Budget garage

[Hotrod1959]

Tract house garage
$300 to skim coat, texture, and paint.
7 Lawyer office book cases with under side lights Dad got FREE
Workbench made of salvaged solid core door and reclaimed 4x6s FREE
Cheapo 6 inch vise that was re-worked by my machinist neighbor $50
Cheapo garage sale bench grinder $5
Plastic small parts cabinets $5 garage sale
Ceiling fan new in box $15 garage sale
2 Florescent 4 foot lamps on sale at ACE $19
Garage sale lighted magnify glass lamp $5 (I made the base)
Misc wiring, hardware and other small parts $60
Wall phone given to me by Dad FREE
Sons old college dorm mini-fridge FREE

total under $500.

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[jeepjunky]

very nice, Do I see a IAFF decal on the tool box? Where you at?

 

[Hotrod1959]

Northern-California Thanks
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[Red Leader]

Free and cheap - excellent and good.

 

[machine_punk]

Welcome to GJ! I'm in Northern California too (North Bay Area).

What sort of work do you do in your garage? (cars, woodworking, metalworking, DIY?).

Great job on reusing 'free' stuff. Any further plans for your garage?

 

[fergus]

So how do you re-work a cheap vise? Did your machinist friend just clean up the castings on the outside or make the vise actually work better? I'm curious since I have a cheapo (but heavy) vice as well.

 

[LoanRebel]

great start.
& if it's free it's for me!!!

 

[Crzydmnd72]

Nice work! This is a more realistic view of how nice shops are built, one baby step at a time

 

[Hotrod1959]

As promised a picture of my home built RV gate 10 feet wide. Frame is 2x4 steel reinforced. Posts are 4x4 steel. Post were set in ground 3-1/2 feet with 12 bags of concrete each then driveway poured over. Cedar fence boards finished the front. The palm tree and sun were freebies.

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[Hotrod1959]

Today my neighbor was building a new fence and so I salvaged all the good wood, pulled the nails and pressure washed them up. This will be for my sons new home backyard shed.
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[Oggy]

That must have been a pretty beefy fence, looks like you've got some pretty good lumber there.

Great build, keep the pics coming.

 

[ckadams00]

Awesome! Very few things are as great as "Free"!

 

[Hotrod1959]

That must have been a pretty beefy fence, looks like you've got some pretty good lumber there.

Great build, keep the pics coming.

Yes unfortunately for him in our tract of homes the fence builders were all about production and not quality. Most of his fence blew down during the last wind storm we had. All of his posts had concrete poured below grade and guess what? They were all rotten at grade.

All the heavy timber is on top. The 5' fence boards are on the bottom. I wish I had time to get it all before his workers hauled it off. I have be researching online on how to build a yard shed. It is amazing what people have built with a few pallets and some fence boards.

 

[flybefree]

Nice work on that fence.

Shaun

 

[Stick Figure]

Now I know why I never see good stuff in the free section. Someone keeps beating me too it!

 

[Hotrod1959]

Been a while since I have been on but just scored this 4x10 foot pallet for my sons yard shed foundation. Plan is to use this on a pier block base with the fence wood I salvaged pictured in my previous post. I was at the steel supply store today to buy some mesh security screening for a garage man door window. I saw a stack of pallets in the parking lot and asked if I could take one and they said take as many as you want. This was the best one and they even help me load it. Another freebie.

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[Hotrod1959]

Sorry to brag guys but just scored another CL freebie! A Sears Craftsman 12 inch wood lathe and 8 blades!

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[oomz1975]

This is re-cycling at its best. Good work so far.

 

[Hotrod1959]

I finally had something done that I have been wanting for years! I had my garage floor epoxy coated. Was not cheap but I love the results.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Hotrod1959 you have done well sir..