I'm in the process of building a workshop, and currently doing the excavation and prep work. Because of the lay of the land, the back and one side wall will be poured concrete with deadmen back into the bank for support.
I plan to install a 2k bridge crane and 4 post lift in the first bay, but the lift is movable on casters. I plan to line the back wall with benches, toolboxes, and machines (lathe, mill, surface grinder, drill press, bandsaw, etc), as well as the half the front wall.
The gable end will be motorcycle parking, and I am planning to run a 4' shelf around the back, gable end, and front wall, approximately 8' off the ground (attached at the walls and supported by allthread rods hanging down from the roof trusses). This shelf will be 120' long in total.
The top plate (inside height) will be 12', and the trusses are to be cathedral, which should give another 4' of peak height in the middle.
Two 10x10 garage doors, one man door, one small roll up door for motorcycles on the gable wall.
Roof will be shingle, metal siding.
I have been scouring the build threads here for awhile, looking for ideas. I would like to have some hard points to pull vehicles in to the shop, and some receiver hitch type mounts in the concrete for movable tools (tube bender, manual metalworker, motorcycle tire changer, etc).
Are there any threads regarding such mounts in the floor?
Any thoughts, ideas, or musings on any and all of the above are welcome. I tried to embed an image from GOOGLE PHOTOS but it didn't work.
I plan to install a 2k bridge crane and 4 post lift in the first bay, but the lift is movable on casters. I plan to line the back wall with benches, toolboxes, and machines (lathe, mill, surface grinder, drill press, bandsaw, etc), as well as the half the front wall.
The gable end will be motorcycle parking, and I am planning to run a 4' shelf around the back, gable end, and front wall, approximately 8' off the ground (attached at the walls and supported by allthread rods hanging down from the roof trusses). This shelf will be 120' long in total.
The top plate (inside height) will be 12', and the trusses are to be cathedral, which should give another 4' of peak height in the middle.
Two 10x10 garage doors, one man door, one small roll up door for motorcycles on the gable wall.
Roof will be shingle, metal siding.
I have been scouring the build threads here for awhile, looking for ideas. I would like to have some hard points to pull vehicles in to the shop, and some receiver hitch type mounts in the concrete for movable tools (tube bender, manual metalworker, motorcycle tire changer, etc).
Are there any threads regarding such mounts in the floor?
Any thoughts, ideas, or musings on any and all of the above are welcome. I tried to embed an image from GOOGLE PHOTOS but it didn't work.
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