been here long enough

[jmh21586]

been here long enough (updated)

Updated my pics. ( I call it a shed) The garage on my house is my garage. I cleaned it up today so it was a good time to take pics.

Anyhow, it's a 32' x 54'. Divided in two. The shop side is roughly 32'x31'.
These pics are of the shop side. The other side is finished off too but is used for storage and is petty cluttered right now so nothing to show there.

This door goes to the storage side. Gotta have a map in your shop. I can't count the number of times arguments, and such, or "here's where I'm going next week" , have been discused over at the map.

shed1 by http://www.flickr.com/people/24187216@N02/, on Flickr





Beer fride on right. Left is an in cabinet can for beer cans. Hole on top of counter to drop cans through once they are crushed. Scrap box, with a home built rack for small threaded rods and such.

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46" flatscreen. DVR, DVD, and stero.

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Welder cart out of a shopping cart.

Shop dog Louie. Don't ask me why he lays like that on a cold concrete floor. Even if he no longer has nuts it'd still be cold.

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Parts cabinet on right. OIl, cleaners, etc. Red thing on wall is for cat litter or sweeping compound for spills. Bolt cabinet on left. Shop dog Louies couch and my sitting pad on the floor.

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Nuts and bolts area.

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Old pic of inside cabinet.

Next to the jackets hanging on the wall is the spray paint cabinet.

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My new toolbox. (bottom blue chest)
It's an old blueprint cabinet my parents had. Even full the drawers slide extremly smoothly. Hardware store didn't have enough pulls. It's made of wood and is REAL heavy. Way better than that POS Craftsman box sitting next to it. The drawers don't open on that thing very well even when empty.

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Even full of sockets this drawer is as smooth as silk.

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Home made screwdriver rack. I hate it when tools slide around.

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[thk2c]

wow. that is really nice!

 

[jmh21586]

Workbench area under construction. Cabinets from Home Depot.

Finished workbench. Stiffened the cabinets up a little with 2x4's. 3/4" oak tongue and groove hardwood flooring over 3/4" plywood for top. I really use this area more as a desk than workbench. Hammering and stuff is done on center island. Seen in first pic. Has two outlets wired on other side. Then there's a cord that plugs into a wall outlet to power it.

Shop dog Louie. His bed is on the bottom shelf of the island, but he likes to lay on the floor like that sometimes.

 

[jktruck150]

Nice place! Spotless! What do you work on in there?

 

[jmh21586]

What do you work on in there?

Normaly this. Working on it right now as a matter of fact.

But I have done some projects. I started a thread on them today.
Here's the link.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56512

 

[jmh21586]

My main goal for the shop was to have as little on the floor as possible just to make it easier to clean. Even the shop vac and mop bucket shown in one of the pics will be kept in the storage side.


Guess you could say I'm a minimalist.

 

[Eddie 70]

I like it. Very nice and clean. I really love the clean floors idea myself. I want to have everything up off the floor too. I had a small two car garage I could hardly move about in and could not keep the cars in it. Now that I have a 3 car and a basement, there is nothing but cars in the garage. I have wanted to do the HD cabinet thing and have looked at them several times. I may have to try them at some point, it looks like they would do just fine.

 

[jmh21586]

Thanks everyone!!


The cabinets are ok as long as you don't put heavy things in the drawers. The drawer slides are pretty cheap. I beefed the cabinets up by lining the top and bottoms with
2x4's on the inside. Gave more support on the bottoms and gave something to screw the top to. Those three cabinets were $400 total. I really couldn't find anything else without compromising what I wanted.
Can't say that I would recommend them, but I'm cautously optimistic at this time.

 

[Jack Olsen]

Well, it looks like both you and Louie like to keep your nuts next to something cool.

Nice shop.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

I like the Pulp Fiction poster. And Louie looks like a great companion!

 

[PECVD2]

JMH21586,

Nice looking shop, very clean and organized.

I like the drawer pulls as well as the butcher block bench top. Where did you get that from? looks to be about 10 foot long.

I also like the miter saw cart, as I crafted something similar.

