Looks like good progress. This seems to be turning into a relatively major refit. Hopefully you’ll still be there for the extended lease term! I hope the landlord does a good job fixing the rattling door. That would drive you crazy on windy days!
I would suggest you to run a fiber line (or two for redundancy) from your office area to production area, so that in case something nasty happens to any of production units, it won't blow off entire network. Also fiber is immune to EMI, has very small diameter (compared to regular copper cable) and can be pretty much as long as you want it to be. Mikrotik sells some very affordable switches with SFP+ cages, and pre-terminated fiber is fairly cheap too, so that shouldn't break the bank, but it will give you a piece of mind with full electrical isolation.
Congrats Seon! Will have to pop in for a visit when I do make it south of the border which hasn't happened for 2.5yrs... SZ18 still feels like yesterday in some ways
Looking good, Seon! 👍👍 Looks like you've been going great guns on this. Unless someone has done something like this, they don't realise just how much work it really is.
The logo is NOT going to go where I planned - as the aircon is now going to be lower then I had hoped, but about 400mm :( So, no idea where the logo and laser wall is going to go :( I can "almost" visualise it all :)
Don't you want at least 1-2 20+ Amp circuits on your sub panel in case you want to put in a larger piece of equipment? In Germany we usually have a 20 Amp for the kitchen because even an oven or a drier can kick the 15 Amp breaker. 15 Amp is not even 5000W so if you get a furnace, CNC, or anything else you will hit that really fast.
300mm seems low for a socket to me, in 🇬🇧 out regs are 450mm for sockets, with light switches at 1200mm to make accessibility for wheelchair users better.
Is the air compressor going external or just on the back wall? I'd be concerned of the noise these produce if internally located. Take a day off too, I'd guess you'll be feeling extra work load being torn between handling normal UM stuff at the house and now dealing with this. 🖖
Looking fantastic Seon. Not sure what you had "hoped for" in terms of timeframe but you really are moving very quickly in terms of tradies quoting, in and out. BTW, any reason you didn't run the cables that have to go past the exhaust pipe up via the ceiling? That would allow you to completely and cleanly cover that pipe when it's plastered...
I wanted to leave the exhaust exposed and accessible, just in case... and I didn't want to make the wall thicker to go over it either. The cables will be under desks and not visible, and I saved 20m of CAT6A not having to take them up and down again ;)
The thing I didn't mention here is air extraction and ventilation. Plans here have changed, but until that dirty area separation wall is up and I work out how I want to lay out the dirty tools area, I'm not really able to map that out yet. I've oriented the assembly line with the reflow oven and dirty tools area at the same end, so extraction only needs to come down rom the ceiling from 1 end - but I'm still expecting some difficulty getting it all into play.
Wow. You really getting this place awesome. Still waiting for those persian carpets though.
That is an awesome bit of space! Lot of work to do but it's going to be epic!
It's going to be awesome!!
Starting to look like a real workshop now!
Not quite yet - but soon!!!!
Pretty cool. Keep it up
Cheers :)
I had no idea you were about to move your workshop. I love the term sparky btw!
Where are you from? That is a common name for an electrician in Australia.
Looking good! This is going to be a cool place to work..
Looks like good progress. This seems to be turning into a relatively major refit. Hopefully you’ll still be there for the extended lease term! I hope the landlord does a good job fixing the rattling door. That would drive you crazy on windy days!
Yeah, I'd like to be here for a while - considering the investment - gotta keep selling those boards!
I would suggest you to run a fiber line (or two for redundancy) from your office area to production area, so that in case something nasty happens to any of production units, it won't blow off entire network. Also fiber is immune to EMI, has very small diameter (compared to regular copper cable) and can be pretty much as long as you want it to be. Mikrotik sells some very affordable switches with SFP+ cages, and pre-terminated fiber is fairly cheap too, so that shouldn't break the bank, but it will give you a piece of mind with full electrical isolation.
Looking great Seon. I'm envious. You're really living the maker dream
Not sure I'm living the dream - not yet anyway - working very hard for it.
Loving your grit mate! You're on a mission. Great to watch your story unravelling! Keep going, but do try to squeeze in some downtime every few days!
Congrats Seon! Will have to pop in for a visit when I do make it south of the border which hasn't happened for 2.5yrs... SZ18 still feels like yesterday in some ways
Looking good, Seon! 👍👍
Looks like you've been going great guns on this. Unless someone has done something like this, they don't realise just how much work it really is.
Cheers Richard! A lot of $ and sweat equity in this so far. More to come I'm sure!
Great progress. When you say you can visualize how it's going to look, do you know where the logo is going? Take care Seon.
The logo is NOT going to go where I planned - as the aircon is now going to be lower then I had hoped, but about 400mm :( So, no idea where the logo and laser wall is going to go :( I can "almost" visualise it all :)
Don't you want at least 1-2 20+ Amp circuits on your sub panel in case you want to put in a larger piece of equipment? In Germany we usually have a 20 Amp for the kitchen because even an oven or a drier can kick the 15 Amp breaker. 15 Amp is not even 5000W so if you get a furnace, CNC, or anything else you will hit that really fast.
In Australia, a 10A circuit has a 15/16A RCD. A 15A circuit has a 20A RCD.
300mm seems low for a socket to me, in 🇬🇧 out regs are 450mm for sockets, with light switches at 1200mm to make accessibility for wheelchair users better.
Definitely 300 minimum here :)
Yep defs 300 mm in Aus.
Windy in Melbourne... NEVER!
Is the air compressor going external or just on the back wall? I'd be concerned of the noise these produce if internally located. Take a day off too, I'd guess you'll be feeling extra work load being torn between handling normal UM stuff at the house and now dealing with this. 🖖
Internal - It's a silent scroll compressor - not worried about noise. It will be sitting on the floor against the back wall.
Looking fantastic Seon. Not sure what you had "hoped for" in terms of timeframe but you really are moving very quickly in terms of tradies quoting, in and out. BTW, any reason you didn't run the cables that have to go past the exhaust pipe up via the ceiling? That would allow you to completely and cleanly cover that pipe when it's plastered...
I wanted to leave the exhaust exposed and accessible, just in case... and I didn't want to make the wall thicker to go over it either. The cables will be under desks and not visible, and I saved 20m of CAT6A not having to take them up and down again ;)
what about pneumatics pipes ? ( for air tools like blowers , p&p , dust cleaner , air brush paint , rivet machine , etc )
He talked about routing air in the cable tray suspended by the threaded rods from the ceiling at 11:00 minutes into the video.
@@paulrautenbach ok did not catch this one , I have posted my comment for the other room
The thing I didn't mention here is air extraction and ventilation. Plans here have changed, but until that dirty area separation wall is up and I work out how I want to lay out the dirty tools area, I'm not really able to map that out yet.
I've oriented the assembly line with the reflow oven and dirty tools area at the same end, so extraction only needs to come down rom the ceiling from 1 end - but I'm still expecting some difficulty getting it all into play.