"UserNotFound" (jalopnik2)
10/29/2020 at 15:40 • Filed to: None
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"UserNotFound" (jalopnik2)
10/29/2020 at 15:40 • Filed to: None | 4
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My current layout is suboptimal. There’s a long loft that goes along one side that, while you’d think it would be useful, actually isn’t that great for storage (especially since there’s a 420 (nice) sq ft 2nd floor) and just eats up floor space. You can only work on one car at a time in there. I’d like to be a
ble to have a car and motorcycle/ATV projects concurrently, and also have space for some metalwork/knifemaking stuff.
That raised area is less useful than it looks and it kills car-accessible floorspace. This is an old picture, but it’s more or less still like this. Lots more cabinets, shelves, and worktables now.
I also really want to be able to get a lift in there. It’s a little over 11' to the rafters so I should be able to get a Bendpak XPR-9S in there. But since driving straight in and on to the lift means then having to work around the posts all the time (which will be annoying) the lift will have to go diagonally to the left. It may require shuffling some things around (bikes and worktables) to get a vehicle up on the lift, but I feel like that’s an acceptable compromise.
Now ... if I’m going to have a lift, that means I’m going to want to be able to put every vehicle I own up there. So a 100 series Land Cruiser has to be able to get up on the lift.
The garage is 23' deep by 28' wide (inside of the block) so it’s not small by any means but it’s not YUGE either. It has a 14' door one one side so cars can come in straight to one side, or diagonal to the left. I decided to get crafty in deciding on a new layout. Arts and crafty.
Cruisah on the lift. Tight, but should clear. Maybe. Real measurements will be taken eventually.
Cruisah just chillin. Also tight ...
A selection of more reasonably sized cars.
So I think this layout will work. I’m planning on taking down the loft and rebuilding it in the bottom left corner only (ladder against the left wall (it’s more like steep stairs made from 2x4s and fixed in place)). It will go over top of the sink and fridge and give me a place to store some assorted whatever. Other than that, the floor plan is open so I can move things around as needs change.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 15:46 |
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It takes like eons to get a space to exactly how you like it. I appreciate how you used cutouts to make your plan. And then once you have it all put together, you have to keep it clean constantly so it stays useful. But you know all of this already...
VincentMalamute-Kim
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/29/2020 at 15:51 |
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I vacuum my shop way more than my house.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 15:52 |
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Graph paper with cutouts is a g
reat idea.
I’m having trouble learning design software.
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UserNotFound
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/29/2020 at 16:00 |
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Yeah that’s something I have to keep in the back of my mind constantly. I’m trying to keep as few “hard” locations as possible and have everything easy enough to rearrange over a weekend if needed
. Especially since, eventually I’m going to seal the floor and insulate, so things will have to be shifted around to do that.
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UserNotFound
> VincentMalamute-Kim
10/29/2020 at 16:01 |
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Yeah sometimes Cardboard Aided Design (of which graph paper is a subset) is just the easiest and fastest method by a long shot.
Jb boin
> VincentMalamute-Kim
10/29/2020 at 16:11 |
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You just have to remember not to open the windows !
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 16:18 |
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Your floor concrete is good enough for a two post lift? I don’t trust mine and I figure I’m going to have to re-pour the lift anchor zones.
You’ve got mobile workbenche
s set up already? How did you do the wheels?
functionoverfashion
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 16:20 |
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In my small workshop space (basement, no car access) I put a few larger items on casters - saw table, workbench, scrap wood box, toolbox (came with them) so I can rearrange or move things as needed. The workbench doesn’t move much but it’s sweet when I do need to move it for any reason. The saw table moves often so I can cut longer boards - it’s otherwise set the narrow way in a rectangular room, and it’s against a wall. Anyway, something to think about.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> Jb boin
10/29/2020 at 16:22 |
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??
shop-teacher
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 16:24 |
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I am Shop Teacher, and I approve of this message!
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UserNotFound
> VincentMalamute-Kim
10/29/2020 at 16:27 |
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There are flush ground bolts in the floor where the used to be a lift, which I find promising
. But I’ll probably get the floor checked for real and pour anchors if I need to when the time comes.
I traded shop time for these mamajamas:
And the 3rd workbench is less mobile but still not too bad to move if needed. It’s anchored to the sill plate with some big stainless brackets.
(Best pic I have. Also these tools are all going to get Harbor Freight stands so they’re not eating up tabletop space)
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UserNotFound
> Jb boin
10/29/2020 at 16:29 |
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Or let the cats in the room. Or sneeze. Or sigh heavily ...
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UserNotFound
> functionoverfashion
10/29/2020 at 16:30 |
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Yeah I like the idea of wheels on everything. I’m planning on getting tool stands for the drill press, bench grinder, belt sander, and drop band saw. Should be easy enough to casterize them.
Sovande
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 16:42 |
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That’s a lot tables which will just collect junk and need to be moved out of the way all the time.
Of course my garage is about 1/4 the size so I would have no idea what to do with all that space.
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UserNotFound
> Sovande
10/29/2020 at 16:43 |
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I’m hoping to have a table for each category of collected junk.
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Sovande
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 16:48 |
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Im just jealous. I would be so happy if I had a shop space that large.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> VincentMalamute-Kim
10/29/2020 at 17:08 |
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And what is your point?
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 17:21 |
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I put everything on wheels so I can shuffle everything around.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/29/2020 at 17:46 |
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yeah, sorry. I guess that’s normal Oppo behavior.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> VincentMalamute-Kim
10/29/2020 at 17:50 |
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My assumption is that many wives would make this observation about their husbands, but a subset of those women are happy to have their husbands out vacuuming their shops rather than being inside the house planted on their arses in front of the tele.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 18:01 |
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How do “get the floor checked”? I’m assuming I’ll just drill a hole and see far the concrete pour goes. Given the idiot I bought the house from, I don’t trust anything he did.
Good idea about HF
stands for those tools. For
benches
, I’d like
them
to be
mobile but really immovable when
the wheels aren’t engaged. Your tables are really nice but
I’m thinking there’s some
movement
even with the casters locked.
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UserNotFound
> VincentMalamute-Kim
10/29/2020 at 19:15 |
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With all four casters locked, they’re pretty solid. The bolted down table is the one with the vice, though.
I'm hoping there's some kind of cheap ultrasonic or radar based slap measurement system. Haven't really gotten too far lol.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 19:26 |
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Let us know
how you end up assessing the
concrete.
Urambo Tauro
> UserNotFound
10/29/2020 at 20:33 |
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Love the graph paper mockup! I used a similar method to rearrange my garage and it worked out great. So much easier to test fit when you scale everything down first.