Shop
I've been working on this for under a year now--a year ago this was just an empty hole and all the stuff was still at my old house. I've had several projects that I've been working on for the new house and also had a bad cycling injury that left me unable to do anything for a while. However, I'm back to getting the shop set up and I'm close to being able to work on bikes again.
This is the new shop looking outside, the rest of the photos go counter clockwise around the shop:
Brooms, dustpan, bottle opener, swimsuit calendar:
Woodworking bench, pegboard (I'd like this to have a metal top and double as a welding table in the future), also have an air drop in that corner:
Dust collection and tire/wheel storage:
Charging station, charged batteries sit on the shelf:
Frame stuff, note the three air drops:
Tool box with tube storage underneath:
This is where the welding cart will go when it's done, has my WIP dining room table there at the moment:
Work desk and bike tool area w/ computer:
I also keep all my bike fluids and "in stock" stuff on a the shelf/pegboard above the shelf. Above that is WIP wood storage for WWing projects:
Bench grinder, clamps, band saw, air crop:
Wall shelving for everything else. I'm starting to use wooden wine boxes to keep things in and burn what is in them with a pencil torch. All the big power tools fit under the shelf (planer, table saw, router, jointer) and the air compressor will move outside soon:
Road bikes and cruisers along with helmet shelf. This is all WIP. There will eventually be two air drops in the corner too, but I'm just not there yet. One will have a presta chuck w/ pressure gauge and the other will have a quick connect for other stuff. The shelf will get cleaned up too, don't know exactly what I want there yet. Yes, the bikes hang from the garage door track:
Better view shows that they are staggered to make it easy to get them in/out:
Work stand on the wall as well on a peg that I made and painted orange like the brook hooks:
Looking in, right now the table saw is out because the air compressor lives in it's home until it moves outside:
I've got a few sailboards that I'm not ready to part with on the ceiling under the door when it's up:
I've also got two fans (one above the desk, one above the tool box bench) that work on a 4 speed switch. The "fast" speed makes them whistle. This was a great buy at Home Depot recently:
Finally, there is a small closet off the garage where the water heater is. I keep my frame jig, welder, and geared bike in it as well as a ton of other, ummm holiday treasures--yeah, that's what that stuff is, not what I was going to say at first
I have some pegboard in here too for paint brushes, rollers, etc. It's a mess right now, but as the shed gets finished, this will clean up a lot as well. The stretcher for the dining room table is in the first picture along with the new welder. To the left is the frame jig hanging on the wall and to the right my geared bike and water heater. I'll also be installing a heater for the winter that runs off of natural gas (already ran the line) when the new hot water heater went in:
I hope that gives you some ideas. Like I said, I'd like to add some more light and I will be moving the compressor to a shed. I should have taken a picture of the 1" pipe (don't use 1" pipe either--use copper. Next time I'll just spend the extra money and it will save lots of time and sweat) penetrating the eve of the house where the Air Conditioner penetrates, but I didn't think about it until just now. Let me know if you have any other questions.
