Fantastic new barn by chaz

[chaz]

Jan 31, 2013 19:34:35 GMT -6 tarnished said:

Chaz: So your saying that the glu-lam went in as we see it in the photo. (laying down) Not standing up and curved upward then. Now I see, couldn't figure where the arch was. DUH! Was there only one layer of ply on the outside of the silo? What did you use for the stone siding? Now that the saucer has landed, will the trusses be exposed to the inside of the silo? Did you have the roofing on when you craned it in?
As you know, they can do some pretty awesome stuff with stucco. Seeing it used more & more around here.

Yeah, the glu-lam sits on its side (not standing up) Its the header as you enter into the silo upstairs. There were 2 layers of 1/4 ply on the silo, although I think one may have been sufficient. It was kinda like stressed skin construction on an airplane. The stone siding is an owens corning product. Its pretty light, and you really cant tell it from real stone. There are other manufacturers out there but they dont come close. The roofing was on the silo lid when we craned it up. Once in place we uncrewed the lifting eye and screwed in a weathervane to fill the hole. Attached is a picture of the inside of the silo. It would have been kinda cool to leave the trusses showing cause they were artsy as hell, but we needed to fill the space with insulation.

[chaz]

Once everything was framed, It was time to do the stonework and siding. The siding is Hardieboard, with Hardie battens as well. The stone is an Owen Corning product. The roof was metal roofing in Black. We can use all the heat we can get in Montana in the winter. Other than the soffit and fascia, everything outside is either concrete or metal. It helped a bit with the insurance.

It became a race against winter to get the outside done. The stone goes slowly. The exterior took 2 1/2 months. We hauled the stone up two flights of stairs and handed it out to the guy on the scaffolds when doing the silo.















Thankfully the snow held off till late November, and we were able to get the vast majority of the outside work completed.









Now it was time to move inside and thaw out our fingers. It was decided to finish the shop first, so that we would be well equipped to do the interior of the house part to its best.

[tarnished]

Chaz: I'm loving the stone. Same product for the foundation? Looks great. We used the Hardy planks for our siding on our house when we redid it. Love the product, but hard to work with and HEAVY! Didn't I read that they make a board and batten product? Is that what you used, or did you have to cut you own? Yours turned out great, and ya got me thinking about using this for residing my barn.

[chaz]

Well that pretty much covers the exterior. Now for a look inside. We'll start with the shop.
We finally got moved in and I thought I'd share some pictures of the new "Strange Days" shop.
" Strange Days" is a loosely knit group of us guys that concentrate on offbeat projects. Wood , metal, autos, and all other materials are fair game. Because of this the shop is set up to work with most any materials. Its also a bit of a museum where we display restorations and other stuff we simply find interesting.



The gas sign is an old spare tire cover from an RV that has been re-purposed. The Coke macine was found at a yard sale, restored, and now serves as the shops refrigerator. The pinball machine was a gift from a fellow rodder I repaired an oil pan for. The right side of the shop is setup mostly for metalwork, the left side for wood and softer materials The restored kids vehicles are a passion of mine.



Heres a shot of a lot of the metalworking tools. We are pretty well equipped to produce most anything we dream up.


The workbench is 20 feet long and has a solid 1/2 inch thick steel top. It is soooooo handy. The cabinets we made ourselves.


Storage is in bins and cabinets on the back wall. These were reclaimed from a bank demolition.



More crap to work with.


These are the cabinets on the woodshop side. I found a little guy named Chris Fairbanks to paint them for me a lot of years ago. It was his last job before he headed out to Austin to make it in the big time as a comedian.
A few years later I was watching Jimmie Kimmel and he introduced a new comedian named Chris Fairbanks.... Well I'll be goddamned-he made it!


There's well over 100 clamps on this wall, and there are times we still run out while working on projects. The pictures above are some of the Carousel horses we've carved. All in all though, the shop is super well equipped for a bunch of halfassed backyard builders. Hope you enjoyed the tour

[Dave]

Fabulous, simply fabulous.

[Linda]

Chaz, I enjoy your collections, especially, the pedal cars ! As a little kid, I had the "Fire Chiefs" car.I, too, like to collect "things", as Dave will tell you. Looking forward, to more pictures.

[tarnished]

Chaz, Really great shop, wish mine was as clean and well laid out. Cool pedal mobile's. Neat hobby, and you are able to have so many more of them in a small garage....
Drooling for more!

[chaz]

Since its been kind of slow here I thought I'd post some pictures of the projects that roll out of our shop. A lot of people think I have a "Show Shop" and that very little real work happens in a shop like this. The shop is very much a WORKING shop. The stuff on the shelves get cleaned once a year between Christmas and New Year. The rest of the year they see dust dirt, overspray and everything else in a working environment.

Here's some of the stuff that has come from the "Strange Days" shop.





A 34 Plymouth hot rod.





A Custom 1948 Dodgem Bumpercar





A full size hand carved carousel horse









A 20 foot long hand carved circus wagon.



Here's a video link of the Finkosel... www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-nAhwBgtvw


The FINKOSEL. This won the Pro's pick award at the 2008 Detroit Autorama. All the figures were hand carved from basswood.







A mini bike . We bent our own frame for this.




A 57 Chrysler restoration, and a Bonneville salt flats Lakester


This is why I get hacked off when people label my place as a "Show Shop" The work seldom stops around here, and we are really proud of our stuff and the fact that we have a " working shop. " It just takes extra effort to keep it looking nice as well.