You’re only one person. You can only run one tool at a time.
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You’re only one person. You can only run one tool at a time.
Thanks. I was determined to have a shop at one point in my life. It just had to wait till after the wife and kids were taken care of. You are 100% correct. When I was shoving the shop full of my stuff before going to South America, I realized. "This sucker is only half as big as I should have made it." The upside is that I paid cash for it, it is literally four feet from the side of the apartment we built for my mom and I built it tall enough for a two post lift, which I will get sometime in the next couple of years. BTW, I bought some 4' led to replace the fluorescent, which I will move up to the to the upstairs storage, since the lights up there will only be on a few minutes at a time.What a cool ironic at times story of perseverance. Congrats on staying with it. When I built my 24X32 block garage/addition 20+ years ago I got an electrician to swap out my 100 amp power box in the house basement to a 200 amp box in the garage. $700.00 at that time. Installed 6 double 8 ft light fixtures. Soon realized that wasn’t enough, to many dark areas. Acquired a bunch of 4 ft double fixtures from work and hung them around the sides with individual switches. As they’ve gotten old and ballist wear out I took a chance on Harbor Frieghts Braun single 4 ft LED single lights at $20.00 each. FANTASTIC. Since I’m in Pgh I needed heat. With 11 ft plus ceiling height I went with radiant tube heat. I have plumbing for the upstairs bathroom running across the ceiling so I keep the thermostat at 50 all winter when not working in the garage. As I was told when planning the construction, no matter what size you build. As soon as you move in, it won’t be big enough. HOW TRUE !!!
You will still be able to have your lights on and have a fridge running ,if you have one in the shop, when you are running the plasma. The 40 amp rating on them is full throttle. Most of the stuff you are going to be doing, it won’t draw full amperage. You can put your shop on a 60 amp breaker and you will be fine. With a 60 amp circuit feeding your shop, you should be able to run drills, grinders, and other small power tools while the plasma is running. You’re only one person. You can only run one tool at a time. In case you’re wondering, I have been a certified electrician for 20+ years. You will be fine with your plan. Good luck!
I worked for Halliburton for 20 years. They needed a technical manager for South America for the division I worked for. It was late in my career and I really didn't want to go but they threw and *ss load of money at me and my wife didn't object, so I said OK. We lived in Bogota, Colombia and the company really took care of us. I traveled all over South America, visiting every country but Venezuela several times per year. It also turned out to be really good for my daughter. We sent her to the best school in the country, one I could never had afforded by myself, and they paid for all of it. She came home knowing how to really speak Spanish and told us that for two years after we got home, all of her schoolwork were things she learned in South America. My wife enjoyed it to. All in all, it was a decent experience.
Yeah, Time do pass when you are waiting for something.Yup, totally relate to have a spot in my parent's driveway or garage and paying for storage, to having a single car garage and filling the driveway and paying for storage, to getting my double car garage and paying for storage... until we got here and bought a house with a "huge" shop that I have grown into. It "only" took 20 years to get to this point.
Enjoy it!
Now what if that person is a tool, a tool operating a tool equals two tools?You can only run one tool at a time.
Sounds nice. I think most of us share similar paths starting from the apartment parking spot or carport and leapfrogging to better situations. I'd like to see more on the CNC table when you get it set up.
Don't skimp on the electrical stuff. Safety first.
Now what if that person is a tool, a tool operating a tool equals two tools?
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