great white tj
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Jack do you have 220 in your Garage ?
Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT The 12-Gauge Garage
- Thread starter Jack Olsen
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Workspaces sized between 265 and 485 squarefeet.
OP
Thanks very much, guys.
On the 220V, I've got plans for it -- and a nice 220V compressor sitting idle -- but I haven't got it done yet.
On the 220V, I've got plans for it -- and a nice 220V compressor sitting idle -- but I haven't got it done yet.
Yevgeny
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Jack, what is the size (as example 25 х 25 х 3mm, 45 x 45 x 4mm, etc.) of the frame corner the welding table made from?
What is the thickness of the steel plate the welding table made from?
Thank you,
Yevgeny.
What is the thickness of the steel plate the welding table made from?
Thank you,
Yevgeny.
OP
Yevgeny, the frame piece is L-shaped stock. It's 50mm x 50mm x 6mm thick. The top is sheet steel, 3.2mm thick. If I made it much thicker, it would be very heavy when it has to be raised or lowered.
The legs are 37mm x 37mm x 4mm thick square tubing.
The legs are 37mm x 37mm x 4mm thick square tubing.
Bobcat719
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Hey Jack, just stopping by, showed off your garage to a few friends, I think they are hooked. I also told them to vote for you, which I have been doing every day now! Hope everything is good, keep up the posts, and hopefully I will continue the progress on my build as well!
BK
BK
Yevgeny
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Jack, thank you very much!
Would you please ask to make photos of the marked parts?
It is not clear how the hinges are fixed.
Sincerely, Yevgeny.
Would you please ask to make photos of the marked parts?
It is not clear how the hinges are fixed.
Sincerely, Yevgeny.
magnusk750
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Every time I see this garage I wonder if you really use all those work benches?
I can understand the need for one for mechanical jobs, one for woodworking and perhaps one more movable and one folding from the wall. That's four, but there are much more of them, eight if I remember rightly. If it was my garage I'd prefer more free space?
I can understand the need for one for mechanical jobs, one for woodworking and perhaps one more movable and one folding from the wall. That's four, but there are much more of them, eight if I remember rightly. If it was my garage I'd prefer more free space?51rider
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Ye Gads!
An American using metric measurements
There is a God after all
An American using metric measurements
There is a God after all
BigAl62
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Ye Gads!
An American using metric measurements
There is a God after all
Hey, I thought there was no religion here!
I haven't posted on Jack's garage yet, but man it's awesome! Gives me all kinds of ideas for my small garage. Great work Jack!
bad_idea
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the other day i scanned the latest posts and saw your metric measurements. i said to myself, "what's with the odd metric measurements? them Californians are weird!" then i noticed Yevgeny's slight grammatical errors (not insulting you Yevgeny) and noticed his location. impressive Jack, to post the measurements in units that he is used to. next you'll be posting in Russian.
OP
You guys make me out to be more considerate than I am. When Yevgeny asked his initial question, he gave his examples in millimeters. Since he's in Moscow, it seemed to me like metric measurements would be more useful.
And Yevgeny, I'm hoping to have pictures of the two hinge mounts tomorrow.
While waiting for a couple of phone calls today, I got a chance to work on a new idea for the uprights for the wing I'm going to make. But to facilitate that, I decided I was not going to be getting the time to do the loving restoration of the band saw I've had sitting in my garage for the past year or so. So I decided to simply do the minimum amount of work to get the saw running, which involved a discarded wooden shelf and a couple of scrap hinges.
I've never actually owned (or used) a band saw. They're cool!
World's quickest (temporary) belt guard:
Here's the idea I worked out for a new upright design -- the new ones will be a little wider and a little shorter than the old ones.
There was a great thread on the GJ recently about using a router to cut aluminum. So I cut a slightly oversized version of the aluminum for the upright and used adhesive tape to adhere it to the plywood pattern.
Nice!
And Magnusk750, like most guys I fill up every inch of space and keep moving on to another clean surface. So I agree that the number I have is probably more than I need. But I use them all.
And here's one thing I like about my garage. Even with the table down and no time to clean up, you can pull the car in and have it JUST fit.
And Yevgeny, I'm hoping to have pictures of the two hinge mounts tomorrow.
