chrislehr
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christ, your attic looks like an airplane hanger!
Above 1200 Sq/FT OldCarGuy’s New Toy Shop
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
biker
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OCG!!! You are the man. You have to be the most importance guy here on the fourm. I to own a machine shop and cnc machines as well. I like useing the older machines as well. I know what you have there. To everybody that reads his threads and posts there can't be anybody but him his self working in his shop. The only way I could go in his shop is to be naked.
OCG You are the Man
OCG You are the Man
PistolWhip
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That's just amazing. Simply awl inspiring...
That's just amazing. Simply awl inspiring...
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Only a model plane could land in there. It's only 16' wide by 50' long.
I always work with clothes on. And never ask guests to remove theirs! LOL
Ever time I step into one of my Toy Shops, a smile instantly appears on my face. And I feel a deep sense of accomplishment. That this is my reward for fifty years that I've worked so hard to create. My little slice of heaven found here on Earth. That I thank the Good Guy Upstairs every day for giving me yet another day to enjoy...
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36463
DEV0
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The lifts to end all lifts.
This is amazing.
This is amazing.
thomask
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Old car guy, love your shop and enjoy your retirement, when I show up at a gas station in one of my cars I tell kids there to get an education and to work hard, that's how you earn the right to drive a nice vehicle.
Can't wait to see all your toy cars in their new garage of garages....Also keep us posted on the boat as summer is coming up. Where is it docked?
Can't wait to see all your toy cars in their new garage of garages....Also keep us posted on the boat as summer is coming up. Where is it docked?
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Broncoholic
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OCG what a great thread just got done with the whole thing. Now I have a goal in life and a new reason to live...
I am not worthy. Next time I pop thru Ohio to pick up a barn find I will stop in to check the air in my trailer tires.
I am sure glad to be a part of this forum.
I am not worthy. Next time I pop thru Ohio to pick up a barn find I will stop in to check the air in my trailer tires.
I am sure glad to be a part of this forum.N8
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OCG,
Inspirational shop.
I am dying to see some of the parts you create with all of your tooling.
I am in awe of the tooling, parts and pattern making of the early years.
I even collect them.
Here is one from my collection that you may enjoy.
This is an old wood pattern made around the late 40's to early 50's
Keep up the great work and I hope you enjoy your retirement. I admire your work ethic.
Inspirational shop.
I am dying to see some of the parts you create with all of your tooling.
I am in awe of the tooling, parts and pattern making of the early years.
I even collect them.
Here is one from my collection that you may enjoy.
This is an old wood pattern made around the late 40's to early 50's
Keep up the great work and I hope you enjoy your retirement. I admire your work ethic.
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Follow the link below to how I constructed a Rolling Library Ladder for my storage shelving in my 30' by 50' motorhome garage. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39039
OCG Awsome shop's !!
I read in this thread you buried compressed air line's to your other shop's what kind of pipe did you use ? i would like to put my compressor in my shed and bury a line to my shop to free up some floor space and get the noise out of the shop
Thank's Brad
I read in this thread you buried compressed air line's to your other shop's what kind of pipe did you use ? i would like to put my compressor in my shed and bury a line to my shop to free up some floor space and get the noise out of the shop
Thank's Brad
I buried 2" diameter PVC conduit 36" deep with LB’s when it came out of the ground at all my garages. Then pulled 1" diameter double braided black hose through.
jcirafic
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Nice rolling library ladder, OCG. When you post, I read! I just did a thermostat in a 2003 Blazer today, my shop is shaping up bit by bit, new craftsman 8 drawer toolbox, cleaning and organizing, painting, a shadow of what you've done but I can see the payoff-it's a pleasure working in a shop that is neat, organized, and basically something like yours!!
OCG
Sorry if this is a dumb question but what are LB's
The plastic conduit is a great idea was the hose a steel reinforced like used on big rig's?
Brad
any particular reason for doing it like this as opposed to just piping the air?
dipper
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OCG -
You truly have a great "compound" there with all your shops and cars.
I have always enjoyed your posts and viewing the pictures of you place.
Keep it up!
You truly have a great "compound" there with all your shops and cars.
I have always enjoyed your posts and viewing the pictures of you place.
Keep it up!
Hey OCG,
Everything looks great. I'm a young car guy who is just finishing up his first car project: complete swap of everything from a rusted 240sx to a clean body 240sx.
I looked through your thread and a couples questions came to mind. I hope you don't mind teaching.
That EDM machine. I read your description on earlier in the thread. You mentioned that it's used to cut out complex shapes. What can it do that a modren CNC machine can't?
Your Bridgeport CNC machine, is it 2 axis? Do you usually only use to make brackets?
What is an Optical Comparator?
What's the difference between a mill and a drill press?
Lastly, why so many drill presses? Is it just because you like toys or can one do something that the other cannot?
Thanks in advance
Everything looks great. I'm a young car guy who is just finishing up his first car project: complete swap of everything from a rusted 240sx to a clean body 240sx.
I looked through your thread and a couples questions came to mind. I hope you don't mind teaching.
