Who's Gettin a New Shop ? This Guy

[Dnemets]

Congratulations, Ryan! Looks like you've got a nice sparkly new shop to play in. Be sure to come back and post pictures when it's all set up!

[Joe Hinkle Pipes]

Rice and beans!? Ha!
Have you met this guy?

[mredmond]

Joe, it was a lot of rice and beans.

[Sasquatch]

No, really, a LOT of rice and beans.

[LatakiaLover]

No, really, a LOT of rice and beans.

When Sasquatchii speak about about food quantity using capital letters... be impressed.

[Alden]

Joe, it was a lot of rice and beans.

No, really, a LOT of rice and beans

Yeah, I cannot argue with that Probably like 6 pounds of beans in a good month, and 4 pounds of pork shoulder that goes in it, and cornbread and jalapenos on top of the rice... I can eat that like 4 days out of the week, the other 3 I can do just fine on leftover meatloaf.
Most everything else I eat, I shoot first...then fry it in bacon fat.
So sure I'm a giant monster bastard, point is, I got here with *cheap cuts* and so can you !

[Alden]

Congratulations, Ryan! Looks like you've got a nice sparkly new shop to play in. Be sure to come back and post pictures when it's all set up!

Sweet ! Dan Nemets first PMF post is on my thread. Welcome to the forum
I owe you a pipe too, will email you tomorrow with some pics.

[Alden]

Sa-weet man! I take it you're going to run more outlets into that sideroom? I didn't notice a 220, but then again, I might've missed it. Once you get the place all organized(and the roof re-done) I'll have to visit!

Yep it has 220, and I'll eventually be adding more outlets.
The guy who built this house in the 70's owned a business called "Industrial Woodworking Machine Company" that's been defunct for awhile. I assume this place was actually built to be a woodshop. It's sure set up well for it ! There's not a lot of outlets, but they're mostly on dedicated breakers so I think this will fly for awhile until I can get around to the project.

[Alden]

Wow, this is fantastic! Looks like you have a whole lot to work with, and a nice setting besides.
I'm content with our place for now, but hope to find something more like this at some point...

Congratulations, Ryan!

Thanks so much Scott, and everyone else for the congrats and well wishes!
Before I paint too rosy of a picture though, I'm in for a mess of work and will eventually spend as much to fix it up as we did to buy it in the first place.
The place has been empty for years; there are roof issues, foundation problems, rotten wood, everything needs painting, some serious dead standing trees need to come down....Thats just the beginning.
On the other hand, it's got original '73 orange and brown shag carpet and horrible wood wall panels

[socrates]

What an awesome place! I had a shop less than the width of a single car space in my garage. In it I made custom fishing rods on both sides and silver jewelry one end and miscellaneous tasks on the other side. Your shop is HUGE!

[W.Pastuch]

A beautiful place that will become a beautiful workshop. I'm jealous Have fun fixing it up!

[Joe Hinkle Pipes]

I live on beans and rice as well Ryan, juat without the pork shoulder and bacon fat. Welcome to Dan as well! Good to see you here.

[Alden]

without the pork shoulder and bacon fat.

Well hell, you're doing it wrong !

[pipedreamer]

Get a freezer up then we will visit and fill it with hog meat! Where is the gun range?…. Hope this exceeds your most precious dreams! Best of everything! John.

[d.huber]

Now the real question, do you still have two thumbs?

[Alden]

Get a freezer up then we will visit and fill it with hog meat! Where is the gun range?…. Hope this exceeds your most precious dreams! Best of everything! John.

Gun range is the whole back yard

[Alden]

Now the real question, do you still have two thumbs?

[Dnemets]

haha yeah, I've been a lurker here for a while. May as well do an intro thread. Looking forward to that email man!

[Joe Hinkle Pipes]

Welcome to the group Dan. Now you have to make a pipe or we throw you out.

[smokindawg]

Definitely a nice place. Reminds me a lot of mine with the dedicated shop. It feels good, doesn't it? All that work and planning is well worth it too.

Enjoy it and be sure to post pictures as you set it up. That way we can all enjoy it with you.

We bought a place much like the one you have. It had been empty for a few years after the previous owners died. All the plumbing had frozen and broken and there was a lot of work to do and still is 3 years later. Ours even had a motorhome built into the house which I pulled out when we bought it. I had to cut open an outside wall to get it out but it opened up a lot more room in the house once I framed it all in.

These gems are always a lot of work and probably never quite finished, but beats living in a place that will never be yours but instead a place that you make yours. Congratulations.