SUNBURNTsnype
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Hey guys! New to this forum, first time posting. Must say I'm really impressed by all the info and great ideas you guy have here! Good job, and keep it up!
Ok so heres my deal: I'm moving into military housing with a 1 car garage. I want to set it up to be able to park my wife's grocery-getting SUV inside to keep it out of the elements (first brand new car I've ever owned), an then when I want to work in there, be able to pull it out and have a functional workspace when I work on my car or bikes. I have 2 craftsman top and bottom rolling tool chests, 2 vidmar waist level tool benches with a butcher block workbench on top of both and 3 head height vidmar cabinets. I plan on building a frame to attach to the 2 waist height vidmars to so they are a single unit and put casters on the bottom so I can move it around along with the craftsman boxes. I want to line one side of the garage (or the back wall if there's not enough width to fit the suv in the garage) with the rolling craftsman boxes, the rolling vidmar workbench and the taller vidmars and I want to build some hinged fold up workbenches on the other side of the garage so that I can fold them up against the wall to park the suv inside. I also like the idea of the modular mounts for vices and grinders like in jack's garage so I think I may try and do that as well so I can get rid of my vice stand. I'm thinking I'll try to make the fold out work benches the same height as the vidmar workbench so I can use the together if I need to. I also want to get some of those bicycle winches to hang them from the ceiling.
My main issue is this: since it's military housing, and not my own, what's the best way to add lighting and plug outlets temporarily? There's an electrical sub panel in the garage that I think I can put another couple breakrs in and I figure I can add a few hanging chain fluorescents from the ceiling and run a few temporary 110v plugs across the wall next to the sub panel. You guys have any tips or advice for temporary electrical besides living with what's existing and running drop lights and plug strips?
Also, I'd like to do something with the floor to make it look nicer and maybe have some softer material to walk on. What is a cheap temporary option for flooring? I kinda like the vinyl checker board or rubber matting, but not sure about the cost or source to find it.
I'm also thinking a out running some pipe or round stock with shower curtain rings across the top of all 4 walls so I can drape tarps and slide them to cover all 4 walls as I plan on doing painting in the shop as well as metal and wood work. I figure I can swap out the back door for a sacrificial one cut out a hole for a window and mount a box fan in it with a filter on both sides to use as either positive or negative ventilation and crack the roll up garage door whenever I'm painting. What do u think? Would that work? Maybe use clamps to hold all the tarps tight together in the corners.
Also like the idea of the aerosol can holding cabinets.
Not sure yet about pegboard. I'm not really familiar with how to use or organize with pegboard as I've always had to put stuff in locking drawers on a ship to keep things from flying all over in rough weather. Right now I have almost all my hand tools in the 2 craftsman boxes. Maybe I should put a small pegboard sheet over the workbench for larger items like pipe wrenches and crowbars and stuff. Thoughts? I figure if I'm ever working on something, with everything in the rolling boxes, I can just wheel the box over by whatever I'm working on and don't have to walk back wand forth to get tools all the time.
My other issue is what I'm going to do with storage for stuff like spare auto and bike parts, camping gear, surfboards, and other large items. There's no shed in the back yard unfortunately. I could probably build some cabinets to sit against the outside of the back wall of the garage and store that stuff outside. I'm also considering building a shelf across the top of both walls inside the garage where the roll up garage door tracks are. Maybe I could use canvas or tarps to cover the shelves and keep dust out.
Anyways that's about it for now. We move in a week so I'm trying to get it all mapped out prior to the move so I don't have to re-arrange later. Looking forward to your input guys, thanks in advance.
-caleb
Ok so heres my deal: I'm moving into military housing with a 1 car garage. I want to set it up to be able to park my wife's grocery-getting SUV inside to keep it out of the elements (first brand new car I've ever owned), an then when I want to work in there, be able to pull it out and have a functional workspace when I work on my car or bikes. I have 2 craftsman top and bottom rolling tool chests, 2 vidmar waist level tool benches with a butcher block workbench on top of both and 3 head height vidmar cabinets. I plan on building a frame to attach to the 2 waist height vidmars to so they are a single unit and put casters on the bottom so I can move it around along with the craftsman boxes. I want to line one side of the garage (or the back wall if there's not enough width to fit the suv in the garage) with the rolling craftsman boxes, the rolling vidmar workbench and the taller vidmars and I want to build some hinged fold up workbenches on the other side of the garage so that I can fold them up against the wall to park the suv inside. I also like the idea of the modular mounts for vices and grinders like in jack's garage so I think I may try and do that as well so I can get rid of my vice stand. I'm thinking I'll try to make the fold out work benches the same height as the vidmar workbench so I can use the together if I need to. I also want to get some of those bicycle winches to hang them from the ceiling.
My main issue is this: since it's military housing, and not my own, what's the best way to add lighting and plug outlets temporarily? There's an electrical sub panel in the garage that I think I can put another couple breakrs in and I figure I can add a few hanging chain fluorescents from the ceiling and run a few temporary 110v plugs across the wall next to the sub panel. You guys have any tips or advice for temporary electrical besides living with what's existing and running drop lights and plug strips?
Also, I'd like to do something with the floor to make it look nicer and maybe have some softer material to walk on. What is a cheap temporary option for flooring? I kinda like the vinyl checker board or rubber matting, but not sure about the cost or source to find it.
I'm also thinking a out running some pipe or round stock with shower curtain rings across the top of all 4 walls so I can drape tarps and slide them to cover all 4 walls as I plan on doing painting in the shop as well as metal and wood work. I figure I can swap out the back door for a sacrificial one cut out a hole for a window and mount a box fan in it with a filter on both sides to use as either positive or negative ventilation and crack the roll up garage door whenever I'm painting. What do u think? Would that work? Maybe use clamps to hold all the tarps tight together in the corners.
Also like the idea of the aerosol can holding cabinets.
Not sure yet about pegboard. I'm not really familiar with how to use or organize with pegboard as I've always had to put stuff in locking drawers on a ship to keep things from flying all over in rough weather. Right now I have almost all my hand tools in the 2 craftsman boxes. Maybe I should put a small pegboard sheet over the workbench for larger items like pipe wrenches and crowbars and stuff. Thoughts? I figure if I'm ever working on something, with everything in the rolling boxes, I can just wheel the box over by whatever I'm working on and don't have to walk back wand forth to get tools all the time.
My other issue is what I'm going to do with storage for stuff like spare auto and bike parts, camping gear, surfboards, and other large items. There's no shed in the back yard unfortunately. I could probably build some cabinets to sit against the outside of the back wall of the garage and store that stuff outside. I'm also considering building a shelf across the top of both walls inside the garage where the roll up garage door tracks are. Maybe I could use canvas or tarps to cover the shelves and keep dust out.
Anyways that's about it for now. We move in a week so I'm trying to get it all mapped out prior to the move so I don't have to re-arrange later. Looking forward to your input guys, thanks in advance.
-caleb
