New Shop Tour!
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- We finally check out the new shop! It's a giant mess, but at least it's a mess that I own!
- A look at the old shop building: • A Look at my Old Shop ...
- Check out J.C. Smith Projects: / @j.c.smithprojects
Wes, I came back to view when you moved into your new shop. You mentioned you had 10k subs during this video ... dude ... you have almost 250k 4 years later. You're killing it brother! Well done!
24:28 “We’re almost at 10k subs”
I’m here 14 months later and he’s at 97.7k! Almost 10x growth in a year. Congrats dude. I wasn’t a subscriber then, but have been for a little bit now.
That's just what I was gonna say.
Well over 100k now
140k now!
One thing I might suggest from my experience in rebuilding after Hurricane Michael kind of wrecked everybody's homes, businesses and shops is that if you want lighting that hugs the ceiling without hanging down into your work area, go with the four tube LED fixtures. Those things put out a phenomenal amount of light and use very little electricity. Since I am retired and no long need a big shop but just one to handle light maintenance, I installed two sets and it is like daylight in that building. Oh, and they are almost bullet proof! One of my outbuildings was crushed when a big oak tree fell on it during the storm. I took the LED fixtures down as I was attempting to salvage anything I could from the wrecked building. One of the lights was okay but the other was bent up pretty badly and full of water. With normal fluorescent lighting that is an automatic death sentence for them. I reshaped the housing, dried the fixture out and reinstalled the lights in my rebuilt building. I can't tell which light is which as both came on immediately and work just like they always did. Just an idea for those trying to get maximum light with minimum operating expense while saving overhead space.
They were installed were I work. Very Bright and they do use less energy. I echo Richard.
You’re really good at what you do, and incredibly smart, you also seem honest and hard working, I have no doubt you’ll be successful.
I see 67.8K (as of today; hey that rhymes!) Going to 678.678K. ;-)
jlucasound after 3mo, almost 80k !
@@jlucasound 89.9k now!
95 subscribers now 11/08/2020 !
@@jlucasound 100,000 just rousing!
Just wanted to let you know, that four years later you finally rebuilt the office area in the back corner of the shop and it looks great. Gives you something to look forward to.
Your entertaining most all the time. That is one of the reasons why I watch your channel. You and Eric at sma keep me rolling around laughing my butt off. Keep up the great work.I would send money but s.s don't pay very much. God Bless
"Forklifts are just a four-wheeled oil leak"... Yup, yup.
Anything hydrolic is a oil leak lol
Don’t forget there really heavy and sit about 3 inches off the ground.
More like hydroileak
I am happy for your success. When you made this video you were just at about 10,000 subscribers and worried about growing your channel. As I watch this for the first time May 28 2021, you have grown to 122,000 subscribers. More than 10 fold in a year and a half give or take. Great work! Thanks for all the awesome videos!
I'm an auto mechanic in KY.... I use "rite-stuff" on EVERYTHING!... except my biscuits...good stuff...
Wow that is dedication to spend over 20 years building the garden size train display that was very neet
4 years and you've gained 270k subs. congrats
That is one thing I like about your channel, no click bait tins. Even if someone is good, it turns me off.
I think watch like three of Scotty Kilmer's videos before I hit 'do not recommend channel'. He himself was click bait.
If you haven't solved your lighting problem yet or if you did and just left the fluorescent fixtures in place, I highly recommend you change the bulbs to LED. There are replacement LEDs that work off the ballast in the fixtures and give over twice the lighting the fluorescent lamps produced. I changed mine out and love the end results. I know it is four months later but you never can tell, this might be just the information you needed.
Almost 2 years later. I hope things are working out. I enjoy your videos.
Looks good Wes. You should do a 3 month follow up to this video, I would love to see how it looks now that you are setup more.
This is cool. I like seeing good people succeed and prosper.
That's a NICE shop building! Congratulations! I love the train show, probably as much as your son! I think that steam locomotive with the tinder pulling the Pullman cars was my favorite! Great channel, Wes! Thank you for sharing!