While waiting for a couple of phone calls today, I got a chance to work on a new idea for the uprights for the wing I'm going to make. But to facilitate that, I decided I was not going to be getting the time to do the loving restoration of the band saw I've had sitting in my garage for the past year or so. So I decided to simply do the minimum amount of work to get the saw running, which involved a discarded wooden shelf and a couple of scrap hinges.
I've never actually owned (or used) a band saw. They're cool!
World's quickest (temporary) belt guard:
Here's the idea I worked out for a new upright design -- the new ones will be a little wider and a little shorter than the old ones.
There was a great thread on the GJ recently about using a router to cut aluminum. So I cut a slightly oversized version of the aluminum for the upright and used adhesive tape to adhere it to the plywood pattern.
Nice!
And Magnusk750, like most guys I fill up every inch of space and keep moving on to another clean surface. So I agree that the number I have is probably more than I need. But I use them all.
And here's one thing I like about my garage. Even with the table down and no time to clean up, you can pull the car in and have it JUST fit.
Red Leader
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Jack,
A little inspiration. I know, I'm not helping.
By the way, congratulations on the birth of your child
A little inspiration. I know, I'm not helping.
By the way, congratulations on the birth of your child
OP
Thanks, that's actually helpful (well, in the long term it is). I'm surprised to see the table part painted. On mine (which has rust), it looks like it was always bare metal.
And thanks for the congratulations on little Molly. We're crazy about her.
And thanks for the congratulations on little Molly. We're crazy about her.
Grizz1963
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Upright looks great Jack.
I am very envious of your bandsaw.
I may have to start looking at buying one when I start to look for a wood turning lathe as soon as the new shed is sorted and built up.
I had a cheap and nasty bandsaw, and it was nasty enough that I gave to Nicola's dad..... perfect for his tinkering, but not accurate enough for me.
Still in two minds whether to look for one like yours, or what we call a "Meat saw" which is a lot taller, but means you can cut meat and wood in it
Love your tight fit of the car too.
I am really spoiled here at the new place.
I am very envious of your bandsaw.
I may have to start looking at buying one when I start to look for a wood turning lathe as soon as the new shed is sorted and built up.
I had a cheap and nasty bandsaw, and it was nasty enough that I gave to Nicola's dad..... perfect for his tinkering, but not accurate enough for me.
Still in two minds whether to look for one like yours, or what we call a "Meat saw" which is a lot taller, but means you can cut meat and wood in it
Love your tight fit of the car too.
I am really spoiled here at the new place.
Yevgeny
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OK, thanks!
flybefree
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Congrats on Molly's arrival...she is a beauty.
Shaun
Shaun
MajorLeeGassole
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Thanks, that's actually helpful (well, in the long term it is). I'm surprised to see the table part painted. On mine (which has rust), it looks like it was always bare metal.
And thanks for the congratulations on little Molly. We're crazy about her.
Congrats to you and your family, Jack! Molly is beautiful! We have 4 kids and my wife just asked last night if we could have another. You can imagine the look and response I gave her. Yes, she's still alive...
1Garageman
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Congrats on the baby!
Hey I have a band saw that my dad gave me and I haven't used yet either. Do they make saw blades for band saws so that we use them to cut then metal?
Hey I have a band saw that my dad gave me and I haven't used yet either. Do they make saw blades for band saws so that we use them to cut then metal?
LoanRebel
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Congrats on Molly!!!! just noticed the pic...
GarageEnvy
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Congratulations Jack! There's something special about the father daughter relationship.
Omphaloskeptic
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Congratulations Jack! So, does this mean you need to buy TWO go-karts? LOL
I hope mother and daughter are doing fine. How does young master Olsen feel about his new sibling? I got a feeling that father and son are going to be spending more quality time together to give mom a break.
I hope mother and daughter are doing fine. How does young master Olsen feel about his new sibling? I got a feeling that father and son are going to be spending more quality time together to give mom a break.
51rider
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Congratulations on the new arrival!
BigAl62
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Congratulations!!!
Bob Heine
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Congratulations Jack! It's getting hard for me to remember what it was like -- one of my grandsons will turn 20 in two months.
Nighttrain
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Congratulations on your beautiful little girl. I bet big brother is just as proud also.
