http://www.woodworkingtalk.com en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:52 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.woodworkingtalk.com http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f7/careful-out-there-13196/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:19:54 GMT http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2009/11/13/20091113abrk-amputation.html http://www.azcentral.com/community/g...mputation.html ]]> Shop Safety Gene Howe http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f7/careful-out-there-13196/ http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f7/my-workshop-floor-not-level-12992/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:31:35 GMT I have a large pole barn (60'w x 40' deep) with a concrete floor out back that I plan to partly enclose to make a 20'w x 40' deep workshop.

Now that I starting to lay out some of the ideas and figure things out I find out that the floor is far from level. I expect the original owners that built it wanted rain water to run off of the floor.

I have a difference of 8.5" in height from the front to the back (the 40' length.)

It is fairly easy for me to pour a concrete footing to sit the new framed walls upon to make the walls straight and level, but the floor will still slope downward from front to back.

Can anyone see any major issues for woodworking with this sort of design? (other than making me crazy looking at it every day?)

I see issues, albeit small, with things like outfeed tables for a table saw and such not aligning properly. Wall cabinets that are installed level will not line up with any workbench or tool that i have sitting on the floor.

I can pour a whole new slab on top of the existing slab to level it out, but $$$ and work I expect. looks like about 15 yards of concrete alone.

Am I nuts to proceed? Or don't worry about it.....? ]]> Shop Safety tkhayes http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f7/my-workshop-floor-not-level-12992/