My humble two car....

[SpeedCoach]

It's not much - but it gets things done.

Because of this forum I have undone, redone, upgraded, and rearranged more times than I really want to remember....but the place has come a long way from when I moved in and inherited a poorly "built" (and i use the term "built" pretty loosely) bench constructed of 2x4's and plywood.

We got this place right out of college - and have no plans of staying here forever. So I'm staying away from going too far in here....it's more than adequate for now. I've been adding plywood to the 2 unfinished walls and painting. You'll obviously notice this is a work in progress.

Anyway....

the view from the side entry

Panning to the left a bit - i fought with myself for a long time about adding pegboard...but it's been a great addition. really cleaned up the stuff i had sort of haphazardly hanging from nails around the window...

This cabinet is the newest addition....still need to make the face frame and add a shelf inside of it. Paint it of course. But it's been a great addition...been wanting to put something like this above this window for a while.

Hope to upgrade the cheap plastic cabinet here with a metal version this winter (seville or gladiator most likely). I'm trying the wood bench in this spot for a while....so far I like it here much much more than I thought I would.

so that's it.....not a gem by any means. I'm kicking around adding racedeck in here too - at least where i work on the kart, but just cant pull the trigger...

 

[spyhunter]

What kind of contraption do you have holding the latter to the ceiling?

 

[gordsgarage]

I like the set up. It's clean, organized, and has very useable space. Nice place!

Gord

 

[SpeedCoach]

What kind of contraption do you have holding the latter to the ceiling?

2 vinyl coated hooks at one end (2 keeps it from "twisting" while up there), and at the other end a hang-all like this:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

actually - this works pretty well for me. freed up the wall where the pegboard now lives. I can lift the lower rungs onto the hooks, and then left the other end of the ladder to secure the velcro on the hang-all. It's my yankee solution to ladder storage

 

[SpeedCoach]

I like the set up. It's clean, organized, and has very useable space. Nice place!

Gord

Thanks Gord -

It's not always this clean (in fact it usually isnt) - I've been spending some time tidying up now that the karting season is over.

 

[red69ss]

I like it. organized and functional, just the way a working garage should be.

 

[murph78]

Coming from a fellow 2 car garage guy, you've done well with the organizing. Keep up the good work.

 

[Jack Olsen]

I like it. It's a nice working garage.

You might look for a used anti-fatigue type mat for around where you work on the kart. Racedeck is pretty, but I don't know that it's significantly more comfortable to stand on than concrete.

 

[28HopUp]

actually - this works pretty well for me. freed up the wall where the pegboard now lives. I can lift the lower rungs onto the hooks, and then left the other end of the ladder to secure the velcro on the hang-all. It's my yankee solution to ladder storage

Nice job on raising the ladder. I hung my ladder on the ceiling with custom brackets in my 2-car, and it really freed up some wall space for me.

Nice job with the garage!

 

[aqr81]

I really like the layout; well organized and functional. I noticed the red cabinet with drills sitting on top. I've got a line on a Steelcase file cabinet with 10 smaller drawers with a divider down the middle. Similar to what where the old card files. I'm anxious to get it in a few weeks - will be using for small parts and fasteners. It looks similar to your red cabinet.

Very nice space SpeedCoach

 

[SpeedCoach]

I really like the layout; well organized and functional. I noticed the red cabinet with drills sitting on top. I've got a line on a Steelcase file cabinet with 10 smaller drawers with a divider down the middle. Similar to what where the old card files. I'm anxious to get it in a few weeks - will be using for small parts and fasteners. It looks similar to your red cabinet.

Very nice space SpeedCoach

That's effectively what that red cabinet is. Thread here.

Once I had it all cleaned up, I actually ended up removing the middle drawer divider....gave me more flexibility with organizing the fastener containers.


@Jack - the racedeck (for me) is partially for aesthetic purposes, but mostly for easier cleanup. I've slung a lot of oil around this garage and the concrete is just ugly. I'd love an anti fatigue mat in front of the craftsman bench with drawers though....spend a lot of time at that one.

thanks for the compliments guys!

 

[56nash]

boy how I miss kart racing. Seeing your ticket to fun on the stand brought back alot of memories of time at the track with my son. He raced a stock spec class and I ran a .170" overbored briggs with a stroker kit on alcohol. Great times,

 

[Sammgb]

Your ladder hanging 'system' is giving me inspiration... if you want to call I'm going to HD to get some hooks like that 'inspiration'. Nothing wrong with a functional 2-car.

 

[m.james]

Sweet go kart you must be that guy that makes all the other dads on the block jealous. I hate that guy.

 

[robertgreen79]

Nice, functional space. How do you like the Craftsman workbench? The one with the drawers I mean

 

[Jack Olsen]

Seeing your ticket to fun on the stand brought back alot of memories...

Seeing a kart just makes my ribs hurt. I'm too old.

 

[SpeedCoach]

Nice, functional space. How do you like the Craftsman workbench? The one with the drawers I mean

I like it for what I now use it for....which is mostly light assembly work, etc. I keep sockets, screw-drivers, and drill bits in those drawers. It was the first bench i bought and at one point had my wilton vise on it - but it proved a little flimsy/wobbly for my liking with anything in the vise and for any work involving "persuasion." I should note that I covered the MDF work surface with some left-over laminate flooring I had to make it more durable and less apt to absorb fluids.

 

[SpeedCoach]

Seeing a kart just makes my ribs hurt. I'm too old.

Come on now! Im in my 30's! a ribvest goes a long way to helping the ribs though - i will say that. I'm starting to eyeball some SCCA stuff though (formula stuff and/or spec miata)....moving up to a real car would be fun (but pricier - the wife pretty much leaves me alone with what the kart costs).

As to being the dad on the block that makes the others jealous - i dont know I'm just a washed up college athlete that still needs my competitive fix!!!! that and i'm hoping the racing will point my daughter in a direction other than cheerleading!!!

 

[56nash]

Somebody had to bring up the bruised rib memories, I was jsut remembering the good times. The alcohol I used to burn in mine, the 60 mph backstraight an inch off the ground, I had almost forgotten Monday mornings after a race weekend.

 

[SpeedCoach]

A nice little upgrade to share here (sorry for the bad cell-phone pics):

Before

After