Rattle_snake's Chandler garage

AZ Garage · May 2, 2016

Looks great!

How do you have your compressor mounted? I'm going to get a 60 gallon compressor too, and wanted to mount it outside, but am deciding on how much I should cover it. I know the AZ summer heat and sun takes its toll on anything outside!

rattle_snake · May 2, 2016

AZ Garage said:
Looks great!

How do you have your compressor mounted? I'm going to get a 60 gallon compressor too, and wanted to mount it outside, but am deciding on how much I should cover it. I know the AZ summer heat and sun takes its toll on anything outside!

Air comp is bolted down to (poorly executed) concrete and is inside the little hut shown in the middle of this pic with the air pipe exiting the top. Hut has only 2 walls/sides, back is open, and other is shade cloth to access pwr/drains.

Hut was repurposed from the last house/garage where it sat on it's own 3'x3' concrete pad, and was in a corner hence only 2 sides.

To do it over I would make a steel frame and cover sides in removable sections of shade cloth.

rattle_snake · May 23, 2016

Moving out

Last shot of garage/workshop setup; Time to move tools and workbench to the new shop building.

One of my goals was to get rid of the 2 outdoor storage sheds and re-organize things in my wheeled storage cabinet that now lives in the shop. The idea is to have all the tools in the shop, and lesser used materials in the garage.
To do so I needed more cabinets so I added to my existing system, starting on the right side. next is another 4 foot on the left. I have a fair amount of left over lumber and OSB, so only cost is MDF for doors.
I attempted to keep them modular and maintainable, which worked out fairly well. I was able to remove the end piece without damage, and moved the vertical 2x4s over a 1/2 2x4 width to support another set of shelves.

Additional doors. 0.500" MDF isn't ideal material for this application, as it warps with moisture (paint) but I continued with it anyway to keep things consistent and simple. Some bracing on the inside of the doors would help however I have lived with them up to this point. I went ahead and made the 2nd pair of doors for the other side while I was at it.

burnedonice · May 23, 2016

Re: Moving out

rattle_snake said:
Last shot of garage/workshop setup; Time to move tools and workbench to the new shop building.

One of my goals was to get rid of the 2 outdoor storage sheds and re-organize things in my wheeled storage cabinet that now lives in the shop. The idea is to have all the tools in the shop, and lesser used materials in the garage.
To do so I needed more cabinets so I added to my existing system, starting on the right side. next is another 4 foot on the left. I have a fair amount of left over lumber and OSB, so only cost is MDF for doors.
I attempted to keep them modular and maintainable, which worked out fairly well. I was able to remove the end piece without damage, and moved the vertical 2x4s over a 1/2 2x4 width to support another set of shelves.

Additional doors. 0.500" MDF isn't ideal material for this application, as it warps with moisture (paint) but I continued with it anyway to keep things consistent and simple. Some bracing on the inside of the doors would help however I have lived with them up to this point. I went ahead and made the 2nd pair of doors for the other side while I was at it.

Doors like that are the first thing on my garage list, need to hide my pantry and paints. Looks good dude!

rattle_snake · May 24, 2016

Re: Moving out

burnedonice said:
Doors like that are the first thing on my garage list, need to hide my pantry and paints. Looks good dude!

Thanks. They can really change the look, and also keep stuff clean.

Wall is naked now;

rattle_snake · Aug 22, 2016

Been awhile for updates on the garage now that the shop is a reality. Guess I'll throw in a 'together pic' from the shop thread
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318925

So the garage hasn't been getting much attention lately although I added a new beer sign and removed the lighting that was over what was the workbench. Also been working on the barn. Added gutters to the south side and a few other things including a new hose hanger out of a rusty mobile home wheel. Had a cheese plastic hose hanger, which just isn't cool in any way. Took a long time to get water run to the building but it was worth the effort.

racestatus · Jan 26, 2017

love the cobra!.. ive been trying to get my hands on some big block aluminum rods to do pretty much the same thing lol

rattle_snake · Oct 2, 2017

racestatus said:
love the cobra!.. ive been trying to get my hands on some big block aluminum rods to do pretty much the same thing lol

Thanks. I've been following your notch build.

Long time since last post here. Been working on getting materials and shop stuff out of garage and into shop.
The air compressor has been removed and moved to it's new home behind the shop. I removed all of the air lines and electrical conduit, and patched up all the holes. I finally sold the pile of tires that sat here for awhile too. I'm down to a part washer and one cabinet with yard stuff in it. Less **** on this pad, the less places to collect leaves, spiders and such. I would like to build a roof over this someday.
I also got rid of some stuff outdoor that my kids outgrew. My backyard is as clean and clutter free as it has ever been.
Since I have address most of the major eff'd up stuff over the last three years, I finally have time to work on some of the smaller items like the water feature, lighting, citrus trees and garden.

