Hank's Machine Shop

[Larry C]

Dave thank you so much for the notes and the link. I've read them over bit & will read a few more times. I usually use 2 different sets of tweezers and a skewer stick to help position/hold the belts. Being O scale I use Tyvek, USPS envelope, cut to size then painted with Raw Sienna craft paint. I do have belt shifters that I'm going to attempt to include in the build. For me doing a belt line I take my time and plan things out beforehand. Of course I'm a long ways from that as I still need to order a few machines yet.

Philip thank you and great cartoon.

[Philip]

Sorry man couldn't resist. 

Philip

[Jerry]

Larry the walls are looking good and so is the color.

Jerry

[PRR Modeler]

Nice job on the walls and also the coloring.

[Larry C]

Philip I thought the cartoon was funny.

Jerry and Curt thank you both so much.

[Rick]

Larry, the walls look good.

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry,

The walls look very good.  Thanks for the chronicle of your building process.  I garnered a few ideas from it.

Have fun,
mike

[Larry C]

Rick thank you.

Mike thanks and that was my intention to maybe help or give someone else modeling ideas.

[ACL1504]

Larry,

Just came across this thread. Not sure how I missed it but I'm here now.

I love the interior walls, very well done and the old brown color seems to fit an older building's interior.

Looking forward to it coming together. Oh yea, I forgot, great job on the decking as well.

Tom

[deemery]

Rick thank you.

Mike thanks and that was my intention to maybe help or give someone else modeling ideas.

Doing a detailed machine shop is quite an undertaking!  The more experience we can share about how to do it (or not do it...   ), the better others will be prepared to decide if they want to take on this challenge.   And of course, lessons learned on things like 'attaching belts to pulleys' could well be used for other modeling problems.  

dave

[Larry C]

Tom thank you and glad to have you along for the adventure.

Dave I couldn't agree with you more, building a Machine Shop is a challenge but hey that's half the fun.
Almost as challenging as building a Saw Mill.

[Larry C]

After figuring out most of the details and making templates for the machines I wanted to include I realized things were going to be a lot tighter than I would like. The solution was to add another 8 ft. to the length of the Shop but still leave the steam engine, boiler, and water tank on the side of the building. In order to keep the windows centered on the back wall I added 4 ft to each end instead all 8 ft. at one end.



So now here's what the inside of the Shop looks like after the addition. I realized if I was going to make the Shop interior bigger now was the time to do it. There is a line where the flooring butts up against to original one but between all the details, machines, etc. the eye will be too busy to be looking at the flooring; at least that's my hope. Also the ladder, if you notice is taller than the left side wall. This is so it goes into the rafters when I get to that point. I grabbed my SW template from the Wood Cutters Shack and made it twice as long as the template called for.



This is the outside of the back wall and I decided to go with a green color for the exterior with a coat of A&I added to bring out the grain. The 2 widows are laser cut that Jerry gave me and they finished off really nicely and painted a coffee color from a rattle can. I like the effect of the chalks making the outside look worn but still in good shape.



I decided to go with a different look for the outside of the end walls so I used some large cut stone sheets from Cooch Enterprises then added some 4x10 boards on each end to cover up the edges of the stones. The gable ends will be green boards to give some contrast.

This is where I'm at for the moment so now it'll be details time and populate the walls before the they are glued to the floor; a process that's definitely going to take quite a bit of time so I get things just the way I want them before any machines are in place. Thanks for stopping by and for leaving all your great comments and also for your suggestions which are helping a lot.

[Jerry]

Larry nice coloring on the outside walls.
I see you didn't have a problem with the windows they came out nice!

I like the stonewall good contrast to the rest of the building.

Jerry

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry,

The shop is looking great.  I like the colors inside and out.  The wall studs look perfect. It's a good idea to add details to the walls before they are assembled, IMHO.

Have fun,
mike

[PRR Modeler]

Outstanding Larry.