rxbert
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Hi Eric, I would also like to add my congrats to those of others here, on what you've begun and how far you've progressed in a fairly short amount of time. I am now subscribed and look forward to following your thread. good luck!
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Quick Update. Needed some workbench space on the weekend for the project going on inside the house. Threw this temporary pegboard up on the wall to hold a few things that the wall barfed out.
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Of course, this will be taken down again when I get around to building cupboards, but for now it holds a lot, and was fairly easy to just put up. Lots more I could hang on here, but it's a start and it's nice to regain some work-surface.
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Of course, this will be taken down again when I get around to building cupboards, but for now it holds a lot, and was fairly easy to just put up. Lots more I could hang on here, but it's a start and it's nice to regain some work-surface.
BellyUpFish
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I'm right where you are.. I need to start putting up walls, but I'm hesitant to lose my "cubbie-hole" storage.. LOL..
I hear ya, my 'inter stud zones' were packed with stuff. Perhaps if it poses a big problem, go one wall at a time, and put up a wall with cupboards, then move stuff over. Cupboards hold so much more and look more finished imo. Hopefully sometime over the next while I can get some more cupboards up.
BellyUpFish
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Yeh, I need to whip out the Kreg jig and build some..
Got a bit of permanent pegboard up a day or so back. This 20" band of pegboard will go around most of the garage below the cupboards. It stops just above where the 'band' will go around the middle for the outlets.
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Mach5
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I haven't had a chance to read through the entire thread (I was perusing GJ before heading to work). But I saw in a post you were thinking about putting up whiteboard, or setting up a whiteboard to use? I had a thought. What if you divide your whiteboard into sections and just hang it on the back of the roll up door? You'll have breaks where the panels split to roll up, but it would allow a "permanent" solution that would not require you to figure out where to keep the whiteboard, and it would make use of what normally ends up being dead space.
Also, I don't know if it would work or not, but I have a vision where the whiteboard panel overlaps the gaps between the door panels (when the door is down), with the lower edge tied to the door with short lengths of chain on the outside edges, and the top edge hinged. The idea is that as the door rolls up, the lower edge will hang down 3-4" so that it doesn't interfere with the operation of the door, but when dropped down it will cover the gap so that you have a "complete" whiteboard with maybe less than 1/8" of gap between pieces (assuming the tolerances work). This was just an "off-the-top" of my head idea, so I don't really know if it would work, but if it did it seems like a good way to make use of otherwise dead wall space.
Also, I don't know if it would work or not, but I have a vision where the whiteboard panel overlaps the gaps between the door panels (when the door is down), with the lower edge tied to the door with short lengths of chain on the outside edges, and the top edge hinged. The idea is that as the door rolls up, the lower edge will hang down 3-4" so that it doesn't interfere with the operation of the door, but when dropped down it will cover the gap so that you have a "complete" whiteboard with maybe less than 1/8" of gap between pieces (assuming the tolerances work). This was just an "off-the-top" of my head idea, so I don't really know if it would work, but if it did it seems like a good way to make use of otherwise dead wall space.
Standing in my garage right now looking at the back of the garage door... I like this idea... I'm not totally sure I'd need the entire space but maybe a section will have to be whiteboard. This would free up more interior wall space for pegboard or some such. Brainstorming now how else I can use the back of that door... I think I smell a new thread coming, maybe check out what others are doing.
Thanks for the great idea! You know what? I think I just might have to use it
Thanks for the great idea! You know what? I think I just might have to use it
machine_punk
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I like that whiteboard-on-the-back-of-the-garage-door idea too! It won't work for my garage...that end of the garage bay belongs to bicycles.
I've also seen fishing rods mounted on the inside of garage doors. So, I suppose any long, thin item which needs to be stored would work, if you can make a bracket for it.
Kev
I've also seen fishing rods mounted on the inside of garage doors. So, I suppose any long, thin item which needs to be stored would work, if you can make a bracket for it.
Kev
By this point, some of you have probably realized I have a bit (understatement) of a penchant for picking up free stuff... I can't seem to leave it alone. This time, I swung past a place that usually has crating material and lumber out for free, and found them restocking the pile. Since I couldn't carry the 16' 2x4's in the echo I popped out my handsaw and tape measure and cut them up into 8' lengths. I also nabbed a bunch of rolls of big bubble wrap, some for my parents, and some I will use to insulate the back of my garage door for the winter to keep a bit of cold out. I have no plan for the lumber yet, but in Home Depot money, that's about $80 right there. This kind of thing happens so often that I really do need my Willys pickup on the road. I love the echo, and have carried countless large tools, loads of lumber, cords of wood etc etc, but I had to leave some lovely 4'x4' chipboard behind because it wouldn't fit. would have made great cupboard material.
