 Welcome to a new precious plastic video in this video series we're gonna show you how to set up a precious plastic workspace because recycling plastic is not just about building our machines but you also need the space where you can sort out your plastic where you can shred it where you can separate it so we'll show you how to do that in this video and we're going to build this workspace inside a shipping container like this one you can easily find them everywhere in the world and you can move them around which can come in handy but also the size fits perfectly for what we need to set up a full equipped workspace so we're going to turn this shipping container into a workspace like this you can also download the template to make this miniature version of the workspace it can come in handy if you are making a plan or scale model of your garden or place where you're going to install it and it's just fun so this is going to be quite some work so if you already have a place yourself I would suggest to use that but you can still use this video as a reference to see the things you need to set up the workspace and what are the best measurements and the way how to organize it inside you can find all the technical drawings and blue pins online in our download pack and if you have a question feel free to post the topic in our forums and now we're gonna get started all right so this is what we're gonna do in this video and the first step is to get a container so we're currently at the harbor in Rotterdam it's in the Netherlands where all the containers come in and they have a lot of them here around and we're looking for one to buy and it's super easy I mean they have so many of them around here um you have different sizes to get so at least you have different colors which also have super long ones like these ones and this one is already a smaller one we're going for the long one just because everything fits in nicely and we have plenty of space to work anyway we're gonna pick a nice one now the the main thing to watch out for is just make sure it's it's watertight and not rusted because they're all second hand and been used for a few years besides that they're all pretty much the same it's amazing all right so we're gonna look out for one and transport it to our workspace the container arrived and one thing to make sure you do before you park it is that you have enough space so for instance here we don't really have that much space but on the other side we do because we want to make sure we want to open up one side of the container so we need enough space to adjust and to work around with it before you put the container on the ground you can add some normal floor tiles underneath to put the container on top so in this way it floats a little bit which makes it easier to paint later on you want to make sure that your container is waterproof so there are no little rusty holes in there and a good way to check it out is to just close it and then you have light shining through you can see the holes looks pretty good so as you can see the container itself is not super strong you can move around like this it's because all the strength comes from these the edges of the container so the walls don't provide any support which is kind of nice because that means you can also fully take them out if you want just make sure that you don't touch the edges because then it's not certified anymore and you kind of want that if you want to ship it around all right so we got ourselves a container and it's properly parked outside so now we're going to do the first step which is cutting it two big holes so the first thing we're going to do is open up the walls so we have some light and ventilation inside the container however this stuff is pretty heavy all this metal and this big surfaces so it's probably a two man job so I've got my boy Jerry here yeah so together we're gonna start it so let's get started yes so if you take out the wall it's best to cut it as low as possible to the beams because otherwise you end up with this edge which you need to cut off now manually so we cut out the window but we left it closed on a few places mainly because otherwise when you're grinding halfway in it already falls and so this way you can cut 90 percent and then just do the last 10 percent and it just pops out in the container and we finished up the edges so we can weld on top of it and that's also our next step to reinforce these holes to make sure they're strong and use these leftover sheets to make the windows that open and close all right so we cut out two big holes in the container now we're gonna reinforce them with some beams to make sure it's still strong and we're gonna put a door in the big one we use some woods in between here and also on the bottom um that is to make sure we still have some space later so it can hinge open and close and here is like a little hole um which is in that one as well so we're gonna put in a metal rod and then we're gonna weld it together in there so we finished the big door this was the tough one and now we're gonna make the window frame for this smaller window where people gonna bring our plastic so the frame is in and make sure to put it on a few beams or anything that gives a little bit of height because we need this because later we're gonna add a little counter on there go in front of our container and also the big one here in the back and we added some of these gas springs which you can find in the back of a car as well when they open up and it saves a lot of weight when you need to lift this whole thing up and if you cannot find a gas spring you could also make a door that just opens sideways but we like when the cover is like this because like now if it rains you have a nice dry spot anyway that's it for the video about the outside of the container in the next one we're gonna focus more on the inside the machines the displays and how to set that everything up so hope to see you in the next video all right so we finished the first step of this video series i hope it was all clear if you have a question feel free to post the topic in our forums you can download all the blueprints and technical drawings on our website and in the next step we're gonna build the entire interior for the workspace so see you in the next video