Workshop build, Melbourne, Australia.

[andyaus]

So I'm taking a 4 day weekend to finish up a few things so I can get back to bike builds
the plan

1: put all the finishing screws in the walls
2: paint 2 coats of undercoat
3: paint 2 coats of topcoat
4: finish siding
5: finish flashings
6: finish sorting out workshop boxes
7: install av rack
8: fit off all av cables

and what ever helps get it done!
Ill post up monday night how its allgone

 

[blownhemi]

Good luck.

 

[AndysMBgarage]

Your well on the home straight now.

Are you going to do anything regarding a floor coating, like a sealer, concrete paint or epoxy?

 

[andyaus]

Are you going to do anything regarding a floor coating, like a sealer, concrete paint or epoxy?

sure am, i've got my eye on 20 ltrs of mid grey concrete paint, this will do both the workshop and the existing garage

 

[andyaus]

1: put all the finishing screws in the walls Tick
2: paint 2 coats of undercoat Tick
3: paint 2 coats of topcoat Tick
4: finish siding Tick
5: finish flashings Tick
6: finish sorting out workshop boxes
7: install av rack Tick
8: fit off all av cables

I have also test fitted the split system head and cut related holes and finished the door frame.

Still need to paint the floor, install lights, have power fitted off and connected, mount work benches, build shelves, install guttering and down pipe, stain ply on wall unit + door frame + legs on work benches. but in the scheme of things I think im on the home straight

 

[andyaus]

Flashing came up sweet plus the av swing frame rack and the split system head.

 

[andyaus]

door frame sorted

 

[andyaus]

Ok finished early today, so I came home to tackle another of those little jobs

I'd scored a couple of bar stools, both needed to have the cheap covering replaced and turns out the sponge wasn't much chop either, lucky for me we had some felt covered sponge at work that I could use plus there was some material saved from when I trimed out the motorhome.

So I pulled off all the old stuff, cut and glued the new sponge on, stapled the fabric to them & Bam 2 comfy bar stools

 

[andyaus]

Bit of an update, I've been flat out getting things squared away so I haven't been posting, but by mid next week I will have a massive update with tons of pic's for you all to enjoy ;D

heres a teaser for you till then cheers Andy.......

 

[HOTFR8]

A teaser What have you done to the floor ? Cut it to stop it cracking and sealed it ?

 

[andyaus]

A teaser What have you done to the floor ? Cut it to stop it cracking and sealed it ?

Ahaha, its a teaser cant give it away lol

 

[HOTFR8]

Ahaha, its a teaser cant give it away lol

Not fair .....

 

[andyaus]

Okay so here we are, I'm absolutely stoked with how everything has come up so far! (considering i'm a complete amateur )
As you will see from the pics, the floor is painted in a dark grey the workbenches are in with their proper legs (100x100 with a chamfer around the bottom). I have stain the entertainment / compressor area aswell as the door frame and the bench legs, All the power and lighting is done (9 twin caged fluros, 7 wall mounted energy savers, 20 power points and a new sub power board for it all And if any of you Victorians need a great sparky Give Craig @ Malleys electrical a call (see attached card) I have made the steel frame for the door and just need to cover.

Things left to do

1: skirting around bottom of walls
2: build storage shelves in tge empty corner
3: sort all my gear out
4: get hydraulic work bench
5: Build some ****** bikes! 4 ;D lol

anyway heres some pics, I hope you enjoy
Andy........

 

[andyaus]

and more

 

[andyaus]

card

 

[HOTFR8]

Nicely done. What product / brand did you use on the floor ?

 

[Justanoldguy]

Very cool.
What did you make the bench tops out of?

 

[andyaus]

Nicely done. What product / brand did you use on the floor ?

Thanks mate, I used Eco floor (ebay from SE Melb) 20 litres, enough to cover 120 sqm with 2 coats. However i'm just going to be running bikes over it so didnt need to be the heaviest, although the description did say forklifts and such are use on it.just remember to prep your floor correctly,

 

[andyaus]

Very cool.
What did you make the bench tops out of?

Cheers Guy, I was lucky enough to be given them they are 3m x .9m (around 9'x3') slide whiteboards, 20mm mdf with a 1mm steel ceramic coated top and a 40mm alloy f channel edging (about $7500 worth if i had to buy new, what people will throw away)

 

[racingtadpole]

Not sure how I missed this for 5 pages and several months but...found it now.
Excellent job.

 

[andyaus]

Not sure how I missed this for 5 pages and several months but...found it now.
Excellent job.

Thanks, welcome aboard Still a fair bit to do but she's starting to look like a workshop now!

