Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT Roboto's Garage

[shadyluke]

Re: Mr. Roboto's Garage Makeover

They like to drill all the way through so if an anchor doesn't bite they can just drive it out the bottom and use an epoxy anchor in the same hole.

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[Mr. Roboto]

Re: Mr. Roboto's Garage Makeover

They like to drill all the way through so if an anchor doesn't bite they can just drive it out the bottom and use an epoxy anchor in the same hole.

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Yup that's exactly what he said. Thankfully, it didn't come to that, because I think I would have thrown in the towel at that point. I just have to hope that none fail in the future.

 

[shadyluke]

Re: Mr. Roboto's Garage Makeover

I retorque mine every so often. You should too. You will get some movement the first few times.

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[Mr. Roboto]

Just curious, as I've seen you have some trucks on your lift. What are you using for a location for the rear lift arms typically? I have a 2003 Sierra extended cab. There are very clear locations for the front pads, but the rear of the frame turns up not too far after the drivers door. By the time it straightens out again, there's no room to get a pad in there, and it's pretty far back at that point.

 

[NedNorton]

The lift looks great! Congratulations on winning the battle and getting it installed. With the electric... Metal box over the current box and conduit with seal-tight. It will clean that up.

Good luck on the deck. I'm jellouse of the green grass. It's snowing here.

Looking forward to seeing it come together.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[shadyluke]

Re: Mr. Roboto's Garage Makeover

My ford is the same way. I position it on the flat behind the door. I got an extra set of frame adapters as the fit between the frame and fuel tank well. Plus I feel the are more secure. I actually bought the book for placing lift arms.

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[Mr. Roboto]

Re: Mr. Roboto's Garage Makeover

The lift looks great! Congratulations on winning the battle and getting it installed. With the electric... Metal box over the current box and conduit with seal-tight. It will clean that up.

Good luck on the deck. I'm jellouse of the green grass. It's snowing here.

Looking forward to seeing it come together.

Cheers,
Chris

Thanks! It was so rewarding seeing it finally go up after all the concrete work. A big check in the box. Thanks for the conduit tip too, you and shadyluke both recommended that. I think it will clean it up nicely.

My ford is the same way. I position it on the flat behind the door. I got an extra set of frame adapters as the fit between the frame and fuel tank well. Plus I feel the are more secure. I actually bought the book for placing lift arms.

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Are these the frame adapters you got? Looks like they would solve the issue for me as well. I'll have to pick up a pair.

http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Atlas-Frame-Adapters-1-1-2-Peg_2

Thanks a bunch for that pic. Is that out of the ALI book? I actually just ordered that today. No digital version, so it's coming via snail mail. Interesting they recommend to lift from the leaf spring. I agree with you, I'd feel more comfortable getting it on the frame somewhere.

 

[shadyluke]

Re: Mr. Roboto's Garage Makeover

Those are the adapters

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[don long]

I just found your thread tonight and scanned it for the pictures
I love the transition from old to new. It looks like a shop that I would love to work in. I'm working on my wood shop and appreciate the build of your work bench. It gave me a few good ideas and a lot of motivation. I'm very new to working with wood.
Your new lift will make your work much easier and with a sheet of plywood over the lift pads it gives you a great (raised ) work table.

Thanks for sharing and congrats on your new home and shop

Don

 

[Mr. Roboto]

I just found your thread tonight and scanned it for the pictures
I love the transition from old to new. It looks like a shop that I would love to work in. I'm working on my wood shop and appreciate the build of your work bench. It gave me a few good ideas and a lot of motivation. I'm very new to working with wood.
Your new lift will make your work much easier and with a sheet of plywood over the lift pads it gives you a great (raised ) work table.

Thanks for sharing and congrats on your new home and shop

Don

Thank you Don! That means a lot coming from you. Your garage and projects inspire many around here, myself included

 

[DanMan90]

Very impressed with your garage, I spent yesterday evening going through all 17 pages of the build!

I am hoping I will be fortunate enough to find a house with a detached like yours! I am currently in the process of looking for my first house in southern/central NH.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Very impressed with your garage, I spent yesterday evening going through all 17 pages of the build!

I am hoping I will be fortunate enough to find a house with a detached like yours! I am currently in the process of looking for my first house in southern/central NH.

Thanks for taking the time to read through it all! Best of luck with the house hunt. Do you live in NH now, or are you relocating?

 

[DanMan90]

Born and raised in NH. Went to UNH and graduated with my degree in mechanical engineering in 2012. I am currently residing in Londonderry until the right house comes along!

 

[anuccite]

Excellent Transformation.... and Some pretty cool Ideas in your build. Great Work!

