New Implement Shed

[damartin]

Bowman did you start building your shed yet? Post pictures when you do. I finished installing the garage door using some old springs that the neighbor gave me. They worked perfectly. The same neighbor brought his dozer over and did the final grading, added a new swale that works well. I raked it with the stone rake and seeded it, the stone rake saves alot of work. The inside wall needs to be put up yet and the trim for the third bay needs to be finished. If we don't have much rain this weekend I might get it finished. I did take a few more pictures showing it almost finished.

 

[damartin]

Finaly finished the shed this weekend and put most of the implements in it. I built a small workbench in the tractor bay and I think I'll keep the chainsaws in there. I mounted the chainsaw sharpener on the new workbench, it's nice to have more room. But it will probably fill up quickly.

 

[turbopiper]

I hope to start building my shed in the next week, gosh we need it! It'll be 24X16x8 high shed, with an open 24' side if it really matters.

I'll use 2X6 treated for my bottom stringer, and the rest of the materials will be the stuff I had milled up here in June. BO-DADDY was a sawmill man
Boy, I wanna a mill!!

The post will be trees in the 6"+ range, and I think they'll be like all the saw boards in being oak of some sort. The holes will be 2'+ in deep (old fashioned hand phd, unless I find a rental phd for the tractor...no budget to buy one). Posts will not be set in concrete but will have a gravel base at the bottom. Lots of clay up here at Iron Hill and as the names sounds lots and lots of rock/ore too.

I'm using galvanized 20 penny nails for the stringers and then galvanized something for the siding. Maybe screws, maybe nails and I will try to get a nail gun to shoot the siding on.

The stringers will be 2x4 except the bottom as mentioned, and the top will be a 2X6 capped by a 2X4. It's a nice platform to secure the rafters. Ahh, rafters!

I was considering a typical shed roof, but have kinda been admiring salt box look. Know where there are plans to build them? I have a rough idea, but want to see how they are braced so it don't fall (that would keep the forewoman happier too).

Anyhow, my hands are all ready to grab that phd and start a diggin'!! Wanna help?

here are some plans that might help.
Machinery Plans

Buildings Agricultural Free Woodworking Plans and Projects

Ted

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

This site http://www.freewoodworkingplan.com/ has building categories. All sorted by type with thumbnail pictures. Might be easier to navigate.

 

[turbopiper]

Thanks for the comments, I didn't get any pictures this weekend but maybe I'll get some next weekend. We got the gable end finished and about 1/3 of the back side, including a door and 1 window. We also wired in a few recepticals and lights. Eddie I want to mention that I read most of your creating a lake thread and enjoyed it very much.
I am totally out of siding boards now and I guess I'll be cutting trees this weekend and getting them ready to be milled. The tree cutting and milling is the fun part for me so I'm looking forward to it. I don't know if I'll seal the wood or not, from what I have read the Hemlock will do well with no sealer as long as it doesn't touch the ground. I also read somewere on the internet that used transmission fluid will do well to preserve the wood. Any opinions?
Thanks again for the comments and I'll try to get a few pictures this weekend.

You could use Penofin stain and sealer which is supposedly good on vertical surfaces for 3 to 5 years. That's what I'm going to use on my sawmill shed cover for the Woodmizer, whenever I can get it finished. This is just one half of it for now (24x16), and later on I will complete the other half.
Ted

 

[damartin]

Turbo I'll wait a couple of years before sealing it and decide at that time what to put on it. The shed in your post is 24 x 16, how big is the final size when it is finished?
I need to build a shed for the mill and I hope to start on it this spring, the mill bandsaw and carrige is covered with a tarp when not in use but I would like to keep the whole thing out of the weather.