Mark C. Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 I moved out my old Alpine vertical pug mill yesterday-it weighed over 700#s-I'm giving it to a friend fro stoneware work I dissembled it and man was that thing a bear-mostly cast iron parts-the motor and gear box alone was over 150#. With the new space I moved all my overstock glaze materials (over 2,000#) and am rebuilding new storage. I have my annual clay material order in right now so the clock is ticking on when more stuff will show up. My order was 23,500#s out of that 10 tons is clay so I need space for bags soon. I'll take some photos when its done Now it concrete mixing time for foundation supports-I plan on using 2x10s and 3/4 plywood for shelves to handle the wieght.This job is a back breaker.I need to get it done while I can still move this sort of thing. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Wow this sounds like a huge back breaking project. Good Luck! Denice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 OK I admit it I have been hoarding materials for about a life time. Today was reckoning day for my material addiction Today was move them doggies (bags) back to the new shelves I built over the weekend. 1st let me say the shelve unit has a serious concrete footing /slab and one end walls are plywood covered shear walls along with plywood gussets added after photo in rear. This is all screwed together NO nails bolted to concrete pony wall where pug mill was bolted to since 82. The shelves are 1-1/2 inch x 10 inch scaffold plants which are 14 ply plywood . The shelves are solid across then covered with 3/4 plywood the span is 9.5 feet supported in center . The upper shelve( top) is 4x9 for my show paper rolls which are 2 feet long so they are double stacked up top now. The next lever has 1400#s of materials in 50# bags-2 bags deep the lower shelve has 2400#s of 50# 3 sacks-2 bags deep The bottom shelve (near ground has some 100#ers)-another 1/2 or 3/4 ton at least. space for a bit more on bottom.This unit holds over 6 tons when I fill it-yes there is more room down on bottom. I threw out about 500#s of stuff I will never use as well. I found 120#s of true albany slip clay 120#s of old kona F-4 feldspar a few bags of old cornish stonewall 100#s of original Kingman in bag and a bunch of other old world stuff like sands of time Canadian silica flour in 100# sack. I will add that this all is overflow back stock -not the material in studio I use every week-this is the bank which I draw from when needed. I just had placed my material order for the year two days before deciding to tackle this once in lifetime reorganization of materials I will stop ordering materials next year as I'm set until dead with most things in at least 3 bags or more. Custar is 7 bags and its all old old stock. I also have 800#s of kingman feldspar stashed in another area-its my go to feldspar 98% of the time. I am fulling admitting to hoarding beyond any reasonable amount for one person-I think I may have most schools beat -any school This addiction has paid off in spades as I have had access to all old world materials to make glazes I know so well. I also bought a lot of this decades ago for a song. This rack is rated for a 7.0 earthquake at least I believe maybe more. we shall see as we have had a few over the past 40 years. Its rain proof and completely out of the weather under a 40x30 corrugated metal roof. Its also next to my load in 8 foot gate next to road. My back hurts as I loaded 1000#s of clay also today into studio-seems I'm not very smart as this was better done another day. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Must feel like a squirrel before hibernation! Another job you wont have to do again! You're body will be saying thank you when you sit down at night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerdry Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Them's some mighty shelves. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Great looking shelves,Mark. You must feel very satisfied, as winter is coming. I am pulling all my tomatoes today, as Jack Frost is coming soon. Question; What do you do with those buckets of old glaze that never worked out? Can you dump them down the drain? TJR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 I dry them out to powder state and toss.I am lucky as a place less than 1 mile away takes for free any ceramic material for grinding up for road base. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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