new house for mike

[M4wdFab]

thats fine but give me a number.  im not out of money yet for my plans. 



almost bought 2400 square feet of 3" foam board tonight.   needs a little cleaning and a couple pieces would be junk, but there was enough there to do my roof.  JJ has a 38' man lift i could borrow.  roof beams are 4' apart.  they would latch in and just need one side fastened.  150+  4x4 sheets...... 

[mr.mindless]

I’m game for labor/transportation on that.

[M4wdFab]

load 1 of 3 complete. 

[M4wdFab]

picked up the rest this morning.  little itchy and got stung only once by honey bee lol 

[M4wdFab]

cut more scrap wood up tonight for next fire. 

feeling a little overwhelmed but toughing it out.  insulation, wiring, get lift in, place shop.    2nd spray foam guy over today for measurement.     buffalo foam board guy has a bunch of 2nd 2" left.  be another 6-700 in materials and id have enough for 3" roof 2" ceiling. total cost under 2k comparted to 10-15k spray.   

need to research vapor barrier and whats up with my install if any issues to just slap board up and go.  lots of shit info on web thats confusing.


running wire in conduit?  thhn stranded or solid?   10gage white, red, green for 220 welder outlets, lift power, compressor powers.   12gage white, black, green for lights, regular power outlet.   all panel breakers are 220 30amp or 120 20amp.    steel EMT, steel boxes ect.  1/2" and 3/4" EMT throughout.    JJ approved of my 100amp sub install. 

[TrailTamer]

Solid wire. Unless it’ll see a lot of movement.

Conduit if exposed. Personally conduit it all; minimize damage from shop activity, rodent eating off insulation, etc.

[M4wdFab]

JJ answered quicker with recomending stranded THHN so thats what i just ordered 450$ in wire of 


lowes pickup tomorrow:

300' conduit, 2 benders, all kitchen appliances
wire, clamps, plugs, switches 3 day lowes shipping
amazon 100' wire fish pull

here we go pretend to be an electrician part 2

[M4wdFab]

appliances, 300' of conduit, front porch materials picked up tonight.  Online pickup person was not happy of my load.  either were the 3 people behind me.  sorry.   


Front porch no longer a spring board.  appliances unloaded.  (need help for fridge and range from barn to kitchen sometime lol)



i have no idea about decks or rules, but that's what i came up with.  took a bottle jack and lifted the deck about an 1" past where i want it in the fall figuring stuff will settle, sag, shrink ect.  meh

[M4wdFab]

o snap  look what found its way home tonight.  works mint.  500lb capacity and will be great for lights / conduit / insulation install. 

even more impressed at my pump lift.  thing is a beast.  was able to lift and manually move assembly away from truck on wood floor.  just had to block and re lift on the ground because the supports lined up with tires, no big deal.  5 min unload or load. 

[mr.mindless]

never would have guessed that manual fork would pick something like that much less move it.

[M4wdFab]

i was a little worried with the amount of effort the foot pump required to lift but then quickly realized that must be the "quick" lift and the handle pump was much easier and didnt feel like it was stressing. 


guy said it was 1000lbs or so, im guessing its north of that but less than 2K.  lift rated for 3300lbs.   

[etk300ex]

Manual fork doing work!

[M4wdFab]

love it!  best 500$ i have spend for the shop

[M4wdFab]

started running conduit today and we got lights that have light switches!  100amp sub is hot!


scissor lift is awesome.  spend almost an hour looking for my battery charger though  

[M4wdFab]

conduit running and wiring machine again today.  almost done.