That train! All started with the Woody the Wood pecker sound track
Love the sound of a PT-6
I never would have known! I can identify a Mopar Starter by sound, but an airplane? Kudos to you, sir. (ZZ Top; Manic Mechanic). I don't know if it was a 383 or a 440. 318 sounded the same. :-)
that air compressor reminds me of my ancient 120 gallon Saylor Beall. that thing was made in 1968 never had a rebuild and still keeps chuggin' along just fine.
Right Stuff for the win!!! That stuff is great. Not to be confused with Great Stuff.
Nice Building, it has plenty of potential. I am with you on the use of conduit, I even put plastic conduit under the concrete before I poured the flood. It made it a bunch easier to wire. I really doubt anyone would bother you if you kept it zoned ag, besides I bet the business tax rates would be much higher, I would check into that before I made any changes. And besides that you will probably be working on a tractor now and then. About 6 years ago I changed my lights to T8 then a year ago I changed them to the 4 ft leds, twice the light and 1/2 the electric used. I heat my shop, house and all my hot water with a taylor outside water stove, I have to cut a bunch of wood but the cost to operate it is very little.
Cheers and Good Luck
Hi Wes,
I am late to viewing this video. Congratulations on the move and the nice shop. You have probably already done the lighting, but if you haven't, I suggest an LED high bay light fixture(s).
Do a little research, they are approximately 3feet wide by 4feet long, about 8-10 of them placed & spaced well, and you will almost need a pair of sunglasses to work out there.
Very little power draw and no issues with -35degree cold weather.
Thank you.
Ditch the silicone and use Locktite 515 gasket eliminator. It's an anaerobic urethane, will hold up to hot oil much better then silicone. It only seals in the presence of metal ions, so the squeeze out doesn't set and washes away with the oil -- ie. no chunks of silicone to break loose and clog things up.
That's not a good solution for this situation. The cover is just die cast aluminum and quite flimsy. The 515 would be OK for a nice flat machined surface. But, in that situation I would just use Permatex #2.
you'll be fine, I will pray for your and your family. God bless your family .
just a tip on installing expansion anchor bolt, after drilling the hole and blowing out the dust, put some epoxy in the old then tighten the bolts. seals the hole so no water or oil gets into the hole. like the new shop
definitely interested in the line boring machine! love the new shop. can't wait until i get to that point. hope everything works out for you with basically starting over with your business.
I'll have to break it out. I used it a few times to fix some skid steer loader joints that were badly worn.
I would too. Not something often seen used or that gets used unfortunately
At breaker panel cut back sheet rock. then use pine boards 8 inch wide plywood or mdf and picture frame the panell use screws for acess done easy piezy.. Painted to match walls it will disapear..
Takes me back to the 1960s when we used to visit family friends in Kankakee. Groovy setup!
You can buy an inverter or step down transformer(?) to go from three phase to single phase, did that for my company that had a German made paver making machine that had five 5 horse motors which were great motors. We connected the inverter and boosted the single phase power to three ph.
The garden scale train setup at the end is so cool @Watch Wes Work
Wes, I would bolt a piece of angle iron to the back of the drawer, to give it the strength that it needs for the heavy tools! Great new shop, by the way! Good luck, you will do great!
Great new shop Wes! I've worked for others, then owned my own business (& still own, but my son is now running it.. still running as well?? that's another story..) Please take it from an OLD guy,.. you're still young and have a lot of years to become the success that you envision business-wise. With your drive, talent, personality.. a supporting wife, it's a no brainer. PLEASE do find a good business strategies person (who is focused on SMALL business, 1-20 persons, not 100+ as the SBA interprets ) I have one who has even traveled from New England (where I used to live) to N. Carolina to help someone I met here.. They can make you more profitable in 1 week and then you go from there.. Good Luck!
Where would I find such a person to hire to help me plan my business?