 

[HOTFR8]

Thanks mate, I used Eco floor (ebay from SE Melb) 20 litres, enough to cover 120 sqm with 2 coats. However i'm just going to be running bikes over it so didnt need to be the heaviest, although the description did say forklifts and such are use on it.just remember to prep your floor correctly,

OK, thanks.

 

[Aussie Mike]

Great build. I'm loving the cafe racer.

Cheers

Michael

 

[andyaus]

Great build. I'm loving the cafe racer.

Cheers

Michael

Thanks Mike I hope to finish up the racer soon so I can start on my 400/f Bratstyle

 

[Aussie Mike]

I've got to give mine a freshen up and put it back on the road. I built an XS650 based cafe about 10 years back and it has been lazing in the back of my shed for the last few. I want to rebuild the motor and give it a big bore kit, new carbs and a permanent magnet alternator.

The bratstyle is getting pretty popular these days. I was working in Japan in the late 90's and started seing the style apear over there. Loads of parts and accessories in the shops over there for SR400/500 based bikes.

Cheers

Michael

 

[andyaus]

I've got to give mine a freshen up and put it back on the road. I built an XS650 based cafe about 10 years back and it has been lazing in the back of my shed for the last few. I want to rebuild the motor and give it a big bore kit, new carbs and a permanent magnet alternator.

The bratstyle is getting pretty popular these days. I was working in Japan in the late 90's and started seing the style apear over there. Loads of parts and accessories in the shops over there for SR400/500 based bikes.

Cheers

Michael

XS650 Nice!, yeah the sr is extremely popular (great bike for many styles is probably why) Deus up in Sydney has had a major influence on the recent motorcycle culture/trends, getting hard to find suitable bikes at a good price because of it though. We have had to become more inventive with the types of bikes we use to create and it has been surprising what has been used, for example

 

[andyaus]

Thanks for all the support guy's certainly makes all the hard work a lot easier

Anyway so i've been at it again with another of those little projects I needed to get done.
I had these 2 multi draw tool boxes already and had previously attached some wheels to the bottom and stacked them with some alloy legs. Problem with it like this was that you had to bend over to get stuff from the bottom one plus it was to easy just to stack **** all over it as you can see

So dismantle and rebuild with a new wide base, lower storage shelf and a 20mm hardwood top with alloy trim, perforated steel leg supports and of course refit the wheels. Nice little side affect is it is also a perfect height for a bar table with the stools I refurbished earlier

any how heres some pics

 

[andyaus]

Finally i've made the door tried to make it look like an old fort door with the rivets, the frame is a pin bolt hinge job normally used for outside gates, so heavy duty enough

 

[andyaus]

Not too much progress of late finishing shelves and such, I have just been sorting out all the boxes of **** I had been storing till the workshop was ready. The other part is ive had a couple of KTWH Jobs to do and there is the inevitable need to save some $$$ component too. on the plus side I have started my first project in here, An Original Tamiya Striker rebuild, anyway more pic's of the shop soon but heres a couple of my little project.....

 

[HOTFR8]

Now that looks like fun.

 

[MG30]

Loved to see those bikes on the shop.

Cant wait too see my cars on my new shop too.

Jorge

 

[andyaus]

Thanks Gents


Ok so It's been a while, needed some rest and to save a little coin. To night I picked up the materials for the shelves under the workbenches and hope fully tomorrow night i'll start installing them.

 

[andyaus]

So the shelves worked out sweet "so stoked!" gave the shop a good clean after, now have all my bench space and some organization. still need to take some cleaned up pic's, so all the benches have shelves now (just haven't taken pics of them all)

oh and my wife planking to test them lol....


So now i've decided that the next thing i'm going to do is buid in a small(ish) spray booth instead of the wall shelved i was originally going to do, funny how we change our minds lol.....

 

[Derrickwade]

lmao @ the planking wife.

 

[HOTFR8]

I just had to make that photo bigger . Now does that mean you have shelved the wife ?

 

[Kevin54]

lmao @ the planking wife.

I just had to make that photo bigger . Now does that mean you have shelved the wife ?

I thought I was on the WTF page for a second

 

[AndysMBgarage]

LOL.....your lucky she didn't shelve your garage.

I have a few mate who can't sell the benefits of a garage to their wives!

Great Job

 

[Shoottx]

My first thought was, geez this guy is storing spare wives in the garage! Then, why would you want a spare wife?

 

[andyaus]

ok so heres some pic's of me finally being organised enough to do some actual work on actual projects

 

[Olliecampbell]

My first thought was, geez this guy is storing spare wives in the garage! Then, why would you want a spare wife?

For that 'time' every month when the other one is broken!