Building a Dream Workshop! 12 months in (WHATS THE HOLD UP??) 

That'd be cool made out of scrap steel or something maybe painted the same colour as Christine

Oh yeah.

Thinking exactly the same 👌🏻

That would be the icing on top of the -workshop- cake!

Was thinking a large DC logo out front below the peak would look sharp

I was watching this video trying to work out the logistics of putting up that crane. He still has to spend some money because AFAIK he only has the bridge, end trucks and crane trolly. He needs to obtain (I won't say 'buy' because we know how resourceful he is) the supports and runways. We also know the bridge needs to be shortened, and that's going to be a mission in itself! If it was Andrew Camerata, I'd be worried about it happening without someone get seriously hurt or dead, but I think Matt has a decent safety record.

I've remembered a story. We had some adult apprentices come to our main Fleet Workshop for retraining after they'd been made redundant. One of them - who we will call Ernie because that was his name - was walking in the workshop when a large truck came in and gave the overhead crane a hefty whack. The bridge and trolly set off at a fair old lick with the hook block (which was about waist height) heading straight for Ernie. Instead of moving to the side, he set off like a rabbit in the headlights with the hook block bearing down on him, and didn't stop till the bridge reached its end stops. Even then, the hook block still had enough momentum to have a last lunge at him. The truck fitters were too busy rolling on the ground laughing to help poor Ernie, and he never lived it down. There was another time, on night shift, when someone slipped the hook under the army webbing belt a fitter called 'Black Jack' wore over his overalls, and winched him off the ground. Jack was a total animal, and no one dared to let him down, so they went to the canteen and left him there. The shop foreman found him and let him down, and the lads kept well out of his way for the rest of that shift.

@@TrevorDennis100 the uncle got zip tied to the tie rail of a ute by the workshop apprentice. the young fella fed a couple of zip ties through the belt loops on the back of norms pants and then pissed off sharpish leaving him to swing. norm said it was great "fun" to reach behind and cut himself free. he got his revenge though by putting grease in the apprentice's welding gloves

I'll second the motion for crane installation & testing.

Some people are bitter and envious of other people’s success - and some people…people like you…celebrate other people’s success. The latter is such a rare and wonderful quality. It’s as it should be.

@@matthewjohnston1400 thanx bro, i really appreciate that😉👍

@@matthewjohnston1400 Doubt that anyone is jealous , bitter of someone else's success. What people forget is that this is paid for with income from youtube and for and you need a lot of loyal followers. Without followers, there would not be a workshop of this size. So whose credit is it? Of course, those who watch and like and support the channel.

@@iceblue72wot the credit is due to the person creating the content, but we can and should take some satisfaction in being along for the ride in a way that is impossible in the conventional media space. It’s fun watching creators grow their channels and achieve their goals - and these creators are typically very grateful to their subscribers, as you would expect.

Thank you so much! I couldt do this stuff without you all!

Well said mate!

Just took me 3 years to get my shop built. I'm not sure if it is done though.

What an excellent job, Matt !! Been following you for some time now and gotta tell you, I am super impressed with your efforts !! Looking forward to moving forward with you and all your future projects.

@@ernestjenkins1855. Most likely, never really will be. You'll tinkar tankere, putter move, change you mind, move again, add this and that then grow old still wondering what the heck, I never actually finished the dang thing. Been there, done that, never regreted it. Actually, it was kinda fun like an boxed erector set toy I had as a kid I expanded way beyond whay originally came in that cardboard box. My shop evolved almost weekly. With short breaks when I was just to busy on projects thinking I'd get around to then eventually. Som me I never did or changed my mind. It can get mind boggling confusing just remembering what you'd thought of or planned to begin with.

Looking great. Good job

Yeah, ceiling should have been insulated first, before the walls got tinned.

@@mattywho8485 bubble wrap insulation on ceilings works well. R-10 or so. Easy to install, no big mess

...So you have tin, that is screwed and then glued with foam to construction. No under layer to prevent leakage getting further into construction when water gets past the tin and trust me it will. Hell you wont even know about it until its far too late and whole rafter system is ruined. Only option will be to wreck whole building and build new, so that is the great choice? Even if its closed cell it just collects the water around rafters and rots them away quicker by not letting them dry. How about dont build single use building that is next to impossible to renovate? At this point all you can do is essentially ether add the underlayer plastic you forgot to install or just add boards top of existing roof and put another tin top of it.