I’m glad your new home and new shop are so close together so wife and Lucas can come visit Dad or holler for Dad if they need him! Good luck and Big Congratulations on 7 times as many subscribers than when you made this video. I guess it took off quicker than you expected.
I think Dad may have been almost as interested in the trains as Lucas was - haha. Wonderful man to put those trains together and let people come by once a year (w refreshments) to see! I think I heard Lucas say he wants a corner of the shop roped off for his new train(s).
Maybe you can get a variance to be AG/commercial. I have had to get variances before not to hard usually. The Union Pacific BigBoy steam engine is coming to Missouri area maybe even closer to you. Does verizon work around you, you may get decent connection with a mifi instead of the microwave. Best of luck I have a Jeep grand cherokee that needs some work in a little while here, I think I am not to far and I like your work ethic. You are going to have a tough time showing your business and keeping your privacy. Also bringing the wife and kid into thing will get more subscribers if you are all comfortable with that. You may want to put motion lights around, I run 12 volt led off of a turbine and a couple batteries to chase the coyote off.
Yeah it's a fine line. But I want keep the crazies at bay. I just need to make it slightly more difficult for them to find me. I'm not near Missouri. I'm in Northwestern Illinois along the Mississippi river.
I liked the loonie tune music played at the train yard. Brings back fond memories.
Sweet Blackhawk jack!! I dig old timey hydraulic jacks.
Just recently subscribed to your channel,and it's cool to see how you went from the old shop to the new one.
Definitely enjoy the knowledge that you share.
Wish you all the success in the world.
I will be a follower.
Stay blessed my friend.
I have 4 of them old craftsman oilLess 33 gallon air compressors they are beasts they just won't give up I been using them for 15 plus years non stop every day @Watch Wes Work
Just came across your channel and subscribed. I am not far from you, QCA area. I had to comment and laugh that you are talking about 10k subscribers in this video. You are over 162k as I type this, and I think you will do much better. Keep up the great work. I may be reaching out as I just pulled my first vehicle out of a barn that it has been sitting in for 25+ years. I hope to get it going for my kids to drive now that they are getting old enough to drive. It is a '84 Ranger. Keep up the great content!
I like and use to maintain the company I worked for the exact overhead heater I saw in the video. our biggest problem was keeping birds from building nests inside it during summer.
congratulations wes!! that shop is absolutely fantastic! love the big door. the size it great. those radiant tube heaters work great. i vote for the forklift as a one of the first pieces to get if you are moving heavy stuff around. i would never want to move all my junk i have now....i think i would have an auction first and move what i wanted to keep. i like to put all my wiring in conduit outside the walls also. very happy for you guys wes! yes it seems like the 10k mark is when the snow ball really starting rolling.
Yep. That Clark forklift was one of the first things I got when I started out. I didn't even have a trailer to haul it. I had to borrow one.
You were approaching 10K in Sept.? I knew you were going to soar. Congrats, Wes. You have earned this. Talk about "Spontaneous Combustion"!! ;-) BANG!! They know you now! :-)
Opening shots....the crop duster scene from the film "North by Northwest".....beautiful building so richly deserved for your great skills. Best wishes.
That’s gonna be a great shop . Mine is 40 x 50 and I love it . Congratulations Sir
Watching your current videos in 2021, you've earned a lot of trust and customers. Congrats upon the great work. The train setup is great for little and old kids like me. Thanks for including it.
that upper office could be an indoor treehouse for your kids for the time being nice shop space by the way
Suggest not changing the zoning away from agricultural. It is usually the lowest property tax rate. Check with your CPA.
Thanks for sharing that visit / trip to the railroad model setup. WOW!!!!!
