Just another tiny "two car"...

[Great white]

Just found the forum, very nice!

Anyways, we just moved into a new house (Moved because of military) and have gone from a house with an attached two car garage and a 45x 30 detached garage to one with a tiny two car only.

I ****** well miss my extra space!

Anyways, been here about 3 weeks and just starting to make the garage into a useful area. It started off as just a big empty box, but nicely insulated and finished in painted drywall.

It's still full of assorted "moving" clutter and I'm still building the cabinets/benches, so please excuse the mess:

I'm building the cabinets out of 5/8 MDF, the bench is 2x4 and 3/4 MDF. I'm a reasonable carpenter, but no cabinet maker. Still, these are strong, square and good enough for the garage. Plus, I've only got 150 bucks into the whole smozzle so far. I still have enough wood to build another bank of cabinets on the other side of the window and doors for the lot. Another sheet of 5/8 will cabinet in the under beanch area.

The compresor will be enclosed pretty much where it is. At the other end of the bench will be a a 2x2 1/2 steel plate for welding and mounting the anvil/vice/grinder/etc.

The table saw/mitre saw/wood working tools will be built into an 8 foot woodworking center that will have locking casters to store it against the wall.

Some hanginer wall board will go up for cords and assorted brick-a-brack.

Some color on the walls and floor finishing will tidy it up at the end of the build.

I'm pretty much giving up one stall for workspace. I can't get my truck into the garage (it's too long) so I'll only be able to use one stall for parking anyways.

More pics as I progress.....

 

[sgrammel]

Looks like you have been there for years! Keep us posted on progress

 

[348guy]

I know how you feel. It looks like you're coming right along.

 

[Great white]

Couple more hours of work today with this:

(Really need to build my saw table with dust collector!)

Nets me the final cabinet:

Tomorrow, I'll work on the doors and the undercabinet lighting. After that, some storage above the garage doors (ladders mostly) and maybe a wood storage bin on the other side of the shop.

Eventually, the under bench area will also be closed in with doors/drawers and shelving.

I'm also looking at some hanging florescent strips that plug into the existing light sockets at home depot for better lighting over the bench.

Anyone know if a large wall mounted central vac can be used as a sawdust collector?

The new house has a Kenmore in the garage, but we don't use it (have a dyson specifically for dealing with dog hair).

It sure would save some bucks if it could be used for this......

Edit:

Nevermind about the central vac thing. Appears dust collectors need high cfm and central vacs produce pressure drop at low cfm.

Oh well.......