A Look at my Old Shop Building - Shop Tour

Let's take a look at the building I have called home (or is it work?) for the last 6-1/2 years.

[@NarfBLAST]

LMAO at the commentary in this old video! "If you can find a lazier person than an unsupervised government employee..." Pure gold.

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

Now I can fully understand why you are so happy with your new shop !

[@bryanhowe699]

Hey Wes I've watched about 30 of your videos and now I'm subscribed. One thing you have that can't be taught is common sense. You do your homework. You invest in tools. If you don't have it, you make it work. I've been up there in farmland working on all types of big trucks and Ag. I really appreciate your channel and your presentation. Please keep up the good work and I'll tell my friends to watch a few

[@j.c.smithprojects]

i would take that good oil pressure lubed quincy compressor with me......you may end up at a shop with 3 phase power again...if not, you can always sell it or change electric motor to a single phase (as long as it doesnt need anything bigger than a 10hp). congrats on the new house and shop! we are very happy for you!!

[@akfarmboy49]

Keep the air compressor Put a single phase 3 phase VFD on it or just get a single phase motor for having an air compressor that you put a lot of time and money testing and fixing it I think it’s worth it and you like it that’s the important part. Yeah I like my privacy too that would be a little too jampacked for me

[@WatchWesWork]

This seem to be the consensus regarding the compressor.

[@bengro]

So wild about the floors. I used to rent 2-3 doors down from you. No joke about the parking sucking down there. Cool finding your channel. Was wild seeing the video of your roll back and thinking that place looks familiar.

[@WatchWesWork]

Wow. Small world!

[@robertklein2816]

Wes, Yes, you can 👄all the rent goodbye. Your going to need 3 phase in the new shop , pack up the compressor, especially if it's low hours and it's paid for. Maybe your should take the bird whistles too, they're probably going to follow you home. I'm sure you won't 😂 when you turn the key the last time. Best of luck in the new shop.

[@WatchWesWork]

We will have to make a plan for the 3 phase. I'm not sure what I will do yet.

[@robertmccully2792]

What I do is tell the landlord to fix things and if he don't, I take it off the rent to fix,like that leak he has not fixed. If it's in the contract for him to maintain and he doesn't it's on him.

[@ActiveAtom]

Thank you for sharing more details from the old place some angles we had never seen. We are so happy for you to be getting a NEW home and with that a great YOU OWN IT place to work from, that is how we do it here in the California Desert, we never leave home and it works well for us likely you as well. We are two guys very happy for you Wes. Lance & Patrick.

[@WatchWesWork]

Thanks guys. I'm excited about it!

[@openphoto]

Wow I extra appreciate your new shop now.

[@TraditionalToolworks]

Good to hear you're getting a new home and shop, that's awesome! I just had a foundation poured fora house that I'm building which the shop will be in the walkout basement initially. Hoping for a 30'x40' detached shop down the road.

[@WatchWesWork]

There's never enough shop space.

[@themaniacmower]

My shop I work in is just an old barn that my father and I fixed up. Its much bigger than that but I look at how those buildings are built and I look at my barn this barn has stood through i think 3 hurricans and three tornados in the 120 years its been around. Wish my building was heated tho it sucks in the winter but I have some kerosene heaters I run.

[@projects2347]

It's really interesting to hear and see your place and the challenges you had with it

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Look forward to seeing the new place thanks for sharing 👍🇦🇺

[@djberg3483]

Congrats to you n the mrs, out with the old n into the new.

[@akfarmboy49]

Good luck on your new place I like your videos always technically informing. I always have Similar projects to yours

[@jlucasound]

I am just now seeing the scope. I did not realize what you were dealing with and how much better your new location is. Like night and day. Thank You, God, for allowing Wes to have that rear view mirror. What a difference. If you set up, they will come. I used to drive 17 miles to get motorcycle parts. It was worth it. Imagine someone that needs quality work on their big rig. No problem. And gobs of room! You may not have much time to work on the resurrections, but who knows? Maybe you will get a tank in there. ;-)

[@williampeterson265]

What an improvement your new shop is!

[@Volcker1929]

That is a nice compressor, better the devil you know. Thanks for the shop tour. Good luck in the new place.

[@WatchWesWork]

I guess that's true.

[@shackman9566]

Thank you again Wess always good.

[@bcbloc02]

That rollback is sure earning its keep with the move. Good luck on the new place.

[@WatchWesWork]

It sure is!

[@CraigsWorkshop]

Thanks Wes. Lots of useful insights here. Agree with Dale Pomraning about keeping the compressor.. I look forward to checking out your new shop building. Sounds like you bought a place. Congratulations! I dream of owning my own workshop. Cheers, Craig

[@jerryleejohnsonjr1377]

Its fun to look back at how you started, Congrats and wish you the best and continued success.

