Finally the workshop is almost done.

[McVicker]

A friend and I have been working on a small workshop for a few months now and it's been pretty much done for a while, but we finally put the flooring down a few weeks ago. Everything in the garage we pretty much installed ourselves except the electrical. We did however install the lights above the cars.
A few specs for everyone. The garage space is 17ft by 24ft and the ceilings are a little under 9 ft i believe. The flooring is motto floor tiles from you know where Hopefully in the next year or so we should have a bigger space to work with, either by knocking down the wall (it's a 2 bay garage) or building another garage. The workspace isn't quite finished, but it's damn close.

Well I hope everyone enjoys, and thanks for the help everyone has provided over the last couple months. The SEARCH button is my best friend.

-Dan

 

[boiler7904]

Nice place you have there. I might have to use a few of those ideas. I had never thought of having a whiteboard in the garage until I saw yours.

 

[Inetmonkey]

That's a sweet garage! I love the brick with the rounded corners on the door. The 4-post lift is pretty nice too (just pray the yellow car doesn't develop a leak!

 

[McVicker]

The yellow car only has 44k on it and is pretty much stock engine wise. I don't think it'll be getting a leak anytime soon. My car is the one on the bottom, if I was worried...it would be on the top If either car would develop a leak, it would be mine.

Bend pak sells some drip trays we were thinking about picking up anyway, since we do work on other peoples cars as well.

 

[Marv]

What size is the palace?

 

[tech]

very nice garage and very,very nice cars

i was a mazda tech for 3 years, so i know how nice those really are! if you ever have a cold start/flooding issue let me know and i'll teach you a trick if you don't already know it.

 

[McVicker]

Tech,
haha, thanks a lot. I've had the car flood a few times and I know the unflooding trick well by now

Marv,
I posted above the size of our shop is 17.5 x 24 ft.

-Dan

 

[feedyurhed]

Great job..........................beautiful garage. I am a big rotary fan so it's twice as good. Just putting the finishing touches on a RX7 for next years auto crossing season.

 

[feedyurhed]

very nice garage and very,very nice cars

i was a mazda tech for 3 years, so i know how nice those really are! if you ever have a cold start/flooding issue let me know and i'll teach you a trick if you don't already know it.

I actually haven't had it happen yet....................but I would sure like to know what the trick is. Thanks.

 

[McVicker]

Well there are a few ways to do it. The best way is to pull the EGI fuse and crank the engine over for around 20 seconds, let the engine sit for about 10 seconds and then crank it again for 20 seconds and you should be set. Put the EGI fuse back in and the car should start up. Maybe Tech knows another trick, but thats the one I use.

 

[Inetmonkey]

I noticed that you have a Craftsman Professional air compressor. Is it the 60 or 80 gallon model? I heard the 60s have an aluminum pump made by DeVilbiss that breaks more often than it works. Have you had any problems with it? (Not exactly the forum for this, but thought I'd ask since I saw it here.)

 

[wilbilt]

How do you open the lid of the tool box on the right side of the (beautifully galvanized) bench top?

Similar boxes I have require the lid to be opened fully before the drawers can be opened...

 

[McVicker]

Monkey,
The compressor is the 60 gallon, and I haven't had a single problem with it yet. I recently changed the drain valve to a easier to use lever type, but the pump hasn't had any problems. I've had that compressor for about 3 years now, but only recently started using it.

Wilbilt,
I can't fully open the top of that tool box, and I don't store tools in the top. But you're right you do have to have the lid up to open the drawers usually. If you lift the lid you'll notice there are two bars that slide down behind the box which prevents the drawers from opening when closed. If you remove those bars (I forget how I did it, but it's easy) you can open and close the drawers with the top opened or closed. I hope that cleared things up for you.
Just a little useless fact....that tool box to the left on top of the becn was my grandfathers and is an oldschool Snap-on.

 

[customperformance]

How come you dont have the use of the other bay of that 2 car garage? 1 out of 2 bays is a small garage.

 

[autoist]

Ang photos in the daylight?

 

[McVicker]

The other side of the garage is being used for storage right now. There is also a studio above the garage with a big bay window facing the rear.

I haven't had a chance to take pics in the day time, but I plan on it in the near future.