My original post for this thread used the small pixs - before I knew how to post larger versions... so thought - since I was bored - I'd post up newer / better pixs of my "shed".

Pix showing the Asymmetrical 9000 # lift... and the stairs to go up to the "boys room":

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"The loft"... trying to keep it clean is the hard part! There's a TV etc up there, and my collection of "stuff"...


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Some trees pretending to hide said Shed from the kitchen/wife's view:


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A couple of indispensable machines - the magic of Burr King... and the can't do without Bead blast cabinet!



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My too small "mill/drill" and the best saw for home use ever - Hyd Mech cold cut saw...



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My home built 4' X 6' X 1/2" table from hell...The old tool box was the first one I ever owned. I was 13 when I got it... that was 43 years ago. It now stores all the welding consumables/gloves etc.


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The pro's will poop when they see this! LOL -- This is how you "store" your 37 Ford project chassis when you need the space to finish up the 55 post car... EEEEEEEHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAA



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Wow Greg, you have acquired a lot of goodies over the years. Nice shop.
As a posted previous your placement of building was well planned and you even kept the wifes view in mind!
Dave

Well Dave -- My WIFE bought all the tools! So it pays to keep her happy...

I can positively confirm that the rule that says - "Stuff expands to fill the space allotted to it" - is totally true!!

1500 square feet seemed so "large" when the building started... now I'm hoping my neighbor wants to sell his property to I can doze his house and put a clean space over there... :rofl:

I like your thinking Greg and you have a "tool time" wife killer.
Down fall on my side is the association committee dont allow out buildings on property. I have some good acreage with "jack" to use it for. Plus the wife hates seeing anything laying around or out of place.
My hobby shop/storage is 2400 sqft about 2 miles away. We have a couple of other buildings we lease to others which some have not renewed there lease to to hard times and my space is becoming more abundant but doesnt pay the bills.
Id trade in a heart beat to walk out the door in my own yd into the shop. But around here you typically dont have that in a subdivision.
Dave

F U Greg......

The Blue is a PPG Radiance pearl color,it is stunning in the flesh.
Shane.

Todd....:captain:

Like I said earlier in the thread (I think it was this one) "better lucky than smart".

If you look at the pixs I just posted in this thread - of my Shed - you'll see a "table" sitting next to the big red bead blaster. I built this table to be a 'grinding and cutting/cut off wheel' type table. I haven't finished yet - summer got in the way. Next week (now that it's typhoon season here) I'll break some sheet metal to form a 'tapered' box in the bottom portion with an outlet for attaching to the FP90 I mentioned earlier (giant sucking sound). I can roll this table around (it's very heavy! But smooth floor and good casters help) and use it as a mobile work platform. I got the grates from Boeing surplus (before they closed the store). They're drainage ditch grates built for airplanes to roll over! They're 1 foot X 3 foot X 2 1/2" using 3/8's strap - so bought three of them (3' X 3' table) for --- drum roll ---- $5 each. They're brand new and weigh 120 #'s EACH!

I'm going to build hinged 'wings' that attach to the outside sides and back of the table so that I can lift them up and form a backsplash on 3 sides or just 2 sides (forming a corner) to keep the errant 'crap' from blasting all over the shed. With huge suction in the base - I should be able to keep the mess down to a dull roar. :>)

I also built it to be a table next to the bead blaster --- so the door to it opens over the top of the table. I was going to use the separate vacuum from the bead blaster to provide suction for the table - but it's actually kind of 'weak' as it's really only a "dust" collection system - whereas the FP90 is a serious commercial vacuum and can really provide a true "down draft" table type draw.

Garage
 

This looks like a Texas garage and driveway. I love how wide and flat it is. Wish I had it.

I apologize for going off track here, but can I get the brand / model of these wheels? Thank you !!

Jason

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Greg,

Who makes the cold saw in your shop ? Looks like a smaller blade then I've seen and I can't afford those big hogs.

Thx !

Jim

Jim -- It's an Eye Talian job -- HYD MECH...

It's a great saw - very commercial -- not a cheapie POS...

I bought it at Trick Tools... for around a grand I think. It's been GREAT! It cuts like butter - and is big enough to do "most" of what I need done. You'll have to check out the specs to see if it will cut big enough for you. All of the bigger saws I looked at took 3 ph -- and I just don't want to be "bothered" with doing a convertor and all that... so have other saws to cut the big stuff - but they make a HUGE mess -- and this saw is clean - quiet - and so fast to use. It is liquid lubricated - but has it's own "pump" and reservoir - which I already abandoned in favor of my larger 7 gallon reservoir and electric pump... but that's a separate issue.

I have blades for SS - Mild and Aluminum.... can't cut different metals without switching blades - ask me how I know this... :rofl:

Jim --

Here's the link to the Cold cut saw... I'm sure there are other suppliers but this is where I get a lot of my stuff...


http://www.vansantent.com/Saws/Hyd_m...e_cold_saw.htm

You hot-rodded your cold saw !! Awesome Greg :thumbsup:

U Da Man ! Thx !!


