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Some work I did on a garage

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Jackie Treehorn

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Hi guys, I mainly lurk here, and drool over lots of shops. I finished up working on a guys garage and thought I'd share since I enjoy looking at other shops for ideas figure so do other people.

I made a workbench cabinet with pegboard, two wardrobes that flank his toolbox, huge storage shelves and corrugated metal wainscoting along the wall. He brews beer as a hobby, and wanted somewhere to hang out while doing that. Onto some pics...

The wardrobe


Uppers and lowers without pegboard


Tight squeeze on the toolbox


Bench


Fridge surround and storage


Storage


More storage


Tv of course


Wainscoting



Hope you enjoy pictures!
 
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rlanicek said:
More details on the wainscoting please. How did you attach the top trim without flattening the corrugated metal?
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Thanks for the compliments guys! I wish I had a picture of the wall beforehand, I used 1/2 mdf strips along the wall to set my height. since his sheetrock only went down to the sill plate I put 1/2 mdf strips along the bottom on the concrete foundation to support the back of the metal and make it set level with the sheetrock. Then I just pushed the metal against the bottom 1/2" and screwed it in. Then covered it with a wider trim piece and capped it with another small moulding to give it a finished look. I'll see if I can find any mid work shots.
 
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captain14 said:
What is the size? Looks like a tandem?
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Not 100% certain on size, but yes tandem. What is nice is the width from garage door to wall is at least 39" if I recall right.


Here's some more detail on installing it. Pictures from sketchup, but best I can do since I never snapped any mid progress.

1/2" mdf, I think it was 1&5/8" wide. The metal was then butted up to the underside of the mdf. The cap was 2&1/4, so the ~1/2 overhang helped hide any screws and rough cuts since metal wasn't the easiest to cut


the trim


the cap


Jig I made for cutting the metal, the housing on my cut off wheel is about an 1/8" thick so I used a tap to mount it to a piece of plastic and created a straight edge guide. Worked out pretty well since it was all I had to work with, I'm more of wood guy so my metal tools are sorely lacking.


And lastly, I used "the works" toilet bowl cleaner to age the metal a bit. Stinky but did the job, just have to watch it cause it will do too much pretty quickly.
 
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Hey Jackie,

Quite a pad you got here, man. Completely unspoiled.

Yeah, I dig the way you do business man.


(sorry no one quoted TBL yet, i had to. yes, I am an achiever).
 
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Very nice and thanks for the info on the corrugated steel and wainscoting too. I have been thinking of using some in my place in the future and wasn't too sure on how to make it look right. And the how to 'age' new stuff, thanks!

I hope he brews IPAs!
 
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Very nice, tell the owner you did the work for that he needs to do something about that floor now to really tie it all together!
 
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Very nice work on design and execution!


Jackie Treehorn said:
And lastly, I used "the works" toilet bowl cleaner to age the metal a bit. Stinky but did the job, just have to watch it cause it will do too much pretty quickly.
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Funny that you used "The Works" to age metal. My wife believed that it was the only way to clean the mineral deposits that our local water system supplies along with the H2O. She ruined so many faucets with that **** that I started to watch for it in our cleaning supplies and throwing it away whenever she brought in a fresh bottle!
 
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hoffman912 said:
Hey Jackie,

Quite a pad you got here, man. Completely unspoiled.

Yeah, I dig the way you do business man.


(sorry no one quoted TBL yet, i had to. yes, I am an achiever).
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It's not my pad, just one I did the work on, but I do believe the work really tied the room together.

Mr. Roboto said:
Very nice, tell the owner you did the work for that he needs to do something about that floor now to really tie it all together!
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He's got a few ideas lined up. the house is only a year old, but the sealer they put down I don't think was applied right.

Bob Hall said:
Very nice work on design and execution!




Funny that you used "The Works" to age metal. My wife believed that it was the only way to clean the mineral deposits that our local water system supplies along with the H2O. She ruined so many faucets with that **** that I started to watch for it in our cleaning supplies and throwing it away whenever she brought in a fresh bottle!
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When I was aging the panels, I saw some of it actually smoking, it's potent stuff. What's funny is I originally used it as a rust remover for an old planer, worked pretty well for that too.
 
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Just finished up the beer sign holder for him. Put it on a remote control since he had an outlet put high on wall when the house was built.
 
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