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#1 ·
"I Bought a Garage!"

Well, I bought a garage!

...And as a bonus there is even a house attached for my family to live in. Isn't that convenient?!

So here is the first post in a series where I will show the transformation from humble garage to bad ass shop.

I haven't even gotten a chance to take photos yet but here are the specks:

  • Lets call it a "generous" one-car garage
  • 13.5' X 21.5'
  • Slightnly smaller than my current shop but a lot closer to home (i.e. attached to it)
  • Unfortunate co-existers include: washer & dryer, water heater, water softener.

Sooooo… I'm gonna have to be really efficient with my space.

We are still in escrow so wish us luck!

By the way, here is my CURRENT SHOP.
 
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#6 ·
Slightly smaller than my current shop but a lot closer to home (i.e. attached to it)

Seems like a reasonable tradeoff Blake. Best wishes in the new space and enjoy the journey…the destination will take care of itself.
 
#8 ·
Congrats on the new house Blake. Being that I had lived in your area for a number of years I know that lots and properties are small, is there an option to possibly expand to the rear or one side of the garage?
 
#10 ·
Blake, I'll help you make room… Send me those 1 1/4" vise rods from the back wall, and that 10" backsaw from your bench area. With all that room cleared up, shouldn't have any problems squeazing into the new space. :)

Congrats to you!
 
#13 ·
oh happy day..i hope all goes well and you get this new shop and a home, i always love the work you do blake, ive always loved the music stand you made for your dad, out of that special walnut..how cool is that…well well ad you to our prayers that your escrow goes through…let us know …grizz
 
#15 ·
Blake Congratulation on your transformation and transition. May you be blessed during the final closing on your new home and your home away from home.
 
#19 ·
DouginVA- Ha ha, no. Real estate is just extremely expensive here, and the weather is so good most houses don't even have a garage so I was lucky to get one at all.

MedicKen- Not really enough room on the property for that.

Sefang- yup :)

Thanks everyone! I'll try to take photos today.
 
#20 ·
Gears Slowly Turning

The… gears… are… turning… slowly…

Well we got the place, but that's old news now. Its no surprise that the garage became the last priority. I moved enough of my basic tools to the new house to give it a complete face-lift, inside and out.

I did a lot of interior remodeling (trim, cabinets, paint, electrical, plumbing, added closets, changed out every fixture in the house, new floors, windows, bathroom remodel, etc) and completely re-landscaped / hardscaped the back yard (sod, rock, pavers, built benches, and I even poured a concrete natural gas fire pit)

So the house is awesome now. TINY but really cool. I'll post some photos soon.

As for the garage, I finally got started. Here is how its been going:

Phase I: Garage becomes staging area for moving boxes.

Phase II: Most of the boxes get unpacked. Some basic tools move in to work on house.

Phase III: Several months go by and garage becomes giant messy tool box. No way to organize tools. Most of them end up strewn about on the floor.

Phase IV: Eventually I hang some second-hand cabinets and bring my roll-around tool box and sort-of organize.

Phase V: Life goes on as we gradually settle into house. House projects never really end. Garage still a mess. Eventually realize the huge storage potential in attic above garage, but ceiling must be reinforced first. Finally purchase 2×6s and OSB subfloor… let sit in garage for a while.

Phase VI: Get a buddy to help me hang the 2×6s!!! Get half of the ceiling reinforced and subfloor in place.

Phase VII: Concede that I can't put it off any longer… its finally time to go to my parents and in-laws houses and collect 30+ years worth of stuff thats been stored in their attics, garages and sheds. Stuff they saved from when we were babies, stuff from our childhoods, college years, our wedding, tons of crap. About 4 truckloads worth.

Phase VIII: Comb through it all. Figure out what we need and don't need. We can't afford to keep ANYTHING extra in this tiny house.

Phase IX: Yard sale. Oh yeah. Epic yard sale.

Phase X: Organize whats left and put it up in the finished half of the above-garage attic storage space.

Phase XI: See garage floor for first time since we bought the house, get inspired, buy new table saw.

---> This is where I'm at now.

