I figured I'd start out with a bit more on the chase I used to run electrical, air, etc. You might remember this pic. After the insulation and Z furring was done, I installed the plywood.
We insulated the concrete shop walls with rigid and Z furring. The chase was the only way I could figure out to run utilities other than on the surface. Once I did that, the MDO panels seemed like a good way to keep it accessible for repairs or mods.
A couple more pics of the shop area. It's pretty basic but functional. I'd like to replace the cheap shelving with some enclosed storage to keep dust off everything.
The plywood/saw horse table will eventually be replacing by a rolling steel work table. I prefer a big table I can walk around to a wall mounted work bench.
This is the corner with a water closet and sink.
I used MR board for the bottom course of sheetrock. You might also notice I put a later of 1/2" plywood over the metal studs to make fastening thru the drywall easier and prevent holes getting poked thru.
More junk on shelves;
Those of you who have been around since the beginning or were bored enough to actually read this thing from the beginning might remember this.......
Or this......
Or perhaps even this.....
Well it all culminates in this!!
It works great and is worth every bit of trouble! I had to guess on the location of the 'skylight' that provides some additional roof clearance in my 10' ceilings. It works perfectly for the '55, which is a pretty boxy car.
The control unit and air supply;
The arms swing out to similar to other lifts to let you drive on. I don't have a good pic to show but the wheels pass over the top of the frame, which is beveled to make it a little easier
This configuration provides pretty good access without interfering with the bridge crane I still plan to install someday.
You might recall I had a couple of the roof beams lengthened to support the trolleys for the bridge crane cross beam.
It's not a huge shop - 28x28 OD - but it seems to work pretty good. One bay with a lift for a vehicle and a second bay for working.
Finally, how about of a shot from outside. The shop is behind the single overhead (kinda) door on the right. The larger door is the garage where we park the daily drivers.
That pretty much brings you up to speed on the shop. Like most of you I started dreaming this whole thing up by thinking about my shop. In my dreams it was not only functional but looked like a NASCAR fab shop with shiny floors, matching two tone cabinets, stainless steel counters and bright lights.........Well we might still get there but for now, I've got no complaints.
I'll probably go back in time on the next post to share some construction details before we start a tour of the (almost) finished product.
I'm curious about the four holes in the floor near the lift?
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