Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT stahlwille theme garage / hobby machine shop

old-air-performance · Dec 14, 2014

The Stahlwille garage

hi,

This is my garage project, it started late august when we bought our new house.
After some work in the house, it was time to start with the garage.
For the moment it is still a mess, but thats until we finished the carport with extra storage.

A few weeks back i started making my workbench, I welded it together and integrated 2 old cabinets that i already had for a few weeks.
Then i painted it green to match my Stahlwille toolbox (with tool control system).
After everything was dry, i put a 18mm multiplex top on it, then i had a stainless steel 2mm think plate cut and bend an glued it on the top.

With everything on its place i started with making the drawers, i found some sliders who can hold 90kg fully extracted, i just needed to weld on a plate for mounting is on the bench, after these where on their place i had a carpenter made me some drawers. The idea was that i wanted some drawers where i can put my current project on, and just slide them into the bench when not needed, and slide them out when i want to work on it.
Just need to make some doors for them and paint al the drawers and doors grey to match my toolbox

Last week we also installed airco/heating system from general

Here some pictures from the progress

Greets, Toon

Sunbimmer · Dec 14, 2014

Toon,

Welcome to the GJ neighbour. Your garage and workbench look great, nice job :thumbup:

I like Stahlwille tools the brand is one of the candidates for later in my garage.

old-air-performance · Dec 20, 2014

Thank you sunbimmer for the reply,
I recommend buying the stahlwille tools, you wont regret it, it makes life so much easier

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Over here we don't have a "garage-scene", most people just use it to store their bike and garden tools and other junk.

Finished up de room above the garage "the café".
We isolated it, and finished it of with wood, put some electricity, internet, home theatre, ac/heating in.
Its a nice place to hang out with some friends and have a drink (or 2).

3 weeks ago the pavement was finished, so this week we started with the carport/shed/terrace.

When this is finished i can clean up my garage and make a workshop

sorry for the crappy phone pics

Greets, Toon

sean Buick 76 · Dec 20, 2014

I am very impressed!

ajohno · Dec 20, 2014

Great job.

Ajustable · Dec 20, 2014

A very good start to the build thread, you have me hooked. I like the bench and the drawer slides, looks like a good way to use space. Keep the pics coming.

Chris

old-air-performance · Dec 27, 2014

thanks!
ajustable, yes i wanted that it was possible to do multiple projects, and have a clean workbench without other stuff on it.

last few days i put some extra electricity in the garage and painted the drawers.
And today i scored a vintage fuel pump.
pics of the work will follow

here are a few pictures of my toolboxes :
new stahlwille toolbox with10 drawers with 8 of them filledwith their tool control system,
an old stahlwille rollmaster next to it (for comparison)
and in the barn thats i am renting with a friend, i have a hazet assistent

Toon

4xdog · Dec 27, 2014

Very nice!

I sure wish I could have a pavé driveway like that.

zkling · Dec 27, 2014

Awesome place, inside and out. :beer:

ggielen · Dec 27, 2014

Very nice! Are you sure you have enough torque wrenches?

(Whereabouts in Belgium? I'm from Limburg originally)

Krokodil · Dec 28, 2014

Nice garage. Love the manoskops!

black banshee · Dec 28, 2014

Mooi werk , ik volg uw project .
Van waar ben je ?

1/2 Cup · Dec 28, 2014

Absolutely fantastic set up, thanks for posting. :thumbup:

Regards

abstamaria · Dec 28, 2014

Very good theme. I have had my Stahwille roll cart since 1978. You will notice from my avatar I painted it Ferrari colors! Sorry about that. It used to be like yours.

Andy

old-air-performance · Dec 29, 2014

thank you guys for the positive reply's!

really love the manoskops, easy to handle and you don't have to unwind them after use.

@ggielen & black banshee, ik woon in Herentals ;-)

@abstamaria , i know, i am a "silent follower" of your project. Really love your garage and your cars!

During the holidays i got some stuff done. I sandblasted the handles and i.d. plates and sprayed them black.
Also got the drawers painted(2 times). the first grey was to light, so i took a drawer and had the color made color match.
I still have to make the doors, but that will be after the holidays.
I had some old fruit crates, and i put them on the wall. they are now holding technical books and user manuals and stuff

last week i scored an old fuel pump in working condition, i already tore it apart and cleaned the inside, still searching how i am going to paint it (BP?).

here some pictures, they are a bit dark, colors are much better in real life.

happy holidays to everyone!

Toon

1/2 Cup · Dec 30, 2014

Consider you under bench draw set up stolen, they look fantastic. :thumbup:

RivennHewn · Dec 30, 2014

What a great shop.

Love the look of the brick and the roof.

Is the roof tile, or an engineered product?

darren.a.roberts · Dec 30, 2014

Great garage!

bj383ss · Dec 30, 2014

What a fantastic Garage. Love your layout, organization and deco. Look forward to seeing what you do with the carport. Those are some heavy duty drawer slides. What are they rated for?

dubber · Dec 30, 2014

Love that first pic.

Canadian Charlie · Dec 30, 2014

Beautiful set up you have, mine is always dirty

old-air-performance · Jan 2, 2015

Thank you guys!

