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The most intricate drywall I had to cut,
1 4 XLR jack wall plate for the drum mics.
1 2 XLR/1/4 balanced input for a keyboard stero input or what ever.
2 1 XLR plate
1 8 post Banana Jack for the audio speaker wire running audio from the amps to the speakers on the otherside.
1 Electric power outlet on the bottom.
Then the window cut out itself.

the mixer will be in this corner.





Here it is cut out and screwed in place




Look at that steel reinforced corner, not many straight lines to screw into here, I had to map out all of these diagonal beams and trace them out, so I could have something to screw into to hold the drywall.




Getting there, most of the Drywall is in.


Tile is done and the plates are installs. Note the Communication drop on the bottom right corner of the picture. We actually ran a seperate Scedule 40 pipe next to the electric run and ran Network wire out. I thought I would need to run a router out here as well. Turns out the WiFi from the house is strong enough. Though I have the string in the Schedule 40 ready to pull some network cable through and the cable to do it. So far I haven't needed to. I may do something in the future like if I start a Youtube channel or something.


Here's my Mini Split, so glad I let Ernie my electrician(The Interloper I've talked about in past threads) Talk me into running 220 out as well. The 220 Mini Split AC is much more efficient than the two 110's I have in a two of the rooms in my main house.

Where's the indoor yam garden, the weapons room, and the bunker closet for the Claymores?

Nice. It sure feels good to finish projects such as this by your own hands... congratulations!

steverbeaver says

Nice. It sure feels good to finish projects such as this by your own hands... congratulations!

It was a bear, did it all by my self. I got one of those Drywall jacks from National Tool, and returned it when I was done. It was flimsy and rickety, and was tweaked and even more flimsy after I got done hanging the six sheet of 4 X 8 5/8. Had it held up I would have kept it, but if I were doing this for a trade, it would have been worthless.
I had a bin with a lot of 24 ft or longer XLR cables from when I used to play out, and host open jams. Also had a few 50ft speaker cables to run. Saved a lot by not having to buy the raw wire for it. It took me from Early March when I cut down a stand of Ficus trees, tore down a deteriorating lathe and plaster shed, got this delivered, ran the trench for the electric, installed the panel, ran the wiring inside, ran the audio cables, did the drywall. That's when the production slowed down, because it was so damn hot, and could only work for a few hours after work. Lots of Receptacle cuts, installed hardy backer on the floor with thinset and screws, then tiled over that. It feels as solid as a concrete floor now. By time the mini split was installed the paint was finished it was July 4th.

Nice!

You can grow weed in there!

I'm a dick, but you gotta work on the camera skills bro. Can't tell up from down in those photos. Work looks good though. Sorry I'm a dick.

I'll go back and curate them.

Here's the panel going in
Here's Ernie putting in the panel.


Here it is wired up


This is the Hardy backer on the floor, thinset spread over the plywood floor, then screws every 8 inches, hence I made a grid I could see.


These are the window drywall detail.

Corner edge


Finished


Audio wiring for the XLR Jacks, pressing the holes and putting the plastic grommets to run the wire through for all of the electric and and audio runs was a bitch. It's pretty thick gauge of metal, not like metal studs you get at home depot.




The wall plate

what is the purpose of this shed? For when the wife kicks you out of the house?

For music


And Office

Was smart enough to not leave room for a bed, or sofabed for that mater.

Nice work!

Fortwaynemobile says

Nice work!

Thanks it's the first physical work I've done like this in about 24 years. I didn't think I still had it in me, I have the engineering in me, most of what I did. I couldn't find documented anywhere. The Shed Studios on the internet is a joke. This thing doesn't sound any louder than a band playing in a well insulated house. There's low roaring murmur if your out in the yard listening for it, but all of my neighbors say they can't hear it when they are inside. We play sometimes until 1 or 2 in the morning. I keep asking neighbors if we were loud. they say they don't hear it. It's very solid, that's why I made sure to put 5/8s on the ceiling as well as the walls. That 5/8's drywall kicked my ass moving it around and cutting it and placing it in, by myself. I had to use self tapping screws, and pushed like hell to get them started. Each screw took about 2 to 4 seconds to tap and start sinking, while you push like hell. You can imagine putting them every six inches.