Love your show,the lockdown is hell , but your show lifts everything
Late to the party on this video, but if you don't know already reference your home made Boring machine, @ 10:35 of this video, the Drill that you use , I believe is the same as what Abom79 has, got it from either his dad or grand-dad. Abom79 had it for year's and just this year 2019, he learned from a viewer, that the drill is REVERSIBLE, via the ring / collar located at the base of the trigger handle. If the drill hasn't been used in the reverse mode, in a very long time, the collar will be very hard to break loose. but it does turn (left/right) to set the forward / reverse direction of the drill. If I recall correctly, the collar should turn approx. 1/4 - 1/2 the dia. of the drill housing, in other words quite a bit. Also about mid turn is a neutral position, just so you know.
You can see Abom79 Mag-Drill SNS 276: This Old Trailer @ 26:19 of the video. ruclips.net/video/IG_FGgBydHo/видео.html . In this video, I'm guessing, he didn't yet learn about what his Mag-Drill can do. I'm just pointing this out, so you can clearly see the collar on his Mag-Drill.
ruclips.net/video/guSG03tB2vQ/видео.html SNS 281: Installing Flexarm, Cast Iron Edges Nov 9, 2019, @ 8:34 - 9:49 Abom79 talks about learning that the Mag-Drill is REVERSIBLE.
Interesting. I’ll check if it has that feature.
Get those radiant heaters serviced/cleaned as soon as possible. Had a friend loose his auto body shop and all its contents (including several rare muscle cars) to a fire caused by one of those types of heaters. with the cars along with all his equipment and tools was close to a 3 million dollar loss.
Pretty neat place Wes. I envy you. Not the winter stuff but the openness.
10,000 subscribers when you made this. I think it has taken off!
honest people make good things happen Wes just gets the job done with a smile never lets his customers and his family down, we live in Aussieland and it is the same here you just gotta have a go, chin up and move forward old mate
For your air compressor make a square extension heavy duty to mount over the inlet you were having so much trouble with the same dimension with holes in it ! That's what I did ! Works great no more leaking ! 🤗🤗🤗
Wes, Here in Maryland the property taxes on Ag. land is much less than Commercial or Industrial Zoning. Watch out for what you wish for, you may be better off sticking with what you have.
Wow! I never knew that model trains had sound effects. Good luck Wes, may the shop get sorted out and the work pour in.
Your Son could spend the Whole Day at that Layout! That's FUNNY! Pound for Pound the Son couldn't begin to match the FUN The Ol' Man is having! Your new shop could use a nice layout for Break Time!
I have those heaters in my garage... love them!
I would love to see that train set up, my grandson would be in awe for hours!!
Fantastic video, Mr. Wes! My dad was an ironworker and there were a lot of Wes'es! Everyone had a nickname and his was "Thumbs". My nickname was "Sugar Bear". The trains were great, and I can see your son loved them!
Interesting tour, newly subscribed a few weeks back and just getting caught up on older videos. Very nice that you have upped your Subscriber count from 10K to over 84K in less than one year, well done! Best wishes for the future of your shop and family, nice pup.
P.S. I like your commentary while working through the repairs and projects, well presented.
problems you may encounter with those radiant heater , 1 burning a hole in the starter tube ( that`s the first tube coming out of the burner box ) the holes always burn a hole in the top of the tube were you can`t see it on the ground unless you turn off the lights. 2 combustion fan/ motor seizing( they run on bushings) , all one unit and it`s a throwaway . 3 the gas valve does not stay on , just the coil in the gas valve has bit the dust, the unit tries to light but does not. 4 the venting piping section rotting away due to moisture generated in that part of the heater . Best to have someone look at it see if running OK , than looking out for any changes in it`s operation .
Watching this video from the future... 2022 you now have 177K subs! I really enjoy your channel, and I watch every time you release something new! Cheers!
Nice shop addition to your home. Enjoy the space and the dryness during the winter season. I know your pride from the completion of my 50x60 hangar home. Plenty of room for all your toys and projects.
