Notarubicon's Army Issued Garage

[notarubicon]

So, I have been lurking for about a month now and I am extremely green with envy. A little about me, I am a 91E allied trades specialist in the US Army. I have been in since 2006 and I love getting up everyday to go to work but enough about me, lets get to the garage. I cant really do alot in the garage since I live in on post housing and everything I do I have to be able to take with me. This winter after I finish my wifes christmas present i am going to clean and organize the garage so i can start making extra money workin on cars.
Here is the view from the outside looking in.

This is the work bench that my Friend and I put up.

These next two are of the tool box that I have. If you notice the logo next to the craftsman logo is a trailer special logo, the story behind that emblem is after my Great Grandma past away, we were cleaning out the garage and I found it in a box I asked what kindof car it was fromand my dad said it was from a Ford ltd that my great grandpa covnverted to a maxi taxi, so after some arguing about who should get it between my dad, my uncle and I, my Grandma steped in yelled at my dad and uncle and told them since I found it I get to keep it plus I am her favorite

Here is my beer cooler

here is a pic of the wall of signs and posters which is not much

 

[rickairmedic]

Welcome to The Garage journal and Dang base housing has changed since I was in thats a nice garage . The last base housing I lived in my shop was the covered and semi enclosed lanai on the front of the house . Nedless to say I spent alot of time at the base hobby shop painting other guys cars and rebuilding the ones
I could pick up cheap and turn a profit on with a little work .

Rick

 

[Bib Overalls]

Friend of mine had a workbench that was essentially a very strong shipping crate. The front came off and exposed the interior which had shelves for tool storage. The crate set on fork lift risers. When it was time to PCS he pack the tools in tight and screwed the front on. It went all over with him and he never had any issues with the TMO.

Will they let you paint the fire wall and the OSB sheathing? Way back when (I was on active duty) you could get paint from Housing Maintenance for self help projects.

 

[notarubicon]

now that base housing is privatized they will not let you paint it unless you buy the paint then when you leave you have to primer the wall so basically a waste of time

 

[NUTTSGT]

I spy a hatchet on the wall. Don't seem them on a workbench very often.

 

[kbkna]

THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY! I like the benches! and the rolling cooler

 

[The Slurpee King]

now that base housing is privatized they will not let you paint it <snip>

Excuse the OT and forgive my ignorance (I busted my commissioning physical; that was as close as I got to the military), but base housing is privatised? Since when?

 

[notarubicon]

Excuse the OT and forgive my ignorance (I busted my commissioning physical; that was as close as I got to the military), but base housing is privatised? Since when?

I cannot lie to all I know is when I came back from Germany and we got to Fort Belvoir they were privatized and that was feb 08

 

[notarubicon]

I spy a hatchet on the wall. Don't seem them on a workbench very often.

you dont usually but i keep it there since it has special meaning as it was my great grandpa

 

[notarubicon]

also took all the scrap metal to the scrap yard and got 25 dollars for it so now i am trying to finish the wife's christmas present, which is a desk for her crapbooking........ I mean scrapbooking . I will post up pictures later to day of the progress

 

[daveroy]

Not to jump too far off topic, Are you building the desk yourself? would love to see what you are doing there, my wife has gotten into it and I need Ideas.

10 years USAF 6 in base housing, all we had was carports!

 

[Bronson]

Thanks for Your service!

 

[notarubicon]

Not to jump too far off topic, Are you building the desk yourself? would love to see what you are doing there, my wife has gotten into it and I need Ideas.

10 years USAF 6 in base housing, all we had was carports!

Yes, I am making the desk myself and I must say I am by no means a woodworker I do this to pass the time on what little time I have off and it brings back memories of making stuff with my grandfather. I will take pics today

 

[notarubicon]

Well I got a little bit of straightening up in the garage and part of my wife's christmas present done. So enough posting and on to the pics:

The mess underneath the work bench

the next two are the mess on the shelf

this is the sorry excuse for a work bench that housing puts in the garage

the progress of cleaning off the workbench

straightening up the shelves will be back at it tomorrow

 

[zjrog]

Base housing was always tough to work on cars in. Best house I ever had on base, the garage was detached and almost double car size, but only a single wide door. It had a full width shelf across the front of the garage, but high enough to park a truck under.

 

[Cougar67]

Did you win the beer cooler? I won one exactly like that from a radio station last year.

 

[Wes28376]

I cannot lie to all I know is when I came back from Germany and we got to Fort Belvoir they were privatized and that was feb 08

I remember it started when I was at Ft Bragg in 2000. I believe almost every post is on board now.

 

[notarubicon]

Did you win the beer cooler? I won one exactly like that from a radio station last year.

One of my soldiers won it at the class six( gas station) here on base and since he doesnt drink he gave it to me

 

[notarubicon]

well getting a lot done in the garage today finishing organizing the sockets and putting up my Christmas present from my wife and kids