As the name implies this is not going to be a garage to park a vehicle in even to work on. My daily driver wont fit in the door so why worry about it right?
The name comes from the fact that much like I do with many things, I'm working with what I have available (at the time we are renters but I do too much with my hands to NOT have a space to use). So there will not be much going on that is a permanent change to what is there as far as the space itself.
First up was storage small shop means I need to maximize floor space. So here we go.
The cabinets I had at the last house (we moved the 1st week of Jan) but they had been sitting on the floor with a another small cabinet on top of them (you will see it below). I built the shelves out of 1x4s and 1x12.
The miss matched wood bugged me so lets paint
(note: the cubby space on the right hand side of the pic is a built in feature and is quite nice as almost ALL of our camping stuff fits into it).
Shelf/Cabinet number 2 is a conglomerate.
The shelves with the bracing underneath were already present and will be getting a new coat of paint in the next few weeks. The cabinet is the one spoken of previously with a coat of paint on it. And the curved shelves were my project this weekend inspired by Red Leader here on the board.
The curved shelves are not going to be for anything of any real mass, mainly a small shop radio(phonedoc inspired) and odds and ends (please ignore the pile of misc **** on the shelf it is in a temporary home off the floor until I can get it sorted out).
Y'all may be wondering about the tailgate hanging on the wall in those last pics. That is my other answer to a small shop.
I do a bit of work with Kydex and this is basically going to be my work station. It is all that is left of my 78 J10. Having it fold up and my tool chests below it on rollers means more room AND it keeps **** from piling up on it.
The last part of the garage that is the biggest asset/hindrance is the welding table. This thing was built by a buddy of mine about 10 years ago and is STOUT 3/16" top 2x2x1/4" legs 2" x 1/4" I beam frame and 3" casters.
The last house we were at I didn't really think about the sheet rock and all the grinding/cutting that was done on the table. When we moved and I moved the table the wall was 2 different colors from being burnt by the sparks. To address this issue I bent up a piece of 24ga steel and painted it to match the gray on the cabinets and workbench. I hung it on a 1x4 cleat and all the fasteners are below the table so there are no screws visible.
The name comes from the fact that much like I do with many things, I'm working with what I have available (at the time we are renters but I do too much with my hands to NOT have a space to use). So there will not be much going on that is a permanent change to what is there as far as the space itself.
First up was storage small shop means I need to maximize floor space. So here we go.
The cabinets I had at the last house (we moved the 1st week of Jan) but they had been sitting on the floor with a another small cabinet on top of them (you will see it below). I built the shelves out of 1x4s and 1x12.
The miss matched wood bugged me so lets paint
(note: the cubby space on the right hand side of the pic is a built in feature and is quite nice as almost ALL of our camping stuff fits into it).
Shelf/Cabinet number 2 is a conglomerate.
The shelves with the bracing underneath were already present and will be getting a new coat of paint in the next few weeks. The cabinet is the one spoken of previously with a coat of paint on it. And the curved shelves were my project this weekend inspired by Red Leader here on the board.
The curved shelves are not going to be for anything of any real mass, mainly a small shop radio(phonedoc inspired) and odds and ends (please ignore the pile of misc **** on the shelf it is in a temporary home off the floor until I can get it sorted out).
Y'all may be wondering about the tailgate hanging on the wall in those last pics. That is my other answer to a small shop.
I do a bit of work with Kydex and this is basically going to be my work station. It is all that is left of my 78 J10. Having it fold up and my tool chests below it on rollers means more room AND it keeps **** from piling up on it.
The last part of the garage that is the biggest asset/hindrance is the welding table. This thing was built by a buddy of mine about 10 years ago and is STOUT 3/16" top 2x2x1/4" legs 2" x 1/4" I beam frame and 3" casters.
The last house we were at I didn't really think about the sheet rock and all the grinding/cutting that was done on the table. When we moved and I moved the table the wall was 2 different colors from being burnt by the sparks. To address this issue I bent up a piece of 24ga steel and painted it to match the gray on the cabinets and workbench. I hung it on a 1x4 cleat and all the fasteners are below the table so there are no screws visible.
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