That EDM machine. I read your description on earlier in the thread. You mentioned that it's used to cut out complex shapes. What can it do that a modren CNC machine can't?
Your Bridgeport CNC machine, is it 2 axis? Do you usually only use to make brackets?
What is an Optical Comparator?
What's the difference between a mill and a drill press?
Lastly, why so many drill presses? Is it just because you like toys or can one do something that the other cannot?
Thanks in advance
It's just makes life a lot easier to make a part with the right machine or combination of machines.
e-tek
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I'm getting tired of re-reading this entire post everytime there's an update....NOT BORED, just tired!!!! 
OLD CAR GUY...Absolutely incredible... OFF THE CHARTS, GARAGE! WOW~
I grew up in Summit Co. Still have family there. May have even seen your car at Stan Hywet or Eyes on the Classics in Grosse Pointe... Not sure if you're a member but any Chance you will be traveling to Bardstown Ky for the Akron Brass Club (Snapper's) tour? If so, what car will you drive.
Enjoy those toys...Who ever said that you have to go to college to be successful??? Looks like you did alright for yourself!
Regards, Tom
I grew up in Summit Co. Still have family there. May have even seen your car at Stan Hywet or Eyes on the Classics in Grosse Pointe... Not sure if you're a member but any Chance you will be traveling to Bardstown Ky for the Akron Brass Club (Snapper's) tour? If so, what car will you drive.
Enjoy those toys...Who ever said that you have to go to college to be successful??? Looks like you did alright for yourself!
Regards, Tom
I never downplay a college education. One may have been able to do well for themselves in my day. But it has to be a thousand times more difficult today.
My cars have been shown at the CCCA Stan Hywet and Eye’s on Design. More than likely you have seen them there. But unfortunately I won’t be on the Snapper’s summer tour in Bardstown, Kentucky.
bazzateer
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Just think how many more cars you could fit in there if you took all those machines out.
Your set-up is larger than most main dealer workshops over in the UK. The garden of the house I'm buying is about 70' x 28' in which I intend to build a 26' x 26' garage to house my 3 British classic cars (we make 'em smaller over here, less room you see?).
I know you've worked hard for everything you have and I admire you for it. I've worked hard for the past 25 years and now I'm back to stage one following an expensive divorce. My cars are my passion now, except when I'm wiith my beautiful kids.
I take my hat off to you Sir
Your set-up is larger than most main dealer workshops over in the UK. The garden of the house I'm buying is about 70' x 28' in which I intend to build a 26' x 26' garage to house my 3 British classic cars (we make 'em smaller over here, less room you see?).
I know you've worked hard for everything you have and I admire you for it. I've worked hard for the past 25 years and now I'm back to stage one following an expensive divorce. My cars are my passion now, except when I'm wiith my beautiful kids.
I take my hat off to you Sir
galwaytt
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I can top that: I've just read the entire post........and I'm exhausted. And it's taken me 'til 2.45 am ! The SO is getting annoyed the the 'look look' exclamations !
OCG - I salute you !
jtruelove44
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WOW! hands down one of the best shops I've ever seen!
tatra
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check this one out
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12234
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12234
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jtruelove44
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now if he had an elevator to put a car in the lower level and work on it that would be cool, but in my opinion its useless for me. but i would rather be working than siting on my *** in a "theater".. but to each his own thats what he wanted and its cool for him..
Lookin4'67Galaxieconv
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Nuts
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OCG, I am truly amazed and impressed. That doesn't happen very often at the same time.
Nuts
Nuts
OCG where was your old house when I was relocating to NE Ohio? 
LOL
I spent a great deal of time searching for a smaller house, with a 4 or 6 car garage, with no luck. Had to settle on a 4BR, 3CG, which is a little much house for a single guy
I read the entire garage post, great read! I'm now inspired to do some researching/price comparisons for a lift now.
LOLI spent a great deal of time searching for a smaller house, with a 4 or 6 car garage, with no luck. Had to settle on a 4BR, 3CG, which is a little much house for a single guy
I read the entire garage post, great read! I'm now inspired to do some researching/price comparisons for a lift now.
vectorw8015
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Thats not a Garage, that is 4 walls and an ****** inside. A car restoration *********. Great Garage.
santagary
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I was born in '41 in Akron and graduated in '59 from Kenmore....I escaped then to Cincinnati for a Masters in Education and then on to TX, NM and now CO. I still carry a buckeye in my pocket. Great construction job...thanks for the posts. g
biscuit141
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OCG, I saw in your post that you mention your old house and your new house. Were all the pictures of your new house and garage? Or did I confuse some old garage pictures thinking they were your new garage? Did you move to a new city or just a new house? What part of Ohio are you in?
There were no pictures of my old house in this thread. But there are a few pictures on the first pages that shows some of my machinery in my old garage machine shop before I moved them into my new place. And a picture machining the end trucks to my bridge crane on a Bridgeport. Other than that I don’t recall any others...
Yes I did move to a new city. My old house was just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. While my new house is halfway between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio.
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