[@73DiamondReo]

good to hear your moving on. I couldn't imagine moving again after all the crap ive acquired in the past 5 years. I think i would take the compressor.

[@WatchWesWork]

5 pickup truck loads, 4 trailer loads, 3 rollback truck loads, and I'm almost done...

[@yogibear1418]

Dont let go of that compressor. Congrats on your new setup.

[@clarencewiles963]

Thumbs up 👍 thanks again for sharing. Have fun with your new house and enjoy your new shop!

[@MrCarl312]

9:23 That insulation is a whole lot better that no insulation. If you ever experienced a uninsulated steel building in the summer, you would know how much good that thin insulation does.

[@danohstoolbox]

cool video keep up the good work

[@kutamsterdam]

I came here again for nostalgic reasons, you know ... sentimental stuff, you're indeed much better of now Wes, now i am going to watch the tour of the "new" shop ... again 😉

[@johnmezera2862]

That compressor is a good piece of equipment. Keep it!!!!!

[@bobmartens1089]

Glad u got the Frick out of there!!!!

[@RobertKohut]

Nice!!

[@brianburns7211]

I went to a state college. My professor used to say that when people ask he where he works, he says that he doesn’t because he has a job with the state.

[@JourneymanRandy]

That shop is huge 50x60. Looking forward to seeing your new shop

[@WatchWesWork]

Well it doesn't feel huge!

[@JourneymanRandy]

Try 44 x 30. Way to small but easy and cheap to keep warm in winter.

[@ArnieTF]

you made the right decision. landlord must be from NY. that's the way things are here....

[@rkan2]

"If I made it any nicer, you couldn't afford it"

[@trickert3129]

Congrats on 100k subs Wes. Thanks for all the great content and information that you post.

[@louisbeaufait4644]

Take the compressor with you. Get a single phase motor for it, or build a rotary phase converter, easy and cheap if you get a good used motor and do it your self.

[@morgansword]

I should of paid better attention. You made it very clear and concise why. Your nerves have to be fried going through mental fatigue. I'm very happy as you were pushing for the ten thousand mark and you accomplished that I'd say five fold! At least now what you put in the new place has a permanent home. As most people will tell you, you have family, friends from when you were in that area before growing up. I do feel for you on the loss of three phase and would be tempted to put in a phase converter for the air compressor, I have to watch in proper order so forgot stuff. I have a lot of faith in you Wes. A clever name drew my attention and your work sealed it! I will make this shorter, your going to look back and grin

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Your story is similar to ours here in New Zealand. 3 years ago we started a business and rented the premises. We had to close the business because of several reasons, one of which was the amount it cost us in rent plus insurance, rates and utilities. The place also had leaking roof in several places. It was not connected properly for a commercial drainage so we had a lot on our hands. Anyway, we made an exit and are on the mend. Looking at your building, you are better moving and hope you get a good deal in the new place. We wish you well. Another similar ring, the next door commercial property is owned by an old man who is also a recluse and a hoarder. People don't see him for months and if they phone him he replies after a week. He owns several properties around our town, has been around the world in his days but now this is how he is.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

@@toomaskotkas4467 Just hails from a farming family that did well and invested in properties way back in the 1950's, 60's. But in our times with the current experience of this pandemic, we can see how much is or can happen. Nobody can say that anything is solid, or perminent. We all need to look after each other.

[@CHOPSHOPUNDERGROUND]

Heat that for 200.00 that's way cheaper than I pay for my house/shop/shop Mine runs 600.00 a month during the winter. New sub here really like the vids!!

[@ResidentialDirtWork]

I like how you tell it like it is !

[@WatchWesWork]

No reason to sugar coat it.

[@christopherpatrick2343]

Great

[@weldmachine]

WOW. I guess firstly. What a Tour. You make a great Tour Guide, lol. As i always like to say every Bad has some Good. But i think you tried your best to polish things up in this shop. You are right to leave. And leave it all behind. But as you pointed out, it was good for a starter shop. It,s funny your shop always looked a lot bigger in your video,s. Wish you all the best for your next shop. I am sure your god will pay back for your perseverance. Thanks for the tour. Peter.

[@jasonwithrow7972]

Unless you are getting top dollar for the compressor, I think you'd be better to repower it to single phase and keep it.

[@WatchWesWork]

We'll see what they want to do. These old Quincy compressors aren't worth a whole lot, even though they are awesome.

[@samb3706]

@@WatchWesWork For about $700 you can buy a single phase motor and starter and change it to single phase. A new Quincy 5HP 1Phase is about $3K.

[@turbocobra]

That compressor is cool. So where are all your CNC machines? did you sell them all ?

[@WatchWesWork]

I still have a few. I'm moving everything to my parents place until we close.

[@JP-kk5vw]

Good for you Wes! It will feel good to say goodbye to the landlord 🐷 and the rent! The rent, the rent, the rent! 🏦

[@WatchWesWork]

I can't wait!

