A Fresh Start-My first garage 36x30

[BHR4CE1]

Congrats on a great garage!

 

[GCncsuHD]

Love the sticker bomb. I'm a big fan of stickers but i'm always super hesitant to put them on anything so i did my own sticker bomb project to appease that desire.

Same here, I'm a sticker *****, I love collecting interesting stickers, but also am a neat freak when it comes to vehicle appearance, so I limit the back windshield of my truck to a few discrete meaningful decals and zero on the body, even remove any factory applied decals . So this gave me an outlet for the sticker desire. I'll have to check yours out, my father in law is bringing me home a 16gal grease drum to use a shop garbage can that will be my next sticker canvas.

 

[dubber]

Same here, I'm a sticker *****, I love collecting interesting stickers, but also am a neat freak when it comes to vehicle appearance, so I limit the back windshield of my truck to a few discrete meaningful decals and zero on the body, even remove any factory applied decals . So this gave me an outlet for the sticker desire. I'll have to check yours out, my father in law is bringing me home a 16gal grease drum to use a shop garbage can that will be my next sticker canvas.

LOL, i'm the same way! Nice to see i'm not alone with that crazieness. I always take off all dealer markings and most model badges as well, except the GLI I've limited myself to two small decals on the GLI's rear window. Mine is an old wooden box i've had since i was a kid, currently it houses my shoes in a nice contained environment hahaha.

Good luck with your next canvas!

Here's mine.

 

[J-man67]

Wow dude. The home came out great. I was following on gmfullsize, but I'm currently truck-less so spending less time on there. Anyway great work, congratulations on the new baby, and hope you enjoy every inch of that home and property. I know I would!

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[Burgerkong]

I LOVE YOUR CHEBBIE DUALLY! I've had pictures of your truck saved from a while back, but had no idea who it belonged to until now!

 

[GCncsuHD]

Wow dude. The home came out great. I was following on gmfullsize, but I'm currently truck-less so spending less time on there. Anyway great work, congratulations on the new baby, and hope you enjoy every inch of that home and property. I know I would!

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Thanks!

I LOVE YOUR CHEBBIE DUALLY! I've had pictures of your truck saved from a while back, but had no idea who it belonged to until now!

Haha, I'm on several internet forums so pics of it are all over, thanks!

 

[GCncsuHD]

Been doing a little work in the garage, still cleaning up junk from moving in, still moving stuff in from my old shop.

Blurry pic, but cabinets and countertop put together. Still need to put my peg board up, finish the cabinets (probably just oil rub) and put handles on.

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Closeup of laminate countertop/workbench.

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Started arranging some wall art, including the thermometer and clock I made. This wall will be pretty much filled up with signs/pictures etc.

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Did a little more work on the table, I think I will get some orange vinyl and make a needle pointing at redline.

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Put up a few more banners.

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[MPowerKC]

The garage looks awesome so far...keep the pics comin'

That barn is way cool btw...I'm looking forward to its restoration. This is by far my favorite pic too

This is the scene inside that old barn.

 

[GCncsuHD]

The garage looks awesome so far...keep the pics comin'

That barn is way cool btw...I'm looking forward to its restoration. This is by far my favorite pic too

Thanks! A little update to that, this year we had the whole family in it, me my wife, and my infant daughter are in this picture. Even my black Border Collie is blended into my robe (pic is too dark to see him) he was there to keep the sheep in line

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[MPowerKC]

Thanks! A little update to that, this year we had the whole family in it, me my wife, and my infant daughter are in this picture. Even my black Border Collie is blended into my robe (pic is too dark to see him) he was there to keep the sheep in line

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Beautiful family man. You are truly blessed

 

[GCncsuHD]

Beautiful family man. You are truly blessed

We sure are, thanks!

 

[Honest Bob]

Love the truck!! My dad had one around that year (with the Chevrolet across the entire tailgate) poor thing rotted to death but I always loved it.

 

[TheRealSoCal]

Congrats on the addition to the family and sweet house and garage.

I'm big Chevy guy, so love to duallie and can't wait to see the C10. I had a 71 that I really regret selling

http://s814.photobucket.com/user/socal63SS/media/Clyde/080216045.jpg.html

Best of luck and keep us posted!

 

[GCncsuHD]

Congrats on the addition to the family and sweet house and garage.

