Improvising.................

[fred cook]

We are supposed to stay at home, etc. but I felt the need to exercise my trigger finger a bit! So, I set up a backstop and dug out my Beeman Tempest pellet pistol and popped a few virtual caps! Shooting range is about 25 feet but makes for good shooting skills practice. The first picture is across the width of the shop and the second a closeup of the target. Sometimes you have to be creative to have some fun! Just in case of ricochets, I did take the precaution of moving the cars out of the garage! The target is about 3 inches in diameter.

[vash]

that is a nice space!! envious!

[flatbutt]

I thought about doing that with .22 soft caps in my basement, but they're still too loud. The neighbors would hear it.

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

I thought about doing that with .22 soft caps in my basement, but they're still too loud. The neighbors would hear it.

Use CB caps and a rifle, nobody outside the house should hear you. I used to shoot that combination in my backyard and nobody ever took notice. Actually, I have a pellet rifle that is quite a bit louder!

[john70t]

There is something wrong with that roof shingle insulation.

Roof heat is creating a pocket underneath.
It shouldn't buckle like that.

You need eaves vents + ridge vents at the peak to let the air flow through.. Up and out.
Then add lightweight cross ties between the rafters to hold insulation material up.

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by john70t

There is something wrong with that roof shingle insulation.

Roof heat is creating a pocket underneath.
It shouldn't buckle like that.

You need eaves vents + ridge vents at the peak to let the air flow through.. Up and out.
Then add lightweight cross ties between the rafters to hold insulation material up.

That is the way it looked the day the building was finished. I do have gable vents in fact you can see one of them. The other one on the south end of the building has a powered vent that is both temperature and humidity controlled. The building is about 10 years old and has not changed visually since it was built. I guess I will leave it as is until something hits me on the head! Thanks anyway.

[Bob Kontak]

You need to gift me that green milling machine.

It takes up too much space and color clashes with the red tool box.

Thanks in advance.

[Bill Douglas]

Also in regard to that milling machine...

Please no stray pellets in the green machines direction.

You are the man. Having a milling machine in the garage.

[beran earms]

FWIW the insulation in your building is just as it should be.

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

You need to gift me that green milling machine.

It takes up too much space and color clashes with the red tool box.

Thanks in advance.

I don't think I could put enough stamps on it! That thing weighs about 600 lbs and I had to use an engine hoist to put it up on that stand. Speaking of which, I could not find a base strong enough so I built one. The interesting thing in the shop is that long, hardwood workbench in the background. My grandfather bought it right after WWII from Gov't surplus to use in his service station. It is 10 feet long, 3 feet wide and about 3 feet high. Made completely of hardwood. The working surface pieces are held together with pieces of threaded rod with a large, heavy duty spring on one end. That will allow the working surface to expand if it gets wet and contract when it dries out. It takes 4-5 people to pick it up and move it! I believe it was originally made to go on the hangar deck of an aircraft carrier. It has pieces of angle on each leg so it can be bolted to the floor or deck and is incredibly strong! When I took possession of it a few years ago, it had been thru about 50 years of varied use and abuse so I replaced a couple of rotten boards,sanded the top and sealed it with polyurethane. The rest got painted a dark brown color. In the process of doing the repair work, I found a metal, gov't tag with an identity number. Anyway, 75 years old and still going strong!

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by beran earms

FWIW the insulation in your building is just as it should be.

I thought so, also! The building was put up for me by a friend of mine and I don't think he would short change me in any way.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by fred cook

It is 10 feet long, 3 feet wide and about 3 feet high. Made completely of hardwood.

Sweet! An heirloom to boot. I have to think if you bought that table today it would be $2,500 and you would have to call in the Amish carpenters.

Three foot depth is really nice.

[Baz]

I love how this thread turned into a conversation about Fred's nice shop.....ha ha.....

If I had your shop, Fred, I'd be too busy just working on the rust areas on my 914 to have any spare time!