Jbizzle
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How exactly did you do the floor? You covered in flake first and then put a clear epoxy topcoat on it? What products did you use? How is it holding up to the welding/grinding and moving around of all your equipment?
New 24'x24' Bungalow Woodshop/Autoshop in California
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volksnick
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Pretty awesome build! I have done a good bit of design work on roofs with the half hip roof and have always battled supporting everything structurally. Yours seems to work well with the lofts.
I only have two questions after watching your build. When the lift is up, does anything prevent you from stepping into the pit or rolling into it with a creeper/rolling stool? And does the garage door tracks negate the open ceiling in some areas? It always seems that the doors get in the way...
Keep up the nice work!
I only have two questions after watching your build. When the lift is up, does anything prevent you from stepping into the pit or rolling into it with a creeper/rolling stool? And does the garage door tracks negate the open ceiling in some areas? It always seems that the doors get in the way...
Keep up the nice work!
FunBags
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Incredible eye for detail, I love everything about the house and garage. I am stealing a few ideas for my garage!
Just an extra at this point. When I roughed in the electrical I wasn't sure how the cabinets would lay out exactly.
First a base coat of solid gray, then the flakes spread over the wet gray, then clear over that. I've managed to gouge a few spots with sharp corners of tube steel when I was moving around the tool chest frame but that's to be expected. Didn't go all the way to the concrete so it's not noticeable.
Thanks. When the lift is up, you wouldn't want to step into the lift pits as the frame for the scissor lift is on the bottom of the pit and the scissors themselves are the way. Instead there's plenty of space to walk around between the two scissors. On the lift side of the garage, I vaulted the tracks with the pitch of the ceiling so the bottom of the garage door is only about 8" off the sloped ceiling. You can lift a passenger car up full heigh (6' clear walking below the car) with no worries of hitting the ceiling/door.
Made some significant progress on the workbench this weekend. All the 5 HF boxes are in. I just need to make the sheet metal top (which will have a backsplash and turn down to cover the gap between top of box and top of countertop subtop (doors)) and shelves/door fronts on the left hand lower cabinets.
neilc
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Those look great! You must have a ton of tools to use all that storage! Excited to see when you have them all full!
Great thread! Subscribed.
Great thread! Subscribed.
AirForceVet
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None of the pictures will load for me, not even in photobucket. In photobucket, I can see the thumbnail but the full size pic still won't load. Weird!
slik560
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Check browser settings for the photo load issue.
Rockcam
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Beautifully done - congratulations.
I may have missed this, but how did you detail your air outlets with what looks like a decora outlet cover? Looks great.
I may have missed this, but how did you detail your air outlets with what looks like a decora outlet cover? Looks great.
elguappo
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DUDE!
just, wow...
just, wow...
Yes. I roughed into an open low voltage box and after drywall I took a SS cover plate and punched large holes through the back. I connected the trim piece through the SS cover plate and drilled a pilot hole through the plate for 4 sheetmetal screws to hold it in place.
Got some undercabinet lighting in last night. I'm about 50% satisfied...
Turns out it gets more and more dim the farther it is away from the DC point of connection. I stranded 3 together (all within the wattage capacity of the transformer) and am still running into brighter/dimmer areas depending on how far away that point is. Not bad for $60 though.
Turns out it gets more and more dim the farther it is away from the DC point of connection. I stranded 3 together (all within the wattage capacity of the transformer) and am still running into brighter/dimmer areas depending on how far away that point is. Not bad for $60 though.
slimpickins
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Amazing build Nitro! Just read the whole thread! I had a few questions along the way but most of them got asked and answered! Great idea on the conduit for the lifts. I wondered how you were going to finish that as it didn't look like you had access into the pit at first, but the diamond saw idea was brilliant!
Love the gate! I'm a big fan of gates and openers to keep the riff raff out and crittters in. FWIW, you may want to consider tying the gate opener to your alarm system/fire system. You need to give access to the Fire/police if there's a burglary - they'd probably just push them in if they need access. It may also prevent your dogs getting trapped if there's a fire.
One comment/question ... in this pic and a couple of others
It looks like you had some issues with the curved crown moulding on the eyebrow. Maybe its just an optical illusion but it looks likes you can see some of the joints. In an earlier post you talked about getting this custom made just wondering how the final install was done.
I also love the frames for the tool cabinets! What an awesome idea!
Very nice job and very well done!!! Subscribed!
Love the gate! I'm a big fan of gates and openers to keep the riff raff out and crittters in. FWIW, you may want to consider tying the gate opener to your alarm system/fire system. You need to give access to the Fire/police if there's a burglary - they'd probably just push them in if they need access. It may also prevent your dogs getting trapped if there's a fire.
