[TheForge] Workshop construction

[Andy Vida]

What about a dirt or concrete floor covered with cinders?  Up in
Showlow AZ you can go out into the desert and fill a million yard truck 
with some really good volcanic cinder that I think would make a superb
floor material for a forge area.

Steve Smith wrote:
> 
> I had a dirt floor for 15 years. I really didn't like it. Everything was
> covered in dust, all the time. Maybe not as much an issue in a damper
> climate (mine was in Colorado, which is fairly dry).
> 
> In a damp climate (as we have here in Maine) you have to make sure the
> damp doesn't come inside. A dirt floor would need elevation from the
> surrounding ground. With dirt or concrete, you want a raised perimiter
> concrete wall to keep the wet out when snow against the building melts.
> 
> Cement is harder for standing, but there are things you can do about
> improving comfort. Now I can't claim that I have all the answers; I've
> just been using my cement floor shop for a couple of months, so I don't
> have a lot of experience with cement. It sure is nice having things
> halfway clean, though.
> 
> I'm going to put up a roof extension and put a vise and grinder outside
> the shop. I have my forge and also machine tools in my shop; I want to
> get grinding dust outdoors as much as possible.
> 
> Steve Smith
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