Shop Question

[Swingman]

They're automobiles, not cars ... and they're housed in temples, not garages.

[Bob G.]

I can relate... I have 5 Corvettes and a Chevelle parked in my garages...which forced me to move my shop upstairs over the one garage.... a Shop on the second floor is NOT great but it works especially when I "have" to have the cars parked inside a locked, secure area or my "car" Insurance is voided...

My Truck (my daily driver )and my wives van are parked on the driveway

24/7 ...only time they ever enter one of the garages is to put them up on the lift for maintance...

Shame I had to move the shop...BUT a guy has to do what a Guy has to do... too many hobbies, not enough land...

Bob G.

[Pat Barber]

Consider a version of this:

even a version of this:

to hide the rest:

major tools can be shifted to a wall with mobile bases.

In theory, you can hide them all behind a wall with drop down panels on hinges.

Putting tools "in" cabinets is an excellent idea.

Hedley wrote:

I'm afraid the BOSS would have increased anxiety levels

[Lee Michaels]

"Bob G." wrote

I apologize, I just can't help myself. I read the above remark and got this picture.

Uhhhhhh..........., Bob, just how many wives do you have??

[Dave Hall]

...and why do they all have to use the same van. Spring for at least one vehicle for every two to three wives.....;-)

[brianlanning]

I live in chicago. I have a three car garage with no cars in it. :-)

brian

[brianlanning]

... and why is he putting his wives on the lift? Never mind, I don't want to know.

brian

[mac davis]

methinks that if I had that stable of cheby iron, I could afford a secured storage unit for them... just think of the shop that could be set up in the space 3 or 4 of them are taking up.. *g*

mac

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[mac davis]

mine's spotless.... or at least I don't think there are any spots under the shavings...

mac

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[mac davis]

Let us not forget the old 'mini lathe in the fold-down ironing board" trick...

mac

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[Pig]

My walk out doesn't share space with lawnmowers, etc., but with other stuff in storage, and what I did was frame out a wall between the shop area (which is about 18 by 40) and a "storage" area which also includes the furnace and hot water heater and covered the wall with 1/2" CDX ply. I sheetrocked off the stairs and put in a few doors I salvaged from a neighbor. No dust gets into the stairway, or the storage area. I built some lumber storage racks in the storage area and keep my wood over there. Works for me. Mutt.

[John T]

I kind of like the shop hutch idea, but I can't seem to make out what gets stored in the upper cabinet...can't be just boxes of nails and screws? I especially liked the adaption of a miter station and hutch.

John

[Hedley]

[Hedley]

Thank you all for the input. Now I have to go do my nails...

[mac davis]

10 penny?

mac

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