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I believe I will run into issues with it coming too close to the garage (fire regs), but I assume you mean something like this. Don't entirely like the idea of having such a device technically outside though. Wind and sleet can't be too nice to it methinks. I want a slab at any rate.

If I extended the building I would indeed open up the rear wall as much as possible to make it as much a single long space as I could. Width wise I think 16.5" should be just about enough, but cramped for a two post if it was centered in the middle. But it might be too cramped anyway. I'm...

I guess I see it as tiny because I am mostly seeing limitations at the moment. It was a fun build though, I really kept the costs down. Part scrounging some stuff like treated beams as sill plates, part doing all the work myself, even mixing the cement for the foundation in a mixer. I cut down...

In my case I would've been able to build bigger, but didn't see a need for it at the time. Typical... What I would have been able to do however without increasing the square footage is a higher ceiling height. That's been annoying more than once with only 2.5m or 8'. This is also more personal...

An extension at this time isn't on the cards unfortunately and I would probably want to add like 3-4 meters or more then. But that's at least a year or two away I think before I have the time and funds to tackle that. I was thinking about a pit too, but that's difficult to dig out and there's...

The weather in winter time is absolutely the worst for any kind of work. I was really nervous my fiancés car would fail inspection (mazda 6 2005) last week because of a lot of rust on the passenger side. Last summer I laid outdoors and replaced the whole drivers side sill from wheel arch to...

Being able to stand underneath is probably something I would have to give up. I think I will have to start with jackstands and see just what is doable in reality. Maybe something like kwik-lift would be more suitable, and portable.

Christmas decorations yeah, just put them into the shed last week! Unfortunately I don't really have the ability to put up a fourth building on my property. I could see maybe extending this one in the future, making it longer, perhaps building sideways and turnig it into an L-shape. I got a...

I've spent the last two years building a shed from my own plans and doing all the work myself on my own, except for hiring a digger to remove the topsoil for me. It's kinda small 5x5 meters or 16½ x 16½ feet but that way I didn't need a permit. Now it's about done and it has a gravel floor so...

Bigger, bigger, bigger and a higher ceiling. My garage is full of machines and divided into a section for woodworking and metalworking. No car has ever been inside there. I got no place to work on cars except outdoors. The last couple of years I've build a shed to move stuff from the garage...

Not much of an update here. I put the old compressor block in storage for now. I bought a hydrostatic pressure tester (manual, used for 30 bucks) and tested the old tank, it leaks like a sieve! Going to the junk yard. Got the motor though so I am happy. Also removed all the fittings and useful...

Based on the picture here, I would say there is a manual drain valve on it. Given how full of water it was, it didn't work too well, or wasn't used at all by the previous owner. Here's part of the compressor block after removing the paint: There's indication of the intake having been welded...

I am from the old world I guess, so I should have some stuff laying around in my workshop (mainly woodworking oriented). Does a workbench count? Made locally some 50-60 years I think. Bunch of english made Stanleys: A swedish bandsaw:

Yeah it's not all original, the motor is a siemens 3ph one and the pressure switch seems to be of finnish make. There's a smaller cylinder that's in between the main tank and compressor block, I am not sure what purpose it serves aside from adding a few more liters, perhaps a gallon is all it...

Hi, first post and all that, let's just dive straight into the relevant stuff. I found this old compressor for 30 euros, 2.2kw 6-pole motor (920rpms), I figured that was worth a lot more than 30 euros: I was thinking of restoring it and hooking it up to my current compressor, setting up the...