I damn sure don't have the stamina, 24 years ago I could have done all of this in about two weekends.

Electric panels belong indoors!

Tenpoundbass says

And Office

And hurricane refuge from the looks of it!!

Booger says

Electric panels belong indoors!

It's an outdoor service panel, is that the code where you are from, no breakers outside. What about the panel the service comes from the street? It's on the outside usually next to the meter?

just_adhom_preaching says

And hurricane refuge from the looks of it!!

That's part of the next project, he needs to come out and put in my high hat lights, and I also have a 220 plug in for a back up Generator. That needs to be hooked up on the post that box is screwed to. That way I can turn off the power from FPL, and feed the Generator into the house. A generator will run the split unit in my Shed, and the two in the house, and the fridge as well. I may go LP and put a huge tank. So I'm not schlepping gas and waiting in long lines. And wont have to store a bunch of small propane tanks.

Quite impressive!

just_adhom_preaching says

Quite impressive!

People say I should build them for others, but it's a lot of damn work and money.

The Shed paid 1200 extra for the insulation and had a standard door hung instead of a wide shed or rollup door.
Shed Cost : 6200
Crane : 350
Ernie and electrical work 1500
Another 2 grand on the Drywall and Flooring materials
Split AC with installation $800

I put about 10 to 12 grand in it.Shoot I would want almost that to do it again.
For 20 grand someone can have a cinder block building built.

When are you going to put up the roof solar panels?

I'm still waiting on a solar coating, solar panels are still 50 year old plus technology

Need roofing panels that can convert sun heat as well as light into energy and store it in the roof material.

If only a President could give billions of seed money to a innovative company to make new innovative solar panels.
Something that goes beyond bits of glass and fragile wire, on clunky braces that you have punch holes in your roof to mount.
Obama squandered a whole generation of innovative optimism, only to plagiarize 50 year old technology.

Tenpoundbass says

For 20 grand someone can have a cinder block building built.

Or get a tiny house shell with bupkiss in it, ha!

Okay, I want one. With drums. I don't even own a house I live in yet though.

Tenpoundbass says

I assume you're not the drummer and just have a random kit? Not a knock, all the guitarist and other musicians I've played with always like to have a kit at the house. I'll have to post my setup at some point now.

Correct I'm in my desk chair, and the strat in the foreground is mine.

WookieMan says

I assume you're not the drummer and just have a random kit?

That's no random kit, I have touring drummers come through with their custom kits. After a few wacks on my kit, they don't even unload the one they have.
That Roger's snare is a classic. I've never had a drummer replace it with their $1,000 whooptie doo Snare.

I bought the shells off Ebay about 15 years ago. With all instruments, sometimes even the Budget instruments, will get a piece of wood, that has so much resonance, and timbre it should have gone to the Custom Shop. These shells are such shells. They are Ludwig Accent made in Indonesia and should be a piece of crap, but they sound better than many high end sets. I also know how to set drums up, the first thing I did was took off the clear beater heads, and took steel wool 0000 to the bearing edge and got a super smooth clean edge, then polished up the inside of the loops as well. I then installed Ambassador coated heads, and tighten them down in order like tightening down a motor head. Make it so tight you worry the heads might break. Then stand on it with one foot, you might not need to full weight of your body, so brace yourself and load accordingly. You want to hear a pop or a snap. Then continue tightening, and repeat the process. After it can't stretch no more about three times. Mount the drum and loosen the lug closest to your knee, until it's at the pitch you like. Then I put Remo damper rings. I have only had to change the heads once about every 7 years. It's just now getting to the point I need a new set. Pro drummers often see the dampen rings and remove them, only to put them back. This set up give a perfect Rock God Studio drum sound.
I hate when someone smacks a tom and it repeats with the Mr Mackie "UmKay!" (Boom Umkay).
That's why drummer carry Gorilla Snot because drums you find at rehearsal studio's suck.

The Cymbal stands are the heavy duty Tama stands from the 80's with a 10lb cast iron counter weight on the end of the boom arm.
A crash will ring until you stop it or hit again.

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