Shop tour 2022 

Hell of a shop. A dream shop for someone like myself

What a great shop tour. I’m also located in Utah, just east of you in the mountains. I can sympathize with you in all of the hard work and effort that goes into not only building such a wonderful shop/business, but running a family as well. Great shout-out to the un-named friend/mentor you have there. He knows who he is. We all need them and one day you’ll give back in that same tradition. Keeping those that dream… Building.

That's a great shop, well thought out and organized. I tuned in for the jib cranes. I watched the whole video, your humble and honest demeanor made me subscribe. BTW that's a fabulous work table you have there.

Thanks for sharing. I like your shop, everything is very well organized ready to do any job.

Perfect shop, those cabinets look amazing. Love all the stickers.

"We dont dial 911". Man after my own heart.

You're a testament to hard work pays off. I'm 18 and I've been working hard to build up my tool collection over the past 3 years of teaching myself to weld. Like you, I try to do everything myself and always learn new skills. I aspire to have a shop like yours someday but for now I'm making the most of my 1 bay garage 😂. You definitely deserve more subscribers. I used to do RU-vid videos and got up to 1300 but took a break and now, when I started up again, I don't get hardly any views. So, what I'm trying to say is, keep up the great content. Nice work.

Awesome shop 👍👍 hard work really does pay off

Thanks for trying to look out for others. I learned a lot.

This vid popped up in my recommended vids… I clicked on it, thinking « no way I’m watching an 1h13 hour vid about a guy showing his shop around ». I don’t have a shop like this, I’m not into metal fab even though I consider myself an avid DIYer… yet 1h13mins later, I wanted more! Great, great insightful vid sir. Props to you for putting in all the work, and not only for following your dreams but making them happen.

Thanks bro the shop is beautiful. Apart from the mistakes no one is perfect. Its still good to see a strong toolbox other than snap on thats not as pricey an that work table &overhead crane is fabulous. Best of blessings 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

Thank you so much for the Tour, what a badass build!!

Best shop tour I've ever seen! Thank you for taking the time!

that is an AWESOME AMAZING compound! realll nice!

very lucky to have such a nice shop on your property especially with that view!

yes the vibrations from all the cranes is causes the cracks u needed to join it with hair pins and cross rebars . dig deepeer and use chairs and pour around a mat it pays in it.

The overhead infrared heat was a smart decision too and I bet you are happy with it.

Just found your channel……..your shop and all your equipment is awesome. I have a 40x60x14, we had built in May 2022. Prices are crazy but I am retired and wanted to enjoy it now, so happy we had it done.

Yes, you really need an air dryer. Even with a dryer installed, there were days when several gallons of water would need to be exhausted from the air service lines before machinists could power up the CNC machine tools and get to work.

Appreciate the tour !! Lots of good info and honesty of problems that you encountered. I can tell you though, if you built that shop 10 times, you will always find something that you wished you had changed. That goes for a house or anything else you build as you probably already know.

Thank you very much for the mistake insights. You're very helpful.

When concrete cures, it shrinks. If you are monopouring, then the outside perimeter footing is locked in place, so you will get perimeter cracks as you have found in your slab. Solution, control joints at 10 feet on center. Great shop, amazing work. Cheers, Rick

Me and my wife are moving to a different part “other end of the state“ where we live in Michigan. I will be using your shop as a blueprint for the shop I’m going to put up. I do mobile welding fabrication, heavy equipment repair etc. I noticed something when you were talking about your bandsaw and your little roller table. Just a suggestion that if you took a 2“ x 3“ piece of angle and attached it to the top back edge of your roller table you could put a stop on there that clamps in place for when your son was doing those multiple cuts I watch that one video. By the really big numbered sticker/tape measure and put on the backstop and Bob’s your uncle. Love the videos, merry Christmas to you and your family! Trump 2024.

Just discovered your channel! Your shop is awesome. Looking forward to see all your videos.

Great job on the building. Your attention to detail is impressive. Your conduit work is great. That’s a process if your not an electrician who does it all the time . When I bought my building it wasn’t set up as a machine shop so I did all the conduit . One thought is on your great welding table. You know how great it is having drilled and tapped holes in a grid pattern on it. Expensive, you bet. Consider getting a magnetic base drill. Still a bit of work but you obviously have the talent and patience to do it. Layout and drill the hole and tap it then move to the next hole. I made a small one out of aluminum plate for my machine / hobby shop in my 3 car garage. Been retired for 15 years and not a week goes by that I don’t love having the table with all the holes and clamping set ups. I wish you the best and looking forward to watching your work.

