Over the past few weeks to prepare for projects coming my way, I've been in and am still in the process of getting the workshop set up to go into production. Here are the most recent images taken just this morning.
Looking towards the south wall and showing the A/C and heating air curtain newly installed. This curtain is made of 4 mil plastic and has accesses every 5 feet. These are held shut with magnetic tape. I recently ran a new duct in the attic and installed an air register above the bench to keep me cool in summer and warm in winter.
It should also help extend the shelf life of all the paints, adhesives, models and other items as well.
In the non-environmentally-controlled ( west ) half of the shop are all the bench power tools for carpentry and wood working. As I'll be spending time mostly in the paint booth and on the model bench, I felt the greater need for HVAC was in the east half of the shop.
Main bench area. Most of the clocks will be carefully packed and stored other than any I happen to need to work on one for some reason. I'm also a clockmaker, repairing and restoring antique clocks. Sometimes I build new clocks. However, I'll be focussing on SS commissions for the foreseeable future and will need to make room out there for that.
Paint booth. It's completely sealed and is about 4' by 5' by full ceiling height. An old range hood left over from my kitchen remodel serves as the ventilation. A register boot and duct was installed to vent overspray and fumes. Intake is an old trailer house bathroom window with a standard 16" by 20" furnace filter. I leak tested the booth by closing the intake and running the vent. The plastic walls sucked in nicely and after a couple of minutes of that, I started to feel lightheaded from lack of air...so no problems with CFM.
Closup view of the main bench area. I'm still organizing it. Cool thing about this is that it was once part of the original 1 -hour photo lab at the Costco Warehouse I used to work at. After the lab was remodeled, a silent auction was held and I won the bid for the counter section with a light table built in for viewing negatives...which also comes in handy for patterns and pattern-making. The winning bid? 10 dollars. I also have a large fiberglas deep sink and faucet. I haven't plumbed that in yet. I also got a 2 gallon water heater in that bid.
Another view of the air curtain and the paint booth. I also have a fridge, a microwave and an espresso machine out there when those are needed and I have to 'Edison' for any reason. The air curtain and A/C vent have been keeping the 10' by 20' foot work area consistently 80 degrees, even when it's 100 outside.
I have a large box fan suspended from the ceiling to help move air as well as an old computer fan under the A/C vent to help push cool air onto the bench area.
I've also installed large hooks at various locations in the ceiling for any projects which may need to be suspended for some reason.
When I start the Kuhn Death Star II project, the table in the center will be put away, allowing space for that project.
Looking towards the south wall and showing the A/C and heating air curtain newly installed. This curtain is made of 4 mil plastic and has accesses every 5 feet. These are held shut with magnetic tape. I recently ran a new duct in the attic and installed an air register above the bench to keep me cool in summer and warm in winter.
It should also help extend the shelf life of all the paints, adhesives, models and other items as well.
In the non-environmentally-controlled ( west ) half of the shop are all the bench power tools for carpentry and wood working. As I'll be spending time mostly in the paint booth and on the model bench, I felt the greater need for HVAC was in the east half of the shop.
Main bench area. Most of the clocks will be carefully packed and stored other than any I happen to need to work on one for some reason. I'm also a clockmaker, repairing and restoring antique clocks. Sometimes I build new clocks. However, I'll be focussing on SS commissions for the foreseeable future and will need to make room out there for that.
Paint booth. It's completely sealed and is about 4' by 5' by full ceiling height. An old range hood left over from my kitchen remodel serves as the ventilation. A register boot and duct was installed to vent overspray and fumes. Intake is an old trailer house bathroom window with a standard 16" by 20" furnace filter. I leak tested the booth by closing the intake and running the vent. The plastic walls sucked in nicely and after a couple of minutes of that, I started to feel lightheaded from lack of air...so no problems with CFM.
Closup view of the main bench area. I'm still organizing it. Cool thing about this is that it was once part of the original 1 -hour photo lab at the Costco Warehouse I used to work at. After the lab was remodeled, a silent auction was held and I won the bid for the counter section with a light table built in for viewing negatives...which also comes in handy for patterns and pattern-making. The winning bid? 10 dollars. I also have a large fiberglas deep sink and faucet. I haven't plumbed that in yet. I also got a 2 gallon water heater in that bid.
Another view of the air curtain and the paint booth. I also have a fridge, a microwave and an espresso machine out there when those are needed and I have to 'Edison' for any reason. The air curtain and A/C vent have been keeping the 10' by 20' foot work area consistently 80 degrees, even when it's 100 outside.
I have a large box fan suspended from the ceiling to help move air as well as an old computer fan under the A/C vent to help push cool air onto the bench area.
I've also installed large hooks at various locations in the ceiling for any projects which may need to be suspended for some reason.
When I start the Kuhn Death Star II project, the table in the center will be put away, allowing space for that project.
