Hutch
March 4, 2007, 09:31 PM
I'm almost to the point wsomehere I'll be painting the Technology Annex, which was a pole barn, outside dimensions ~ 12x18. It has now been wired, insulated, the walls sheathed in 7/16" OSB, and will have lotsa light. It sounds great, and it IS great, but there are a couple of shortcomings. The floor is also 7/16 OSB, and is kinda springy (I bet it's on 2x4 on 2' centers), and the wall height is a bit low, with the ceiling being ~ 80" high. I have a 7.5 foot tall, 24" wide solid-core door that I plan to use for the loading bench, which I will put at table height for reloading. I'll probably put some narrow (6" to 8" deep) shelves and/or pegboard up on the wall behind the loading bench.
I also have a 3' wide, 8.75 foot long solid core door (gotta weigh 200lbs) that I plan to mount on the same wall as the loading bench, but at higher, maybe 36-39 inches. This will be for cleaning, sorting, organizing before and after range trips, etc. I have discovered that 36" is really too wide for a workbench, so I'll probably have shelves, bins, or something on the back of this bench for storage.
I'll need shelves/bins, drawers, trays, etc. for storage under both benches. I've bought (but not yet received) some exam lights on articulated arms that I plan to put in a convenient spot by each bench. There will be 5 pairs of 4-foot flourescent tubes overhead, and I've bought some Daylight tubes to use. These are supposed to reduce or eliminate the greenish monochrome tinge that the cool-white tubes produce. I'm also going to finally mount a 3-light gang of standard incandescent tracklights I've had for 20+ years.
I have installed an 8KBTU window A/C thru one wall. This will be needed in order to store components and ammo, in my opinion. My only concession anywhere is that my wife gets a corner to set up her sewing machine. This will not be a workshop, unless reloading counts, and the only tools I can envision putting out there are a bench grinder w/wire wheel and a vise.
I'm kinda giddy with all this, as you might imagine. Anybody got any suggestions? I MAY put down another layer of 5/8 plywood to try to stiffen the floor, but I really don't want to pull up anything that's down there now in order to put in more support.
I also have a 3' wide, 8.75 foot long solid core door (gotta weigh 200lbs) that I plan to mount on the same wall as the loading bench, but at higher, maybe 36-39 inches. This will be for cleaning, sorting, organizing before and after range trips, etc. I have discovered that 36" is really too wide for a workbench, so I'll probably have shelves, bins, or something on the back of this bench for storage.
I'll need shelves/bins, drawers, trays, etc. for storage under both benches. I've bought (but not yet received) some exam lights on articulated arms that I plan to put in a convenient spot by each bench. There will be 5 pairs of 4-foot flourescent tubes overhead, and I've bought some Daylight tubes to use. These are supposed to reduce or eliminate the greenish monochrome tinge that the cool-white tubes produce. I'm also going to finally mount a 3-light gang of standard incandescent tracklights I've had for 20+ years.
I have installed an 8KBTU window A/C thru one wall. This will be needed in order to store components and ammo, in my opinion. My only concession anywhere is that my wife gets a corner to set up her sewing machine. This will not be a workshop, unless reloading counts, and the only tools I can envision putting out there are a bench grinder w/wire wheel and a vise.
I'm kinda giddy with all this, as you might imagine. Anybody got any suggestions? I MAY put down another layer of 5/8 plywood to try to stiffen the floor, but I really don't want to pull up anything that's down there now in order to put in more support.