Back to the garage now, I bet that router mad some noise on that aluminum? I have never tried that before. Did you use a special bit or just a normal wood bit?
Back to the garage now, I bet that router mad some noise on that aluminum? I have never tried that before. Did you use a special bit or just a normal wood bit?
I was admiring your fold up work benches. I am thinking of putting one three feet wide and about seven feet long in my garage. I could use it as a workbench AND I could drop it down and have something to sleep on in the summer. How much weight do you think yours would hold? I might have to go to 2X10s or maybe three 2X4s if I use the angled type bench.........I had to laugh because your lockers reminded me of something that happened years ago. We used to have those Stronghold type lockers at work at the steel mill I worked at. Back in the 1980s, the company locked us all out in a contract disput. On the midnight turn before they locked us out, the maintanence guys welded all of those lockers shut- all the way around the doors. All of the maintenence tools were in them and the guys didn't want the scabs to have access to them and do their jobs while they were locked out. Unfortunately for the company, they lost their nerve (and 24 million dollars) and we were only locked out for three days. But when the guys went back, they had to cut those lockers completely up to get back into them and the company had to replace dozens of them all over the plant. They were eight feet tall with legs on the bottom. That cost em big bucks.
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OP
Thanks very much guys. We're sleep deprived around here, but very happy.
Nighttrain, I had hearing protection on, but I don't know that the router was much louder than normal. The thing I did notice was that those little aluminum pieces went everywhere. I'm seeing them in every corner of the garage now.
In between the baby's two week check-up and a parent-teacher conference for the kid, I did a little quick work on the ugly saw. As you can see, it needed some paint and a little cleaning.
And here are the case pieces after a little clean-up, scuffing and some Rustoleum.
You can see the temporary belt guard looks a little less obnoxious in black. I've got the table part soaking in Evaporust. Then I've just got to finish redoing the tires on the wheels and let all the paint dry so I can put it back together.
Here's the logo plate, re-riveted on. I think there's the basis for a good logo for the '1950s Craftsman Garage' in it.
And Jwillis, the way I built the wood fold-down bench, it would easily support a person's weight. I stand on it frequently. My guess would be that an evenly distributed load of a thousand or so pounds would not give it any trouble. The lag bolts go three inches into the studs, and that's where most of the stress is concentrated by the design.
Nighttrain, I had hearing protection on, but I don't know that the router was much louder than normal. The thing I did notice was that those little aluminum pieces went everywhere. I'm seeing them in every corner of the garage now.
In between the baby's two week check-up and a parent-teacher conference for the kid, I did a little quick work on the ugly saw. As you can see, it needed some paint and a little cleaning.
And here are the case pieces after a little clean-up, scuffing and some Rustoleum.
You can see the temporary belt guard looks a little less obnoxious in black. I've got the table part soaking in Evaporust. Then I've just got to finish redoing the tires on the wheels and let all the paint dry so I can put it back together.
Here's the logo plate, re-riveted on. I think there's the basis for a good logo for the '1950s Craftsman Garage' in it.
And Jwillis, the way I built the wood fold-down bench, it would easily support a person's weight. I stand on it frequently. My guess would be that an evenly distributed load of a thousand or so pounds would not give it any trouble. The lag bolts go three inches into the studs, and that's where most of the stress is concentrated by the design.
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rickairmedic
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Jack congrats on the new little one . Oh yeah and life as you know it is over . Little boys are fun but little girls wrap you around their finger and make you do what they want you to do . I have 3 daughters and 2 sons aaaand thank goodness only grandsons so far .
Rick
Rick
. Little boys are fun but little girls wrap you around their finger and make you do what they want you to do . I have 3 daughters and 2 sons aaaand thank goodness only grandsons so far .Rick
Rick
OP
Thanks again, guys.
Here are pictures of the hinges. Be warned, it's not pretty. I think these might have been my first welds, and the hinges were some alloy that did not MIG easily (not that I knew how it even worked, back then).
You can see that the hinge that is welded to the leg has two triangle shaped wings. They're big, substantial hinges. The one that joins the bench to the wall has a triangle shaped wing that is bolted into the wall studs, and then a rectangle shaped wing that is bolted to the table.
The other thing you see running perpendicular to the leg is a magnet, which helps the leg snap into place as you lower the table.
