[TheForge] Small Shop etc

[Gladish Family]

Dirt is pretty nice. I have it in my living room.
No Joke! It's clay/sand stabilized with as much linseed oil as will soak in,
then several coats of commercial acrylic "wax".
Looks great, very barefoot friendly. I don't think it would be suitable for
a shop, though, because the permeated layer is too thin to stand up to heavy
impact, like tumbling a swage block or dropping an anvil...
However, dirt makes a pretty-pretty nice shop floor, too, if you can keep it
from getting too dusty.
Andy G.

> I've just built the largest shop my property will allow. It is 18
> by 24 feet, all steel construction. It's basically a carport with
> sides and ends. The walls are 8 foot and the peak is
> approximately 11 feet. The floor is dirt. I may get manmade sand
> (ground up concrete). My previous shop was a 10 by 10 foot
> canopy. This is a vast improvement. I will probably put in
> fluorescent lights with some halogen lights over the drill press,
> grinder and belt sander. Any other suggestions will be read carefully.
>
> Mark
> Snow Hill, Maryland
>