[TheForge] Re: Gazinta

[Steve Smith]

Jerry, sounds like a pretty exciting time in the great white north. I 
like your idea of the sub exhaust setup.

Steve

Jerry Frost wrote:
> Gazintas.
> 
> I have 46 gazintas IN my shop floor. I can say IN THE shop floor now 
> because there's actually 6" of concrete surrounding them! I can hear the 
> power trowel right now. <grin>
> 
> Anyway, they're 2 1/2" x 3/16 wall sq tubing with 3" x 1" x 1/4" wall 
> sq. reinforcing band at the top. They all sit on a subfloor exhaust 
> system and are welded to the rebar in the floor for grounding. They're 
> spaced on 4' centers and cover the entire shop floor except the smalish 
> area of the machine shop.
> 
> I have pictures but the photoaccess site says the files are too small 
> and won't accept them. <sigh>
> 
> So, when the shop itself is covering the floor I'll have a large grid I 
> can use to jig projects, mount vises, grinders, tables, etc. etc. The 
> welding/cutting "table" will be the piece of bar grate I scrounged some 
> years ago. It's legs will socket into the gazintas so it'll draw smoke 
> and fumes down into the floor and out.
> 
> I didn't put in any BIG gazintas caus I didn't know where I'll want em 
> and sure as concrete is grey I'd put them (however many I put in) in 
> exactly the wrong place. I figure I can't go too far wrong with a whole 
> bunch of small gazintas on a nice even grid. If they're in the wrong 
> place, I'll just shift the place a bit. <grin>
> 
> As soon as I figure out why my pic files are too SMALL for photoaccess 
> I'll post a couple.
> 
> Frosty
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