I was also looking at this one that I saw at Hot Rods and Restoration last year

http://www.femiusa.com/femi-ng-120.cfm

It cuts 0 - 60 degrees

Or this one that comes with a stand for $570.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/g9742

Or this

http://www.grizzly.com/products/sb1018

I have a Grizzly store about an hour north - and like some guys have to go to Cabelas -- I have to go to Grizzly once in awhile just to see what I "need"... mostly their stuff is "chinese" junk... but if you ratchet up the line it is pretty decent stuff.

I have a vertical band saw - a Wilton piece - which is not much of a saw - but is "okay" when I need it - and I have an abrasive chop saw (dirty filthy - noisy) and a real nasty chop saw - a Morse 14" Metal cutting saw. The Morse is what I break out if I have to cut some larger 2 X 4" stuff - or some big rounds etc (like when I built the work table)... but this thing throws off the nastiest little slivers you've ever dealt with - and it throws them all over the shop! So I use it as a court of last resort. This and the abrasive chop saw take more "clean up" than they do anything else! I'm a bit "anal" about a clean workspace... so they drive me crazy.

I've seen the Femi at trade shows... it seems to be a real nice saw! If space is limited - I don't think you can beat a higher end horizontal band saw... they're "clean" - they'll mitre - and they'll cut larger stocks than a circular saw. BUT... if you want dead on accuracy you can't beat the cold cut. It makes flawless cuts. I like it best because it's available to use with the flip of a switch...

The Morse 14" -- this thing is a BEAST... powerful - fast - loud - dirty. I didn't clamp a piece well enough during a cut and that piece of metal twisted and caught and the gouge it made in my 5/8" plywood wall was scary! Had it hit me instead of flying out the back of the saw - it would have torn me in two... It shot out of there like a 50 caliber bullet! I left the gouge as a reminder... LOL

Im stuck living in the city with no garage... lets see some more shops!

Wow this a cool thread. I love looking at Shop pics. I took these yesterday.

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This was taken a few weeks ago, during the day so the place is a mess.
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Do you live in a Holiday Inn Express? Cuz your back yard looks just like place I have stayed a time or 2. HEHE :D

Shop looks awesome Rodger. Tons of space and is usually always clean!:thumbsup:

Still a little cluttered from moving in a little bit of electrical left to do before insulation and sheetrock.

YEA, That Golf Cart is taking up way to much room :unibrow: I like the angle on the outside looks real modern:thumbsup:

Here -- It looks more like what you're used to (at a Holiday Inn) when it's sunny and the pool equipment shed is completed... and the pool cover is open!

:rofl:

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Greg that looks way to bright and sunny

I call photoshop shenanigans

YEAH ROB!!

Would you believe that photo in the great Pacific NorthWET?? That was taken TODAY...

There truly is no place better in the summer (when the sun comes out) than here. No big bugs - no hail storms busting your windows - no tornado sirens - rarely any flooding (and only then if you live ON the river that's flooding) - no humidity.

All of this wonderfulness for AT LEAST 60 WHOLE DAYS PER YEAR (July 12th 'til September 15th)!!

EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Fixed it for you, Greg;)

Back yard looks real nice :bow:

Thanks! And you're correct - I exaggerated... :D

I have to ask, when was the last time you used the pool?:D

Twice a day sometimes... every day it's heated which is that mythical 57 days (May 1st til Oct 1st). And the hot tub too! Are my scales showing?

To be perfectly honest - many don't use them but we do. It's also a social magnet - if it's hot/sunny - the phone rings... and the other end says... "so..... what are you guys doing....." :rofl: It has made our house "the" hang out in the summer month(s) and we like that.

That's exactly what I was thinking, had to be heated. Mine has drawn a few of Kelli's friends lately as well. I'm not complaining. :unibrow:

Well -- since we've jacked this thread....

It's heated to 84* and then as the weather warms I drop it to 82...

It's a total social magnet.... impromptu bbq's... and you'd think we had a wine and beer fountain. :rofl:

Greg how come there is no one in your pool? LOL

I'm sure you get a lot of company when the sun comes out!


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'Cause I tell everyone I pee in it.
:unibrow:

:rofl: :rofl:

That's why you only have to heat it to 84! :wow:

Nuttin Fancy!
 

A few pics!

You have met Greg right? Would you really want to see him in a pair of boxer shorts?:unibrow: :rofl:

Greg goes European and wears a speedo...... the good old banana hammock..... :)

More like a peanut....

the work just never ends!!!
 

my god the work just never ends! just finished building the kids bike went like mad to get the belair back on the road and now it time to rip more stuff apart.roof on the house and garage,siding and cultured stone to come yet rule one in roofing never roof in july and august.doooo.missed that memo.deciding that change is good decided to change the roof line to look like an old barn with a hay loft so pulled out the saws all out and chopped away.
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The Hotchkis team just moved to a new shop, and we are so happy about it!

Titan Motorsports recently visited and wrote up a whole post showing the new work space.

Hotchkis Shop Tour

We have a better work flow from CAD to prototype to install and we have a good spot to park the old racecar.

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