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That's perfect! I can look around at buildings and kinda understand how they're built and mostly why, but I really have very little experience actually building wood structures. Thanks for helping a guy out with what is probably a really basic question. I know what i'm buying tomorrow!

Getting closer! In addition to discarded air freight containers, I also salvaged an 11' long 2x10 from the same dumpster a few months ago. I've been using it as a walkway as I clean 90 years of dust and debris from my attic, but I just found a better use for it: Just a few screws holding it...

One extra cost/construction detail I forgot to mention yesterday was the primer. I got some of this metal primer and brushed it on the day before painting it. I was cheap, again, and bought barely enough. Or, actually, not enough... I didn't prime the two oversized top panels because 1: I...

I'm not sure if it will need vents, or if the construction is drafty enough as it is. I know where I'll put them if I need them, so I'm ready... Isn't most spray foam somewhat porous? I'm afraid if I try to seal the gaps with it it might hold more water against the steel than if I just let it...

I also scrounged a free 2x10, which I'm going to stand across the top of that door opening. And there will be 2x4s up the sides, so I guess I'm 3/4 framing it. I'm expecting that to significantly improve the structure. The back half of the box is surprisingly strong considering the weight and...

bgott, It certainly isn't going to be very water tight! Water will pool at the bottom of each wall panel, and at the channel where the wall meets the floor. It really doesn't rain very much here, though, and I only want to get a few years out of this shed, as the ultimate plan is to build a...

I desperately need a shed to get the stuff that isn't car tools out of my itty bitty garage. Bikes, lawn tools, house tools, all that stuff has to go somewhere else! At work, we get parts air shipped from Japan all the time, and they come in these clever corrugated steel containers. These...

oOOh, that's pretty clever. Basically turn the box into a more conventional table shape. I would only have to cut off one rail (bottom front) to make that work. I like the flexibility of that idea...

Yup, that's me. -Dave

What I need the most is a bigger garage! That's why I'm thinking of nesting the two pieces. I get the sturdy workbench and I get the enclosed storage, but I only take up the space of the workbench. The garage only has a single 110 outlet strung illegally (ie. no where near code) from the house...

Ok, so I just managed to dumpster dive a few odd bits of metal shop furniture. This used to be some kind of heavy duty rolling cart. Casters attached to the triangular pads and it carried some emissions test equipment and bottles of some sort. And this cabinet just happens to be metal...

I'll try to keep my GJ blather on topic, but since it kind of IS a rolling garage, that big truck in the driveway is actually team Geo MetroGnome's race transporter. All about the truck: http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_articles/id/2425/the-ultimate-no-budget-racecar-transporter.aspx

Miatabusa goes on the back porch... For those who don't know what we're talking about, here's my little project car: http://www.motoiq.com/projects/mazda/project_mazda_miatabusa.aspx

Finished the hinges and diagonals today. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. The big reason for going to side-hinged doors was to make more storage space. I have a bolt-hoarding obsession. No bolt boxes for me! I sort all my nuts and bolts by diameter, thread pitch and length and...

I thought of that... The other side of the hinge uses some strange fasteners that wil require someone with an unusually large tool collection to remove.

Sorry for the confusion, I was trying to answer ddawg16's question about where in Long Beach I was, but I mixed up the names... I figured you didn't think I'd get snowed in!

What, you've never seen Mr Hankey?

Erampu, East Long Beach. The neighborhood is full of houses just like this. All made from a few kits that were popular at the time.

I'm actually never planning to park in this garage. It's almost big enough for my tools and car parts, and that's it! I have cars in the driveway, in the back yard, and parked on the back porch (seriously!) The back porch is just a concrete pad and it faces the Garage's man door, so that's...

Just bought a new house (1922 Craftsman) and now that I have my own dirt to build on, I finally allowed myself to start reading garage journal. I love this site! So many good ideas and so many helpful people. I'm still living out of boxes in the house, but I couldn't wait for unpacking to get...