Head Quarters is almost up!
 

After 4 months of waiting, they finally came out yesterday to set it up! Well worth the wait, but it would have been nice to have it 3 months ago when the weather was nice.

With the lube business growing and sales going strong, I needed more room to expand and set up larger boilers and couple small storage tanks for the oils that I am currently using in my lubes.

Shes 40' wide and 30' deep!

Over time once everything is all set up and the cement floor goes in ( guy coming out tomorrow for an estimate) I'll have a reloading room, gun work room for when I do my builds and of course a large sections for all the new gear I'm bringing in for my Lube business. I need storage for bottles, labeling, etc and my bed room is to damn small for all of that.

Plenty of room in the center section for automotive work as well as all the tools. Keeping it nice and clean will be the tricky part!

What lube business?

I've been making a patch lube since early this year and when I got home, released another lube for target shooting with patched balls.

Good Luck with all you're doing Jon.

Nice looking shop MD-54. Looks like mule deer country and bet the elk are not all that far away. Cloudless blue sky and great weather...whats not to like about Colorado. Good luck with your enterprise.

Very nice Jon. I can say I knew you before you were rich.

How do I buy some? I have a friend who is a professional round ball shooter. I cant mention his name but I would love to give him some to try.

Everything is on his forum in the classified section.

Can't post a link to another forum here.

PM it to me please?

No that's crap. If a new product is on the market, a link should be no problem at all to suggest to other ML shooters. Now we all know I have ABSOLUTELY no interst in shooting roundballs, but I have friends that do. Please post the link here.

The link is down.

You have a PM. Tell the mods it's crap.

This is a Muzzleloading forum. If a new product is out on the market, how else can you know about it without supplying a link? I think we look way into ****. If he has a good product and he designed it, Great for him.

I'm just saying it's the rules. I'm sure a link can be made up in the future that doesn't direct someone to a forum.

Good point, that could be the problem. It does direct to another forum.

Some nice muleys out in the back! This spring a doe showed up in my small clover,chicky,alfalfa field and a some months later, she brought her two twins out with her to feed! It was really exciting to see all this take place and watch them grow. I've seen them in person and the twins are BIG deer now. I know for sure that one of them is a buck with the other possibly being another buck but with really tiny antler "buds"?

This is one of the twins I question as being a buck.


Another a lil forkie thats been around since summer.

Saw this and here are the applicable rules:

I really don't consider this thread an advertisement since the OP posted with pride about his building in good faith. The commercial part came via questions from other members. I don't think pushing a business it was MD's sole purpose for posting. I am betting with such a fine looking product it will appear in the classified section at some point and who knows if he gets to be a giant in the industry an official advertiser.
Would appreciate if the link to another forum was taken down. Much nicer if the poster could do that.

Edit: I will add this one caveat though...the opinion above is mine and not reflective of the owners of HNI. In the event that they see it differently then we can further discuss the issue.
CI

I like your branding. Inexpensive, yet (cost) effective.

well, they got the roll up doors on now. This is shop is so damn nice! Move into there and turn the house into the shop! LOL.

I hope you can deal with the commute to work.:poke:

Looks good Jon. :D

Good luck with your enterprise, hope it goes well.

You should put up a simple 1 page secured website where people can order and pay via paypal, in addition to selling it on your forum. Won't cost much to do, then people can share the link anywhere. Would be just like if I said "I got these bullets at graf's... go here"

Are they going to use a spray foam insulation for it? It's what I would recommend personally. Both of my steel fab buildings have it and it works great. Cheaper too!

hadnt thought of doing that but certainly something to look into superhunt!


WV Hunter, I agree 100%, I am just limited on time and have so much going on as it is. I'll check into it though.

MD, I'll PM you some info on it. There are different types of it for different applications such as Residential and Commercial type buildings and such. Some have different fire ratings and the like. I'll gather up some of the info on the stuff they used for my buildings (60x40 shop and 30x20 hiding place from the wife :D ) and PM it to you.

By the way, when I say cheaper, I mean cheaper than weatherproofing with a moisture barrier type product then following that with the fiberglass roll type. By the time you pay for both of those, you will have paid as much, if not more, than you would with a good closed cell type spray foam.

I had problems with a damp basement for decades. A friend who is in business for himself in the building trade recommended I have the cement block walls sprayed with foam. I had home stud out the walls so it would give me 6 inches of foam to the outside of the studs. I am so glad I did it because now I have no dampness problem and the basement which has no heat is a lot warmer than it was prior. It is a two part foam that mixes in the air as it is being sprayed and it gets very hard when it dries.

well shes complete! sunday the cement guy will be here to take a look at figure out costs. So much room in that place! Cant wait to get everything in order and set up and finally work in the warmth of a fire and out of the wind. Especially the wind!

Also, the lube can be found in the classifieds now.

What kind of heat in that?

It will have a wood burning stove in it later. By the time the floor is in, it will probably be spring lol

Meanwhile, build a fire on the dirt floor.

Open the door when you do.

If well insulated how about a radiant heat application in the floor? I have it in an addition on the lake side of my home and it is great. My hunting buddy has one of those cement homes poured into a block leggo form on a slab and he heats with radiant efficiently. I think it is initially expensive but really nice heat and cheap going forward.

You should really consider a wood furnace over a stove. Not the outdoor furnace, but the inside furnace with blower/s. Although an investment in the beginning, they pay for themselves quickly and last. I have one that's been used for 15yrs and I replaced one single brick. The blower will circulate air. Its not necessary to run a lot of heat pipe, only to the immediate work area. Even just 90 degree attachment to direct the heat works.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pro...t?cm_vc=-10005

Very Nice MD. I will be looking forward to purchasing some of your lube when you're up and running. I'm currently using olive oil as a lube and it gives me the best accuracy to date. But I'm always willing to try something new.

That's a very nice shop, Jon.

Aint that a pretty site?!! Already had 3 vehicles inside it to repair during a snow storm and freezing cold. 100,000 btu heater running off diesel for now does the job. We hung a big tarp to bounce the heat back towards you and so far, no complaints. Keep the doors cracked for clean air flow and its comfortable to work in with a long sleeve.


Also did a little patch lube testing.


3 days in the snow/melt finally produced some results I was pleased with. I still have a ways to go before I am happy.

Enviable photo from my perspective.

Do consider or look into radiant floor heat. Well worth it in the long run.

JW

Good luck in your venture buddy!!!

Was it put up straight? It looks crooked to the horizon.

lol yeah its up straight. The guy that built the pad didnt completely level the drive way area so it kind of has its funky look as it connects to the main driveway.