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Born and raised in NH. Went to UNH and graduated with my degree in mechanical engineering in 2012. I am currently residing in Londonderry until the right house comes along!

Cool, you are in the next town over from me. I'm also mechanical engineer as well.

Excellent Transformation.... and Some pretty cool Ideas in your build. Great Work!

Thank you!

 

[racestatus]

just read through the whole thing. absolutely amazing work bud. love the bench and cabinets you built. im especially interested in the rack to hold the organization bins. im going to copy that lol

 

[QwikKotaTx]

Honestly, the matts are overkill. If I had to do it again, I don't think I'd do them, but better to be safe than sorry.

Good luck if you do end up doing it!

Really? That slab looked pretty thin in the pics where it was cut out. Probably hard to tell from an image but it looked less than 4" thick. I think you did the right thing putting in the pads, especially if you will be lifting trucks.

Lift looks awesome and garage is killer.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

just read through the whole thing. absolutely amazing work bud. love the bench and cabinets you built. im especially interested in the rack to hold the organization bins. im going to copy that lol

Thanks, and welcome to the forum! And steal away....I stole the idea from someone else on here anyways

Really? That slab looked pretty thin in the pics where it was cut out. Probably hard to tell from an image but it looked less than 4" thick. I think you did the right thing putting in the pads, especially if you will be lifting trucks.

Lift looks awesome and garage is killer.

Sorry if I was misleading....the pads were absolutely necessary. My original slab was 3.5"-4" thick. I feel much safer having a full 12" now. I meant the rebar matts at the bottom of the 2 new pads I poured are overkill. Keying under he existing slab, combined with pinning into it as well, was plenty strong I think.

 

[nsogiba]

Great setup, love how much space you have. How do you like the Rav4? My wife is in the market for one.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Great setup, love how much space you have. How do you like the Rav4? My wife is in the market for one.

It's been great, we love it so far. It's just about to turn 20K miles. It's going to most likely be my wife's car eventually, so we bought it more with her in mind than myself.

 

[andyztoy]

very nice garage i love the corner office

 

[Mr. Roboto]

One of my friends who helped me out digging the footings stopped by for an oil change the other night....I've never enjoyed doing an oil change so much!

 

[Mr. Roboto]

One more quick update...I finally got my truck up there as well for an oil change. Everything held together just fine to support the heaviest vehicle I own...success!

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Small update for this weekend.... I took the advice of a few who posted in here and cleaned up the wire run with some conduit. Looks much better now, that wire was really bugging me before.

 

[Bwana]

What kind of rolling stool are you using and how high is it? Looks like I've got similar headroom issues in that it's going to be pretty tight under my largest vehicle to move around. How high are you ceilings (sorry, I've read the whole thread but don't remember you mentioning it)?

 

[Mr. Roboto]

What kind of rolling stool are you using and how high is it? Looks like I've got similar headroom issues in that it's going to be pretty tight under my largest vehicle to move around. How high are you ceilings (sorry, I've read the whole thread but don't remember you mentioning it)?

My ceilings are about 10.5' tall. Right now, I am just using this cheap roller stool from Harbor Freight:

http://www.harborfreight.com/pneumatic-adjustable-roller-seat-46319.html

It's nothing special, but it gets the job done for now. I'll try and get a picture of a car up there with it fully lifted so that it's almost touching a the ceiling so that you can get a better idea of the max room I have under the lift.

 

[meatsis]

All I can say is WOW!!! looks awesome!!! just out of curiosity, how close is the lift to the wall? does it make it tough to work on the right side of the vehicle? Or do you have enough room to work comfortably?

 

[Mr. Roboto]

All I can say is WOW!!! looks awesome!!! just out of curiosity, how close is the lift to the wall? does it make it tough to work on the right side of the vehicle? Or do you have enough room to work comfortably?

Thank you!!

There is 19" from the wall to the side of the post, but there is about 4 feet of space between the wall and the side of where most cars actually end up once loaded. It's been plenty of space so far.

 

[NedNorton]

Small update for this weekend.... I took the advice of a few who posted in here and cleaned up the wire run with some conduit. Looks much better now, that wire was really bugging me before.

Nice! Great to see that you are still attending meetings with the rest of us...

You know... "Hi, my name is Mr. Roboto and I have an overabundance of attention to detail (OCD)."

The place is looking great. How are the outdoor projects coming along?

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Nice! Great to see that you are still attending meetings with the rest of us...

You know... "Hi, my name is Mr. Roboto and I have an overabundance of attention to detail (OCD)."

The place is looking great. How are the outdoor projects coming along?

Cheers,
Chris

The struggle is real! Hahaha. Thanks!

