First wall and all 16 columns completed.

First three standing columns.

Well I've managed to complete the first three columns, painted and erected. One more is completed but in the paint bay waiting for the wife, and this morning I'm prepping number five. Scale and surface rust removal ready to weld. They look bloody big standing up like that and took a bit of handling ...

You are right Josh, that's a '74 DeTomaso Pantera. My baby. It looks to be in immaculate condition from the limited photo. But the deck spoiler, isn't that aftermarket? Would be worth a King's Ransom if it were a RH driver!!!! Yes a RHD model would be nice, but rarer than golden rocking horse shit ...

Poland308 wrote:Just throwing it out there. But that doesn't look like a scrap car. nice bikes the kind you can enjoy.

You are right Josh, that's a '74 DeTomaso Pantera. My baby.

MosquitoMoto wrote:Okay then uzz, stop being such a big tease and tell me about the bikes!



Moz

We have a heap of cars in the shed, but love our two bikes. Ducati ST2 and a Suzuki M109R.

Flight from Chicago to AUS. $ 2500. Shop use under experienced supervision. Priceless! Yes indeedy. Love the pics. That shed is just about spot-on for the size I'd like. As I always say, "big enough for the bikes, the tools to build them, and a test ride when I'm finished!" Moz Got a coup...

Farmwelding wrote:So when can i come and use your shop...

Door is open. BYO Helmet.

Farmwelding wrote:What do you have to lift something like that in your shed

Small overheaad crane to lift it off the trailer and then I used the wife's forklift to get it into place.
We put the overhead beam and chain in last year. Best thing ever to save our backs.

Just for giggles whilst I'm working on one of the big 250UB32 columns for the shed, he's what I got up to on the weekend. Drove to a country property outside Ballarat and picked up this monster. 3800 long, 400 deep and over 1650 high. Probably close to 450 kgs. Now suspended on welded brackets and c...

MosquitoMoto wrote:Love watching stuff like this come together and LOVE big sheds.

I built my own shed, too, but I've outgrown it. The goal is to move to the foothills in the next few years and build a monster shed so that I can fill it up with tools and motorbikes.

Keep posting those pics!



Moz

Which foothills?

...and I'm sure it is sweltering hot in Aussie. Time for a Geography lesson, FarmBoy. Oz is in the Southern Hemisphere and its currently the dead of winter there. Depending upon where in Oz he is, I suspect its rather chilly. In fact, his beautiful bride, Suzy is bundled up in a knit cap and fleece...

Great looking set up. Lots of us, myself included have the wish to do things like this, but I lack money and gumption to do it. You seem to have those areas sorted. I whole heartedly agree with the cad profile cutting. Trying to drill and cut all that stuff is a nightmare. What are you going to put...

You've taken on a huge personal project, kudos. Looking good and you have heaps of equipment at your disposal. A couple of things to consider: - have you removed mill scale from steel prior to mig welding? - have you cut up a sample weld for macro inspection to confirm your procedure is resulting i...

So now I'm nearly ready to start on the big shed. Just working my way up to it. I've never welded anything this big before and it is a bit daunting for a first timer. Hence I'm here, scrounging around for tips and tricks to hold plates, stop things from heat warping etc.

Suzie helping out and a pile of 5.1m 250UB32 for the columns.

Time to erect the small shed frames.

Made up a 2m jib to extend the forklift from 4.5m to 6.5m which allowed me to bolt up the components on the big slab and then carry them over the road to the small slab and sit them down in position.

So I made a start. First by getting used to the welder, and materials and made up 156 cleats and brackets. Then I got onto the columns and rafters for the small shed. The wife (Suzie) did all of the primer paint and then I sprayed a nice hammertone top coat onto the finished frames.

After deliberating for about five minutes, I made the executive decision to prepare individual CAD drawings of each separate component and send them off to a plasma cutter to create. Two weeks later, 2 1/2 ton and 1003 components arrived. Also another 7 ton and 1300 lineal meters of purlins and girt...

Once the concrete was done, then it was time to order the steel.

250UB32 for the columns and rafters, and 50x150x5 RHS fr the smaller shed.

Thanks Mike.

I'll throw up a few pictures so you blokes get an idea of what I'm building.

Here's the formwork coming together for the two shed slabs. It took me most of a year to excavate, prepare the area, stone compacted base, steel reinforcing, formwork, boxing etc. All on my own.

G'day from downunder you blokes. I'm building a couple of sheds on my farm and thought you might be interested. I'm a self taught welder, having grown up welding on a 180amp 240v copper core arc welder. I used it to build all sorts of things, ultimately a lovely tandem car trailer to move my show ca...