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So, June 8th, time to start what will be known through the ages as the Great Migration : time to car machines and cars into the workshop. :D:D We started with my milling machine, weighing 450kg (900 pounds) ; a healthy baby, but not really easy to manipulate in my former underground shop...

That was a beautiful post Gregor, thank you. I'm french and seeing what's happening on the other side of the pond is infuriating and disheartening. Sorry, english ain't my native language, I might not have the right words... Ready your post is reassuring in the fact that it's a reminder that...

Well, that was my question too, but my contractor, who has used it many times in the past, told me that with the right mixture ratio in the lime plaster, it still lets the wall breathe, but prevents humidity from going though. We'll see how it goes.... YES!! 13 years after I sold it to a...

Thank you LLWillysfan! :thumbup: I especially appreciate your comment since I've been following and been subscribed to your Concrete Underground build since 2013! :bowdown:

100mm insulation and plasterboards went onto the ceiling... With 8 pre-installed electric tubes for lights : Almost ready for paint... And after a couple of coats of white paint : Painting the shelves structure with the same RAL7035 Light Grey as the rest of the structure : Shelves...

Lime plaster with Sikalatex additive! (enduit à la chaux hydraulique + Sikalatex)

:bounce::bounce: Really aircooled, and actually the same as on the 3D rendering : 1968 White Karmann Ghia, 1959 Black Beetle and 1970 Green Thing. :thumbup:

I plan on installing a car lift at some point ; the existing slab being too thin for that, a section was cut, dug out, and a 20cm thick concrete + rebar was poured in. The existing structure being extremely rusted, most of it had to be replaced, we only kept the sturdy parts... Which called...

Hi 4xdog, Yep, you're right, this kind of space is pretty rare in the area! Well, unless you're flushed with money... Which I'm not. :bounce: And yes, it's pretty surreal this year, extremely quiet... The tourism industry will hit a all time low this year for sure. There's a bit more traffic...

Quick update to let you know I'll be moving out of this garage soon... After almost 30 years tinkering around in it. Time to get a proper workshop... Its construction can be followed here : Atelier 2.0 : new workshop on the French Riviera!

Hi everyone, So 7 years ago (damn time flies), back in 2013, I introduced you to my underground garage. I've been tinkering around in this garage sine I was a teenager, so almost 30 years now. It was time to find a more comfortable place, but il my region real estate is at a premium, so it's...

I know right?! That's something I will never understand! I mean, I can be frustrated by the quarantine, not having access to my former workshop, and the construction of the new one being stopped 2 weeks short of it's completion... But even so, boredom has never, ever been an option. Too much to...

Probably "Geneva waves" or "Geneva stripes", aka "côtes de Genève" in French. Edit : I just saw that McRae had already answered, sorry!

Thank you for the nice words! :bowdown: I've been lucky, as in almost 30 years of tinkering in this garage, I probably saw a total of 3 cockroaches. No critters, nor moisture with the stone wall... Well, it's the french riviera, we have a rather dry climate. Zero work done in the driveway...

Yes, both garage stalls have the skylight. They are next to each other (well, not exactly, there's 1 stall separating them, which belongs to a neighbour) and have exactly the same configuration. Now for a small spoiler... I'll move out of the workshop presented in this thread at some point in...

As for the "engine turning", just my $0.02 : having a mild OCD tendancy myself, I made a jig to layout precisely the circles : That did the trick pretty nicely. Details here.

Great story, thank you Gregor! And I for one, raise my glass to Kerry! :beer: You da MVP! :bowdown:

Amen.

So much yes. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind adding a CNC to my own shop, but nothing beats the sexiness (yes, I said it) of vintage manual machinery. And the smell! The 3D printing melting plastic will never, ever, EVER, have the same appeal as good old machinist oil on a 1950s machine...

Thanks for sharing this gem. That guy got a new subscriber today.