Ok, so maybe its not a new table saw, but I found one of these:



Which is perfect for my new little shop because its got built-in dust collection! And I'm also impressed with how quiet it is.

So then I ordered one of these:



And one of these to save space:



Which will (believe it or not) replace this:



I'm quite proud of it but I just won't have the space for a huge dedicated router table anymore. I may re-purpose it as a miter saw table or assembly table however.

That router table is kind of a celebrity here on Lumber Jocks. It was the first of its kind on this site, and I've seen dozens of "Blake-inspired" versions over the years. It still shows up on the first page of Most Favorited Projects out of almost 100 thousand projects!

Anyway, I'm going to be getting rid of some things and making room for the bare minimum.

Here is my old shop: http://lumberjocks.com/Blake/workshop

The new (smaller) shop will have:

  • Table saw/router table combo
  • Miter saw
  • Band saw
  • Drill Press
  • 13" Planer
  • 6" Jointer
  • Small hand tool workbench
  • Tool box
  • Oscillating spindle sander
  • Sharpening station

Things I will probably sell:

...So if anybody is interested and lives close enough let me know (Santa Cruz, CA).

Anyway, its good to be back on LJ. I can't wait to start building again.
 
#21 ·
Blake , glad everything is going well. Great looking router table, if I had the room I would be all over it. Getting a new table saw will be fun… I have been in the market for a while, I have it narrowed down to 3 now. I'll bet the inside of the house looks amazing. Blondie and I are just finishing the front of the house contruction, were laying the sod say and we will have it all done….. Look fwd to sieening more of your progress…....
 
#30 ·
"Before" Photos

As promised here are some "before" photos of my messy garage.

Window Gas Electrical wiring Machine Shade


Notice the open ceiling joists with hundreds of nails sticking out… this is because I have already ripped the crappy sheetrock down to start work on it.

Bicycle Tire Wheel Bicycle wheel Wood


Here it is a little less messy:

Property Building Wood Window Floor


And here is the "before" photo of the loft space above the garage. This is the reason that the shop project is so slow to get off the ground… there is a TON of storage potential up there and I am taking the time to do it right. I have been reinforcing the ceiling so it will take the load of storage.

Wood Metal Darkness Lumber Hardwood


Here is my new baby from a few weeks ago… she is just waiting for some love:

Table Automotive exterior Gas Asphalt Bumper


And the exciting news is I just picked up one of these!

(DWS780)
Cold saw Saw Abrasive saw Radial arm saw Circular saw


I've always been a Radial Arm Saw type of guy. I just love those tools. BUT they do have their limitations. They are difficult to keep tuned and true, and they are difficult to change angles accurately.

I've done a lot of thinking about my new shop setup. I have even thought about building my cross-cutting bench with a chop saw for compound angles, and my old RAS friend for longer straight cross cuts as well as dados and tenons.

But ultimately I just don't have the space for that. So I decided if I had to only choose ONE I would have to make a compromise. A 12" sliding compound miter would have to do. It will have the power, capacity, ease of use, ease of changing miter/bevel angles, and enough accuracy to do the job.

You can still cut dados and tenons on a slider, although its not as accurate as a RAS. I will just have to clean them up with a router plane or make my tenons on the table saw instead. Oh well.

As far as choosing the DeWalt, I really did a lot of research. I almost went for the Bosch, with its ability to fit closer to the shop wall:



But even though this saw was about $200 more, I found it to be far LESS ACCURATE especially with regard to the dado stop. It would actually bounce almost 1/4" down/up after hitting the stop. Overall it had a lot more plastic parts than the DeWalt (and more moving parts too) and was just not built as well all around. The DeWalt is pretty solid.

The hinged mechanism on the Bosch is pretty ingenious technology. But it is just not perfected yet. Too bad.

So anyway, next I will be daydreaming about the bench I will build as a home for the new slider.
 

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#31 ·
"Before" Photos

As promised here are some "before" photos of my messy garage.

Window Gas Electrical wiring Machine Shade


Notice the open ceiling joists with hundreds of nails sticking out… this is because I have already ripped the crappy sheetrock down to start work on it.