I'm big Chevy guy, so love to duallie and can't wait to see the C10. I had a 71 that I really regret selling

http://s814.photobucket.com/user/socal63SS/media/Clyde/080216045.jpg.html

Best of luck and keep us posted!

Thanks, that's a great looking 71.


It would appear that my picture links are now dead Here is a link to the gallery with the originals in there:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/100855299@N02/sets/72157635271258667/


Here is a little update:
Made a "speaker grille" for the garage stereo
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I will be mounting it to a shaped oak board to match the cabinets soon, but until that time it is mounted on a couple 2x4 legs. Also got my pegboard in, still working on organizing the tools on it.

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[patent pending]

Cool house/garage, like the speaker grill. Congrats on the newest addition to the Wolfpack! I was at State 1999-2003.

 

[GCncsuHD]

Thanks! I was there 05-10. I see we share a similar taste in trucks!

 

[Hpozzuoli]

I love your plot of land. You have tons of room to expand on what is already a very impressive start. Can't wait to see the finished product and the tool collection. Best of luck.

 

[GCncsuHD]

I love your plot of land. You have tons of room to expand on what is already a very impressive start. Can't wait to see the finished product and the tool collection. Best of luck.

Thanks! Speaking of the tool collection, I finally got my toolbox moved over from my parent's shop. It was a relief, I had been working out of the box I keep in the toolbox of my truck for months...which also meant I felt compelled to pack all my tools back up each night to replace it in my truck. It's a pretty modest collection, but it's done pretty much every job I've ever required of it working on cars/trucks/farm equipment, just adding stuff to it as required for the job in question.

 

[GCncsuHD]

A few weeks ago I moved my Craftsman 26" stack toolbox, and 26" lower cabinet boxes from my parent's shop over to our new house into my garage. In doing so I unloaded all tools out of the boxes to make them easier to load, and because I intended to fully reorganize them. I cleaned them up, regreased all the slides, and put brand new drawer liners in each.


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After doing so, I started planning out my reorganization of tools, and just wasn't pleased. I wanted all of my sockets in one drawer, like they were in the bigger box at my parent's shop etc. And it just wasn't happening with these boxes. So I brainstormed, figured I could fit everything in a 44" HF roll cab and 7 drawer end cabinet and throw a nice top on the 44" and have another workbench in the process. Ran the idea by the wife, told her I could probably sell what I had on CL to cover a large portion of the HF box price, and she OK'd it

So I posted them up on CL. So far the Craftsman stack combo sold for $300, my full asking price so I thought that was a good enough start to go pick up the $359 HF 44" box. No pics yet, but we all know what they look like. I'll get pics when I hang the side cabinet and start putting the tools in. So far I'm very pleased with the space and the ball bearing slides.

If my other 26" lower Craftsman cabinet doesn't sell soon, I may just clean it up, repaint it, put some better casters on it, and a wooden top, and use it as a roll around cart. It is the perfect height to nest under my main workbench.

 

[GCncsuHD]

My International half height locker finally came in (from HomeDepot). Mounted it up to the side of my HF 44" roll cab. The color is slightly different, with my fluorescent lights on I can see it, but it is close enough to not bother me, especially after I have the top on. I'd bet 99% of people would never notice the difference unless I pointed it out.

A few minor issues:
1. The cabinet is about 3/4" deeper than the HF 44", not an issue for me since I will be putting a butcher block top on with a bit of overhang all around, but this did require notching the hanging lip a bit.
2. The locker is about 1.5" shorter, the pinch weld on the bottom of the locker is directly in line with the two securing holes on the bottom of the HF cab and it interferes with being able to drill holes and bolt it to the HF cab. Instead I think I will put a few sheet metal screws through the pinch weld into the HF cab to secure it.
3. It has two holes in the side, presumably for mounting to Internationals own roll cab or possibly handle. These do not line up with the holes for the HF's handle, but should be covered by it should I decide to mount the handle. The side of the locker did not feel sufficiently reinforced to mount the handle and move around a full box without flexing, so I will either leave it off or mount the handle on the HF 7 drawer cabinet side.
4. The locker door is secured with a single catch in the center (and a lock). Because of this, and some slight warping of the door, the top is pushed in and the bottom sticks out slightly. It's hard to tell in the picture but if you look closely you may notice it. Doesn't affect function, but it bothers me. There is a lip just inside the door on the top and bottom that looks to be perfect to mount magnetic door latches on to correct this which I will do promptly.

