| Re: new garage- what would you do? |
Subject: Re: new garage- what would you do? by BillH on 2009/2/26 14:49:48 If you're going to build engines, the first thing I'd do is clean and paint the floor. It makes a big difference, oil spills wipe right up instead of soaking in, etc. Products like U-CoatIt would run about $300 for that size shop in one color. And, like CC said, white walls. I'd definately have all the bench grinders, blast cabinet, welder, etc. at the opposite end of the shop from whwre you do your builds, possibily separated by a curtain wall on a track. I've been looking at the inexpensive storage cabinets at Home Depot. 3 foot by 18 or 24 in deep and 6 ft high - $100 The new Summit tool catalog has a compressor semi hard line tubing (50 ft) and fitting kit for $60. I personnally wouldn't mount the grinders on the wall. Once in a while trying to grind or wire wheel a long piece at an angle, the wall gets in the way. Plus you can move them if they're on a stand. I wouldn't have any trouble using the inexpensive Harbor Ft. stands. Elect. outlets at bench height works really well. We had the 6ft strip outlets (with sockets every 8 inches) in the raceshop. I'd also build a shelf with at least 4 outlets for all the damn battery chargers that clutter up the work bench,drill, impact, LED worklite, etc. |
