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New garage owner, looking to set up a workshop.

Krynn72

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New England
Hi all, I'm a new homeowner looking to convert a small one car garage into a workshop, primarily woodworking but it will probably end up being a "for everything" workshop.

Because I just got the place, I'm starting from scratch with the garage and that's what drew me to this site. Trying to find ideas on where to start and what I should be aiming for. Especially the forum seems like a great place to share ideas and get inspiration, so I'm looking forward to reading a lot and getting involved.

I won't get too into it because this is just an introduction post, but the garage was kinda abused by the previous owners and they made some confusing decisions that I could use some opinions and thoughts from you guys on. As you can see from the pic below, they had drywall that was unpainted and left it like that. Then, I'm guessing they washed their car with a hose or something because there's water spots all over the brown drywall paper and it looks hideous. There's also a few spots where the drywall got banged up, and on the left there's a piece of drywall placed horizontal on top of the existing drywall for some unknown reason.

Anyways I'll probably make a new post with more details asking advice. For now I'll just say I'm happy to have found this site and community, and am looking forward to participating.

A picture of my starting point.
 
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nadogail

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Welcome to the Forum from Southwestern California. Your first step, IMHO, would be to Think about you plan to do in your shop; then make a plan showing where everything will be.

Having looked at your picture, I would start painting your existing drywall with Kilz; that will occupy your time as you get organized.

After you have made a plan you, again in my opinion, start on Power and Lighting. Those are best done before you start moving in machines and benches.

Kilz will improve your lighting and it takes finish coats of paint well. Pencil marks show up well and are easily painted over.

I like simple solutions to problems. My LED modules screw into surface mounted ceramic sockets on the ceiling.

I have a 50 Amp 220 outlet for both my table saw and my welder. My 120 volt outlets are fed from
 
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