Bicycle Tire Wheel Bicycle wheel Wood


Here it is a little less messy:

Property Building Wood Window Floor


And here is the "before" photo of the loft space above the garage. This is the reason that the shop project is so slow to get off the ground… there is a TON of storage potential up there and I am taking the time to do it right. I have been reinforcing the ceiling so it will take the load of storage.

Wood Metal Darkness Lumber Hardwood


Here is my new baby from a few weeks ago… she is just waiting for some love:

Table Automotive exterior Gas Asphalt Bumper


And the exciting news is I just picked up one of these!

(DWS780)
Cold saw Saw Abrasive saw Radial arm saw Circular saw


I've always been a Radial Arm Saw type of guy. I just love those tools. BUT they do have their limitations. They are difficult to keep tuned and true, and they are difficult to change angles accurately.

I've done a lot of thinking about my new shop setup. I have even thought about building my cross-cutting bench with a chop saw for compound angles, and my old RAS friend for longer straight cross cuts as well as dados and tenons.

But ultimately I just don't have the space for that. So I decided if I had to only choose ONE I would have to make a compromise. A 12" sliding compound miter would have to do. It will have the power, capacity, ease of use, ease of changing miter/bevel angles, and enough accuracy to do the job.

You can still cut dados and tenons on a slider, although its not as accurate as a RAS. I will just have to clean them up with a router plane or make my tenons on the table saw instead. Oh well.

As far as choosing the DeWalt, I really did a lot of research. I almost went for the Bosch, with its ability to fit closer to the shop wall:



But even though this saw was about $200 more, I found it to be far LESS ACCURATE especially with regard to the dado stop. It would actually bounce almost 1/4" down/up after hitting the stop. Overall it had a lot more plastic parts than the DeWalt (and more moving parts too) and was just not built as well all around. The DeWalt is pretty solid.

The hinged mechanism on the Bosch is pretty ingenious technology. But it is just not perfected yet. Too bad.

So anyway, next I will be daydreaming about the bench I will build as a home for the new slider.
Yay Blake. A garage all for yourself. Yowser.
Good choice on the rebuild decisions. That upper area will be great to have.
And good choice on the saw(s). You will have a colorful shop now, and nice stuff to boot. Hard to decide, you done well.

Interesting about making money with photography. That is great that you guys can make a go of it.

Keep us informed,
Steve
 

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#38 ·
Sketchup Plans

First of all, I've made some more progress on the attic "loft" space above the garage. You might remember this "before" photo:

Wood Metal Darkness Lumber Hardwood


Here it is now… It is about halfway finished:

Wood Building Tints and shades Hardwood Ceiling


And I've already started moving storage up into this valuable space… woo hoo!

----

So it turns out I've been a very nice boy this year and Santa put a little something in my stocking:

Font Shipping box Publication Carton Packaging and labeling


----

Well now that I have the two most important pieces of the shop (table saw and miter saw) I can start planning around them. I started out just trying to design my miter saw bench. But I love sketchup and couldn't help myself so I drew the entire shop.

Especially since I have a lot of work to do before I can get to the fun part of moving in machinery. Unfortunately finishing the ceiling, walls, and electrical is going REALLY slowly since I don't have much free time these days.

Here are the preliminary drawings. I'm sure it will change and evolve quite a bit as I start putting it together.

(Bummer… I just realized these photos are really low-res on LJ. So I will list the captions from left to right below each photo)

Urban design Engineering Naval architecture Technology Flooring

  • Water Softener (cylinder at left)
  • Incra Track and Shop Stop (as miter fence)
  • Wall cabinets will go above bench
  • 6" jointer (roll out)
  • DeWalt Planer (roll out)
  • DeWalt 12" Slider
  • Tool boxes (tool chest "lowers" built into bench)
  • Washer and Drier will be enclosed with closed doors
  • Water Heater (cylinder at right)
  • Man door (far right)

Table Furniture Cartoon Interior design Urban design

  • Clamp racks on wall
  • Drill press
  • Jet dust collector enclosed in wall for sound
  • Bench
  • Hand tool wall cabinet
  • Window
  • 14" bandsaw
  • DeWalt table saw / router combo with Incra positioner fence. Mobile on casters.