[@johndunbar2393]

I don't know, 200 bucks a month to heat 3k sq ft with a heater that small, doesn't seem bad at all, so that must insulate fairly decent. I'm in western Kansas and that's about all we have out here for bigger buildings and they all seem to stay warm in the winter, even with all our wind we get. I think there's better ways to insulate, but I don't think that way in inadequate by any means. Now how that building was constructed as far as bolting straight to a slab, that's a joke. That place is in pretty rough shape for only being 25 years old. Your new place is MUCH better! Congrats on the move!

[@eformance]

I bought a 10HP VFD off ebay for about $200 new and use it on my compressor. The VFD falls over if I try to run it above about 9.5HP, so at 5HP it would probably be swell.

[@akfarmboy49]

Is this VFD a single phase input. I’ll look for it on eBay

[@eformance]

@@akfarmboy49 It has no phase loss detection, so it doesn't know if you are feeding it single or 3 phase, it'll run off either.

[@akfarmboy49]

I’m building a rotophase to handle up to 20hp I’ll look at type you found on eBay

[@coreyshedd5527]

My biggest dream in life is to have my own shop and a towing business work so hard but it seem to hardly work sometimes idk

[@stevesmith-wc2gb]

Should have showed us that Toyota forklift

[@FPVForLife]

Back when the world wasn't a huge mess. Only a few years ago but it feels like over 10.

[@edwardgarea7650]

If you’re going to have all the drawbacks with none of the benefits, you might as well buy your own place. Good decision, but I can see the indecision on your face, as would be natural when facing a situation such as this. Best of luck and I hope you succeed beyond your dreams.

[@orinmangar2333]

Make a video of your new shop.

[@adrianrowlands1909]

keep the compressor

[@James-fs4rn]

Be good to get outta the moldy situation.

[@WatchWesWork]

It's certainly not ideal!

[@boxmaker86]

haha government employees are the same here in Canada too

[@dontblameme6328]

90*F @ 70% humidity is mild.

[@43isak]

Förvånande du har 3 fas i din nya verkstad? I Sverige har alla villor o industrier 3 fas. Vi har oxå mycket ligger i mark. Min villa fick för 4 år sedan inte ett avbrott o för 2 år sedan nedgrävd fiber. Lycka till i ditt nya jag kikar på dej. Är pensionär men varit i samma yrke som dej. Hälsa din fina familj.

[@shreddder999]

Why don't you just tap 3 phase off a single phase motor and keep your compressor?

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

If you don't mind me asking, where are you, roughly? You in the USA or Canada? & If you're in Canada, say something in Canadian, ehy? =) I ask only because I heard you say 'milimeters' (I live in the USA and hate standard...I despise them), I wish we used Metric, hell 'thousands' would be fine, but a 10-based unit.

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

Never mind. Illinois. Still, I'm cool if you say something in Canadian.

[@russellpetrie119]

with loans mortgages and property check out Samuel leeds

[@GNX157]

I hope you didn’t leave that compressor.

[@donald1056]

Do you get your money back on the $500.00 you put in it or is it all on you - so rent - utilities - is the property tax is just once a year or every month

[@josephmichuda6447]

If it's anywhere near Chicago then it'll be real expensive on property taxes. I have a cousin who lived in West Chicago paid $9800 a year back in 2007 and that was on a lot that was less than a acre.

[@AquaGreenORAganicsWestLinn]

Why not take the compressor and just swap the motot?

[@WCGwkf]

Im not sure that in a residence the landlord is covering the taxes exactly, if I was to rent my house I'd be charging enough to cover my entire payment, mortgage, insurance, and tax.

[@WatchWesWork]

The difference is that a commercial lease is typically 3 or 5 years, instead of 1 year for residential. By breaking out the property tax, they can bill you more (or very rarely less) for the tax, since it is assessed every year.

[@TylersNeighborhoodGarage]

Very interesting. However, the history is off somewhat. That was all one building originally. The section with your old shop in it was just part of the front building and they evidently decided to chop it up for rental space about 20 years ago. No evidence of any older building there all the way back to the '40's.

[@WatchWesWork]

Yep. Must be a conspiracy.

[@davidhudson5452]

The Rats Will Get You

[@redbudestate865]

I like the right to life poster in the office.

[@noahingram8052]

Hahaha

[@russellpetrie119]

501 bird deterrant s

[@jlucasound]

@8:30 All I have seen where the same design.

[@ruthpenner6995]

The dusty camera lens really show up when you are looking towards the light

[@WatchWesWork]

I wish it was just dust...

[@herbertmorris2848]

A lot of commercial property is lease-to-own. At the end of the lease period you will can own it.

[@WatchWesWork]

I’ve never seen that personally. They may have to do that to sell it because it’s so hard to get financing for commercial property.

[@robertmccully2792]

The old man has a great business. Now you get to pay taxes for the bank.