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I'm not sure why I bother smudging out the plate number, my car is pretty readily identifiable with the Motegi's and the conspicuity tape.
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BellyUpFish
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It never ceases to amaze me the amount of free stuff some places have.. We don't have anything like that around here..
mikedprince
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Free stuff is excellent! That is the spirit that makes GJ, and your thread in particular, so good. Keep up the good work!
longlivepunk
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Hahaha love the shots of the loaded up car. I have a little 2.3L 4cyl Ranger now (my turboed Miata wasn't great for hauling) it gets great mileage, and it has worked harder than most diesel trucks here. It's hauled at least a dozen motorcycles, pulled a huge bush from my front yard, carried lumber, loads to the dump, a bed full of deposit bottles ($100 worth!) my antique bench-top drill press, and most recently a bunch of steel when my work got a new very large Doosan CNC lathe and this steel was the base of the all-steel crate it came in. I cut the base into 1/4s with an OA setup and hauled it home. Gotta love little work-horses!
You never know
just keep an eye out for opportunities.Thanks for the comment! I love when I can put something I find to good use.
I remember the day I carried close to 700 sqft of vinyl tile home in my car. The rear suspension had zero bounce up or down. Felt like the rear end was welded right to my spine. Probably not the best for it, but that was about 80,000km ago. Small cars can be pretty versatile if you get creative.
My wife loves Rangers, they're her favourite pickups (aside from classic pickups). Many of these smaller light duty pickups get pressed into service due to their compact size, sometimes being able to fit into tighter areas and maneuver easier. I think they're pretty useful myself, and a 2.3 would give you the mileage to make it attractive too. I like that the 1960 Willys Truck I have is small-ish by today's pickup standards, yet sports a 1-ton payload rating. Now all I have to do is get it certified and I'll be good to go.
Ha. That Echo thinks it's a truck. My Maxima often has similar aspirations.
Love riding the free stuff train. It's a little hard in Chicago without dumpster diving because scrappers are up and down the alley's about every 20 minutes. It's amazing that they can afford pickup trucks and I can't.
Love riding the free stuff train. It's a little hard in Chicago without dumpster diving because scrappers are up and down the alley's about every 20 minutes. It's amazing that they can afford pickup trucks and I can't.
bazzateer
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Free?! Over here people would charge you for the snot off the end of their nose if they could!
Good point. I usually feel lucky if I find a set of steel bedrails at the end of someone's driveway. Typically stuff goes pretty quick when the scrap-gulls carry it off. Most of the pickups I see them in around here though are basically scrap themselves.
Seems to be a common theme that people can't seem to find good free stuff... maybe I'm just in a good area for it or something.
drs23
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Just spent the entire afternoon following this thread from post #1. Great thread. Great attitude. I'll go as far as to mention yet again, great sketches. Carry on with keeping this thread updated as you've been so good about.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting.
Dan in Pasadena
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I've been out of town a few days so I'm glad to see you're still at it, Eric!
Nice pickup on the free stuff. In the past (my pre truck ownership days) I've done much the same with an old Honda Civic.
Would the bubble wrap have enough insulating value to use overhead or on the walls? Last, do you have sketches drawn for the cupboards yet? I'd love to see them.
Nice pickup on the free stuff. In the past (my pre truck ownership days) I've done much the same with an old Honda Civic.
Would the bubble wrap have enough insulating value to use overhead or on the walls? Last, do you have sketches drawn for the cupboards yet? I'd love to see them.
Outlander
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Great thread, great build. I have a smaller than 1-car (with a metal roof), so I'll steal some space saving ideas!
Thanks for taking the time to read, glad you enjoyed it! I'll definitely keep posting as I work on stuff. Been a little busy on house projects lately so the garage is back burnered for now. On the plus side though, I've been using the garage for all my projects and loving it.
Seems lots of people have used their cars in ways not intended by the manufacturer. I'm thinking now with welding capability here I can weld up some custom components for my echo for such tasks.
There was lots more bubble wrap, I may just have to get some more and insulate the ceiling (staple gun it up)
Steal away, I'm happy if someone can find something here. I draw inspiration from these threads all the time!