Very nice shop love seeing these older videos you seem a ton more productive in this shop over the old shop @Watch Wes Work
Good luck to you and your wife on your new home and shop.You'll get it up and running in no time do good work and word of mouth will have you so busy you'll be bussier than you want!!!Love to watch your repair videos also a big fan of Matt from dieselcreek is awesome would love to meet you both I was a heavy truck mechanic for 30 years I made other people rich but you build on your business and you will have to build a bigger shop!!!
A video on your home made line bore machine would be awesome.
Since I found you're channel, I've watched a man with a lot of patience, it's a wonder you don't scream sometimes.
Zoning. I'm not familiar with the US, but in my 60 yrs of various farm and commercial business experience in Canada, these ideas seem prudent to share. 1) If you don't touch the sh*t it won't stink. 2) Keep your head down and go for yards.
Talk to your utility, you may be able to get "Open-delta" 3-phase, which is common in rural areas, where they can make 3-phase power with only 2 hot legs available. A lot of irrigation pivots and grain driers are 3-phase and run on open-delta power. Else you'll have to make/borrow/steal a phase converter...
WOW! Those trains are cool!!! I could spend the whole day there too! What does he do in the winter time, I wonder... He must cover everything up, the snow would destroy everything!
You seem like such a great dad. Keep it up.
Not to worry, she's a tuff fork lift and she is like my Rottie, gentle till you try to hurt me and if another dog comes she's playful so got kicked out of that vicious club people worry about and natural babysitter.... but one drawback... constantly marks her territory. Might nickname her "forklift" as she is powerful and at seven years of age, still moving very well. Took a while but no marking in the house!! My other two lived till thirteen and would of lived longer but a renter who had a death wish, stole from me and so asked them to move and it took cops to do it but before they left, they poisoned both my dogs. I got one through it but... he died of loneliness. It took me over five years of tears to kind of get past it. They were my best friends. Hours of shenanigans they pulled. But time and a rescue helped me and she is so loyal to me. Since I feel close in a way to you I realised I don't really know about your family, other than seeing them today and you have a great family! I wouldn't blame you if you keep that to yourself as too many sick people that could try to harm and I would hurt anyone that hurt you or yours. I may be old but I think I come close to your size as I fight weight. I got back down from the two sixty plus to two high forties. At seventy two, thats just too much to move when crippled. So why move? Your definitely ahead of most mechanics that claim that title. I served in Nam from 66 to 70 and then tried to come home but they hateful things people called me sent to the wilds of alaska. I have had a good life and now live for the people that I find who are creative like yourself. Well I blew this one writing about me and that I apologize for!! We have chatted before and I find that you are a good and kind person. I will chat more later.
A shop in IL without in floor heat in this day and age? You must enjoy winter more than most people. Congrats on the shop!
Going through the same process now. Moving to a new place but no shop so having to build one. Also remodeling the old house so we can get it on the market asap. A lot of moving parts and money in the mix.
Quite the Garage Mahal you got there! Congrats on the (not so new in Sept. 2021) but new shop nonetheless!
Edit: hoo boy, that is one involved train set! It’s so photorealistic if the large vegetation and house weren’t present it’d be tough to tell the difference between this and a movie set! Way cool, so much work has gone into that installation and neat the owner opens his yard to the public for young kids like Lucas to ogle at! I used to have an OshKosh engineer’s overalls and hat around that age, I wish I still had it so I could send it to you if your son is into trains. He already has the coolest dad, I wasn’t even allowed to use the driveway to fix my car growing up and he’ll probably get to build a really cool car from an early age! Keep it up, love watching your content!
I never noticed or put two and two together about the move. I remember some of the old post, but the majority of my watching has been this new shop. It is amazing to see the transition from 10k to over 100k subscribers. It would be interesting to see a video (maybe you already have one) on how your business changed or improved over the year. Well done so far.
I made a move,I actually moved my dad's whole workshop to a new location, similar to this,so I know the feeling of putting everything in boxes,trucking it to another location and then the organizing starts all over again
Use metal rings over cover of compressor, bolts will hold it. Little late . But usefull in the future.