Cleared out all the stuff from this wall. Most was remnants which went to new cabinets and racks in shop. The OBS cabinets came from shop and will probably stay here and get some paint. I plan to make a new Steevo style workbench for shop and may put my existing 8' bench back in the garage under the cabinets.

Next project is an exhaust fan and intake vent. Then paint the walls. Ceiling is done already.

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rattle_snake · Nov 6, 2017

Installed an RV dump line into septic clean out. (Otherwise known as a **** chute or a turd tube). Now I can use a very short **** slinky from the barn access road.

Idiot PO ran an electrical conduit over the top of the clean out, and just 6" down which is not to code. He cut the clean out pipe off and shoved a coupler on it crooked and didn't glue it so roots pushed it off. Nice.
:bitchslap

So the conduit was in the worst possible spot for this job.

I finished the new inlet with some cement. The new in law suite has big holding tanks and I'm done lugging stinky 5g buckets in the house. The puppy helped dig, just not in the right spot(s).

zmotorsports · Nov 6, 2017

Nice job on the RV dump station Justin. Too bad you had to deal with conduit but looks like you got it handled.

rattle_snake · Nov 27, 2017

zmotorsports said:
Nice job on the RV dump station Justin. Too bad you had to deal with conduit but looks like you got it handled.

It was a crappy job **** someones got to do it

rattle_snake · Nov 27, 2017

Built a counter top / work bench in the barn for my lovely wife (aka SWMBO). During the process the project was subject to significant feature creep. What started as a few shelves from leftovers morphed into cabinets and drawers.
The barn is extremely dusty so keeping things in drawer and behind doors does make sense. I used some interesting pieces of lumber that I had kept from the construction of the shop.
First was the countertop. I had to work around the door that divides the 2 rooms on the right side.

New shop helper Bullitt was responsible for QC but all he did was piddle on the floor.

Next was the cabinet, I used ¾ (well, 0.71875”) pine plywood and included a toe relief.
Doors are 2x6s of 3 different types. Stain is minwax natural. Shelf is adjustable with pins.

Included some 2x8 shelves on the side for easy access of frequently used items right next to entry door.

2 drawers in the middle. I made support structure adjustable and assembled upside down.

Ready for install

I used extra chunk of door blank for a shelf on the right side.

western knobs and pulls. I tried to keep the grain matching along the front fascia.

rattle_snake · Dec 15, 2017

Replaced garden fence. Was half assed 5' no climb. Went with round wood poles to match hot tub and bbq structures and much shorter wire. Puppy proof so far. Nice to have fresh veggies in December.

rattle_snake · Dec 15, 2017

In process of removing 4 more cottonwood trees from north fenceline. I removed 3 during shop build so continued by removing every other one in back field. The remaining 8 still make plenty of leaves to clean up. Down to 23 trees on the property

rattle_snake · Jan 2, 2018

Making some more time for the garage upgrades. It's a constant effort just to keep **** from piling up. My lovely wife thinks it's a walk in trash can and dumps stuff a few feet from the door assuming it's an acceptable final resting place.

Nothing helps a good cleaning like stripping the walls for paint. I've been putting off finishing this job for some time now. When I moved in the wall were in poor shape. I patched holes small and large and attempted 'close enough' touch up paint as need. The wall were incredibly dirty. The cleanup was quite a chore. The garage doors were equally as bad. Year later did the ceiling.

Since these items were already done I was able to turd polish other aspects....

I started on the after-the-fact exterior man door. Every aspect was half assed. I re-caulked inside and out, installed new seals, painted hinges and strikers to match lock set, and painted the jams & outside of the door itself. I also painted the lip of the stem wall where the door was installed with some oil based paint and re-sealed the sill. I removed the screen door, as I don't use the space for a workshop anymore and don't need the ventilation/dog barrier. Although the result is just a normal looking door, it was a lot of time and effort.

I decided to remove the pair of dedicated 20A outlets I put in when I moved in. They have no use anymore (welder) and the exposed conduit looked like ****. I realized I had learned a thing or two about box types, methods and such over the years and this was no longer acceptable work. So I trashed it and patched the evidence.

The garage door tracks were crooked by at least 15 degrees due to the wood frame being crooked too. I removed and bent all the brackets to get the tracks straight. One side of the frame had come loose off the wall framing (?!), the other had stripped lags. All the seals are shot too and need replacing.

The PO left a giant hole in the drywall after a water softener install so I repaired awhile back. When the softener valve body failed soon after, it damaged my fresh repair job. Could have been so much worse I just ignored and went on with life.... till now.

Oh, and I painted the walls. almost done.

rattle_snake · Jan 9, 2018

Still working on paint job. Trying to do a quality job so going slowly. It has taken a lot of time to fix all the small stuff. I removed and painted the inside of the 2 man doors with my HVLP gun. The house-to-garage door had been painted 3 times already including the self closing hinges. I applied enough rounds of paint stripper to the hinges back to the original finish. New dead bolt I actually have a key for....