All in all, the locker looks decent and will serve it's purpose well. It definitely doesn't feel as "substantial" as the HF cab, but it should hold the plastic-cased tools (power tools, automotive tools etc) just fine. In total, with the HF 44", a HF 7 drawer side cabinet, and the International locker the total length ends up right about 73". I have an 8ft Sears butcher block workbench top that I will cut down and mount to the box.

Before, excuse the mess, I am still working on transferring and organizing tools over from my old box.
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The notch I had to make, a little jagged (used tin snips) but it will be covered up anyway.
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A dash of paint to cover it up
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Mounted
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Added a magnetic tray
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A magnetic prybar holder (held the HF 4 piece set very nicely, my larger handled Wilde bars didn't fit as well I've got a plan to make my own mount for those)
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Picked up a few of these stainless (using that term loosely, they are very magnetic, so a low grade I am sure) drywall mud pans at HF, thought they would make good parts trays. They had sharp 24ish gauge (guessing) sheet metal edges, so I stuck some of that black plastic car door edge molding to finish the edges.
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And I couldn't help but post this while I'm at it. My two shotgun-riding buddies. I wasn't paying attention, turned around and he had jumped in and crawled into her car-seat with her. (She was in his normal riding spot.) She didn't even wake up, but started rubbing his fur in her sleep like it she does to her favorite blanket.
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[GCncsuHD]

The wife gave me an ultimatum to get the garage cleaned and organized before our daughter's 1st birthday next month, she plans to have the party in our garage. Not as bad as it sounds, I had been begging for an excuse to clean/organize, but she has had such a long list of honey-do's I hadn't had the time. Things were still in boxes from moving etc. Only made a small dent so far, but I did get my workbench cleaned up and most of my "quick access" tools hung up, as well as most of my tool box organized and moved into it's place.

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Power tool cabinet, hard to see but I managed to fit my sawzall, skilsaw, drill, 3 batteries, and two work lights from my craftsman set on the bottom shelf, sander, jigsaw, heat gun, and electric impact on the second shelf, made a third shelf which houses the dremel, multitool, my kreg jigs, holesaws, etc.
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And I couldn't have gotten any of it done without the help of my lovely assistant
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[rmckee]

Nice job with the HF chest. Without you pointing it out I'd never notice the Home Depot locker addition being a different color!


Great pic of the pup & the kid, too!

 

[GCncsuHD]

Hung my 30" Gladiator cabinet between the garage doors to hold my wash/detailing supplies. I plan to steal another GJ members idea and get the HF 16x30 industrial poly cart to store my two 5 gallon wash buckets, brushes, and other frequently used wash supplies on and keep it parked under this cabinet between the doors.

The stack of wood will be moved soon, temporary placement while I am cleaning the garage.

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[sean Buick 76]

Keep up the progress... Bit by bit, it will come together!

 

[GCncsuHD]

Built a rack to hold my scrap wood and other various materials. Left room to store my jack and stands out of the way underneath.

Not very heavy duty, but was quick and easy to put up, the wire shelving on the bottom is turned upside down which makes a nice lip to keep stuff from sliding off. Laid a board across and walked on it and jumped up and down a little. If it can support my 220lb self centered on a couple supports then I think it will do it's job.

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[Honest Bob]

Nice! I think I'm gonna copy your wood rack. I already have a a large peice of that wire shelving laying around.

 

[GCncsuHD]

One year later...I finally cut the top down to size and mounted it on top. Went with 3/4" plywood under the top, poly sealed, laid a bead of caulk on the front edge before I set the top to stick it together a bit. I have about 1.5" of overhang on the front and sides, enough to grab material with a clamp if needed.

Haven't fully fastened the top down yet. The vise is just sitting there, I may cut a 24x18 stainless plate to go under that area so I have a work surface to hammer on without denting the wood top. I will fasten it across the front with lags, then through slotted holes with lags in the rear.

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[GCncsuHD]

Not many changes, did some cleaning and threw a few more things up on the wall. Next is to add some storage shelves to get some of that stuff piled in the corner up.
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