A career in industry has no doubt played a huge part in providing the background, experience, and knowledge to put such an impressive shop together, and even more importantly know how to put the contents into practical use!
Very impressive by any measure. My job has allowed me the privilege of touring literally hundreds of shops and working for several during my career so I have seen many.
Only one, maybe two times have I ever seen a shop as well equipped, organized and in use as yours. Actually, the closest shop that I ever recall seeing that was anything close to what I see in your shop was the one I saw when I toured the automotive restoration program at McPherson College in McPherson KS.
Honestly, from some of the pictures you have shared in previous posts I am not surprised in the least at what these pictures showed.
I am very impressed that you hung your bridge. I have only personally known only one other guy to do that. I seem to recall his was 5T at least that was what I recall, it might have been a 10T. His is a heavy shop as he primarily does work for Cat. Anyway, I would stop by his shop when he first had the building assembled every night after work. Several nights successively I stopped and watched as he and a couple of BIL's were attaching the rails the bridge was to be hung on to the red iron skeleton of the structure still under construction and not yet skinned. I don't recall seeing the bridge hung, but only recall seeing them install the traveling rails. The same bridge is still in use today, no idea if the hoist is the same. That guys shop has expanded exponentially since he opened as a one man shop in 1992 or so and now employs 50-60 people or so.
Around 1997 the guy bought a massive machining center I think it is called a V-100. The machine is so huge the advertising picture he had for the machine showed a Hummer vehicle parked on the table!
I have likely shared that previously. If anyone cares to see the massive machine for themselves just Google search R-Tech tool and machine in wamego KS. I think there are also YouTube videos of the machine in use as well.
Forgive me, I always stray. OCG, a most impressive shop, and I know exactly what it took to hang that bridge. Count me plenty impressed!