Old Grain Bin Makes Low-Cost Shop

Old Grain Bin Makes Low-Cost Shop BUILDINGS Miscellaneous 30-5-38 "I spent less than $50 to build my shop," says Roy Gray Jr., Newsoms, Va., who converted an old 18-ft. dia. drying bin by laying it over on its side. The shop measures 20 ft. long by 15 ft. wide and is 9 1/2 ft. high at the peak. The south side has a 9-ft. wide opening, with a homemade metal lean-to attached to it. There's a 7-ft. wide opening with homemade folding doors on the west end of the building. The other two sides of the building are closed. He got the bin for free from an acquaintenance after a storm blew the roof off the bin. He used an impact wrench to unbolt half the panels from the bin and then laid the half that remained over on its side. The metal lining out of an old swimming pool was used to close up the bin's open top and bottom ends. A tin snips was used to cut out the two door openings, as well as a small window on one end of the building. He built a wooden frame in each of the door openings for support. He made the double folding doors out of an old roll-up garage door, unbolting the door into two halves and then laying them on their sides and adding hinges. "I keep my shop tools in it, as well as my Cub Cadet riding mower," says Gray. "I stood on an 8-ft. ladder and unbolted the bin all by myself, then brought it home and put it back up. I built the lean-to out of an old utility shed that someone gave me." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roy L. Gray Jr., 22382 Cross Keys Rd., Newsoms, Va. 23874 (ph 757 653-7362).

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