frankly -- I've re-lamped the shop (T12's) once in like 8 years -- and they're on 24 hours a day since day one. I have 13 X 8' 2 lamp fixtures in the shop now. And they're the discontinued T12's

I got a nat gas bill when they were running the infrared heaters (then there were two) with the doors wide open over there... and the bill was $300 which is the electric bill here with no heat.