Threw together a small cabinet of sorts last night, to hold a few commonly used woodworking tools. My round tape measures never had a good place either, so I'll probably add into this unit to hold them. It was a very quick build, the shelves used to be between wall studs in the garage for holding screwdrivers and stuff, and the piece of pegboard was just scrap from my other work. It all just kinda fell together so I nailed it all up. the box was made by the older gentleman I got all the tools from. I got a few from him so I might be able to make a few other ones for lathe tools etc.
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I do have more I can add to it, to try and maximize on space, but for a few minutes work, it'll do. (I did make a door for it too, just didnt mount it).
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I do have more I can add to it, to try and maximize on space, but for a few minutes work, it'll do. (I did make a door for it too, just didnt mount it).
Dan in Pasadena
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Looks good Eric... But do me a favor: Flip that square over so the long side is sitting on the shelf. You've got my OCD barking! Lol
Zeke
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Just found this thread. I don't know how I missed it. Good stuff, man. I'll stay subscribed.
andyaus
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Nice shop I like your tool finds and restorations too ..
I like your tool finds and restorations too ..CrustyD3mon
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Nice shop...and sketchings..
A few small updates over the last little while.
I forgot to mention that I picked up a forlorn belt-drive bench grinder at my family's farm last weekend. This unit was in the same shed the old vise came from, and subsequently, was treated to the same elements as the shed slowly rotted-leaked. I pulled it from the structure with a few other things before it got torn down a few years back, but never got around to giving it any love. Over the winter I'll try to bring it back to a spinning fury once more. luckily both units still spin, though the old grease was pretty stiff. Might try my hand at sandblasting this little guy down and painting.
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As per Dan's request, I straightened the square in the cabinet, and added a few more bits to it. The red Milwaukee box I found in an abandoned barn years ago, and now it houses a bunch of metal lathe parts.
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Generally, I've been so busy on home reno's that I haven't been able to build much out here. I have however, been trying to get things cleaner. One more swipe across the main bench should have it clean, and most other surfaces have been cleaned off. I temporarily pressed into service some furniture that we were going to get rid of. the white cabinet now holds oil, rad fluid, Gojo, and washer fluid. The 6-drawer side-table not only holds all kinds of stuff, but doubles as my grinding station. (It is actually pretty beat up, would need extensive refinishing and structural work to be a good house piece, so I don't mind using it here).
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I might build some supports under the sideboard to bring it up to the same height as the steel table. This will do until someday when I build something more permanent.
I haven't snapped any shots yet, but I also had a (I assume mid 60's) Sunbeam SnowChamp 22" 2-stroke snowblower in storage, which I picked up for free from a family friend when they moved. Works great, but needs a new fuel line and probably a little fettling. I'll get it up on the operating table (island) soon and go to work.
I forgot to mention that I picked up a forlorn belt-drive bench grinder at my family's farm last weekend. This unit was in the same shed the old vise came from, and subsequently, was treated to the same elements as the shed slowly rotted-leaked. I pulled it from the structure with a few other things before it got torn down a few years back, but never got around to giving it any love. Over the winter I'll try to bring it back to a spinning fury once more. luckily both units still spin, though the old grease was pretty stiff. Might try my hand at sandblasting this little guy down and painting.
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As per Dan's request, I straightened the square in the cabinet, and added a few more bits to it. The red Milwaukee box I found in an abandoned barn years ago, and now it houses a bunch of metal lathe parts.
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I might build some supports under the sideboard to bring it up to the same height as the steel table. This will do until someday when I build something more permanent.
I haven't snapped any shots yet, but I also had a (I assume mid 60's) Sunbeam SnowChamp 22" 2-stroke snowblower in storage, which I picked up for free from a family friend when they moved. Works great, but needs a new fuel line and probably a little fettling. I'll get it up on the operating table (island) soon and go to work.
Thanks Dan, already done
. I wasn't a fan of it either, and will likely add a small support somewhere in that cabinet to hold it properly.Thanks Zeke, glad you stumbled across it. I know with so many threads, there are tons I haven't found yet, probably chock full of great ideas too
.Nice shop
Haha, thanks! I like... finding tools.. and restoring them
Nice shop...and sketchings..
Thanks very much! I haven't sketched in a while, need to get back on that.
xtremek
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I've been following for a while, but was to busy to justice to this thread. Went back and looked through it again. Great work. How far are you from the GM plant? I'm over there a couple of times a year. Nice area and great people.
