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I'm military and get bounced around quite a bit. I've gone from a separate workshop building that could hold 4 cars, to a 3 car space, to a 2 car space and now to a single car (25x15) garage space.
Its about the smallest space I've ever had to deal with. Not all bad though, its good motivation for the "downsizing" we've been wanting to do in prep for retirement.
I have to sell off a few things. Mostly cars. 83 mustang and my favorite driving car, my 2004 300m special. I'm keeping the 1962 TBird, but its a rust bucket project and has to fit in the garage with everything else. I have to keep one project car! Whats a fella to do with his retirement but build a cool cruiser?
I also have basic wood working tools and need to be able to use them. Primarily, its the table saw that takes up the most space. Its built into an 8 foot bench that also stores other wood working tools. Its not the ideal tool to keep in the same space at a metal lathe, but I have to keep it. The table saw is the metal lathe of the wood working world. It can do nearly everything.
The rest will be storage in overhead cabinets.
Here's a pic of when the movers were just dropping stuff in the space:
Believe it or not, I had been cleaning the space up before that pic! The !movers had it floor to ceiling with boxes and misc chaff!
Getting a little cleaner:
Finally good enough to walk around without screaming at the mess!
That's pretty much where it sits today. I've got the electrician coming in to wire it up for more 110 plugs, a fan force heater (garage is insulated but not heated) and a 220 plug for my welder.
You can see the Atlas in this pic in the final spot for it:
That wall will be all work bench. The table saw will slip in under the bench. There will also be my compressor and cutoff saw on and under the bench. The red tool boxes are where the welding table I'm going to build will reside. The Atlas will get its own stand and a cabinet around it that will house its controllers, attachments, lights, exhaust fan and assorted other things.
The opposite wall will get some high mount cabinets and creative wall storage for things like jacks stands, shop vac, etc to get stuff up and off the floor.
Along the back wall (not in pics) will be my roll around tools boxes and I'm thinking of mounting a 32" TV up on the wall with a sound system (already have all that stuff).
Still toying with epoxy coating the floor. Also trying to decide on a paint scheme for the whole space.
Stay tuned for more as it develops. Hoping to get the overhead cabinets (the boxes at least) built this weekend.
Its about the smallest space I've ever had to deal with. Not all bad though, its good motivation for the "downsizing" we've been wanting to do in prep for retirement.
I have to sell off a few things. Mostly cars. 83 mustang and my favorite driving car, my 2004 300m special. I'm keeping the 1962 TBird, but its a rust bucket project and has to fit in the garage with everything else. I have to keep one project car! Whats a fella to do with his retirement but build a cool cruiser?
I also have basic wood working tools and need to be able to use them. Primarily, its the table saw that takes up the most space. Its built into an 8 foot bench that also stores other wood working tools. Its not the ideal tool to keep in the same space at a metal lathe, but I have to keep it. The table saw is the metal lathe of the wood working world. It can do nearly everything.
The rest will be storage in overhead cabinets.
Here's a pic of when the movers were just dropping stuff in the space:
Believe it or not, I had been cleaning the space up before that pic! The !movers had it floor to ceiling with boxes and misc chaff!
Getting a little cleaner:
Finally good enough to walk around without screaming at the mess!
That's pretty much where it sits today. I've got the electrician coming in to wire it up for more 110 plugs, a fan force heater (garage is insulated but not heated) and a 220 plug for my welder.
You can see the Atlas in this pic in the final spot for it:
That wall will be all work bench. The table saw will slip in under the bench. There will also be my compressor and cutoff saw on and under the bench. The red tool boxes are where the welding table I'm going to build will reside. The Atlas will get its own stand and a cabinet around it that will house its controllers, attachments, lights, exhaust fan and assorted other things.
The opposite wall will get some high mount cabinets and creative wall storage for things like jacks stands, shop vac, etc to get stuff up and off the floor.
Along the back wall (not in pics) will be my roll around tools boxes and I'm thinking of mounting a 32" TV up on the wall with a sound system (already have all that stuff).
Still toying with epoxy coating the floor. Also trying to decide on a paint scheme for the whole space.
Stay tuned for more as it develops. Hoping to get the overhead cabinets (the boxes at least) built this weekend.
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