One comment/question ... in this pic and a couple of others
It looks like you had some issues with the curved crown moulding on the eyebrow. Maybe its just an optical illusion but it looks likes you can see some of the joints. In an earlier post you talked about getting this custom made just wondering how the final install was done.
I also love the frames for the tool cabinets! What an awesome idea!
Very nice job and very well done!!! Subscribed!
Qualitytools
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Absolutely Fantastic! Extreme detail in every way. And to top it off you have an M3 that's Awesome!
Mpower5266
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Woah, I am in. Love the m too.
It's an addiction...
It went in pretty smoothly - there's only one joint right at the top and not noticeable unless you're looking for it. What you may be seeing is the clips for the copper standing seam metal roof which were eventually cut off.
Amazing build Nitro! Just read the whole thread! I had a few questions along the way but most of them got asked and answered! Great idea on the conduit for the lifts. I wondered how you were going to finish that as it didn't look like you had access into the pit at first, but the diamond saw idea was brilliant!
Love the gate! I'm a big fan of gates and openers to keep the riff raff out and crittters in. FWIW, you may want to consider tying the gate opener to your alarm system/fire system. You need to give access to the Fire/police if there's a burglary - they'd probably just push them in if they need access. It may also prevent your dogs getting trapped if there's a fire.
One comment/question ... in this pic and a couple of others
It looks like you had some issues with the curved crown moulding on the eyebrow. Maybe its just an optical illusion but it looks likes you can see some of the joints. In an earlier post you talked about getting this custom made just wondering how the final install was done.
I also love the frames for the tool cabinets! What an awesome idea!
Very nice job and very well done!!! Subscribed!
Fast914
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Hey Nitro, as all of the others have commented....what a wonderful build...I too really appreciate your goal of doing things "right" the first time. The cabinets are really coming together...I don't dare let me wife see this...truly fantastic though. Much thanks for all of the posts. Grant
ps...I have a lot of work to do inside re my garage but seeing builds like yours just gives ya motivation to get on with it.
ps...I have a lot of work to do inside re my garage but seeing builds like yours just gives ya motivation to get on with it.
Denwood
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Made some significant progress on the workbench this weekend. All the 5 HF boxes are in. I just need to make the sheet metal top (which will have a backsplash and turn down to cover the gap between top of box and top of countertop subtop (doors)) and shelves/door fronts on the left hand lower cabinets.
There is a whole lot of awesomeness in these pics. Very nicely executed! Not sure if you're thinking about shop dust management at all, but that space behind the boxes would be about perfect to hide piping for some workbench blast gate ports.
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Big Dad
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Those welds tho ..
Awesome idea! I have a big dust collector and it would be great to have a port at the back of the cabinet I could sweep debris into and possibly a toe kick one as well. I'll start scheming.
"Those welds tho..."
18 pages of awesomeness and now one negative nelly. I don't disagree but, I'm willing to give the guy a bye on this one. He's a PM, not a welder. Although I haven't seen the budget, he's managed this project expertly and did a really spectacular job with this build.
Keep up the good work Nitro!
18 pages of awesomeness and now one negative nelly. I don't disagree but, I'm willing to give the guy a bye on this one. He's a PM, not a welder. Although I haven't seen the budget, he's managed this project expertly and did a really spectacular job with this build.
Keep up the good work Nitro!
So you can actually run wires to any of the little solder points to boost the power. Easiest way is to connect the opposite end so both ends are getting power, and see what you think of that. It made a huge difference on a back lit mirror I made earlier this year.
Ian
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how deep are the workbenches?
dittle fart around
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That's a great idea, just brush your workbench to the back and have a mail box slot built in.
I'm stealing that idea. Thanks
Thanks - welding definitely isnt my strong suit given I only do it about once a year... These are also the ugly ones at the back that are hidden.
Workbench top will be 26-1/4" deep
Good call. Both ends actually terminate at the same point more or less... I suppose I could buy a 2nd transformer and hook up to the other end given that my transformer only has a single wire output.
BPJOOP93
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Just read through the whole build. WOW very nice!!!!!
wasfast
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Congrats on being on the Front Page of GJ!
tc-cad
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Love the build. A lot of great ideas. I really like the HF tool boxes for the base cabinets, great idea. One question, why did you not set the HF cabinets up against the garage walls? I see you have what looks like about a 6" gap. Where you trying for a specific size counter top?
Thanks for sharing great results.
TC-CAD
Thanks for sharing great results.
TC-CAD
Yes - I wanted a deep countertop and the HF boxes are only about 18" deep, which is about the same depth as my upper cabinets. Would have been awkward to have the uppers/lowers the same depth.