We started with just a slab next to the solar studio, that seemed like a good place to start building.

Built out the frames for the sides

Painted them to match the Studio...

Sides up...

Got the very large top on... Our shed is quite a bit larger than the one built in April's how-to. I really wanted this to be a true small workshop.

Serving one of it's purpose already. We used roll asphalt shingle to waterproof the top. It worked quite well.

The shingling finished

Adding the 200lb struts to the roof. We calculated the roof itself was approximately 100lbs, and we knew the Solar Panels we were adding were another 50lbs per panel, so another 100lbs.

This calculation for the struts probably would have worked on a roof that didn't end up with a negative angle. Ultimately, this led to the shed roof's demise a bit later in a somewhat scary moment for me.

We then started on the Work table top.

We made the table top out of some scrap left over, and set it high enough so that my old rolling work table could slip underneath it.

I then mocked up the 300 watt panels to check how it affected the struts and overall weight of the roof. It was HEAVY.

We've been building our own mounting brackets for these panels with angle aluminum.

This is two pieces of angle aluminum bolted together to make a "Z" bracket

And final mounting...

Installing the Ecoworthy Solar Charge controller/Inverter/transfer switch.

Testing with the DIY 24v 18650 battery bank and Eco Worthy inverter/charger

Dual work surfaces with the rolling table out

Fast forward months later... and we have doors installed. When closing the roof one day, the undersized and poorly fastened hinges pulled out, levering against the high power struts, causing the whole roof to come down, unhinged, and slide off the shed hitting me in the chest giving me quite a bruise. Luckily, I was not underneath it.

A little trim work to re-do, touch up painting, and removable mounting for the new, smaller 100 watt panels. The 300 watt, industrial panels were just making the roof too heavy.

Close to complete inside. A bit more storage to add.

Ryobi Link wall mount organizer for the weed wacker.

Another Ryobi Link wall mount organizer for the hedge clippers and leaf blower.

Checking clearance on the new Drill press. I'll figure out some sort of swinging plate for it.

All loaded up. All the yard and wood working tools moved out of the garage freeing up space to work on the cars and Electronics and 3d Printing.

and still powered by the sun...

But with Commercial power backup...