Pics of your shop or garage

[BMR Sales]

Originally Posted by Jack Olsen

The old workshop or showroom debate will go on forever. I guess everybody's got to hit their own sweet spot in terms of how they want to use the place and how they'd like it to look.

Mine is reasonably well known on the internets. If it's got a virtue, it's that I did a lot with a small space and a small budget. I'm at 20x20 and $3,500. I shop for damaged industrial stuff and then chop and weld from there. I do automotive work in it, and also some carpentry and metal fabrication.

I did everything myself, including setting the tile and digging the pit for the lift. Everything in the place is second-hand, re-purposed or home-made.

I also made a website for it: http://www.12-gaugegarage.com (This is not spam. I don't make any money off of the website and pay for it out of my own pocket.)













Work benches that fold down from the wall:







And it's got its own a video:

The 12-Gauge Garage Video

And yes, a video just about the lift I put in:

My Garage Lift

Is it always this clean? No. Not by a long shot.





But it does go back to clean very quickly -- that's the real accomplishment of it, I think. I finally took the time to work out a place for everything to go when It's not being used.

In practice, it makes a huge difference not having to spend so much time looking for things you've misplaced. I spent years doing that.

Good to see you over here Jack! I'm carr914 over on Pelican

T.C.

[BMR Sales]

I don't have anything fancy (even though it was in Popular Mechanics after I Epoxy'd the Floor) & the pictures are on my Home Computer. Just a 1 Car Garage that used to be a CarPort. I walled it in, tore the old Flat Roof off, built my own trusses with a 12' center section & installed a Roll-Up Door. I put in a Rotary Revolution7 Lift so I can wrench & store. Big Snap-On box, Snap-On roll-around Cart with 4 Drawers, Fridge Full of Beer . I also have a 40' long Carport behind the House where I can store my Open Trailer & another car.

T.C.

[Panteracer]

My brother and I bought an old metal building a
few years back that was an x machine shop... t-bar
ceiling etc.. we did a matrix epoxy floor, painted the
walls, redid the front room with lounge area, kitchen etc

My home away from home.. whenever anyone calls the
house my wife says he is at his shop.. working on some
more cabinets and machine shop area in the back
It has a great Stereo, Ac and heat, two lifts

Panteracer Norcal Bob

[GregWeld]

Way too clean --- can't possibly be any real work being performed there!!!


LOL


Nice shed Bob!

[Ron in SoCal]

I'm diggin your TA Bob!

[Panteracer]

Shop really is not that clean.. I just put things
away in the drawers before someone comes over
then I can never find anything.. working on cleaning
and organizing. Matrix floor hides everything including
a bolt or nut you drop.. kinda of a pain

Rob.. yes the Firebird is my favorite.. its been
going thru a revamp lately.. new speedtech front end,
still has leafs but monos with spherical eyes, subframe
connectors and old Herb Adams style braces out front
Working on lightening things up now

Panteracer Norcal Bob

[BMR Sales]

Originally Posted by BMR Sales

I don't have anything fancy (even though it was in Popular Mechanics after I Epoxy'd the Floor) & the pictures are on my Home Computer. Just a 1 Car Garage that used to be a CarPort. I walled it in, tore the old Flat Roof off, built my own trusses with a 12' center section & installed a Roll-Up Door. I put in a Rotary Revolution7 Lift so I can wrench & store. Big Snap-On box, Snap-On roll-around Cart with 4 Drawers, Fridge Full of Beer . I also have a 40' long Carport behind the House where I can store my Open Trailer & another car.

T.C.

Well, I finally brought some pictures in

This was originally a Carport, but after the 4 Hurricanes of 2004, the roof leaked and the roofer could not fix it. So I decided to go for it.

Here are the before pictures

[BMR Sales]

Then I had a friend come over to the house and we ripped the Old Roof off, Built the Trusses, sheeted & roofed it - in 2 Days!

[GregWeld]

Nice job TC!!

[BMR Sales]

Then I did the Floor. The After Picture was featured in Popular Mechanics Magazine, the Garage Issue (maybe 2006)