You might be ok as long as you are ventilating the whole shop occasionally like opening the doors moving stuff in and out. Think about it. If you had zero insulation you would be able to see condensation on your tin when you heat the area up. I think you will be ok since your heaters are venting the off gas to through the roof. It's usually more of a problem when people are heating sheds with those diesel or propane space heaters that don't vent the off gases through the roof. Maybe after a year or so uncscrew one of those 4 x 8 osb panels and pull the insulation back and make sure there is no mold or rust forming. No biggie. I know you are a perfectionist and I'm just trying to help. From what I have read and seen on other videos batt insulation is not good enough. It has to have a vapor barrier to prevent the hot air from meeting the cold tin. I suppose it could be the opposite in the summer if you were running a/C and cold air met hot tin. It's going to condensate on that metal if there is no layer of material to prevent the humid air from the interior meeting the external layer of opposite extreme temperature. Hope this helps.

Never thought about balancing the load in the panel. Thanks

Watched your video a few times, and shop looks good! 1 thing I think you may want to look at, is the plugs you use for your welders. You have a 100 amp shutoff, and 10” amp breaker, but a 50 amp plug (Home Depot). I am running into this at the moment with my setup. I have a 250 amp, and 275amp tig machine, that pulls 70-85 AMP at full tilt. No sense in putting in a big breaker, without the plug? Just a thought…

Obviously the HOA didn't prevent the build but in the end I bet the neighbors don't complain when you fix their stuff for them.

Earned yourself a new subscriber. Cool shop

Very nicely outfitted shop. I was told about your channel because I'm also a Utahn. By looking at your views of the mountains I'm guessing southern Wasatch Front? I'm up near Ogden and built a 50x60x16 shop about 5+ years ago after the wife and I moved from Davis County where we had a small speed shop behind our last home to Weber County. Like you I went a little overkill on insulation as well as electrical outfitted in my shop. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. Mike

ya if its cold enough to freeze your gonna get cracks its unavoidable unless you throw down insulation and radiant tube first and then go with mats and grade beams. cracks are no big deal, you could just grind them out and put some caulk just to seal the gap against weather. great video man, and awesome shop !!! thanks for the inspiration

thanks for the knowledge dude !!! tons of lessons to be learned. why not just set up a cab and chassis truck for welding, if its a 3/4-1 ton you can write it off in taxes and just build the bed you want.

Hardworking man beautiful shop and I wish you the best of luck.

Kia Ora & Good Morning from Caribbean Drive, Unsworth Heights, North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand ...Another Great Video Bro.

Great shop ! Only one thing struck me as conspicuous by their absence , and that is deadheads in the floor for tying things down for straightening ... The one shop I built , I put them into the concrete when I poured the floor and two other shops I've had , I added them ... They're one of those things that you never know how often you'll use them until you have them ... Anyway , nice shop ...

You put a good bit of time just planning it out, very nice shop!

The stereo equipment you need to give some ventilation. That stuff gets hot and components die in enclosed areas.

Nice jimbo garage shout out!

Love it I’ll have one soon. Bad ass.

Killer shop bro and your meticulousness shows. The planning that you put in was more than worth it.

I'm the same way about privacy and my stuff so i appreciate the video. Very helpful info and nice setup. I used to work for Brahma and Mountain West. Sounds like a similar kind of work to what you described. Makes me wonder if we know some of the same people. Anyways, just found your channel and it's been great so far. Keep it up!

Great shop tour, very jealous

Did you ever do a follow up video on the Jib Crane (Not finding it unless I missed it)? You mentioned a website you used for finding items other than facebook marketplace. Care to share? lol Love your work!

nice shop!!! guess it is too late to suggest painting your OSB wall boards? Painting the walls white really enhances the lighting :)

For sheet metal cutting, look into getting a Beverly shear with a hold down adjustable attachment.

I Like that jib crane. How much weight can you lift? Does it pull on shop beam when u lift something heavy? I was thinking about doing that same setup in my shop. Great video by the way.