@@Hellsong89 There are more effective ways to offer construction/constructive criticism.

@@Hellsong89 i Think that making a condensation / second roof layer Can be done without making such big Rework , I agree in your conclusion on the risk of water damaging the top part of the trusses. And the point that renovation will be very hard with direct application of foam to tin. My suggestion is to but hard massonit /hdf sheets under the boards that the tin Is mounted to ,and fasting them to the roof trusses sides , parallel mounted 2"2" bats, one In middle and one directly beside the truss, on both sides . Note that the 2"2" is screwed to the truss not the" tin carrier" except in the middle, this bat can be sawed free from tin carrier in the future with a saw saw, And refastned with a longer screw into the tin carrier thru the insulation with a insulation washer to spread the load. This construction is Forming a ventilation channel between the tin boards and the massoinate/ hdf . The over sides of the roof truss will be ventilated to! Then it will be possible to replace the" tin carrier"/the tin in the future. even adding plastic /( if that's needed then ) or water proofing over the truss upper sides . If spray foam is what he wants hi can have it sprayed on the hdf /massonit undersides. They are textured and quite cours ,and will make a good surface for the foam, to stick to. I would use the "firmer" mineral wool bats Instead of foam ,and screw them in the 2"2 bats ,thru the wood sheets with metal fasting insulation washers. They are impossible to burn they can handle being waterlogged and dry up without collapsing like glass wool does, they dont get moldy they also make a nice sound dampner, think there is a risk that the shop will be quite noisy with all these hard materials. Anoder benefit is that the workshop does not need to be masked / protected from spray all over the place when insulating. They can be painted if a particular colour is wanted. Or be used in there native colour. They are also not prown to Yellowing / surface degradation, like foam does Sorry if the English is not perfect /not my native languish . I Hope he reads this ,foam directly on thin is not a good idea. (If you ask me) but its Matt's workshop not mine....

Glad you like them!

​@@DieselCreek I like them

It does!

26 minutes 😆

Hope you enjoyed it!

First major spill on that floor is gonna result in a video of a grown man in tears...

Same to you!

@@DieselCreek thanks 😊. I certainly have my suspicions that it may

He doesn't have to tell us that. He does it all the time. We know it's not ours but ours to admire by being a subscriber. Yes some smart a%$ is going to say well I don't have to be a subscriber to him and that's right but it's the attitude on how you say it and he'll loose subscribers if he keeps it up.just saying

Sorry but he got a thumbs down for that comment from me. I'm sure if it wasn't for all the subscribers,merch etc this wouldn't have happened as soon as it has. It may not be ours physically,but I'm sure everyone feels that they have a part in it.

ya he said he was going to run air in a different vid but now days it seems like most shops are going cordless and just using the air for compressed air cleaning lol

you know if you have bad sight but love to listen Mustie1 is a good channel he is very descriptive as he works

Thanks! 😀

yah doesn't phase me a bit lol

Glad you enjoyed!

Flat black is a bad "BAD" idea! unless you want to dissipate the busy aspect of the rafters crisscrossing in the background of videoing. that said. I have worked in buildings as an HVAC tech. many-many years. Leave the foam insulation as is. Black seems to negate the distraction of busyness in the background, White ceiling with light fixtures BX conduit J boxes, and ductwork is hidden in Black but let someone move or add anything. It's like stars at night! that will really be distracting in the video background. True the overhead crane will be in the foreground. that will be distracting enough! Leave foam as is My experience once painted Black you can't stop touching it up!

Yes, thank you!

Really? All the time he was using them I was thinking that they were total crap and an angle grinder would be way faster, especially on cross cuts.

You bet!

Me too lol not now

not in america? only 7 in the mornin

Australia 🇦🇺- a worldwide audience for young Matt

@@pumper8032 nice man!

It's a hard life. I had to grab another beer and watch the new video. Now time to hit the fart sack.

Glad you like them!

@@DieselCreek hope your week is going well Matt