First Workshop

[sivex]

I posted this in general forum before finding this Introduction Thread.

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Long time fan, first time caller. Finally moved out of the city and bought a house just outside the burbs. Starting to get the workshop put together so that I have a place to work on home projects. I spent a lot of time on here reading about epoxy vs. tile floors and decided on epoxy for half of the garage, which is now the workshop.

A local make-rspace closed down and I was able to get a 3" thick butcher block table and some welding screens at an incredible bargain. I'm starting this thread so that I can get some advice on where to go from here.

What I bought:
A house that came with a 31x50 divided detached garage. The person who originally built this detached garage had a lift on the right side with the ceiling notched out. Due to the double garage door being on that side, I'm keeping that for parking. The whole building is plumbed for air and my workshop side has a small 6x6 room for an air compressor.

What I've done since moving in 6 weeks ago:
Had floors professionally epoxied with a uniform color flake
Fresh paint on all the walls and dry-lok on the cinderblocks
Relocated some existing cabinets with fresh paint and hardware
Rewired some switches to add 500W of LED lighting (can toggle between warm and cool temperatures)
Wired in an old surround sound system
Laid down cement board to protect the floor and started creating a welding area
Moved my motorcycle lift in and rebuilt my clutch


I'm currently trying to get my workbench figured out. Going to get a rolling tool cabinet from HFT and then weld extensions on my workbench to get everything at the same height.

Looking forward to hearing some suggestions on what y'all think I should plan for all the extra space in here!

 

[captain14]

Welcome from College Park.

That’s a nice looking garage. Is that a working cupola on top of the building?

Just an idea: At the end of your intro post above, you can post a link to the other thread and continue to update your posts there

 

[ducksface]

That's a great floor.
On a past and gone 2 car garage I put a shelf 12 inches from the ceiling, the entire perimeter of the garage. Even over the door using those rounded edge 12"mdf planks. I used the standard stamped 'L' brackets but they mounted upside down on top of the shelves. The shelf looked like it floated on the wall, no visible means of support(Playtex reference).
24x24 garage.
The shelving added almost 100sqft of storage and I could see right where the circ saw was and the car cover and the bucket and the....

 

[sivex]

Welcome from College Park.

That’s a nice looking garage. Is that a working cupola on top of the building?

Just an idea: At the end of your intro post above, you can post a link to the other thread and continue to update your posts there

Non functioning cupola - but the roof will need some attention in the next decade or so...

Nice to find someone from around here. I think the rule is, if you're from MD, you have to tell everyone you're from MD
I'm in the Parkville area now. And good suggestion about linking posts. Thanks !

 

[sivex]

That's a great floor.
On a past and gone 2 car garage I put a shelf 12 inches from the ceiling, the entire perimeter of the garage. Even over the door using those rounded edge 12"mdf planks. I used the standard stamped 'L' brackets but they mounted upside down on top of the shelves. The shelf looked like it floated on the wall, no visible means of support(Playtex reference).
24x24 garage.
The shelving added almost 100sqft of storage and I could see right where the circ saw was and the car cover and the bucket and the....

That's a good idea. I've been drawing up ideas for wrap around shelving, but ones that I can reach without a step ladder. The garage side has plenty of shelving for all the non shop items. Thankfully I shouldn't run out of space anytime soon.

Cheers

 

[XR4ti_GuyinMd]

Maryland guy here too - Great looking garage! Ironically I joined here in 2011 -got some great ideas of what to do - life got busy, and now I’m back LOL. -

 

[nadogail]

Welcome to the forum.