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I decided to paint these since getting the rest of the garage cabinets painted.

T8 lighting installation Following the sawmillcreek.com article, I installed t8 lighting in the garage. For 100 lumen/sq ft, I calculated I would need about 16 32watt t8 bulbs. That article was about right as I can see everything without a need for a task light. The quality of light from the...

Here's the small parts organizer for the workbench. I uses two cabinet slides and some recycled mini "oil drums" that were trade show giveaways. :thumbup:

Thanks for looking. For $20 on average each cabinet through craigslist, its the "poor mans" way to get attractive storage. :bounce:

This is the shoe rack. It was from Ikea and painted. I like how it keeps metal shavings out of my shoes while being easily accessible. The workbench all painted up. Pegboard on the side. Cabinets installed. Its messy right now, but I like the color.

I started painting the cabinets. Sherwin Williams has a water based latex enamel (satin). Good results were obtained by just rolling the enamel with a foam roller. It sticks, but I imagine is with get more durable with age. Best part - water cleanup. These are the airline service carts...

This is my 2 car garage build thread. I started collecting machine tools and found a need to start neatly organizing everything in the garage. Since this is a hackerspace for fun electronic and mechanical projects, the look will model something that would have looked a 1960's ICBM Launch...

They are! They were sitting in this guy's backyard. They are made of aluminum and epoxy board. Basically nothing that would soak up spills and and can be steam cleaned. Daus

Some company in West Germany. Its made of aluminum, just needs the vinyl stripped and painted.

Here's some photos of a Kurt machinist vise I restored: Diassemble and dump it in a tank of washing soda and use the eletrolytic rust removal technique (it removes the paint too) Paint it with rustoleum hammertite paint Reassemble the parts (rebuild kit available through Enco) Link...

You just have to find the right people and they will practically give them to you. I found multiple times airline parts through Craigslist. Those that were selling them had all worked at companies that scrapped airplanes. These carts were $60 for both. I got some first class seats for my...

I got an enco 12x36 recently, $1900 with DRO, tachometer, Baldor Motor and VFD Came with all of this (full 5c collet set but not shown) More details: http://totravelisbetterthantoarrive.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/new-lathe/ Daus

Thought you might be interested in an effective storage solution for metal and plastic stock parts. I came across on airline drink/food carts (the type that go up and down aisles). I put in the plywood shelves and voila, instant storage! Best part was that is had doors on both sides. Link...