 

[Snap-Off]

Well, it looks like both you and Louie like to keep your nuts next to something cool.

Nice shop.

LOL.............I didn't put the two together but, was going to make a comment about the dog. That's funny!

Very nice shop!

 

[jmh21586]

Thanks guys.
Louie is...........well.............he's Louie.

The bench top is 3/4" tongue and groove oak flooring. Had some left over from when I built our house.


I really need a new miter saw. This one is too small. My dad built a doozie of a cart with sides that fold out so that there's a bench about 3' on each side. Yours looks like pretty much the same thing as his.
Maybe that could be my next project.

 

[X1 Mike]

Well, it looks like both you and Louie like to keep your nuts next to something cool.

Nice shop.

That's why he's a writer folks.

 

[burtonbl]

do you have any more pics of your top that you made
looks great !

 

[Dmaxman]

I could hang out in there!!

 

[jmh21586]

do you have any more pics of your top that you made
looks great !

Thanks.

I'll take some tomorrow.

 

[e-tek]

I LOVE everything in there - except the welding cart!!

Great storage ideas - looks like one is made of 2x4 and one of 2x6 - is that right?

 

[jmh21586]

I LOVE everything in there - except the welding cart!!

What do you mean?? Thats the height of my personal ingenuity right there!!

Great storage ideas - looks like one is made of 2x4 and one of 2x6 - is that right?

The paint cabinet is 2x4 with another 2x4 for the door. The nut and bolt one is 2x8 and the supplies cabinet is 2x10.

 

[willy3486]

Nice shop. I have tin for a ceiling in mine as well. I just need to insulate it, mine looses heat in winter and doesn't let the heat out in summer. I like the shopping cart mod. If you can find one like this get one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Colourful_shopping_carts.jpg

I got one time at a junkyard that the basket had been hit for three bucks. I cut the basket off and all that was left was the bottom frame. I then put boards on the tube sides about where the basket went on. I had them level and laid wood boards across for a top. It makes a really good rolling stool to work on and it has a place under that holds stuff. I used it a lot when I did bodywork on the sides of my ruck when I redid it.

 

[jmh21586]

I got one time at a junkyard that the basket had been hit for three bucks. I cut the basket off and all that was left was the bottom frame. I then put boards on the tube sides about where the basket went on. I had them level and laid wood boards across for a top. It makes a really good rolling stool to work on and it has a place under that holds stuff. I used it a lot when I did bodywork on the sides of my ruck when I redid it.

I have a couple full sized ones. Might try that.

 

[marty_p]

A damn smart use of space and $$$!

Good work!!!

 

[bluesman2a]

That's why he's a writer folks.

A wise man once said "The big money is in d!ck and fart jokes." I have yet to find compelling evidence otherwise.

 

[jmh21586]

Bump. Did a lot of updating. New pics on post #1

 

[Bib Overalls]

I like the spray can cabinet. Simple.

 

[dlenkewich]

That picture of your dug laying on the floor is priceless. I had a good laugh at your comment "Don't ask me why he does this...", I think every owner knows quirks about their dog they couldn't possibly explain.

My (Female) German Shepard/Border Collie likes to stand by me and my girlfriend(rarely other people) and raise her hind leg straight out as if she was going to pee like a male, and lean hear now-open crotch-area against your leg, as if she's "presenting an invitation... She's long been fixed, so her "urges" should be long gone, and she doesn't do it to other dogs, so god knows what she's thinking when she does it.

When she does it, I'll laugh, call her a **** and slap her *** and continue on with my life.

 

[dlenkewich]

Well, it looks like both you and Louie like to keep your nuts next to something cool.

Nice shop.

This also made me laugh.

 

[jmh21586]

I think every owner knows quirks about their dog they couldn't possibly explain.

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I'm pretty sure your right.

 

[5lima30]

Very clever and efficient use of space! Do sparks and filings from your grinder get on your flat screen TV? I really like your parts cabinet, I may use your idea in my shop.

 

[jmh21586]

Very clever and efficient use of space! Do sparks and filings from your grinder get on your flat screen TV? I really like your parts cabinet, I may use your idea in my shop.