The deck is a little slow. The decking we picked out was special order, and of course, it's taking forever to come in. Even though they said it would only take 2-4 days. I was supposed to get all my PT framing, joist hangers etc delivered together (because it was free deliver if over a certain amount) so they're holding the rest of the order hostage unless I want to pay a seperate delivery fee.

It gave me time to do the footings anyways. They were hell. They don't call this the granite state for nothing. The amount of rocks I had to pull out was absurd, and I did it all with a bunch of bars/shovels/post hole digger. One of the boulders was way to big to move so I had to jackhammer about 8" off the right of it to get my footing where it needed to go.

 

[Bob Heine]

Mr. Roboto, is that a house being tented for termites in the background? It's a pretty common sight in Florida but I don't recall termites being that big a problem in New Hampshire. Oh wait, I remember -- winter protection for a boat. Been there, done that but with a much smaller boat with much cheaper materials.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Mr. Roboto, is that a house being tented for termites in the background? It's a pretty common sight in Florida but I don't recall termites being that big a problem in New Hampshire. Oh wait, I remember -- winter protection for a boat. Been there, done that but with a much smaller boat with much cheaper materials.

Haha, close! It's my neighbors RV, covered up with his winter cover. I'm actually going to give him and hand uncovering it later today.

 

[TTA89]

Just read through the whole thing, awesome work! Man... The slab for the lift, I'd have cried! Nice work!

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Just read through the whole thing, awesome work! Man... The slab for the lift, I'd have cried! Nice work!

Thanks for taking the time to read through it all! Believe me, I was crying on the inside with the whole slab debacle

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Tackled my friends clutch yesterday on his Wrx. I've never done one before. While it definitely wasn't an easy job, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Definitely loving having the lift!

 

[Bob Heine]

Tackled my friends clutch yesterday on his Wrx. I've never done one before. While it definitely wasn't an easy job, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Definitely loving having the lift!

Mr. Roboto, there was an episode of Wheeler Dealers where they fixed up a Subaru Impreza WRX. It included a clutch replacement and I think the star mechanic, Edd China said it was one of the tougher clutch changes he'd done. This comment was coming from a guy who pulled Ferrari engines to replace the clutch and timing belts.

Coming from the "too short" jackstand world, a lift would be a dramatic improvement but that seems to have made a nightmare just a bad dream. Well done sir!

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Mr. Roboto, there was an episode of Wheeler Dealers where they fixed up a Subaru Impreza WRX. It included a clutch replacement and I think the star mechanic, Edd China said it was one of the tougher clutch changes he'd done. This comment was coming from a guy who pulled Ferrari engines to replace the clutch and timing belts.

Coming from the "too short" jackstand world, a lift would be a dramatic improvement but that seems to have made a nightmare just a bad dream. Well done sir!

I love that show, I watch it frequently, but I've never seen the Imprezza episode! I found a link to it online and just watched it, thanks! it appears as though he did it identical to the way I did it with one exception: he separated the ball joints to pull the front axles. I actually was able to rock the motor/transmission to either side the mere inch or so that was required to slip them out, which definitely saved some time. Being this is the first clutch I've done, I am glad to hear that he said it was on the harder end. It gives me hope for the next one I may have to do someday.

 

[Bob Heine]

Spent Father's Day at my son's house with the whole family. My daughter and her husband bought their oldest son a new Subaru WRX last fall when he left for college (he earned a $30,000 scholarship so they spent a similar amount on his first car). Last week he and his father decided to change the oil themselves and removed the very obvious drain plug that turned out to be for the automatic transmission. Luckily they realized their mistake and went to the Subaru dealer for advice.

It turns out Subaru uses a proprietary transmission fluid that is sold in 5-gallon pails for around $400. The tech who helped them put 6 quarts in the new gas can they bought so it only cost $150 to fix the mistake. I have since learned it is an easy mistake to make so my college sophomore grandson and his PhD physicist father are not really just over-educated idiots.

 

[N.Quigs]

Absolutely fantastic thread man. The amount of detail you've put into your build is an inspiration. I'm just now in the planning stages of my garage overhaul/possible expansion and I think I might be stealing a few ideas from you if you don't mind!

I'm looking forward to continuing to follow along with anymore project progress you update with!

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Absolutely fantastic thread man. The amount of detail you've put into your build is an inspiration. I'm just now in the planning stages of my garage overhaul/possible expansion and I think I might be stealing a few ideas from you if you don't mind!

I'm looking forward to continuing to follow along with anymore project progress you update with!

Thanks so much for the kind words, steal away! Good luck with your own project, be sure to start a build thread do we can all follow along.