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Lots of good vise ideas! A pedestal mount on the floor by the door could work. But what did you mean by mounting the hitch receiver vertically flush the counter? I'm not visualizing where along the counter edge I'd actually do that and not block a set of drawers. Indeed! ;) A few updates...

Hi all, I was hoping to get some help from folks on any suggestions for how to integrate a nice vise in the shop. My basic ideas are: 1) Just drill holes in the countertops (gasp!) and bolt the thing down. Upside: Easy and straightforward. Downside: Consumes that counter space all the time...

You should be able to get away for cheaper... there was a lot of undo / redo as I fine-tuned plans along the way. Labor and materials for the basic structure / electrical was somewhere in the $30's, then add the big ticket items like new garage door, concrete polishing work, cabinets...

The white diffusers definitely reduce the LED reflections on the stainless table top, but they also absorb some of the light. Trade-off... It's made by Bobrick, model B-3944: http://bobrick.com/washroomaccessories/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?Product+Number%3dB-3944 I bought it from eTundra for...

Thanks for all the positive comments! All said and done (including cabinets, counters, lift, some simple exterior work to support the new side door, etc.) I think this hit close to $50k. But keep in mind that labor rates in the bay area of California are pretty high. As far as what I would...

Thanks! Haha, changing oil is in the plan! But I'm definrely a bit nervous spilling oil on the polished concrete. I might get a mat to role out just for oil changes. Or I should just spill some oil on purpose to get over messing up the floor. :p

I think my beam was ~$600. It was beefy (something like 5-1/4" x 14" x 22' long PSL beam). Yes, they shored the existing rafters with 4x4's down to the floor while they cut out the old small ridge beam and put in the structural one. I was impressed! I used these aluminum channels (I chose...

I've loaded a few of them full of socket sets that are pretty heavy. While they still open and close fine, and are in fact "ball bearing", the ball bearing slides themselves are not as high quality as the Gladiator cabinets I had before. The result is that they take a bit more force to move in...

Thanks! My focus is auto work, so auto clinic is a good call. I just took a look at my records, and from the time we started removing drywall until I took those final photos was roughly 9 months.

Thanks! I *love* the scissor lift. It is so easy use: 1) Just drive the car over the lifts. They're flush, so even the lowest cars fit no problem. 2) Toss some blocks under the car in the points where you want it to support the lifting. I have some 4" foam blocks that are nice and soft that...

I spent a while trying to figure out what to do for countertops, and went back and forth on butcher block vs. off-the-shelf stainless vs. custom stainless. In the end, I decided to go with custom stainless countertops in 16 gauge 304 stainless with 4” tall backsplashes on the wall sides, and an...

I did some cabinet research and decided that the Saber cabinets were the best bang for the buck, and designed layouts for both sides of the garage with their “silver” color in mind. On the left side we’d integrate a sink into a 2-door base cabinet, and on the right we’d need a 5 cabinet-long...

With the messy stuff now complete, it was on to installing the rest of the garage goodies. We had built a 1.5” thick plywood shelf reinforced into the wall framing to hold the air compressor, so we hooked that up next: Then it was on to the lifts. Those are some heavy suckers! We rented an...

To keep the garage a nice temperature year-round, we decided part way through the remodel to install a mini-split system. I quickly did some research and decided that the newer Fujitsu systems had the right combination of reliability / features / look, and had a local installer do the work (we...

So start, we removed the ceiling drywall and plywood to expose the structure: Then the rest of the walls were removed, and the roof framing shored in prep for structural changes to support the vaulting: A ridge beam was installed to support the roof: I ordered the lifts early so that we...

I owe virtually every one of the ideas realized in my remodeled garage to the GarageJournal community, so let me start by giving a big thanks to everyone on here! There are a LOT of pictures to scroll through to get to the end, so here's a quick spoiler of the finished outcome: Now on to how...

Thanks. They're Saber cabinets: http://www.sabercabinets.com

Been meaning to... just gotta gather up all of the in-process pics.

I measure about 69" from the floor to the top of the scissor lift at full height (5' 9"), plus I use 4" thick foam blocks for supports, making it about 6' 1" max. I am 5' 11" and I can just walk under the car at max height without banging my head on something if I'm careful, but I often just go...