Above 1200 Sq/FT My dream shop is coming into it's own...

sick467 · Dec 19, 2012

Just thought I'd show off some pics of my recent progress on my new shop. I have been saving barn wood for 15 years now and had just enough to do the walls. I guess the old barn on the property will have to sacrifice it's tin roof to do the ceiling.

Sunbimmer · Dec 19, 2012

I like your style, great place you got there :thumbup:

More pics please.

Cobra4B · Dec 19, 2012

Love it... looks great.

budman1964 · Dec 19, 2012

Hey...you stole my idea about a fake tin roof...

. I'm planning on doing the same thing in a corner of my shop, and instead of having it over a workbench, I'm going to put it over a bar. I also like the idea of using reclaimed wood...VERY nice!

W650Mike · Dec 19, 2012

I spy several cool accent details. Very nice!

sfd524 · Dec 19, 2012

Really diggin' the interior. Nice job.

colt zantop · Dec 19, 2012

one word......KILLER....oh yeah...one more word....JEALOUS!

very cool space. I like everything about it.

sick467 · Dec 20, 2012

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I'll get more pics up once the junk on the makeshift tables have been put in their place and you can actually see the workbench tops. I will throw out some before pics now however...

Corvette Joe · Dec 20, 2012

I like it big time.

TerryH · Dec 20, 2012

That is very, very cool!!! I love it!

metalhead212121 · Dec 20, 2012

I consider myself the polar opposite of "old school" but I'd be lying if I didnt think this place wasnt cool!!

houdni · Dec 20, 2012

Omphaloskeptic · Dec 20, 2012

Nice work! :thumbup:

Couple of questions for you:
- Is your pooch camped out on your creeper?
- Is that a special corrugated tin on the back of the shelf above your 'gun bench'?
- How much concrete went into that 'little' retaining wall in the back?
- Where did you get that massive 'shop heater'?
- Have you visited Tin Bender's thread, 'The "pedestrian" garage'?

sick467 · Dec 21, 2012

- Is your pooch camped out on your creeper? No, just some cardboard and an old comforter.
- Is that a special corrugated tin on the back of the shelf above your 'gun bench'? Not really, special to me maybe, but it's just old corrugated galvanized barn tin. Why do you ask? Now, the tin above the wrench bench is metal slats from a small grain bin. It was originally used to seal the man door on the bin so that the weight of the grain would not be pushing on the door when it was full.
- How much concrete went into that 'little' retaining wall in the back? The wall is 8" thick, 125' long with 18" deep footings, and rather impressive deadmen every 16'. That consumed 75 cubic yards. Then you can add over 100 cubic yards for the 50x50x6" pad. Originally the wall was going to be around 4" tall, but we hit big rock and had to dig further into the hillside to get a level pad. It was one of those "it's too late to stop now - get the wallet out and forget that 53 Dodge Rat Truck I've had my eye on."
- Where did you get that massive 'shop heater'? The stove was made by my late cousin for his parent's house from way back. It was in his way and he gave it to me. It will flat cook you out.
- Have you visited Tin Bender's thread, 'The "pedestrian" garage'? I took the opputunity to peruse the thread before replying here. I have to admit I do not have enough time in this day to read all 50+ pages, but I can relate to his style very well and can certainly relate to the process, just wish I had the time to document the build like he did.

The only things I've done since the pics were taken is add dual spot lights in each corner for the sink, vice/grinder table, tool boxes, and stove. Along with hanging 9 x 4' strip lights above the main area. After being used to 4 - 150watt equivelent CFLs - You'd think you could open a tanning salon with all the lights burnin. :shocking:

Omphaloskeptic · Dec 21, 2012

Hey, thanks for the replies to my questions!

I asked about the corrugated tin above the gun bench because it looks to me that the corrugations are twice what I've seen in the regular stuff.

With all the concrete you've had to use for your place, your supplier should be sending you a Christmas card every year! lol

Tin Bender's thread is quite long; I should have pointed out that he put up salvaged fence boards for his interior. Both your shops look great!

amolaver · Dec 22, 2012

sorry for being pedantic, but am i misunderstanding? 50'x50'x6" slab is ~46 yards. only reason i noticed is that my 40x60x6" slab needed a crapton of footer - grade slopes pretty severely, so the back of the building has an 8' tall footer down to grade, then backfilled, and between both the slab and footer i 'only' used about 80yards.

ahm

Kevin54 · Dec 22, 2012

budman1964 said:
Hey...you stole my idea about a fake tin roof.... I'm planning on doing the same thing in a corner of my shop, and instead of having it over a workbench, I'm going to put it over a bar. I also like the idea of using reclaimed wood...VERY nice!

Yea, those "real" tin roofs are expensive :lol_hitti

sick467 · Dec 26, 2012

amolaver said:
sorry for being pedantic, but am i misunderstanding? 50'x50'x6" slab is ~46 yards. only reason i noticed is that my 40x60x6" slab needed a crapton of footer - grade slopes pretty severely, so the back of the building has an 8' tall footer down to grade, then backfilled, and between both the slab and footer i 'only' used about 80yards.

ahm

Your absolutelty right Amolaver, my mistake! Missed a numeral on the calculator. My pad was more like 50 cuft with the footers. AND I missed that same numeral with my wall calc - it should be more like 42 cuft.