Doesn't seem to get on the tv. But I'm guessing that a shop environment isn't the best for tv's. I'm sure I'll have to replace the tv every 4-5 years, hopefully longer.

Thanks for the compliment on the cabinet.

 

[LWW]

Doesn't seem to get on the tv. But I'm guessing that a shop environment isn't the best for tv's. I'm sure I'll have to replace the tv every 4-5 years, hopefully longer.

Don't sweat it. They get cheaper and cheaper every year. The last 2 flat screen TV's I bought when we moved to our new house (52" & 42") combined cost less than the ONE 46" I bought 2 years earlier...

Unfortunately, my garage has so many shelves I don't have room for anything bigger than about 32" and I'm currently using an old laptop connected to an old 22" LCD monitor to stream Netflix when I'm in the mood to watch something in the garage. Usually I stick with the radio or my iPod connected to my old Sony A/V receiver and a cheap 6.1 speaker system.

The garage looks great. You've done an excellent job making use of the space and keeping it organized. I wish I had a fraction of the junk I have in my garage, but I'm a bit of a tool and parts hoarder.

 

[jmh21586]

The garage looks great. You've done an excellent job making use of the space and keeping it organized. I wish I had a fraction of the junk I have in my garage, but I'm a bit of a tool and parts hoarder.

There's no such thing as junk in my mind. I just havent aquired as much yet. I am a hoarder in every sense of the term.

I havent showed the storage side of my shed, but it looks something like this.

I throw nothing away.

 

[LocoCoco]

JMH, seeing the photos of your garage has sincerely made my day. For quite a while now my mind's been wandering aimlessly when trying to come up with some storage solutions for my garage.

The paint cabinet and fluids cabinet are absolutely perfect. Easy to construct (I'm no carpenter), shallow so everything is easy to find, and best of all looks tidy. The beer can storage is great too.

Anyway, hope you don't mind, I saved your photos for reference and will be using your ideas.



LC.

 

[jmh21586]

JMH, seeing the photos of your garage has sincerely made my day. For quite a while now my mind's been wandering aimlessly when trying to come up with some storage solutions for my garage.

The paint cabinet and fluids cabinet are absolutely perfect. Easy to construct (I'm no carpenter), shallow so everything is easy to find, and best of all looks tidy. The beer can storage is great too.

Anyway, hope you don't mind, I saved your photos for reference and will be using your ideas.



LC.

Thankyou very much.

They work great, are easy and cheap to build.

If you need more pics let me know.

If you do go that route, use door hinges. They're strong enough to hold the weight.

 

[Kevin54]

Our Collie used to lay like that all the time. I always said she was "frogging it"

I think I might go your route on a bench top. I have some cabinets bases that I salvaged out of my parents house and am going to put them in my wifes building. I was going to get just a laminate top but a preformed top will propose a problem at the window area. This may just solve that problem. Thanks for the idea (and a slew of other ideas)

 

[Bob Heine]

I havent showed the storage side of my shed, but it looks something like this.

I throw nothing away.

I've started to throw some of my treasures away. The Hoarders shows now on TV have helped me some.

I thought my family was visiting me at Thanksgiving but it turned out to be an intervention. I quit working on the Corvettes and started cleaning up the mess...

I suspect your storage side is neater than this.

 

[jmh21586]

No it's not neater than that. Sometimes I literaly just open the door and throw stuff in there. THROW it in there. Where it lands, nobody knows.

It's that whole ying and yang thing. I keep my shop side as clean as possible. So therefore there has to be a balance.

 

[LocoCoco]

Thankyou very much.

They work great, are easy and cheap to build.

If you need more pics let me know.

If you do go that route, use door hinges. They're strong enough to hold the weight.

I've got a few little projects to get out of the way first then I'm going to begin on the "medicine cabinet". Good call on the door hinges.

And earlier I forgot to point out your eyebolt drawer handles. Way more badass than normal kitchen knobs.



LC.

 

[pederbm]

Re: been here long enough (updated)

Do you have any dimension for the spray paint cabinet? Thanks.