[TheForge] Re: bolt thread repair tool

[Mike Spencer]

> If it ever does thaw, I hope to build a new 12' x 12' shop in the
> backyard, on concrete columns (sono tube)......any thoughts on that?

I have a friend who lived for many years in College, Alaska, not far
from Fairbanks.  When I last saw him, he was contemplating retiring
to the hills of western Massachusetts where "it's warmer", viz. rarely
gets colder than 20 below and only a week or two of never-above-0F.

He was building a cabin a bit bigger than you envision, maybe 16'x16'
with 8" studwalls, bays to filled with insulation.  Then over the
whole thing, a light outer weather shell spaced 12" out from the
structural wall, that space also to be filled with insulation.  I
think he meant to heat it by lighting a kitchen match every now and
then or perhaps a candle in the very dead of winter.

I agree with lynn: 12'x12' isn't big enough.  When I started out, I
had a woodshed that was ca. 12' x 8' [1] It was okay when all I knew how
to make was little hooks and weenie forks but even then, half my gear
was outside. When I lucked onto more gear, it ended up in the
kitchen. Note vice, punch, power hammer. work bench and stock storage
in the pic.

As for concrete columns: My woodshed is like that, about 18" above
grade.  Everything has to go up or down a ramp including 7 cord of
firewood.  Where there's ice & snow you'll need a piece of 1/4"
expanded metal on the ramp to ensure decent footing in winter.

- Mike

[1] http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/temp/shed.html

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