Thanks for the checks and balances AND thanks for the vocabulary lesson..."pendantic" :thumbup:

Here are the latest pics after clearing some clutter and getting the lighting installed...

I still have to get my mobile vice bench made and setting next to the bench grinder, but I suppose the shop will never really be done. At least I can get to work on some things that are past due (oil changes (on everything), tractor rear seal leaking, daily driver wire harness work, wife's car brake pads are due for a check, post break-in procedures for my classic, etc, etc. I have put alot off this year after moving and building the shop. The fun's about over - time to get to work)

sick467 · Feb 11, 2013

For those of you wondering how a man can have his dream shop...

First your wife has to be perfect, there's only one perfect wife and I found her first. And attached is the trade-off. I live in my shop, but chose to sleep in my "little house in the holler"... And she is happy living in this???...

Thanks Baby!

tinbender 66 · Feb 11, 2013

Looks fantastic! Makes me want to find more cool stuff to accent my walls.

Where did those metal drawers under your work bench come from?

sick467 · Feb 11, 2013

The black metal drawers are actually single drawer Intermeadiate tool boxes. The ones that sit on top of a roll around box, yet underneath the uppermost box with the flip open lid. I found the small grey set in a scrap pile and beat it till it opened decently and mounted it like the others. And as far as the "cool stuff", it mostly comes to you as you trudge along in life, but every now and again I can't pass up a peice o' cr@p at an antique mall.

koendd · Feb 11, 2013

love it!

so much nicer than a superclean shop!
(not that yours isn't clean but I mean it's full of character

)

roscoe2000 · Feb 11, 2013

Boy, I like the look of the weather boards for your interior walls. I bet any vistors eyes open wide as their jaws drop. Much nicer looking and un-expecting than the exterior brings to mind.

BuickFarmer · Feb 11, 2013

sick467 said:
For those of you wondering how a man can have his dream shop...

First your wife has to be perfect, there's only one perfect wife and I found her first. And attached is the trade-off. I live in my shop, but chose to sleep in my "little house in the holler"... And she is happy living in this???...

Thanks Baby!

Guess what, I must have gotten your sisters twin. And looks like we share the same eye for beauty in barns also. I really like what you've done with the interior. And I can tell you had a blast doing it. You couldn't pay an interior decorator to come up with as much character as you have built in to that. I am currently planning out the enclosure of an old pole barn I use to use to store hay in and making a 3 bay Buick Gearadge out of. I have been gathering 5V tin, rough sawn poplar and old file cabinets etc etc for including in it. Got to get the floors poured and roof insulated first though. Your place is an inspiration to getter done though. Thanks for posting the pictures. Will continue checking them out and borrowing a few ideas probably. Will also have some questions I am sure.

thdewey · Feb 13, 2013

Noel
That's one awesome shop you got there, inside and out. Thanks for sharing.

BuickFarmer, I've envied your shop too.

Tom

sick467 · Jan 27, 2021

Well, It's been over 8 years since the workspace was completed and I have, what I call the "L" space done now. This space is "L" shaped due to the workspace being a square area built into the corner of my square building. I promised my wife that I would remodel a room of the house every year if she would move to "the holler" house. The last room (the kitchen - saved the hardest for last) was completed last year. Good thing the house only has 7 rooms (not bedrooms, just anything with a walk through opening - the house is 1000 sq ft).

Anyhoo...I have added stairs up to the loft/attic above the workspace replacing the ladder. Side note: I have gone up and down the stairs since their construction a hundred times more that I ever went up the ladder. Now, I may die falling down the stairs, but it beats death by ladder! lol I also insulated the walls with, new insulation type to me, rockwool. This stuff is great even though it still itches like fire on a hot sweaty day. A steel ceiling was added and insulated also. What a difference insulation makes. Then all the walls were wainscoted with old barn tin and covered above with a variety of barn wood. I counted at least 7 different donor structures in this creation. I have been scrounging up used wood for the last many years to build my dream. The hardest part, besides doing it all myself with 50+ year old wrists, shoulders, knees, etc, was taking inventory of what I had and determining what patterns would work where and if I would have enough to do what I wanted. I feel blessed because, in many cases, I had just enough of a particular type of wood to compete a vision. I also tore down the 70 year old garage barn on the place and used the roof tin on the ceiling in the workspace. I decided to use the rather un-weathered underside to avoid making the workspace too dark. I did border the perimeter with some rusty stuff to give is some character.

It's amazing how much the ole' workspace has collected junk to hang on the walls. Now, I can collect more "stuff". One thing I can tell you, when friends and family see my shop...the cool stuff starts pouring in. I didn't go out and find/buy this stuff...it just comes to me.

Thanks to this site for all the ideas I have gathered!

Here's some pics...

Jeff Ivers · Jan 27, 2021

That's a great looking space. I like all the cabinet doors.

sick467 · Feb 4, 2021

Thanks for the compliments Jeff! You have a lot of great space saver ideas in your DIY Shop thread. I love the projects that you share too...especially the wood boxes for bits!

