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3:56 pm
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April 19, 2010
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50 by 50, 30 feet high. See
See Boeing surplus: https://active.boeing.com/assocproducts/surplus/ItemDetails.cfm?auctionID=32094&pageID=m43401 Building is equipped with overhead crane , heating system , lighting and power / utility distribution panels.
4:20 pm
March 22, 2010
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Yeah.... would be a good deal if they didnt require you to have "boeing certified" guys to pull it down... estimated removal cost $36,000? so $40,000 for a used building when you could buy a "new" steel building kit the same size for about $25,000... Sadly what will happen is this will get munched up with a excavator and hauled away in a truck... I did some equipment removal at a Boeing building in renton that got demo'd they where tearing it down with all the infrastructure still in place... air compressors, electrical... all just loaded in a truck and hauled away.... We (by we I mean Pacific Industrial) bought three 100HP and a 1500HP screw compressers from the demo compnany under the condition we had them out before they started tearing down that part of the building... I got the last 300HP out while the excavators where ripping off the roof 50 feet away and had to leave the 1500HP machine.... and a I bet there was half a million dollars worth of scrap copper that whoever took the rubble salvaged... Boeing couldn't be bothered...
Anyway yes it would be a skookum shop....
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
3:52 am
September 10, 2010
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I moved into this shop on a "temporary" basis in June of 1999.
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One of the smallest buildings on this site, used to be a seamless tube plant, Armco Steel was the last owner.
This photo is from February 2010, when we finally got a good taste of winter.
[Image Can Not Be Found] Some other photos are available on my website: http://hoffmansforge.com/works.....__services
2:57 am
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April 19, 2010
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It is not the building, but what comes out of it. I'd expect Jymm's work would even come out of something as basic Gene's late building without compromise, but maybe the language would be more colorful?
1:19 pm
September 10, 2010
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thanks Bob. I was bound and determined (stubborn) when I started my own business. I had no building or shop, lived at home. I started in the back yard. A couple of days into it, I set up a canvas lean to break the wind from the fire. My dad saw I was determined and had pity on me, he made room in the back 4 feet of his shop that was a 1 stall garage behind our house. Later that summer he built a pole barn for his semi-truck where he could relocate his shop and let me have the whole 1 stall garage. That is the place my friends referred to as the forging closet. In that shop I produced hardware for my first major commission, which included strap hinges for a fort, doors, shutters and gate hinges 6 feet long. Some friends helped me on the gate hinges. One would work the fire and hold the big strap while 2 of us used sledge hammers. I hit the rafters several times getting up on my toes for the extra height.....
Yes, moral of the story, it is not how nice the shop is but what you can make. A nice shop just makes it more comfortable, especially if you are doing it every day.
4:01 pm
March 22, 2010
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Yep, I like it...
My new Favorite Blacksmith quote of the day. "The Tool does not give value to the work, but value to the user, The work must stand alone" Same holds true of the space.. Some of the most beautiful iron things on this earth were forged in dirt with not much better than a pair of rocks
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
7:57 am
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June 8, 2010
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Jymm Hoffman;4260 wrote: In that shop I produced hardware for my first major commission, which included strap hinges for a fort, doors, shutters and gate hinges 6 feet long. Some friends helped me on the gate hinges. One would work the fire and hold the big strap while 2 of us used sledge hammers. I hit the rafters several times getting up on my toes for the extra height.....
Do you have any photos of this experience? I've always said, an experience is what you wish someone Else had!! It would be great to see this!
8:00 am
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June 8, 2010
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Larry L;4266 wrote: Some of the most beautiful iron things on this earth were forged in dirt with not much better than a pair of rocks
Well said Larry!!
10:48 pm
September 10, 2010
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Lynn Gledhill;4294 wrote: Do you have any photos of this experience? I've always said, an experience is what you wish someone Else had!! It would be great to see this!
Have not found any photos of this, yet.
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