Swapped out all the outlets and switches from almond to white. Wife didn't want me to shut down power so I did them live. I think she is trying to cash in on the insurance policy.

I built a kick plate for the house-to-garage door out of some leftover sheet metal. I used the scars on the door to guide the height and sliced out a chunk with the plasma. This job was a little more fun than just fixing and painting.

rattle_snake · Jan 15, 2018

Garage paint job is complete. Space is brighter and looks much cleaner. This job was opposite of my usual activities. Instead of adding pipes, wiring, lights and such, I was removing them and ‘returning to stock’. Basically what I would do before moving out. Just need to do the floors now.

I spent some time fiddling with the cabinets I built some time ago. The frame is not perfectly square and the doors were warped and misaligned. Floor epoxy would be easier if they were not present so I contemplated removing and rebuilding afterwards. After some measurements I rehung the doors and convinced myself that a rebuild wouldn’t be worth the effort. The 2 inner door posts were twisted causing door fitment issues so I added some bracing to resolve. I painted the doors a light grey to keep the space from just being all white and boring, and replaced all the hinges to match the door HW. Need to find some black lung nuts for the handles.

I built a tire rack for my track tires using leftovers. The vertical cleat keeps the wall clean and distributes the load from the pipe bracket/lag screw.

sleek98 · Jan 15, 2018

I like the tire hanger, did you cover the tube with something to protect the wheels? How to the wheels mount to it?

rattle_snake · Jan 15, 2018

sleek98 said:
I like the tire hanger, did you cover the tube with something to protect the wheels? How to the wheels mount to it?

No, but I thought about using a piece of radiator hose to protect the paint. Plan to get some plastic caps for the pipe ends.

The wheels are just resting on the hangers. The pipes are angled up slightly to keep them in place on the wall.

sleek98 · Jan 15, 2018

I like it. I will likely steal the idea for myself. Im getting tired of walking around my wheels sitting on the floor.

rattle_snake · Jan 22, 2018

Scored a small workbench. I needed someplace to set my bins-of-**** while I dig through them, to find (n-1) of the items I need at the bottom.

rattle_snake · Apr 17, 2018

Finally replaced water heater in garage. Fill tube was broke off inside years ago.

Made a short platform to it raise up, to get pan drain over wall footer.

Drilled hole in wall, but pressure relief valve pipe made a zig-zag and is right in the way.
Painted the wall while tank was out.

rattle_snake · Nov 5, 2018

This dirt bike magically appeared in the back of my truck so I took it home.

After some cycle shuffling it looks right at home. It's a 2005 CRF 450X with the original tires. Yes OG tires with date of 0605 so super low hours but a gummed up carb.

MarkG · Mar 2, 2019

I don't spend a lot of time on here, so maybe I missed it, but what I'm curious about are the speakers in your profile pic! Surely they must be custom-built (to one degree or another), since I've never seen red speakers with chrome-tip dual exhaust before. What's the story about those?

rattle_snake · Mar 4, 2019

MarkG said:
I don't spend a lot of time on here, so maybe I missed it, but what I'm curious about are the speakers in your profile pic! Surely they must be custom-built (to one degree or another), since I've never seen red speakers with chrome-tip dual exhaust before. What's the story about those?

Hi Mark,
I was fascinated with speakers as a kid and went on to be an EE partly because of it. I still build (aka play with) speaker systems for fun.
Yes they are one-of-a-kind down to the functional polished stainless steel port tips I made myself.

There are a few posts scattered about their construction in my shop thread.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6091877&postcount=214
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6144888&postcount=233
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6788233&postcount=458
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7296811&postcount=610
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7329418&postcount=616
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7343292&postcount=634

AZ Dean · Apr 11, 2019

Justin - way cool thread/shop/builds. Right now I'm eyeballing those HF cabinets in what I assume is a homebuilt workbench. I want to do something very similar myself. It goes without saying (but I'll say it anyways) those speakers are bitchin' :bowdown:

rattle_snake · Apr 11, 2019

AZ Dean said:
Justin - way cool thread/shop/builds. Right now I'm eyeballing those HF cabinets in what I assume is a homebuilt workbench. I want to do something very similar myself. It goes without saying (but I'll say it anyways) those speakers are bitchin'

Thanks Dean. The workbench is a 'steevo' style named after a member here.
Here is my version.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=382839

plain2car · Apr 11, 2019

Justin,
ditto on the speakers!! I am going to try to talk slowbuilder (member) to do something similar for the "shop" that we are constructing now... with your permission- ofcourse! :bowdown:

as previously mentioned... very nice setup you have!!

plain2car

rixtrix1 · Apr 11, 2019

That'll be a great dirt bike!

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