Garage takai - My Australian 2 car rental garage
Ive been lurking around here for a while now, but only got on board this year. Given that Facebook reminded me that i finished my old garage reno 6 years ago today, i figure i may as well start a thread for this current setup.
First though, a bit of context. I grew up doing a bit of everything, and then in my teens i got into motorsport and basically raced and tinkered with cars until my late 20s. 5 years ago now we moved from Adelaide to Melbourne, and so i had to leave my old garage behind.
This was the old garage that i had back in Adelaide:
Out the back was the dirty area, with the lathe, mill, drill press, welders etc; plus some storage stuff there too. Lathe and mill still live there.
This is what lived in that garage:
Along the way i built a few other cars in there, a MX83 Cressida, MA61 Supra and a TA22. Build threads for those are scattered around the interwebs.
Anyway, when we moved to Melbourne i had part of the garage to work in, of an old Italian house:
Then we moved to another place, and it was just a cramped long single garage
(Pics coming when i can find them)
In December last year we found another place in Melbourne and moved there. This place had a double 'carport' which was essentially a garage with an open end to the courtyard. This is what it was like when we first moved (had no time to pack properly, just shoved everything in when i got back from a work trip):
First thing on the agenda was to block in the wall. Now we are just renting so I opted for a temporary wall like is commonly used in office buildings.
Open
Framed
Closed and painted
I also built some drop in decking pieces to make those areas of the courtyard more usable as can be seen in the foreground of the last photo.
Since then i have been organising the space, so i can get some proper work done.
First thing on the agenda was to build a simple workbench to store stuff on and under, a simple Rack It shelving frame with 32mm of MDF on top did that easily:
Then get all the bikes and shelving organised
Next thing was to build a new assembly table/workbench/table saw bench:
.... and then decide you cocked it all up and need to swap the saws around:
Then build a new welding cart, that stores the gas cylinders on the side, rather than behind, so that it is under 600mm deep. New cart is to the left of the TIG, with the MIG already on it. Needs finishing off, but thats mainly rivnuts and a drawer.
Oh and build a new cart for the brewery, cant go without beer.
Thats about where it is now. This is what it looks like from the front:
The race car is still unloved too, and a bit of a dumping ground.
Need to sort out a bunch of the crates, notably the two sitting on the ground infront of the bikes, and then some of the ones in the rack unit that were just filled with random **** when we moved. Getting there slowly though.
Bit scared about this woodworking stuff though, and all that pesky sawdust!
Ive been lurking around here for a while now, but only got on board this year. Given that Facebook reminded me that i finished my old garage reno 6 years ago today, i figure i may as well start a thread for this current setup.
First though, a bit of context. I grew up doing a bit of everything, and then in my teens i got into motorsport and basically raced and tinkered with cars until my late 20s. 5 years ago now we moved from Adelaide to Melbourne, and so i had to leave my old garage behind.
This was the old garage that i had back in Adelaide:
Out the back was the dirty area, with the lathe, mill, drill press, welders etc; plus some storage stuff there too. Lathe and mill still live there.
This is what lived in that garage:
Along the way i built a few other cars in there, a MX83 Cressida, MA61 Supra and a TA22. Build threads for those are scattered around the interwebs.
Anyway, when we moved to Melbourne i had part of the garage to work in, of an old Italian house:
Then we moved to another place, and it was just a cramped long single garage
(Pics coming when i can find them)
In December last year we found another place in Melbourne and moved there. This place had a double 'carport' which was essentially a garage with an open end to the courtyard. This is what it was like when we first moved (had no time to pack properly, just shoved everything in when i got back from a work trip):
First thing on the agenda was to block in the wall. Now we are just renting so I opted for a temporary wall like is commonly used in office buildings.
Open
Framed
Closed and painted
I also built some drop in decking pieces to make those areas of the courtyard more usable as can be seen in the foreground of the last photo.
Since then i have been organising the space, so i can get some proper work done.
First thing on the agenda was to build a simple workbench to store stuff on and under, a simple Rack It shelving frame with 32mm of MDF on top did that easily:
Then get all the bikes and shelving organised
Next thing was to build a new assembly table/workbench/table saw bench:
.... and then decide you cocked it all up and need to swap the saws around:
Then build a new welding cart, that stores the gas cylinders on the side, rather than behind, so that it is under 600mm deep. New cart is to the left of the TIG, with the MIG already on it. Needs finishing off, but thats mainly rivnuts and a drawer.
Oh and build a new cart for the brewery, cant go without beer.
Thats about where it is now. This is what it looks like from the front:
The race car is still unloved too, and a bit of a dumping ground.
Need to sort out a bunch of the crates, notably the two sitting on the ground infront of the bikes, and then some of the ones in the rack unit that were just filled with random **** when we moved. Getting there slowly though.
Bit scared about this woodworking stuff though, and all that pesky sawdust!
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