Below 265 SQ/FT 3x Motorbike Cabin/Workshop - UK

[CaptainCaveman]

Just read through this, I love the build. For some reason I prefer the smaller workshops. Looking forward to seeing how it goes.

What bike forum you on?

Cheers dude,
PBMagForum,
It's the place to be, pull up an anteater and discuss the desire to smash-in Nigella's backdoors.

Thats looking great now. Love the fake grass. Saves mowing.

I love not having to mow it, and being able to walk on it without mud,
And wheeling bikes across it without it going bare.

Fake grass for small spaces is officially the awesome.

I am impressed with your use of space....wow....like somebody else said, I will not complain about my current project of 24x24...

Simply making the best of what I've got.

The next house WILL have space for a 30m2 shed of glory!

Depends on how much heat you slap in but I have done much welding on a standard office desk with a kitchen fire blanket on top. Quite a bit of scorching but no fires yet! I would have through metal over wood should be ok if you aren't doing huge amounts.

Neil

A fire blanket is an excellent idea!

May even stick a kitchen one beneath the gauge plate,
Now just got to keep an eye out on the scrap bin at work to see what good comes up,
(I'm an engineer, we chuck out allsorts).

 

[fireeqpsrv]

I am loving this build. It may be small but if you are tearing a bike apart you can always put it side ways and leave 2 out while you are working.

Keep up the pics and posts.

 

[ClintNZ]

Neat little shed!

After a bit of advice,
What do folk weld on?

I don't especially want to go to the trouble of making an all metal bench to go alongside the wood bench I'll be making,

I started out with a big wooden bench, to make one end into the welding area I put a 6mm steel top on it with a layer of ~5mm fibre cement planks underneath. I doubt there was much chance of igniting the wood but it was cheap easy peace of mind. Think about having a backsplash panel of some sort too - you don't want sparks falling down behind the bench.

Cheers
Clint

 

[CaptainCaveman]

I am loving this build. It may be small but if you are tearing a bike apart you can always put it side ways and leave 2 out while you are working.

Keep up the pics and posts.

I should be able to work effectively in the workshop half of the shed,
Although I will need to move a bike to access stuff on the lower shelves.

I built 2 race bikes in a tighter space at the front of my old garage,
although I did do alot of ******* swearing at the lack of space,
I'm 6'1" and around 13.5St (190lbs)* - so I'm not a fan of cramped spaces,
This will be luxurious in comparison!


*wrong size to be racing bikes, less pies probably a good idea.

 

[CaptainCaveman]

Neat little shed!



I started out with a big wooden bench, to make one end into the welding area I put a 6mm steel top on it with a layer of ~5mm fibre cement planks underneath. I doubt there was much chance of igniting the wood but it was cheap easy peace of mind. Think about having a backsplash panel of some sort too - you don't want sparks falling down behind the bench.

Cheers
Clint

Offcuts in 10mm seem easy to come by in sizes to.suit so.I'm onto a winner there,
Good shout on the backsplash,
I'll pick up some ally chequerplate for the job or some stainless sheet if I can find any offcuts cheap.

 

[CaptainCaveman]

I forgot to say in my last 2 posts, cheers for the positive comments.

Funny to think that people like my little shed.
What it lacks in space, it hopefully makes up for in character

 

[davedree]

It's ****** brilliant , I love the front of the shed, it's got a 30's feel about it.
Those doors have come out great, They've got the right character and set it off lovely,
Nothing wrong with home made jobbies.
Loving the outside hinges too,

what's the next plans

 

[CaptainCaveman]

It's ****** brilliant , I love the front of the shed, it's got a 30's feel about it.
Those doors have come out great, They've got the right character and set it off lovely,
Nothing wrong with home made jobbies.
Loving the outside hinges too,

what's the next plans

Cheers dude,
Next plan is to get everything ready for winter and properly finishup and secure it,
Move all my **** in and then start sorting the inside into a proper workshop!

Unfortunately I spent all my money getting married, so this winter will be fettling the blade and VFR racer, no funds to tune the ducati yet!

 

[CaptainCaveman]

I never came back to this thread, unfortunately life got in the way.

Marriage happened, the bike racing got knocked on the head (everyone said it would happen, did I listen?) and the bike cave got relegated to storage while we started a family.

This was how it looked before we sold the old place:


Now have an attached double with a roller-shutter, in the UK that is the height of luxury, as far as the lower middle classes go anyway.

Time to start a new thread.