Your list of must have shop equipment

[Shmoov69]

You're pretty much out of space to work once the car gets in there. Unfortunately the "shop" collects all kinds of other things when it is there. Space is a vacuum and it fills quicker than you can imagine! LoL!

You have (or will have) a shop now, bite the bullet and get a lift. You'll kick yourself for not getting one earlier, even in a "small" garage! I don't see an engine stand on your list, irreplaceable when you actually need one. Shelves..... LOTS of them, to get the junk out of the way! LOTS of lights, and plug in's too. Shop vac. Extra cords, air hoses and empty buckets. STEREO!! Good tv if you like to keep up with sports while you're out working. Some sort of heat system and a fan of some sort for the summer.

[rickpaw]

I don't see a floor press and drill press on your list. You'll need the floor press to use with dimple dies. Drill press is not a must, but nice to have.

Also, you'll need to see if you have enough outlets/amperage for all your tools in the shop. Nothing worse than dragging extension cords around, or having breakers tripped.

Early congratulations on your new place.

[gerno]

Sieg - that is a very meaty table you have there. Also looks like you have a ton of projects outside of the car addiction.

Originally Posted by raustinss

Anything you can store out of the way or in a cabinet do so, then when you make your steel table weld a 2 "receiver hitch to it... make a small little table that can be adjusted height wise slide in to the receiver. you now have a adjustable table say 16" square that you can use to mount some of your smaller tools on i.e bench top drill press,small belt sander, grinder etc.
You can actually use this idea all over the shop for many different uses...just have to give some thought into what tools you need out all the time. Put the rest away giving you more space and making the garage cleaner
Good luck Ryan

Thats a very good idea with the receiver. I'll have to keep that in mind.

Originally Posted by Shmoov69

You're pretty much out of space to work once the car gets in there. Unfortunately the "shop" collects all kinds of other things when it is there. Space is a vacuum and it fills quicker than you can imagine! LoL!

You have (or will have) a shop now, bite the bullet and get a lift. You'll kick yourself for not getting one earlier, even in a "small" garage! I don't see an engine stand on your list, irreplaceable when you actually need one. Shelves..... LOTS of them, to get the junk out of the way! LOTS of lights, and plug in's too. Shop vac. Extra cords, air hoses and empty buckets. STEREO!! Good tv if you like to keep up with sports while you're out working. Some sort of heat system and a fan of some sort for the summer.

I'll keep my eye out for a lift at a good price. From what most people say I think the offset 2 post is the most popular. I'm not sure how much I would use the 4 post since most of the time I'm messing within the suspension or brakes.

The shop has full AC and heat already plus a little 1/2 bath. I won't know what to do if I'm not sweating my a** off during the summer working on the car

Originally Posted by rickpaw

I don't see a floor press and drill press on your list. You'll need the floor press to use with dimple dies. Drill press is not a must, but nice to have.


Also, you'll need to see if you have enough outlets/amperage for all your tools in the shop. Nothing worse than dragging extension cords around, or having breakers tripped.

Early congratulations on your new place.

I have a floor press, I just wasn't very clear on my description "Decent smaller Harbor freight press" Drill press is something I will get if I decide not to do a mill. I had a bench top mill previously and really used it a lot despite the lack of depth.

The place seems to have good power but I'm getting an electrical inspector there today. The previous owner but the faster UTV to run Pikes Peak in there so it has had fab experience. I don't know all the details but there is a 50 and 90 amp 220v outlet, very good lighting and the outbuilding has 220v for the compressor.

Thanks for the congrats. Hopefully everything goes smoothly thru the close.

[Vegas69]

A really comfy chair so I can day dream about all that work I used to do in there.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

A really comfy chair so I can day dream about all that work I used to do in there.

So f'n boring..... LOL

[gerno]

Originally Posted by mach1stang

In such a small space it sounds like you'll be filled to the gills quick. I'd try and make as much stuff mobile as you can and stick to the bare essentials. My shop is 1500 sqft and with just one car and a two post lift I feel cramped at times.

It's not the largest space but certainly much larger than the 2 car garage I share with my neighbor at the duplex I'm living at now. I actually use my car hauler as a shop and storage space right now because I have zero room. Prior to my current place I had a loaded 2 car garage. At least the new place will have a place to build a car and a separate place to store it when complete.




I appreciate all the input. Hopefully all goes well with the purchase and soon I'll start laying out the space. Only thing I'm waiting on is an inspection by an electrician on Saturday. If he says all is good I'll be closing shortly after.

[Sieg]

Vertical storage, ceiling racks, high wall shelves, etc. You can't have too much. All the incidental sundries that go with this hobby consume a lot of space. Many items may only be used a few time in a year and they require space.

You have square feet of floor space but you also have the multiplier of cubic feet for overall space, use it wisely. Storage boxes cataloged like file cabinet drawers saves search time.