But on to today...
I had to finish the saw by six, and I barely made it. First, I routed the edges of the base board and painted it with the same gray color I used on my car's gas tank.
Here's the inner structure and the motor, bolted in place.
The temporary belt guard and both sides in place:
I got rid of the rust on the table and painted the sides. The trick to masking off the top surface only? Turn the thing upside down and spray it. Everything gets painted but the (inverted) top surface.
And here she is, in a very messy garage (but hey, I ran out of time -- you can see the little hand is on the six).
I still need to finish the tires, but it works.
Here are pictures of the hinges. Be warned, it's not pretty. I think these might have been my first welds, and the hinges were some alloy that did not MIG easily (not that I knew how it even worked, back then).
You can see that the hinge that is welded to the leg has two triangle shaped wings. They're big, substantial hinges. The one that joins the bench to the wall has a triangle shaped wing that is bolted into the wall studs, and then a rectangle shaped wing that is bolted to the table.
The other thing you see running perpendicular to the leg is a magnet, which helps the leg snap into place as you lower the table.
But on to today...
I had to finish the saw by six, and I barely made it. First, I routed the edges of the base board and painted it with the same gray color I used on my car's gas tank.
Here's the inner structure and the motor, bolted in place.
The temporary belt guard and both sides in place:
I got rid of the rust on the table and painted the sides. The trick to masking off the top surface only? Turn the thing upside down and spray it. Everything gets painted but the (inverted) top surface.
And here she is, in a very messy garage (but hey, I ran out of time -- you can see the little hand is on the six).
I still need to finish the tires, but it works.
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hobie1dog
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Jack, always inspirational. Molly may be a speed racer when she grows up like Danica, here at age 12
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GirlnAgarage
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Jack, beautiful little girl - congratulations. Your thread is the one that linked me here. It's still cranking out the goodness. Nice job.
tinbender 66
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I must have missed Molly's arrival. Congratulations! She's gorgeous!!!
ckadams00
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Very nice work, Jack and congratulations on the new one! I have been reading through your loooong thread for about a month and have been inspired again and again. I am just starting a teardown/repurposing of my shop space and am drawing a lot of inspiration and ideas from the work you have done.
My workspace isn't in my garage *as you know, in IL you need that for cars* but my crazy space restrictions have me getting a lot of planning ideas from how frugal you have been with space and materials.
I have a 6.5' x 26' room in the basement that is basically additional foundation that was added for a kitchen extension above. I also have a pile of lumber, and am very attracted to the "repurpose" mantra you keep repeating. If only I could find a couple of those Vidmar cabinets that need repurposing!
Anyway, starting in on the cabinets using old lumber from the garage. Hope to share some progress soon.
Say hi to SoCal for me - I lived in Redondo and then Ventura for 10 years and really miss it during Chicago winters.
Keep up the great work (ahem, when you have time) although we'll all understand if you slow down a bit!
My workspace isn't in my garage *as you know, in IL you need that for cars* but my crazy space restrictions have me getting a lot of planning ideas from how frugal you have been with space and materials.
I have a 6.5' x 26' room in the basement that is basically additional foundation that was added for a kitchen extension above. I also have a pile of lumber, and am very attracted to the "repurpose" mantra you keep repeating. If only I could find a couple of those Vidmar cabinets that need repurposing!
Anyway, starting in on the cabinets using old lumber from the garage. Hope to share some progress soon.
Say hi to SoCal for me - I lived in Redondo and then Ventura for 10 years and really miss it during Chicago winters.
Keep up the great work (ahem, when you have time) although we'll all understand if you slow down a bit!
Well thats a weeks worth of reading i will never get back..... but i never want it back reading all from page 1 i have been fixated with getting to the end. So many projects and ideas you've completed and shared with us, you've been such an inspiration.
The porsche is a quality bit of kit and its true about old german cars marking there territory theres a nice patch outside my place from my 83 mk1 golf showing whose the boss around here.
Congratulations on the new arrival and a vote has been passed for Max to get his kart
The porsche is a quality bit of kit and its true about old german cars marking there territory theres a nice patch outside my place from my 83 mk1 golf showing whose the boss around here.
Congratulations on the new arrival and a vote has been passed for Max to get his kart