Yes, the roof is tile, but these are shiny, not matt like the most of the houses around here.

The drawer-slides are 130% extractable, and are rated to hold 90kg / 198lb. Hope that will do

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Today i moved to the other side of the garage. I placed some extra electricity, and placed my lathe in place ('50s lorch) and mounted my drill against the wall.

Toon

old-air-performance · Jan 10, 2015

the outside building is almost finished, only the roof needs to be finished, and the electricity.
But lots of rain over here, so progress is slow.

The terrace

The carport side

The back

finishing up my engine building stand. Only needs green paint

Some pictures of my '50's heuer vice that i restored a while back.
I inherited it from my great-grand father. Already heavy used by now

Toon

Stretch-22 · Jan 10, 2015

Great work so far!

old-air-performance · Jan 16, 2015

thanks!

This week my parts washer finally arrived :rocker:

also bought myself a used bandsaw .
the roof of the carport is finished, so hoping to clean out the garage and move to the other side of the garage.

have a nice weekend!
Toon

rdn2blazer · Jan 16, 2015

AWESOME work bench. THATS how you build a stout bench. Everything looks great!!! Props to you :beer:

old-air-performance · Jan 28, 2015

Thanks!

Last week I started my adjustable/foldable welding table project.
I started with an heavy old industrial drawing table, which you can adjust the height, put it vertical and fold together.

first i removed the wooden top.

and started with some L-profile of 5mm thick and drilled them so accept the M14 bolts

then i cut the m14 bolts

Then i turned the end of the bold down to 10.8mm

For the top i am using plates of 12cm wide, 80cm long and 12mm thick.
i drilled these to 11mm

happiness is a tight fit

Then i welded the bolts to the plates and the L-iron to the table
mandatory welding pic

Then put everything together
and the almost finished table

folded down

vertical

at its highest

Cheers Toon

1/2 Cup · Jan 28, 2015

Nice, damn nice in fact. :thumbup:

Well done. :thumbup:

Regards

Modern Jess · Jan 28, 2015

That's a damn nice welding table. And a damn nice carport. Hey, the whole shop is nice!

koendd · Mar 17, 2015

nice!

where in belgium are you?

Ik ben van Ruddervoorde, heb zelf ook een paar cb's staan

greets

old-air-performance · Mar 17, 2015

Hi koendd,

I live in herentals,
Good watching, its a cb550 k3 that i am converting to scrambler.
Also got '55 bella, virago boardtracker project, and some aircooled vw.
A lot of old **** in other words

Also a nice garage you got, love the opel also what engine are you running?

I plan on updating the thread this weekend, if i can find the time.

Cheers, Toon

koendd · Mar 17, 2015

hi,

I've got 2 cb750's (an F2 brat, and a K2) actually got an 77 750F project as well...
2 kadett C (both 1.2) 2 door and 4 door saloon

and my daily is a vw t3

so, I share your interest in old ****

If you're ever around west vlaanderen, let me know!

Pascal · Mar 19, 2015

I'm from Maldegem, we can start a Belgium GJ meet

old-air-performance · Mar 21, 2015

Thanks for the invitation!

koendd & pascal, if you're ever in the neighborhood you should come by and grab a beer :beer:

Pascal is that an mg in your avatar?

Ordered some tools and stuff this week, hope they arrive next week.

Didn't really update much the last weeks.
But here is a couple of stuff

We finished the terrace

Put everything in its place and made a detachable vice and bench grinder.
Also made a welding screen that i can swivel, so if i'm welding or grinding a car, i can swivel them in front of the window for protection.

Finished up the restoration of the gaspump, and also got a '55 zündapp bell R150

Scored an old industrial cabinet, plan to keep the original paint.
Still need to start organising.

placed some racks, same story here. Need to take everything out and start organising.
Thats my bug in the picture, 1303S , 2liter 172HP (crank), fk coilover in front, bilstein in the back, 6-piston calipers, wheels widened to the inside 2" for a "sleeper"-look. Used to be my daily driver, untill i became a father. Drove it to italy, swiss, ...

I started organizing the drawers, still a lot of work!
But i think in the end, it really pays of when everything has its place.

Thanks for reading.
Toon

merbie · Mar 21, 2015

Re: The Stahlwille garage

Who makes your parts washer? That's things awesome

Merb

Vieux · Mar 21, 2015

I like your garage and equipment. You are doing amazing things.

Jyzze · Mar 21, 2015

Welding place is super and how you use old wood in your terace is just great..! And the old things in your shop... wow, just nice!

old-air-performance · Mar 22, 2015

merbie: i bought it from a shop in holland, its a product that they produce themselves, they have different sizes and colors to choose from. And they're not that expensive. If you want i can sent them their site.

Jyzze and vieux: thanks for the nice comments!

Toon

Pascal · Mar 23, 2015

old-air-performance said:
Thanks for the invitation!

koendd & pascal, if you're ever in the neighborhood you should come by and grab a beer

Pascal is that an mg in your avatar?

Toon

That's my 1966 MGB GT.

Nice garage btw!

madoc1 · Mar 23, 2015

nice work on everything. is that double cab vw yours also?

jim

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