Few pics of Larps new workplace.

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First, apologies for not being on in so long. Been dealing with the holidays and working 60+ hours a week.Thought I would pop in in and share a few shots of where I now work. As some may remember my cushy gov contractor job got shut down last summer. After a VERY brief (like week and a half) stint at an absolute hell hole. I got on as maintenance/fabricator at a plastic recycling factory in August. So far it has been alright. Most of the guys I work with are great, the management pretty much leaves me alone, and I am allowed to work whatever OT I want.Even though I dont have to deal directly with the production process I have learned more about melting, blending, extruding, forming, transferring plastic pellets than I ever thought I needed to know. LOLFor instance, if someone had told me that little plastic pellets under pressure could wear a hole through a chunk of 1/4" stainless I would have laughed at them. Anyway, on with some pics.This is an overview of my shop. It is still a work in progresses. 2 months ago you couldnt even walk into this building. They were using it for storage of broke down unused machines, oil and fluids, and just basically junk. Before if we needed to fabricate or weld repair something, we would come in here for the materials, use the saw and shear, then carry stuff through the plant to a small maintenance shop there.  Larp is WAY too lazy for all of that. I want what ever stock I need within feet of where I am using it. So with the blessing of my boss and the plant manager I started cleaning, and cleaning, and moving crap. I spent more hours than I want to think about on a forklift moving junk here and there JUST to get to this point. I still got alot more to go to get it REAL nice.Shot from the back door. Just moved the Tig machine in. Near the saw and shear. I pieced together that cutting outfit on the manlift. All the parts were there, just need put together. welded casters on the bottom of the basket to move it around inside the shop. Main welding table. Found it not being used in a back corner of the plant. Tool cage. I have to supply all my own hand tools and there are a few thieves still not missing hands. The fuel cans HAVE been relocated before welding started.Our stick machine. Again, found stuffed away in a corner and nobody knew if it even worked. Welds like a friggen dream. So far I have that was already there or I simply scrounged/stole/relocated a horizontal band saw, hydraulic shear, really crappy finger brake, overhead crane with up and down only, small drill press, 40 ton hydraulic press, Tig machine, Mig machine with suitcase, the SA200 stick machine, old wore the hell out plasma cutter, a sitdown Tig table, bench grinder, desk, and one very large river rat that scared the sh!t out of me when I started cleaning.Ok, now just a couple project pics. Truthfully I get too busy and simply forget to take pics of stuff.Floor trench plates for some drain work we had done. 3" channel frame with 14" plate.And the inside of the godforsaken damn thing.  This is called the B400, basically a big a55 mixer that likes to break its ribbon every few weeks. I have been inside this POS 5 times since I started. And it sucks EVERY DAMN TIME!! Imagine trying to stand up in a big steel drain culvert that is covered with ice and you are wearing roller skates. IT SUCKS. Yours truly hating life while hole watcher takes pictures.Thanks for looking and I will try to get some more pics to add.If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:Nice looking place. Glad you're working in a better place!Regards,RobGreat Basin WeldingInstagramBlue weldersRed weldersMy luscious Table DIY TIG Torch cooler
Reply:larp; looks like you're in like flynn after all the hard work of clearing junk. nice looking shop with plenty of elbow room. you also got some halfway decent equip to play with. that lincoln welder is a beast. they don't build them like that anymore. plus plenty of ot? man, you went to welder heaven and you didn't even have to die. they got another opening??i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:Off to a good start it seems.  Add a little organization to the place, hope it's appreciated."Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Lucky you!I really have no idea what I am doing.Two Shop Cats (not Bobcats...real cats)Miller DialArc 250 AC/DCScratch-Start TIG SetupMIG 175Plasma CutterO/A
Reply:Thanks for the comments guys.Near as I can tell, thier style of organizing is: Leave it wherever you are done with it, bitch when someone moves it. Drives me nuts.doc, that b400 is defiantly NOT my idea of heaven. LOLRobert, she finally got those prints framed and hung up. They look awesome.If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish