No doubt it’s gonna kickass.
I just have to laugh at the irony. Scott turns part of the garage into a shop. Then builds a shop only to have to remodel the garage back into a garage.
Puget Dude’s creations and fabrications (Random project thread.)
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I just have to laugh at the irony. Scott turns part of the garage into a shop. Then builds a shop only to have to remodel the garage back into a garage.
That is absolutely hilarious! But we won't tell him Cam!No doubt it’s gonna kickass.
I just have to laugh at the irony. Scott turns part of the garage into a shop. Then builds a shop only to have to remodel the garage back into a garage.
bugnut
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Scott that is outstanding!
larry4406
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The pump island looks great!
zmotorsports
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Dayum Scott. That pump island looks amazing. Well done. 
Started tearing apart the big built-in bench to move it to the new shop.
It's (4) 46" Husky tool cabinets, i installed them on a tapred base to level them up on my sloped garage floor.
Apparently I had an uninvited guest slither in behind it at some point. Probably after mice, but he left his calling card...looks like about 4ft long and 10 rattles- probably the same snake I killed last fall after it struck at my neighbor when she was exiting our garage one night-luckily my wife heard the rattle and yanked her back just in time- she came right out of her shoes!
More to come.
It's (4) 46" Husky tool cabinets, i installed them on a tapred base to level them up on my sloped garage floor.
Apparently I had an uninvited guest slither in behind it at some point. Probably after mice, but he left his calling card...looks like about 4ft long and 10 rattles- probably the same snake I killed last fall after it struck at my neighbor when she was exiting our garage one night-luckily my wife heard the rattle and yanked her back just in time- she came right out of her shoes!
More to come.zmotorsports
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Yeah, I'd have a for sale sign up if I saw that. I don't care for those slithering things. 
manwithtools
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Great work Scott, it all looks awesome!
SilverJimmy
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A shovel works best, and then you’ve got the perfect tool to finish the job. One of my favorite songs growing up was “Spiders and Snakes”!
SilverJimmy
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You’ll shoot it‘s eyes out!
Bigblue&Goldie
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Damn Scott, the Texaco station turned out awesome!
Some day I'm going to need you to do a Gulf station for me.
Some day I'm going to need you to do a Gulf station for me.
When I first saw him he was coiled below where I keep my shovels and snake grabber.
He had no intention of letting me near the tools.
I was controlling the dog and getting him into the house when it made a break for the bushes.
Spent some time today moving the 4 big tool chests over to the new shop. Moved them full, they probably weigh 400# (or more) each.
Since I was working by myself I decided that I might try something besides brute force and ignorance this time around to get them moved. (This was the third time I have moved them...)
My little 1.5 ton floor jack, a few assorted pry bars, composite shims and a fiberglass HF moving dolly turned this into a manageable one -man job.
I was lucky in that the floor pitch in the new shop turned out to be exactly the same as the existing garage. I dragged the base plinth out into the driveway, stripped off the plywood top, flipped it end for end (slope is now R-L instead of L-R) and re-installed it in the new shop.
Nice and level without any adjustments necessary... ( don't panic- that sloppy **** joint gets covered later...)
Took a bit of finagling to get the base cabinets in place and butted tightly together.
They were still heavy, especially after I got them wrestled off the dolly and started up onto the base. Final inch or so of positioning was done with a 2X block of wood and a big Garland rawhide mallet.
I'll get them leveled front to back with composite shims tomorrow, then start working on the galvanized diamond plate pegboard that goes above them so I can start moving everything else over.
I installed them in a slightly different order this time to put the most used drawers closer to the center, it will probably drive me crazy for a while until I get used to the new layout.
More to come.
Since I was working by myself I decided that I might try something besides brute force and ignorance this time around to get them moved. (This was the third time I have moved them...)
My little 1.5 ton floor jack, a few assorted pry bars, composite shims and a fiberglass HF moving dolly turned this into a manageable one -man job.
I was lucky in that the floor pitch in the new shop turned out to be exactly the same as the existing garage. I dragged the base plinth out into the driveway, stripped off the plywood top, flipped it end for end (slope is now R-L instead of L-R) and re-installed it in the new shop.
Nice and level without any adjustments necessary... ( don't panic- that sloppy **** joint gets covered later...)
Took a bit of finagling to get the base cabinets in place and butted tightly together.
They were still heavy, especially after I got them wrestled off the dolly and started up onto the base. Final inch or so of positioning was done with a 2X block of wood and a big Garland rawhide mallet.
I'll get them leveled front to back with composite shims tomorrow, then start working on the galvanized diamond plate pegboard that goes above them so I can start moving everything else over.
I installed them in a slightly different order this time to put the most used drawers closer to the center, it will probably drive me crazy for a while until I get used to the new layout.
More to come.
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One summer I was visiting my grandparents, and was fishing at the pond down the hill from their house with my cousins. We heard a car come up the gravel drive to the house, a scream, and five gunshots. There wasn't more screaming, so we went up to see what was happening, and found out the preacher had arrived for Sunday dinner at about the same time as someone had discovered a snake under the porch, and my grandfather had tried to shoot it -- with a pistol, because he'd yelled 'bring my gun', and got brought that instead of a shotgun.
