New Garage Addition

[BMW Rider]

I have the DC on a remote, each machine has a blast gate which I open manually for whichever machine is being used. The cyclone is new on the chip barrel, I used to just have a cyclone lid on it, but found as the barrel filled, more and more of the chips just ended up in the DC. The cyclone is the Onieda Dust Deputy, I will have to see how it performs, but it does come highly rated. I had the barrel all ready, so I just had to make a top to fit the cyclone to it. The ducting is much nicer than having to drag hoses around and connct to all the machines like I was doing before.

Your right, no wood lathe, just not something that has been a big draw for me. I do have a metal lathe though and a milling machine. I do a variety of woodwork, but I prefer building furniture, particularily craftsman style. This is the dresser unit I built last year; it's the last piece of our full bedroom suite I had been working on for quite a while.

 

[bj383ss]

Fantastic build. I'm not a fan of the Craftsman style or Oak but appreciate all the work you put into it. The inset drawers looks great. I also enjoy building furniture and the last 2 years been building toys for my boys and 2 scale models for me.

Scania truck I built

1949 Reading Steam Freight train.

Look forward to seeing more of your updates. Are you a member on any of the woodworking forums?

Bret

 

[Motown 454]

Those are beautiful.. I like the addition and the lift, nice job.

 

[BMW Rider]

Bret, those are spectacular models, too nice to be toys. Smaller is not always easier, I bet you have many hours into them.

I don't frequent many woodworking forums, mostly just the Canadian Woodworking one.

 

[MTRD3]

I'm a noob to this entire DIY/Tools and garage building/construction scene, so please excuse my ignorance. This question is solely based on curiosity and I hope it doesn't seem rude to ask in anyway. What is the benefit of this type of lift? I always imagined that the hoists that lift from the jacking points are much more versatile because they enable you to work on the car with the wheels off as well. With this type of drive on lift, you are limited in that regard aren't you? you can only work underneath the car?

I think your garage looks great and only hope I can learn how to do such work.

 

[55cadillacking]

I think one benefit of this type of lift is for storing two cars in a single bay. Just drive the first car on and push the "up" button.

 

[BMW Rider]

I use the lift for parking. The advantage of the four post design is not having the column blocking your access the the cars doors for entry and egress. Also easier to just drive onto the ramps and lift without messing around positioning lift arms.

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[BMW Rider]

New lumber racks built and installed. They will hold more lumber than the old ones could which is good. I had some hardwood from some pallets that I used for the cleats and used 1" electrical conduit for the supports.

 

[bj383ss]

Very nice rack! Thats a good amount of hardwood you have there. You could also store some short pieces of dowels in the pipes.

Bret

 

[audifirst]

pretty cool

 

[BMW Rider]

Finally got around to cleaning up my welding/metalworking space yesterday. Pulled the welding table and everything out, put in the new baseboards and repainted the walls (after patching up the worst of the marks). Applied the red dust tape striping and put everything back in a much neater fashion that before.

The vent fan used to go through the wall in the center of the fume hood, but with the addition I had to move it to vent out to the back wall. I still have to get a new storm hood put on the exterior, and would like to figure out some sort of fresh air inlet too. Previously when I ran the fan, I had to crack the door open.

Now I just have to haul the load of scrap metal down to the recyclers.

 

[Wooden Hot Rodder Garage]

View media item 33189OK, I have been looking at different "Dream" Garages and let me say that we are speaking the same garage language. A room for cars, a room for bikes, and a wood shop. Excellent. Love the Train & truck. Check out my Wooden Hot Rodder Toys.
Great Garage.

 

[BMW Rider]

Nice work on the wooden car. The wood toys posted earlier are not my work, but they are nice.

Haven't done much to the shop itself lately, so haven't added any new stuff here either. I do have a couple things to do before winter comes (all to soon I'm sure). Finally ordered the vent caps for my welding bench hood fan. Mostly this summer has been spent riding and tinkering a bit on my motorcycles.



This little project was finished up last week. Its a Pelican brand case that I fabricated mounts for to use as a top case on my F800GS. It can be easily mounted or removed as needed.

 

[BMW Rider]

Finally got my fume hood fan ducted out and a new fresh air intake installed. The fan used to just pass through the wall above my welding bench, but had to relocate it as that just goes into the addition now. I had moved the fan itself a few months ago, but hadn't got round to getting a new storm hood built and installed. The hood was made up by a local tin shop, the intake is a standard 12" round intake vent with a simple plug to close it up when not in use.

Upper exhaust outlet and intake at the bottom

Inside view of the intake (still need to paint the trim ring).

The plug is just an end cap with Styrofoam insulation attached.

I thought about using dampers and an automatic actuator that would open them when the fan was turned on, but decided that for the cost, this simple manual system would be best. I don't use the fan that frequently that this will be any hassle to pull the plug for fresh air in. I never had a return air vent before and always had to crack the door a bit for that, so this is a big step forward.

I also wrapped the exhaust ducting with a layer of mylar bubble wrap insulation over the 2" Styrofoam just to make it look a bit prettier. The fan has louvers on it to keep the cold air out of the garage, but they are right at the fan itself so I needed to insulate the short duct as it will be open to the outside up to the fan louvers.

 

[camaro-affair]

Hi, I stumbled onto this site via Google search and found your garage build, very nice! I am in the same process you have gone through, built 26*26 garage and now want more room. My plan is to add 14*28 to the garage with vaulted ceilings to add a lift, need room for 70 z28 and a 68 c10.

Just wondering what problems you had with the city and them not letting you add the size of addition you wanted? My garage will be 58 sq/ft smaller than my residence and my lot coverage will be around 38%.

Any insight or advise would be much appreciated!

 

[403is300]

Love the addition, nice to see other people in the calgary area doing big things with garages.

 

[reeskm]

Love it! Huge inspiration when I decide to re-do my tiny single garage in Calgary. Now I'm thinking - should I just extend it?

 

[jarhead]

very nice build!

I am thinking of doing something similar...

How much room is on each side of the lift? What model number is it?

Thanks, Joe

 

[D45]

Nice nice build and project...……..building garage additions are great ideas

Here is my addition, off the side of the main two car garage:

It is roughly 16x62...…..front and rear garage doors

Here is a front pic I found, snow is long gone thankfully

 

[Oldbear]

I did a lot of searching the hardware and home improvement stores for something to use for the border. I considered painting it on, but was looking for something easier and quicker to apply. What I finally chose is a Red Green approved product, it's red duct tape Cheap and effective.

I know this is an old thread... but I also used duct tape. Mine was checkered flag pattern.

 

[427HISS]

I use the lift for parking. The advantage of the four post design is not having the column blocking your access the the cars doors for entry and egress. Also easier to just drive onto the ramps and lift without messing around positioning lift arms.

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I have the Danmar MaxJax two post lift in my single garage, and it's compacted enough I just leave it up, although it's made to collapse and roll into a corner. It's made to normal height ceilings, so you can't stand erect, but it's great to sit on a roll chair. Wouldn't do without it.