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money_pit_yj

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As I have stated a hundred times, I am not much of a mechanic/fab guy, but I need to get after it and start working on my stuff. I mean, at one time I wasn't a good cook, and now I am the best most humble cook I know, so there is hope. We have a 3 car garage that is open all the way across and a shed in the back for lawn mowers and other stuff that would normally go in the garage, and I will have to let my wife have some room for her jeep and pinterest stuff she never finishes. That being said, I am basically working with a 2 car garage. I'm not building Showtime or Warfare in my garage, but I would like to be able to do minor fab work, as well as fix breakage and routine maintenance. I would love to see some pics and layouts of guys who do this in small garages or shops. I am thinking one big metal table for all my metal work, and then other stuff on carts that can be moved around and used outside and stored inside as I need them, This is not a weekend project, it will take time to accumulate the tools and knowledge to use them but I have to start somewhere and I want to have an idea of what I want before I start. Also, if any of you know a good welding tutorial book/videos/class let me know. I have a very basic skill set but it was all learned out of necessity to get a piece of equipment going (I would never weld a critical component) and I only know what to do, not why I am doing it.
 
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Here's my space...
I need more room....or less stuff :eek:
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I don't have any pics of my 2 car garage/shop, but i made sure to use the perimeter from floor to ceiling to get maximum useable floor space. I too have shed for lawn mowers and such items, but I still end up storing a lot of stuff in the garage. I have a set of aluminum sawhorses that I store outside that I can bring in and make into a fab table when needed. Makes it nice for other projects in the garage when I don't need a metal table.
 
Solid core doors for work benches, cheap and durable. Build it high enough so a toolbox will fit under it. Put everything on wheels that isn't mounted to the wall, makes it easy to roll stuff out, sweep up and roll back in. I put my welder plug by the garage door so I can go outside to weld stuff that won't fit inside. If you have space above it, put in a pulldown staircase and floor it so you don't have Christmas deco and other stuff stored in your work space. Paint the floor, doesn't have to be the stupid expensive stuff, I used garage floor paint from Sears, 10 years and still looks ok for the beatdown it has been given, throw the colored speckled chip things in the trash, makes it that much harder to find something when you drop it on the floor. I went all out and insulated the walls and ceiling, also painted and even went so far as to put up 2" stained crown moulding (hey it was free). If it looks nice in there, you'll spend more time in it. I even put my air compressor in the attic, I wish I would have put the plug up there on a switch so I could turn it off with out crawling up there.
 
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TBItoy said:
Buy some knee pads. You'll probably end up working on the floor more than you anticipate.

I keep cardboard on hand! A buddy give me several big rectangular sheets from his work and I usually cut up large boxes when I get packages in the mail and use them too. I don't use a creeper, I had rather scoot around on cardboard.
 
I'd post pics of my shop, but other than 12' workbench, high performance beer drinking chairs and a few odd and end tools, it's nothing out of the ordinary. I don't have any fab tools, just enough tools to take stuff apart and hopefully put it back together again.
 
Here are a few for how I have set up my garage. Its only 26x20. Long enough to have a decent size work bench and beer frig. I am able to have welder, plasma, torch cutter, bender and just about every tool I need. Have to pull the bender out of the corner and bolt it in when I need it though.

Works great for what I need. I live downtown Nashville so I only have a 50 foot wide lot to squeeze my stuff into. I have done a cage or 2 plus plenty of work on my Jeep. Only issue is the brother in law who lives in the apartment above it taking my tools :mad: :mad: :mad:

Hope the pictures post. As you can see I put everything on the walls or ceiling...


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I guess I don't know how to post pictures any longer. CLose enough :flipoff1:
 
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Rokcrler said:
Here's my space...
I need more room....or less stuff :eek:
62d20005fcd0cdd0aedbc6bb92369a58.jpg


Holy **** dude! :eek: Did you push everything out into the center to get it all in the photo? ;D

grcthird said:
Solid core doors for work benches, cheap and durable. Build it high enough so a toolbox will fit under it. Put everything on wheels that isn't mounted to the wall, makes it easy to roll stuff out, sweep up and roll back in. I put my welder plug by the garage door so I can go outside to weld stuff that won't fit inside. If you have space above it, put in a pulldown staircase and floor it so you don't have Christmas deco and other stuff stored in your work space. Paint the floor, doesn't have to be the stupid expensive stuff, I used garage floor paint from Sears, 10 years and still looks ok for the beatdown it has been given, throw the colored speckled chip things in the trash, makes it that much harder to find something when you drop it on the floor. I went all out and insulated the walls and ceiling, also painted and even went so far as to put up 2" stained crown moulding (hey it was free). If it looks nice in there, you'll spend more time in it. I even put my air compressor in the attic, I wish I would have put the plug up there on a switch so I could turn it off with out crawling up there.

All good advice!
 
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tall boy said:
Here are a few for how I have set up my garage. Its only 26x20. Long enough to have a decent size work bench and beer frig. I am able to have welder, plasma, torch cutter, bender and just about every tool I need. Have to pull the bender out of the corner and bolt it in when I need it though.

Works great for what I need. I live downtown Nashville so I only have a 50 foot wide lot to squeeze my stuff into. I have done a cage or 2 plus plenty of work on my Jeep. Only issue is the brother in law who lives in the apartment above it taking my tools :mad: :mad: :mad:

Hope the pictures post. As you can see I put everything on the walls or ceiling...


IMG_43021_zps04qgq2xu.jpg


IMG_4303_zpscmoshpqx.jpg


IMG_4304_zps13qqg0hu.jpg


IMG_4305_zpspxjqfz6u.jpg


I guess I don't know how to post pictures any longer. CLose enough :flipoff1:
 
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DirtMonkey said:
Holy **** dude! :eek: Did you push everything out into the center to get it all in the photo? ;D

All good advice!

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mtnride said:
Yeah. That place used to be a wreck.
It's gotten better, but still need more room...or less stuff...
 
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94xjsport94 said:
How do y'all keep metal dust off everything? My garage is covered in black dust lol
Blow it off with leaf blower or air hose
 
I normally use a leaf blower but it still leaves a little on everything. Everything out there is a dingy black until I wipe it off. Lol
 

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