I have been posting here for over a month or so and figured I should put up some shots of my shop as I tend to think in non standard ways and should let folks know where I am coming from. Shop is only 24X30 but I added a over door loft and 20X4 rear lean two for fabrication stock cutoffs and track equipment. I also built an 8X12 shed for the lawn equipment and the kids yard toys.
The shop itself has shelving made from Costco chrome shelving modified as needed to make it into wall shelving. The stuff is very strong and I just climb up the fronts to get things. The floor is water based 2 part Rustolum had takes a beating. I like a neat shop but feel you got to break eggs to make cakes and only super clean when building a motor to cut down on contamination.
There is an over the door loft for race seats, fiberglass parts and other bulky stuff. The TV is a 60” and 200 watt pro surround sound system I got from a health club chain I used to work on. (Can you guess what movie is on? Hint, Lots of cars in it)
The black pegboard is pro metal tool racking from SPX that came my way from work. I also used it when making my tool cart. The blue wall work benches are from Shure and also came from work. (I am the chief engineer/facilities manager for a large dealership that sells Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Aston Martin and Audi. The shops I maintain make mine look like a wet tool bag on the side of the road.
The blue blast cabinet is one of the newer additions. After going from a little cheap import to a quick and dirty but larger home made I spent a weekend and $75 and made my own big one. It kicks *** and I don’t know what I did all these years wire wheel cleaning stuff. Free from work tire changer and a craig's list balancer round out the corner.
The welding cart is also made from wire shelving. As you can see I like Miller. The cart has an older workhorse MM130XP and a small 120V self contained plasma cutter. For the larger stock I use the MM251. The TIG is a Miller Syncrowave 250 with pulse, process controls and power compensation. I can weld at the full 310 amps on the shop power using power compensation. I use the MIGs most of the time as most of my play is making track cars and gadgets but the TIG is key for building oil tanks, hard lines and fine work that has to look real good. The grinder and light cart is made from an old IV cart.
Diagonal in the the shop to the welding area is my metal fab tooling, table saw, press, charging stuff and the equipment I use for corner balancing and alining track cars.
I built a dust and fume vac for the shop and plumbed the shop in wire grounded PVC water pipe. I took a cheapo ceiling fan control apart and made it into a remote control for the vac. (Red arrow in picture) The vac motor is a truck mount steam cleaner extractor motor, was not cheap buts puts Monica L to shame.
The air lines are all copper with remote blow down drops and a motor driven ball valve auto blow down. (Blue arrow in picture) Not pictured is a desiccant system that uses 22 pounds of rechargeable silica. It will pull 70 deg air to a neg 40 dew point and so far there has been no water in any of the lines. I live in high humidity area and the tank is set to blow 4X per day and once every time I turn the system on. This seems to be enough as the blow down is mostly air. The compressor is a standard 2 cyl Dayton built in 1972 and I have had it since 1978. It cycles on the blast cabinet ands that is the largest air pig I have. I have a wall mounted regulator that can control all the air in the shop or be bypassed for full pressure.
The car on the lift is a 77 911 that is getting cut into a 73RSR look alike for track use only. I also have a 1969 912 that sees a lot of track use.
I am always open to questions, comments, tips, and good ideas so feel free.
The shop itself has shelving made from Costco chrome shelving modified as needed to make it into wall shelving. The stuff is very strong and I just climb up the fronts to get things. The floor is water based 2 part Rustolum had takes a beating. I like a neat shop but feel you got to break eggs to make cakes and only super clean when building a motor to cut down on contamination.
There is an over the door loft for race seats, fiberglass parts and other bulky stuff. The TV is a 60” and 200 watt pro surround sound system I got from a health club chain I used to work on. (Can you guess what movie is on? Hint, Lots of cars in it)
The black pegboard is pro metal tool racking from SPX that came my way from work. I also used it when making my tool cart. The blue wall work benches are from Shure and also came from work. (I am the chief engineer/facilities manager for a large dealership that sells Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Aston Martin and Audi. The shops I maintain make mine look like a wet tool bag on the side of the road.
The blue blast cabinet is one of the newer additions. After going from a little cheap import to a quick and dirty but larger home made I spent a weekend and $75 and made my own big one. It kicks *** and I don’t know what I did all these years wire wheel cleaning stuff. Free from work tire changer and a craig's list balancer round out the corner.
The welding cart is also made from wire shelving. As you can see I like Miller. The cart has an older workhorse MM130XP and a small 120V self contained plasma cutter. For the larger stock I use the MM251. The TIG is a Miller Syncrowave 250 with pulse, process controls and power compensation. I can weld at the full 310 amps on the shop power using power compensation. I use the MIGs most of the time as most of my play is making track cars and gadgets but the TIG is key for building oil tanks, hard lines and fine work that has to look real good. The grinder and light cart is made from an old IV cart.
Diagonal in the the shop to the welding area is my metal fab tooling, table saw, press, charging stuff and the equipment I use for corner balancing and alining track cars.
I built a dust and fume vac for the shop and plumbed the shop in wire grounded PVC water pipe. I took a cheapo ceiling fan control apart and made it into a remote control for the vac. (Red arrow in picture) The vac motor is a truck mount steam cleaner extractor motor, was not cheap buts puts Monica L to shame.
The air lines are all copper with remote blow down drops and a motor driven ball valve auto blow down. (Blue arrow in picture) Not pictured is a desiccant system that uses 22 pounds of rechargeable silica. It will pull 70 deg air to a neg 40 dew point and so far there has been no water in any of the lines. I live in high humidity area and the tank is set to blow 4X per day and once every time I turn the system on. This seems to be enough as the blow down is mostly air. The compressor is a standard 2 cyl Dayton built in 1972 and I have had it since 1978. It cycles on the blast cabinet ands that is the largest air pig I have. I have a wall mounted regulator that can control all the air in the shop or be bypassed for full pressure.
The car on the lift is a 77 911 that is getting cut into a 73RSR look alike for track use only. I also have a 1969 912 that sees a lot of track use.
I am always open to questions, comments, tips, and good ideas so feel free.
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