The cabinet doors used to be the fake panel vinyl (?) coated particle board doors. $2 each at the local railroad salvage Hoods store back in the late 90's. They were delaminating, but I certainly got my money's worth out of them. The new-old one's frames are made from the rafters from the old garage I tore down. I think they are cedar and very few of them were the same width and thickness. Close to true 2x4's but not. I guess the saw mill operator was drinking heavily that day? I built and hung the frames to suit the cabinets leaving a dato'd pocket to except the horizontal barn wood pieces. This way I could hang the frames and then apply the horizontals. They wood have gotten too heavy to hang by myself, otherwise. And, it made it much easier to line up the like pieces all the way down the line of cabinets.

Jayman17 · Feb 4, 2021

Wow, love your interior, especially combined with the clean exterior (love the overhang over your doors). Has to be one of my favorites on GJ.
Very well thought out design for the interior finishes. Enjoy your shop, I'm sure you will. Oh btw you need to get your pooch a bigger food bowl. :lol_hitti

Jay

Jeff Ivers · Feb 4, 2021

OK, Noel, where is Hughesville? I grew up in Kirksville, went to college in Rolla and worked in Jefferson city before moving to OK. Are you referring to the Hoods that used to be west of Jefferson City on Hwy 54? I couldn't even find Hughesville in my Atlas.

sick467 · Feb 5, 2021

Thanks Jayman! It's nice to be on a favorites list...there are a lot of nice shops here.

Jeff, I went to college in Rolla too (class of 95 - M.E.)...small world huh?. The Hoods was in Farmington Mo, but I live north of Sedalia, Mo now (about an hour from Jeff City -west and a bit north. "Hoosierville" as my wife and I so fondly call it. Population about 200. We don't live near the town really...it's just our mailing address. They say that this small town was the cattle lot hub during the days of cattle drives from Texas to get to the trains, but Sedalia was the BIG town nearby and it took the glory. Urban legend...maybe. It's just a small community now. The only place to spend any money is the post office. Even the gas station couldn't make it.

TimTaylor75 · Feb 5, 2021

Great space! From one A-Body owner to another, nice GTO!

sick467 · Feb 6, 2021

Right on TimT! The Cutlass looks great. My Pontiac is not showing it's bad side in the photos. Between me and my daughter, we've messed up the drivers side from front to back pretty good. She drove it through the garage many years ago and I have backed into it since with my truck. It's kinda funny how the same D@mit, D@mit, D@mit- dance was done both times. It will be coming into the work space this year for the "frame-off" is so desperately deserves. It was my first car (1984 purchase). I have done a couple vehicles since then and saving the best for last. I'm looking forward to stringing parts all over my newly decorated space.

davo727 · Feb 7, 2021

Awesome! Is the white car a Torino?

sick467 · Feb 8, 2021

Thanks Davo! The white car is actually the one shown in my avatar (during resto-modding). 67 Mustang. I'd like to have a Torino though. Actually, I'd like to have one of everything! lol

Bob Heine · Mar 2, 2021

Noel, I love your shop, especially the surprise interior. I got here from your metal sculpture post and it looks like your artistic side has been working really well for at least a decade. Sadly I got rid of our '68 GTO after moving to God's Waiting Room (Florida). It was our first new car and we couldn't afford a lot of options. It had an AM radio and power steering. It did have the 400 engine and TH400 transmission (with the Hurst Dual Gate). Because it was a GTO it came with bucket seats and a console. It was the hard to spot Solar Red exterior and black interior. The black interior and lack of A/C made the car a sauna with wheels in Florida.

You may not want more exposure but a link to this thread in your signature would let people know about your little piece of heaven.

sick467 · Mar 2, 2021

Hey Bob, glad to see you here and thanks for the appreciation towards my shop build. It's pretty much done now and maybe time to add-on in the future. That's a story for another time, once I get the little lady on board.

The old GTO in the shop is a bit if an odd one. Its an AC car, power steering, manual drum brakes, bucket seats (of course), but no console and the auto shifter is on the column. Its the classic "old couple bought it" story. I guess the floor shifter was too hip for them at the dawning of the muscle car era and it was ordered with it on the column. This happens, but it's rare...not necessarily more valuable, however. I have considered converting it, but I still wake up at night downshifting the beast at the column and I don't want to cause any accidents in my dreams...it's going to stay that way. It will get front power discs though!

And, I like the way you embedded your thread links...maybe you could PM me sometime with a lesson in how to do that. I know I can just paste the address, but don't know how to make it such with the underline words as the link.

TimTaylor75 · Mar 2, 2021

Just do a reply to my post here, copy everything below and paste into your signature.

My dream shop is coming into it's own

ODIS · Mar 2, 2021

Looks like a great space! What a fun place to hangout with family and friends! Thanks for the update on your garage!

All the best to you!

Trapps · Mar 4, 2021

Fantastic garage!!! Lots of clever, not to mention cool, stuff going on with some serious attention to detail. Cabinet door wood usage/alignment. Fishing rod storage. That pony car!

Well done!

:beer:

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