Claude S. - Shop of the Week

8 Responses to “Claude S. - Shop of the Week”

1. Bob N on May 14th, 2008 2:56 pm

   Nice space and lots of it.

   Great looking “Man Cave”!

2. Dan Mule' on May 14th, 2008 3:06 pm

   Thats a huge compressor!

3. Matt J on May 14th, 2008 8:01 pm

   Nice shop! What’s the story on that monstrous air compressor lookin’ thing?

4. Claude Stewart on May 15th, 2008 4:27 am

   Okay, here is my story and I’m sticking to it. My shop is located in my 40 x 48 pole barn. The space directly though the red(east) door is a 20 x 20 space we call the workout room. It serves that purpose and also for Christmas and Thanksgiving parties for a big family. Adjacent to this room (north) is a 20 x 24 foot spray booth for painting cars/trucks. We actually have painted 2 trucks in there. But most of the time it serves as finishing booth for my woodworking and as a huge closet. Just west of that room is a 16 x 24 ft. space that I call the auto shop where I work on vehicles lawn mowers, etc. It has 12 ft.4 in ceilings all around. I always wanted to put a atuo/truck lift in it but that never happened. Claude

5. Claude Stewart on May 15th, 2008 4:31 am

   Oh I forgot about the compressor I bought it from a man that had gotten it in payment for services from an auto shop that had gone out of business. It works great it will run multiple tools I have never had a problem will moisture with it. Claude

6. Mike D on May 15th, 2008 10:40 am

   Okay, there’s idea #1 I’m gonna steal. I like how you’ve got those little cubbies underneath left left side of your miter saw. Can’t tell you how much of my life I spend pushing crap out of the way that I’ve left on the counter next to my saw.

   And BTW, that’s no compressor. I think we just found out where Saddam hid the WMDs.

7. janwelmers on May 17th, 2008 10:50 am

   thanks for the pict.
   like the rack idea
   just a tip for your compressor.
   drain all the water inside and let it dry out completely inside
   take off all the tubes and close all the openings with tape, also the drain.
   put some undercoat liquid [used foor cars] like “rust bullet” in the tank and turn the whole tank slowly around in all directions.
   it is a little bit of a struggle especially with the bigger tanks you will need some help.
   drain out the excess of liquid.
   let it dry for a day and put everything back in place.
   it will help to prevent rust in the tank.
   by the way i do that also with the bottoms of airconditionings and givews a couple of extra years of the lifexpectancy.
   hope you can use it.

8. Claude Stewart on May 19th, 2008 5:28 am

   Hello Janwelmers;
   I have often thought about this compressor tank rusting through.
   Thanks for the idea it sounds good but I don’t know if it will ever happen. I look at that monstrosity and say man that thing is heavy. Maybe if I didn’t have a 20 year honey-do list plus redoing the house inside and out I could make it happen. So its going on the list hopefully I”ll get to it before it blows. But if I don’t hopefully I won’t be standing next to it. Claude

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