I think as much as possible should go on casters. Use those flip-over work surfaces with tools/machines mounted to both sides also. Reconfigurable space should be the rule for small shops.
Out in the street.
The steel in the picture was for the shade canopy for our indoor/outdoor courtyard thing (I'm sure there's a name for it, but I don't know what it is). But the fence gate came out fine. I made it in two pieces that swing either in or out, like a saloon door.
Yeah, I did that based on the way I work in there. But it's not for everybody. If I did more car stuff and less bench work, I probably wouldn't want that to be permanent. The other factor for me was that I already had a pillar there to deal with. So the decision was already partially made.
I was bending a Harbor Freight strap hinge that's a little thicker than 14 gauge and a little thinner than 12 gauge. It held in position well and was reasonably easy to crank down. It scuffed the paint where the shoulders of the female die pressed against it. But all in all, I was happy -- much easier than my usual big hammer technique.
If you can sit down with her and convince her to take over the expenses, I'll buy you another trailer.Does JACK Have A JOB ?? Or Does He Live Off Of What Jill Makes??
It seems He Has A Lot Of Free Time on His Hands, Way to Go Jack
We both work as writers. I'm in my office, most days, which is part of the same detached structure as the garage. So if I'm working something out in my head, I can usually walk around the corner and do something in the garage while I think. Unfortunately, there are long stretches where I'm on deadline and can't do anything else -- pretty much all day, every day -- for weeks at a time. But then I also get long stretches of time to use as I want. It's a trade off.Any garage that's used is going to get piled deep, pretty much. The thing that made the biggest difference for me was getting the place well-enough organized that everything has a place to go. In 20-30 minutes, I can have the place back to square one. That never used to be the case. (And for my office, it still isn't.)
Ah. The child gates are working well, so far. The 2-year-old is moving to a toddler bed, which means he can get out at night, so I took some old compression-fit gates and made hinges to mount them permanently in the hallway his room empties out to. This makes it easier to open and close them, since the lever-down type always seems to want to come loose. The downside is holes in the plaster.
No TV. I sold one pilot to CBS about a decade ago, but my bread and butter has always been rewrite work in regular movies (theatrical features). You won't see my name for the majority of that, either. I mostly fix other peoples' work, which is not very glamorous -- but I've making a living at it for 14 years now. I'm currently working on a script that reinvents the Frankenstein legend for the company that produced the Underworld movies. But it's unlikely my name would end up on it, either. It's got some cool art, though:
I'm currently working on a script that reinvents the Frankenstein legend for the company that produced the Underworld movies. But it's unlikely my name would end up on it, either. It's got some cool art, though:
That made me LOL.O.K. Jack: Let's knock It Off, The Wife's Are looking at all your Pictures And About your Writing skills, And starting to say,
"" Well Why Can't You be more Like Jack ""
His Garage is so Clean, And everything is in it's Place,
His Wife Has A Beautiful House and Car,
And he is a race car Driver,
And they get to live in L.A. Calif.
Where it is Warm all Year.
Well Jack I'm 64 And I Told The Wife; Your Right, Go Live With Jack.
I Think She's On Her Way, Good Luck Jack..
Oh And I Guess you know I'm not A Writer LOL
All Kidding aside We love you Jack, keep up the Good Work.
a little extra money LOL
I did read it. I tried to get my foot in the door for writing the movie adaptation, in fact. The actor (and sometime racer) Patrick Dempsey controls it. I told them that of all the writers they'd be talking to, I was the only one who could easily beat the book's author at Thunderhill, even in the rain.
Yeah, it was pretty much the same garage but with just about every piece different in the magazine.
It's from the previous owner. It's a 17' long channel about a foot from the opening to the garage. It's 5" wide and 9" deep. It functions as a trap, and the galvanized grating is removable so you can clean it out. A few inches above the bottom is an opening at one end that is the head of a storm drain line that runs around one side of the house and is also fed by some downspouts and surface drains.
Thanks. Most of the time, my job keeps me out of the garage and over in the small office that's part of the same detached structure.
