Shop is a commin'

[jolly roger]

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Hi Rob,
             You may want to explore covering the floor with 1/4" industrial
rubber, it sure saves on  back aches with prolonged standing. 
Regards roger



At 03:34 PM 3/3/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello folks,
>
>I've been intentionally delaying any announcement for quite some because 
>there have been so many details and questionable resources, but I 
>believe that this might be the appropriate time.  I am now well underway 
>at building a full scale rebuilding shop.
>
>A couple of years ago my wife and I began searching for a property. 
> After six months of realtors and driving all over Las Vegas we finally 
>found an absolutely perfect location on 3/4 acre.  The house was only 
>built in 1998, although it has needed numerous improvements thanks to an 
>independent home contractor who apparently has a reputation for building 
>nice houses with cheap features, (such as poor plumbing requiring me to 
>re-plumb the entire place last summer).  Now that this and a variety of 
>other nonsensical details have been addressed, we can turn our attention 
>to our original objective.
>
>We are building this facility from the ground up to our custom 
>specifications.  This first step was to bring in exactly 100 18 wheel 
>truck loads of dirt to level the property.  I got it super cheap, 
>($20.00 a truck), after hooking up with a dirt contractor who had over 
>300 truck loads to haul away.  Having leveled that out, we are ready to 
>begin.  I am rapidly learning how expensive this will be, although I had 
>a pretty good idea already.  We are required by the county to have a 
>grading/plot plan. Last week we forked over $1,800.00 for that. 
> Yesterday our architect was here to get property information and go 
>over our specifications. Fortunately we are saving major money on that 
>because we are using an architecture student from the university  He is 
>serving an internship for a firm and should be able to get the required 
>signatures and stamps.  Normally this starts at about $3.00 per square 
>foot and up, so we are really lucky to have him.  He also has to get a 
>structural engineer to design the pad/slab and roof requirements, and we 
>need an electrical engineering plan as well.  Then we need two 
>independent soil tests to prove that the ground is stable, (stupid).
>
>The facility will measure 2,000 Sq. Ft when completed, actually larger 
>than our house!    It will include an office, a separate dust free room 
>for rebuilding actions, and a rest room.  The remaining space will be 
>open shop area.  There will be multiple windows and skylights for 
>natural light.  The interior will be fully insulated with textured and 
>finished walls.  We will have both 110 and 220 volt power via multiple 
>outlets.  There will be a large compressor and vacuum system  located 
>outside the building for noise reduction.  These will be plumbed 
>throughout the shop for easy access. There will be a 10 ft. roll-up door 
>on one end, a side entrance, and an outside entrance directly into the 
>office. There will also be a utility sink.  Machinery planned includes: 
>a large table saw, a full size drill press, a jointer,a  large band saw, 
>a large buffer, and a combination vertical/disk sander.  We will also 
>have the only soundboard press in Nevada.  Along with that goes the hot 
>box and, eventually we hope to have a small spray booth.  Of course 
>there will be LOTS of bench space and work tables.
>
>We will be building the entire structure ourselves with the exception of 
>the slab, (too big a job), and exterior stucco, (too big a mess).  My 
>brother in law is a licensed contractor in California and has agreed to 
>help us frame it.  We are using a truss design so the roof should be 
>easy.  Eventually I hope to build a patio outside for additional work 
>space for when the weather is nice, and we will have a concrete driveway 
>that goes around the house to the roll up door.
>
>When completed I believe that we should have a heck of a facility.  Alan 
>Meyer and I will be running it as business partners under the name 
>"Southwest Piano Technologies", (we already have embroidered shirts with 
>a cool logo).  My wife will be our esteemed action rebuilder and 
>official secretary.  Then of course to round it off is our black lab 
>Joplin who will be the official "shop dog", (no piano shop should be 
>without one).
>
>So that's the official announcement.  We have a very long way to go, and 
>by building it ourselves, the process will take quite some time.  Having 
>said all of that, I would now like to open the floor for discussion.  If 
>anyone has any suggestions or ideas before we finalize the blueprints, I 
>would appreciate hearing about them.
>
>Rob Goodale, RPT
>Las Vegas, NV
> 

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