Awesome set up 👍👍 down to the flags…….. would definitely love to have a similar set up

WOW! Nice shop! Thanks for the in depth tour. I just moved and have a less than perfect brand new barn I will be using for a shop. I need electricity and concrete for starts. I have a trade job so this shop will be my side gig. You provided a lot of information I was thinking about. I will reference this video many times in the near future. I look forward to watching your other videos. Be safe!

I am in the middle of building a 30 x 50 so I understand how daunting of a task it is to do it all by yourself. Progress is slow, but its worth doing right the first time. I love the thought and detail. Its like watching someone else do it, like I would do it. Bravo for paying cash! What about your floor? Did you opt not to epoxy/polish/seal the concrete?

wire mesh and joints every ten feet twelve at the most six inches is pretty beefy cracks should not be a problem love your shop

OUTSTANDING : o presentation of Ur environment : ) ..... What exactly are the services U provide via Ur business ???

The busses alternate inside of a panel, that’s how 240 works, it’s two legs one right on top of the other…

What I have always been told (by a now 88year old man who has done concrete his whole life): Re-bar doesnt stop cracking. It only keeps the surface flat and tight after the crack. Concrete cracks. It just does. The substrate and slump are your weapons against it.

Love the shop tour. What made you decide to go with steel vs. Pole style? I'm looking at building myself. Thanks

Thank you for the tour. I am in the process of building a 28x50 shop right now, next week the skin goes on. You have done most of the stuff I have planned so it was good to see it other then in my mind. I do have a question about your cranes. Do you have the building supporting a majority of the weight? One of mine will be free standing from embeds in poured in but the other supports from the building and just wasn’t sure if I would need more reinforcement of the structure. Over all you did a great job. I look forward to seeing your videos.

Recently subscribed to your channel and we are fixing to move and looking into building a new shop. Where did you order this building or what brand is it. Thank you and keep up the good work

Hey really like the video so far. Did you end up putting a vapor barrier in before you installed the OSB around the floor up 8 ft? It looks like bare insulation at about 26:39 in. Probably not a big deal since you are opening the doors often.

Thanks for taking the time to do this video for us. Did you have to get your property re-zoned?

Love the do and don'ts. What size torch tip and regulator pressures are you using to cut the square out of that thick chunk of round stock in the intro.👍

You mentioned that your JIB cranes are rated for 1 ton but your chain motors are rated for 2 tons. Is the 1 tom capacity due to the pivot pins on the JIB?

your log is similar to the FALLEN shoe logo

You definitely have a nice shop. Don't beat yourself up about the concrete, if you live in a area where the ground freezes you will get cracks, its unavoidable. I also have a large shop and my biggest regret was not putting a bathroom in it. I did run water and have a large commercial stainless sink to wash up and rinse parts off. I would also consider running electrical and air outlets outside, so your doors don't have to be open if your working outside. Just like you said, you learn from your mistakes. Happy Holidays

I’m sorry if I missed it, but did you use a bolt together kit? And if so, what brand. Thanks for the video

Only one ton. You could have tripled that if you put double stiffeners with backing plates and gussets on the hinge

Can you give us the links to the manufacturer of your shop and garage doors and openers or just the names?

Just came over from mcf 👍

Nice shop. How do you like your heater? What is the btu output?

Love the shop! What brand are the blue cabinets or where did you pick them up? 57:07

What zoning considerations, if any, did you have to deal with when building this shop?

Where did you purchase the kit from?

How did you hook up tjeyellow cranes ?

i have built 3 garages dune every thing possible and every one got cracks. I asked a guy that did concreat for 40 years what i did wrong he said there is 2 types of concreat that that has cracked and that hasn"t cracked yet

What's a mat in concrete?!

Beautiful shop like the Trump sign😎

throw an epoxy floor on that bish bye bye crack lol ! def should've tied a whole mat. oh well man. will last a long time. dream shop tho!

Outlets are perfect...walk to the steel rack with a grinder, and plug it in to cut off what you need!

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They arent man doors anymore they're gender neutral doors lmao 😅

taiwan flag :P

SuBbed thanks for the information about tying it all together, that’s what I did to mine last week

we don’t dial 911 in this house,,,, God bless America