seal killer
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Five years ago, I stuck a mill in the garage and began calling the mill area a shop. I built cabinetry around the mill so everything I needed for operations was close to hand. My cabinetry building skills are primitive, but it all worked very well.
Now, I want to put a lathe next to the mill in this two car garage and still have room for my wife's hemi Grand Cherokee, my Crossfire, and bling-bling Sportster. Here is a before picture of the shop area . . .
I had put all that cabinetry together with deck screws. It came apart like an erector set and I saved every bit of lumber. (I am not sure my wife views this in the same positive light as do I.) The mill, all dressed up to go in the driveway, looks kinda lonesome . . .
Now, it is empty enough for me (actually, Mrs. seal killer) to figure out the paint and floor scheme. After an hour or so of deliberation, "we" came up with what I was to discover on this forum was the tried and true scheme; gray on gray with a red stripe. Here's a bit of that process . . .
That mill doesn't want to leave the safety of the garage! But, leave it must for the epoxy floor to be installed. I used Hilman Rollers under the back two corners and one under the front center. Four rollers is bad juju. The base of the mill does not flex. A roller will slid out with the slightest dip and you will be left with a 1400 pound machine on a three legged stool meant for four. Not good. Better it be a three legged stool--a tripod--in the first place. (I have to thank BadDog over on "The Home Machinist!" for this piece of invaluable advice.)
Invaluable friends are EXPENSIVE!!! Look what I had to pay them with!
The garage LOOKS a lot bigger with nothing in it, but I know this is false hope!
Now, "all" that's left is the floor. I decided to go with a Tennant epoxy product. Here is the sample I chose . . .
I have been told by very knowledgeable people on the The Home Machinist! that if I ever drop anything on that floor, I will NEVER find it. Fortunately for me, I have never dropped anything in MY ENTIRE LIFE! So, no problem.
The floor goes in tomorrow . . . er, in a few hours!
--seal killer
Five years ago, I stuck a mill in the garage and began calling the mill area a shop. I built cabinetry around the mill so everything I needed for operations was close to hand. My cabinetry building skills are primitive, but it all worked very well.
Now, I want to put a lathe next to the mill in this two car garage and still have room for my wife's hemi Grand Cherokee, my Crossfire, and bling-bling Sportster. Here is a before picture of the shop area . . .
I had put all that cabinetry together with deck screws. It came apart like an erector set and I saved every bit of lumber. (I am not sure my wife views this in the same positive light as do I.) The mill, all dressed up to go in the driveway, looks kinda lonesome . . .
Now, it is empty enough for me (actually, Mrs. seal killer) to figure out the paint and floor scheme. After an hour or so of deliberation, "we" came up with what I was to discover on this forum was the tried and true scheme; gray on gray with a red stripe. Here's a bit of that process . . .
That mill doesn't want to leave the safety of the garage! But, leave it must for the epoxy floor to be installed. I used Hilman Rollers under the back two corners and one under the front center. Four rollers is bad juju. The base of the mill does not flex. A roller will slid out with the slightest dip and you will be left with a 1400 pound machine on a three legged stool meant for four. Not good. Better it be a three legged stool--a tripod--in the first place. (I have to thank BadDog over on "The Home Machinist!" for this piece of invaluable advice.)
Invaluable friends are EXPENSIVE!!! Look what I had to pay them with!
The garage LOOKS a lot bigger with nothing in it, but I know this is false hope!
Now, "all" that's left is the floor. I decided to go with a Tennant epoxy product. Here is the sample I chose . . .
I have been told by very knowledgeable people on the The Home Machinist! that if I ever drop anything on that floor, I will NEVER find it. Fortunately for me, I have never dropped anything in MY ENTIRE LIFE! So, no problem.
The floor goes in tomorrow . . . er, in a few hours!
--seal killer