At dinner, the preacher said "I must say Mr --, I was expecting a more welcoming reception than you brandishing a revolver at my arrival."
If your do it again, pipe rollers and air bag shims are amazingly capable, if used with a little creativity and some blocking.Spent some time today moving the 4 big tool chests over to the new shop. Moved them full, they probably weigh 400# (or more) each.
Since I was working by myself I decided that I might try something besides brute force and ignorance this time around to get them moved. (This was the third time I have moved them...)
My little 1.5 ton floor jack, a few assorted pry bars, ⁶composite shims and a fiberglass HF moving dolly turned this into a manageable one -man job.
I was lucky in that the floor pitch in the new shop turned out to be exactly the same as the existing garage. I dragged the base plinth out into the driveway, stripped off the plywood top, flipped it end for end (slope is now R-L instead of L-R) and re-installed it in the new shop.
Nice and level without any adjustments necessary... ( don't panic- that sloppy **** joint gets covered later...)
Took a bit of finagling to get the base cabinets in place and butted tightly together.
They were still heavy, especially after I got them wrestled off the dolly and started up onto the base. Final inch or so of positioning was done with a 2X block of wood and a big Garland rawhide mallet.
I'll get them leveled front to back with composite shims tomorrow, then start working on the galvanized diamond plate pegboard that gies above them so I can start moving everything else over.
I installed them in a slightly different order this tome to put the most used drawers closer to the center, it will probably drive me crazy for a while until I get used to the new layout.
More to come.
Old Man Roger
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Every time I move.lol
Well, I decided I didn't like the asymmetrical layout with both of the tall New Age cabinets on one end, so I pulled it apart, shoved one of the cabinets to the opposite end, moved the base and then put the four tool cabinets back in place. I moved all the galvanized diamond plate pegboard over from the old garage. Tool layout is getting revised a bit this time around
More to come.
More to come.
Finallygotit
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Man that looks great! That area above the pegboard is screaming for neon.
Yeah, I'd have a for sale sign up if I saw that. I don't care for those slithering things.
I'm the same way. The sale sign would have to wait until I patched the Roger shaped hole in the wall though.
Kinda like this....
Making progress...
Still need to get the TEXACO letters installed up above the facade roof. Need the high lift garage door tracks raised to do it, but apparently this simple task has completely stymied Wayne Dalton, they have been promising to come back and correct it for 8 weeks... it's now officially taken them longer to build and install two doors than it did to build the entire garage from foundation to finished paint!
Door #1 was installed 21"from the ceiling. Door #2 is less than an inch from the ceiling. WTF W-D?
Still need to get the TEXACO letters installed up above the facade roof. Need the high lift garage door tracks raised to do it, but apparently this simple task has completely stymied Wayne Dalton, they have been promising to come back and correct it for 8 weeks... it's now officially taken them longer to build and install two doors than it did to build the entire garage from foundation to finished paint!Door #1 was installed 21"from the ceiling. Door #2 is less than an inch from the ceiling. WTF W-D?
Old Man Roger
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If there’s gonna be neon then you gotta top those cabinets with some type of art deco style caps.Man that looks great! That area above the pegboard is screaming for neon.
Old Man Roger
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You could get some ideas from RedLeaders 1950s Craftsman Garage too.
1950s Craftsman Garage retro remodel
Hi, and welcome to the Here is what I started with: Here are some more recent pictures of the garage: Some quick stats Timeline - 2010-current Budget - not enough Focus: Woodworking shop (with light automotive focus) that pays homage to the philosophy of vintage Americana and...
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Old Man Roger
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I just looked at his thread yesterday and the pics worked? They did take a second or two to load.
Scott, sent me a package with a note saying I found these at an estate auction and thought of you, how crazy awesome is that, I was so excited! I already started to restore three of the little oilers and I polished up the Polarize can, I will post some pics of them once I'm finished 
Thanks a million Scott,
Thanks a million Scott,
Loading up the old gym lockers, not going to use them in the new space. They're going to a friend's shop in Chandler. They're a lot heavier than I remember from when I bought them 6 years ago.
After a couple of false starts, I finally decided there was no way I was going to load the bank of 4 lockers by myself, so I used the rolling shop crane I built a couple of years ago. Took longer to rig the pick than it did to load.
More to come.
After a couple of false starts, I finally decided there was no way I was going to load the bank of 4 lockers by myself, so I used the rolling shop crane I built a couple of years ago. Took longer to rig the pick than it did to load.
More to come.larry4406
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I like that crane!Loading up the old gym lockers, not going to use them in the new space. They're going to a friend's shop in Chandler. They're a lot heavier than I remember from when I bought them 6 years ago.
After a couple of false starts, I finally decided there was no way I was going to load the bank of 4 lockers by myself, so I used the rolling shop crane I built a couple of years ago. Took longer to rig the pick than it did to load.
I need to go find the details on its build. Is it in this thread?
rattle_snake
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Crane looks quite handy.
With more space, is a small period correct forklift a possibility?
With more space, is a small period correct forklift a possibility?