Leave the room upstairs floods happen everywhere.
Floating slab garage building, good for the flat land. Forklifts tend to pee the bed a lot after a few years. You need a good old fashion shelf building to finish this. BTW if you still have voles in the spring and cannot find the little poison sticks for them that you stick in the ground after igniting it. They are great at ridding the little voles/moles.
What's a shelf building?
Hey Wes.
The good thing about moving is.
You have a chance to sort out the stuff you need ??
Great workshop you have now.
Once you get everything sorted things will start happening for you.
Thanks for bringing us along on the workshop tour.
Peter.
... and 3 years later 212,000 subs and well deserved.
Very cool new shop!
I would use the steps and put them outside of the "office". This way you can use a second floor as utility room and don't waste space on the first level, while you get another level for say having an electronics working station on the upper floor and maybe something like this sand cabinet in a dedicated room with ventilation to outside, to avoid having the dust spread around the shop.
Bonus me again; I watched the old shop one and then this one again. Your dream will come true cause of your value system. Also with only a two hour move, some loyal customers will follow as I know they did me. I am not going to bust your chops with a book. We think alike and stick to these values and your going to the one hundred mark and will get there before december! Thanks so much
I currently have a 20x40 shop. Bought the house thinking it'd be perfect for my side projects. Within 6 months it was full. If I can ever get the house renovations done going to buy or build a place with something the size of yours.
Loved the tour of your old and new shop. Hope you do a follow up video of the new shop when your all settled in.
Permatex Right Stuff is the best silicone like sealer I've found, hands down. It's the only thing I will use on differential covers. I'm already regretting not using it on a twin transfer case setup in my truck that has a slow leak, but I also wanted to be able to get it apart again later. It doesn't like to separate easily at all.
Been watching for a while now, just subcribed for some reason i wasnt already. All of your tooling and machinery in the shop is my dream. I'm 30 right now and saving for a house. Hopefully with acreage so I can build a smaller version similar to your shop. Seems to me based on all your tooling that your way more than a mechanic. Anyways love your videos wes
Great shop there Wes, just remember, build it and they'll come. Looks like they got the office ass- backwards, office on bottom and excess storage above. Why did you put the lift there, it's got to be close to the tool boxes, no? Looks like junior is ready for a PegPrego John Deere soon, keep your eye out on trash pick-up days. Does the dog get the moles or is it just digging- up the yard. Update on the Toyota, don't tell us that it has a problem. Don't worry about that Quincy, it will out-live you, guaranteed, my buddy got one out of a gas station, it's going on 60yrs now. Bring the crawler in and you'll have 20K subscribers.
Well the tool boxes have wheels... And the dog does occasionally get a rodent. I'm sure the Quincy will outlive me. It's already 11 years my senior.
I think that those crop dusters must carry 5 gallon buckets in front of their seat!
Dream shop! Congrads! You seem like a good trusting honest guy and word getting around will do you just fine! God bless you and your family in your dream!
Man coming back to watch this. Sept 2019. Almost at 10k subs. August 2021. Almost 140k subs. Keep it up Wes
Thank you again Wess. I know this video is a year old but hey I love your channel and you all are good folks so hopefully the views likes and comments will help your channel grow. Have a wonderful day.
Wow I loved the bonus material those model trains were epic. I thought I saw a FX 4 London taxi at the start.
Very nice! And all the corn you can eat! Put a bollard in front of the electric meter. Use it well!
i had lnternet like that before. but in 92 they ran cable broadband out here. & we also got fibre optic. but the cable is the better one to go with.
Harbor Freight is Great for many things; but not everything. You may want to do the merch thing. Big bucks. Maybe not. I think I commented before about that. Mustie1 was offered a TV spot. He said no. The more commercial you get, the less freedom you have. You will choose wisely. Don't sell your soul. You are a great man, Wes. I Love "Watching....You know. :-)
Bonus footage of model trains...So refreshing to see NO GRAFFITI!!!