New Shop Design help needed

[GregWeld]

WOW!! You're cranking right along there Lance!!!

[65_LS1_T56]

Looks awesome Lance. At my previous business, that's how we stored nuts and bolts in the Akro bins. Works good, easy access and affordable/expandable. Although, you sure you have enough metric? That is a "metric chassis G-body" after all!

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

WOW!! You're cranking right along there Lance!!!

Thanks Greg! Sometimes it feels like one step forward, two steps back but I'm getting there!! Can't wait to start working in the shop...not ON the shop...

Originally Posted by 65_LS1_T56

Looks awesome Lance. At my previous business, that's how we stored nuts and bolts in the Akro bins. Works good, easy access and affordable/expandable. Although, you sure you have enough metric? That is a "metric chassis G-body" after all!

Thanks Aaron and lol!! To be honest, most of those metric fasteners in those bins are ones that came off of my G Body and were replaced with something SAE!!! Or extras left over from trying to attach something aftermarket to the chassis or body...

I have a habit of bagging up any leftover parts and pieces from projects (to do something with later). I found bags of stuff left over from projects on Barney going back to way before I ever started racing it. The bags brought back the memories from the "electric fan install" or the "GTO seat install" projects. Most of what I have been doing the past few days is emptying those bags out and sorting the hardware in them and putting them into the rest of my hardware.

[SSLance]

So after my initial trial run with the louvered panels and bins...I decided I needed more of them. I also decided that the center of the panels needed an additional 2 screws to compliment the 10 screws around the perimeter of the panels. When really loaded down the center of the 48x24 panel would pull away from the wall a bit.

Before



After



I did this on all 4 panels now in my possession.

I also decided that trying hard to line the holes up on the studs wasn't necessary as the mollys held just fine in the sheetrock. So since I had the first two panels down, I rearranged how they hung to be a bit more eye appealing. Here they are hung along with the 2 Locboard (pegboard) panels I also picked up.







I picked up Triton's 63 piece assortment of pegs because I have no idea what all I'll need but I needed to start somewhere. Here they are hanging on (2) 18x36 panels.





I'm sure I'll need more and different pegs as I go along but this was a good start.

And here we are with (145) 5x5 bins and (12) 11x11 bins full and on the wall...







I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It makes use of the wall space there where not much else could go, is very organized which will make finding the hardware in the bins super easy and should help keeping the rest of the shop neat and tidy.

[jarhead]

it appears you are well hung, lol

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by jarhead

it appears you are well hung, lol

I think you're right Joe!! Don't think I've ever seen anyone with such well hung nuts.

[SSLance]

Had the first "customer" in the new shop yesterday for an oil change...



Felt good to be wrenching once again in a real shop...even if it was just an oil change.

It went so well in fact that I decided to maintain my other driver as well...



Oil changes for EVERYONE!!!!

Working on the drive-on lift is different than the 2 post I'm used too but so far everything is just fine. It's nice to have a "shelf" nearby to put things and with a little bit of finagling was able to get to everything needed just fine. Next job is pulling the third member out of the rear axle on Barney for inspection so that'll be a bit more involved... Will update how that goes once it happens.