The shop has come a long way since my last post. siding and roofing are done. 1 window in, doors built and hung, ramp built and installed. exhaust fan is in and louvre cover installed. wiring is partially complete 110/220v. Waiting on electrician neighbor to salvage a small breaker box from an upcom...

doughboyshredder wrote: I am a bit weary of the hockey sticks. Carbon fiber tends to explode when it fails and those sticks are hollow.

I agree with that, my hockey stick cat track is made of wooden sticks with no composite sections.

quoted from the email Roy sent me:

yes epoxy pigments can be added to the epoxy to color it (at the 4 to 5% level)
at this level, bonding will not be compromised.

a small stencilled graphic should not hurt your top sheet bonding if the area is small.

Roy Wheeldon
Technical Director
QCM Company,

I had emailed roy at qcm a while back about printing a small stecil on the back of the topsheet prior to lay up. He thought that if it were small enough that it would not cause delamination problems.

Roofing partially up now. I'll finish off the front 1/2 of the roof tomorrow and maybe start the siding while I wait for the ridge cap to come in.

edit: 1/2 of roof is now complete and started the siding.

roof trusses went up today. Siding will go up this week and weekend. Roofing to be done next week. Woot W00T. It will go fast now.

my shop is beginning to take shape. All the major framing is done. The roof trusses are built and I have 1 side ready to put on siding. In the next week things will really progress quickly now that the major stuff is done. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5005651619_244c0630d1_z.jpg Shooting to h...

[obscure movie quote] yeah 220, 221 whatever it takes.....[obsucure movie quote\] eventually. Right now I can get by with 110 since I don't have heat blankets or anything other than regular bench tools.

My shop is progressing. I have all four walls framed and standing. I'll be picking up the last few sticks of lumber to finish framing this week. The rafters should be up this weekend and hopfully starting siding, roofing and insulating the following week. I'll need to get my electrician neighbor to ...

Turns out the guy had about $500 in Insulation he gave me for $10. I'm going to use foam sheeting under the floor and metal roofing to seal everything else up. That should go a long way in keeping things cosy in my shop. I just finished framing the floor joists today. Should have the floor down and ...

actually it was my friend/welder's idea. Once the press is in the shop and on blocks the axle will be unbolted and removed.

I just got the joists for the floor done today and picked up $500 worth of insulation for $10 from a guy on craigslist. SCORE!!!!

craigslist is the best. A couple hundred bucks worth of fiberglass insulation, possible more than enough to do my shed for $10.

I found 2 5 foot electric baseboard heaters for $35 on craigslist. I'm going to pick those up. I may also still buy a small wood stove to use during parts of building when I'm not using fume producing stuff. I could also pick up an oil filled radiator for cheap and park it very close to the press. I...

I found 2 5 foot electric baseboard heaters for $35 on craigslist. I'm going to pick those up. I may also still buy a small wood stove to use during parts of building when I'm not using fume producing stuff. I could also pick up an oil filled radiator for cheap and park it very close to the press. I...

FLashpoint with epoxy is not likely to be problem west and system 3 has flashpoint in the 200-300 deg range. Acetone and varnishes would be more of a danger here. I'm now thinking about electric baseboard heat that is thermostat controlled. I think this is a must for a non heated press since the cur...