Brewsterg6
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Eric... your garage is awesome! You seem to be doing what I've been doing as well, scrounging across S. Ontario, and "saving" all of the free junk! Love it! You described the "family auto pile" a few pages back, and mentioned the '54 Bel air... any chance of a restoration in it's future? Any pics of it? Oh... and I never thought of the Nazi thing for the "88" name, but did think I was going to see some Dale Jr. stuff on the walls!
Keep up the posting, and the great work...
Bruce
Keep up the posting, and the great work...
Bruce
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Thanks Bruce! Sometimes old free stuff is well worth the investment
. As far as the 54 Bel Air goes, I was a bit surprised to find the wheel, because I can find no trace of the rest of the car there... the 3-spoke ford wheel has most of a counterpart truck to go with it, but as far as restorability goes... these guys are well into Kiwi Kev's territory. (Note, the following isn't directly "garage related," but pretty-cool for petrolheads nonetheless). These shots are from a couple weeks ago.
The rest of the truck is crumpled off behind this (anything red). I do plan to salvage the upright on this bed, since they match the ones on the willys pickup i have, and are in better shape. (edit: I had thought this was a 50 ford bed. I think it's actually a 50 chev bed now, noting the stake pockets and fender bolt-holes. The red split window cab off beside it is definitely 50 chev, it had a dome light and sun visors that were in good shape that I pulled and just ID'd. odd that the cab is red and the bed is black, but beds get mixed and matched a lot)
'53 Olds 88. not sure where the rest of it is. Pretty good trim though, takers?
The front clip of a 57 Merc Monterey pointing skyward. Used to stand almost straight up when i was a kid.
Not sure what this is off, but it gives a good sense of the condition of the pile.
Legend has it the previous owner of the place wanted to run a salvage yard. All the vehicle's in the pile are devoid of engines, axles, drivetrains, and most frames. I think he just dozed the rest into the woods when the business didn't pan out. When I was little (and not yet knowledgeable on classics) my dad let some scrap guys haul off as much as they could. I recall an early 80's dodge pickup with a 'broken spine' being loaded over the roof with parts, and the scrappers drove the parts, and the truck, to the crusher, leaving it all there.
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Had a few minutes last night while waiting for some Ryobi batteries to charge. Quickly sketched this small logo-stencil for fun. Grabbed a can of red tremclad and gave it a shot onto a test subject.
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In the future, I'm thinking a few things. 1, add a slightly larger circle in behind with a different colour as a backdrop. 2, cut stencils from that rubbery sheet-magnet material. The latter seems like it may be successful at keeping the 'underspray' to a minimum. 3, avoid spraying on crinkle finish.
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Seems paint likes to creep through the valleys in crinkle finish (which makes perfect sense), but I just needed something to give it a go on. Also, the stencil I made was just on a sheet of paper in a few minutes, and is about an inch in diameter. Accuracy here wasn't as important as trying a thought, and just messing about. I kinda like it though.
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runt262
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Haha, I've got a VW Golf and I always get funny looks when I load up the roof racks. Does this place usually have a decent stock of 2x4's? I'm out your way visiting friends every once in a while and might check it out. 2x4's are always in demand at my place.
Ya, they seem to stock the pile almost daily. It really depends on your timing though, as some people swing by frequently with pickups and load up. Usually there are full skids, crates, 1x material, and 2x material. I always have a hammer, saw, tape measure, etc in my car for cutting down, pulling apart, etc.
Had a bit of time last night, so I hauled the aforementioned Snow Champ out of the shed and got it up on the operating table.
I was given this snowblower from a close family friend when he moved, and didn't need it anymore. I'm not sure exactly how old it is, I'm guessing late 60's into early 70's. Anyways, JP, whenever you read this, this was your dad's snowblower, so I'll make sure to give it some attention.
I'm not really planning on going all out here on a resto, just cleaning the thing up and fixing some of its niggling issues. I'll put a couple pics here but I think I might start a thread about fixing it up, maybe get some feedback, etc.
Edit: Resto thread here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223871
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I was given this snowblower from a close family friend when he moved, and didn't need it anymore. I'm not sure exactly how old it is, I'm guessing late 60's into early 70's. Anyways, JP, whenever you read this, this was your dad's snowblower, so I'll make sure to give it some attention.
I'm not really planning on going all out here on a resto, just cleaning the thing up and fixing some of its niggling issues. I'll put a couple pics here but I think I might start a thread about fixing it up, maybe get some feedback, etc.
Edit: Resto thread here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223871
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shocksandstrutz
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cool garage, great ideas with the repurposing.....ill be back and watching