Shed ready!

Last few weekends have seen some good work and we now have a working shed!

Built the back wall from timber, and re-tasked the old garden gate to be the back door. I needed to weld an extension to the frame as well as some extra hinges.












(It is clear my welding skills are next to non-existent so I either need to do a course and/or get help if anything needs welding on my Cobra!)

Added some shelves and the all-important work bench. It is timber, but I think I'll get a sheet of metal on top as working with cars is a bit different to working with wood :-) But it is good and solid as you can see.

Also had a tradies special day at Total Tools last week so I stocked up on a few items including a decent vice for half price! Win!

And no shortage of power points as you can see. These are on a separate 15 amp fuse, just so you know! 

Finally, rolled out the compressor from storage and my tools draws I got for my birthday a few months back, and voila! All I need now is a kit car! Bring it on!

And then comes the floor.

A fair bit of progress over the past few months. Well for me anyway.

Gutter and downpipes installed and all the flashings finished up top.

Installed power and lighting. Used LED tubes in some old fluoro mounts I had; just removed the starters to bypass the ballast. It is as bright as day in there now.

Finished levelling the floor, prepped and poured the concrete today. Minimum 100mm thick with heavy duty reo, and as it took so long to go off today we expect it will be VERY tough. Shouldn't be a problem though as I don't have enough height for a hoist or anything but it is good to know anyway.

It happens to be Motorclassica in Melbourne this weekend so I am off there tomorrow for a bit of car bling to spur me on. I've recently visit Craig White at Absolute Pace in Queensland a few times and am quite taken with his Pace 427SC replica and he has come down for the show too, so will be good to a catch up with him.

So I've nearly run out of excuses. Shed nearly done. Kit pretty well chosen. Just need a bit more cash and off we go!

Shed roof done

Another small step completed now with a roof installed. I used double c-channel steel rafters (engineering required only singles) so if necessary I can use them for load bearing work. Although I don't expect they'd support much. Maybe 200kg at a pinch.

Will be installing LED lighting soon, then when more money is saved I am going to get a professional to pour and level the slab floor for me.