Recent content by jeepmattb

It's been a week but I got the space wired this past Saturday. The whole project is an exercise in maximizing space. From the pictures you can see I need to tackle cable management. I made the shelves out of scrap 3/4 birch plywood. I have a lot more so I will add another shelf for larger...

Kellhammer brings up a very good point that i forgot to mention. Other people. When I lived on the third floor the fourth floor tenant was a stoner DJ who threw parties often. Also upstairs were two metal sculptors who welded and kept oxy and mig rigs...the danger for a fallen tank or sparks...

I lived in a work loft in downtown Cleveland for four years. The landlord didn't care and I had a crazy amount of space for less than $500 a month. I never once had a fire inspection. But was always prepared to. I did have the gas and water department come to check on pipes. I then flipped...

nope, they are not replacing the shop, those new buildings are just drill halls

i work at one of these, we call them AMSA or area maintenance facilities, or ECS. A lot of these are under equipped believe it or not. Most have lifts but no 3 phase or sufficient air to support them. Humvees will at most get a swapped engine, they are not actually rebuilt here. The sad...

crazy use of space saving in here. where did you get those fairleads for your cords? I want to recess my cords and love that idea.

Thanks, I've seen it before but sometimes I give up on threads when they have too many pictures. I'm glued to this forum while at work, so all the pictures can slow my work computer to a grinding halt. I'll re examine it.

my only two cents would be to relocate the stereo and cord reel to somewhere higher. Just to give you maximum bench space. In my garage I actually keep the stereo far away from my bench...right next to the door...where my wife hears it and gets pissed.

Has anyone ever recessed their airlines? I had planned on running my compressor from the attic of the garage and do not want to run copper tube down the outside of the wall. I would like to get two retractable hose reels and center them between the wall studs. Run the hose through the wall...

Re: garage refurb Wow, your hard work has really paid off. Great job!

The table is 12 ga steel. I hear ya though...it is a bit overkill for a such a small table. The goal for this space is to be minimalist. I need the bike space more than I need table space. For the price I couldn't beat it. I love its look too, but I guess that defeats its practicality.

I would avoid overhead storage, you're going to create a lot of shadows and will have to add more light fixtures to compensate. To me it seems like a priority issue. My wife wanted all sorts of **** in the garage. All of which went to the basement instead. If it isn't related to your work...

It is a '78 KZ400. This is my current project. Upstairs is an '80 CB750F. I do own a XS650 but that will get its own frame sometime next year; I want to do more than just tack on a hardtail.

$10 on CL, I've had it a few years but now I have the time to clean it up.

This is the back left corner of my attached two car garage. I used to have a 3500 sq ft. loft in downtown Cleveland where I "lived" illegally and had a dedicated space for my motorcycles and a space for woodworking. Unfortunately I had to give that up and a lot of my tools too. Now, four...