Rectangle Font Parallel Plan Diagram

  • Garage is 21' by 13 1/2'
  • Additional wall space for hanging cabinets, clamp racks, etc.
  • Plenty of room around table saw / router combo so it can be re-positioned as needed for long or wide stock
  • Cross-cut fence is forward of wall so long stock can go out garage door if nesassary.
  • Bandsaw is also mobile
  • There is room near the bench for a sharpening station (not pictured)
  • Step from man door (far right)

Table Wood Interior design Architecture Flooring


What do you think about this layout?

By the way here is my old shop if you want to see where I'm coming from: http://lumberjocks.com/Blake/workshop
 

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#39 ·
Sketchup Plans

First of all, I've made some more progress on the attic "loft" space above the garage. You might remember this "before" photo:

Wood Metal Darkness Lumber Hardwood


Here it is now… It is about halfway finished:

Wood Building Tints and shades Hardwood Ceiling


And I've already started moving storage up into this valuable space… woo hoo!

----

So it turns out I've been a very nice boy this year and Santa put a little something in my stocking:

Font Shipping box Publication Carton Packaging and labeling


----

Well now that I have the two most important pieces of the shop (table saw and miter saw) I can start planning around them. I started out just trying to design my miter saw bench. But I love sketchup and couldn't help myself so I drew the entire shop.

Especially since I have a lot of work to do before I can get to the fun part of moving in machinery. Unfortunately finishing the ceiling, walls, and electrical is going REALLY slowly since I don't have much free time these days.

Here are the preliminary drawings. I'm sure it will change and evolve quite a bit as I start putting it together.

(Bummer… I just realized these photos are really low-res on LJ. So I will list the captions from left to right below each photo)

Urban design Engineering Naval architecture Technology Flooring

  • Water Softener (cylinder at left)
  • Incra Track and Shop Stop (as miter fence)
  • Wall cabinets will go above bench
  • 6" jointer (roll out)
  • DeWalt Planer (roll out)
  • DeWalt 12" Slider
  • Tool boxes (tool chest "lowers" built into bench)
  • Washer and Drier will be enclosed with closed doors
  • Water Heater (cylinder at right)
  • Man door (far right)

Table Furniture Cartoon Interior design Urban design

  • Clamp racks on wall
  • Drill press
  • Jet dust collector enclosed in wall for sound
  • Bench
  • Hand tool wall cabinet
  • Window
  • 14" bandsaw
  • DeWalt table saw / router combo with Incra positioner fence. Mobile on casters.

Rectangle Font Parallel Plan Diagram

  • Garage is 21' by 13 1/2'
  • Additional wall space for hanging cabinets, clamp racks, etc.
  • Plenty of room around table saw / router combo so it can be re-positioned as needed for long or wide stock
  • Cross-cut fence is forward of wall so long stock can go out garage door if nesassary.
  • Bandsaw is also mobile
  • There is room near the bench for a sharpening station (not pictured)
  • Step from man door (far right)

Table Wood Interior design Architecture Flooring


What do you think about this layout?

By the way here is my old shop if you want to see where I'm coming from: http://lumberjocks.com/Blake/workshop
Hi Blake. First of all, I am seriously envious of your Sketchup skills. You do a great job with it. The lay out and initial plans look great. Conspicuously absent for me is the "Blake Router Station". I think I recall you saying you opted to eliminate it from your shop. Designing, laying out and installing a new shop is so exciting and fun. Enjoy the adrenaline rush!
 

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#47 ·
Attic is Done

Just a quick update… The attic storage space is pretty much finished, and it only took about a year to thin out and organize everything up there.

Wood Event Hardwood Room Art


And of corse the whole point of spending so much time on the attic space is to get all that stuff off my garage floor.

So I was finally able to clean and organize below.

Wheel Tire Automotive tire Vehicle Wood


Bicycle Tire Wheel Bicycle wheel Bicycle wheel rim


Next projects: electrical, lighting and then new sheetrock on the ceiling and walls, and finally a new floor!
 

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#48 ·
Attic is Done

Just a quick update… The attic storage space is pretty much finished, and it only took about a year to thin out and organize everything up there.

Wood Event Hardwood Room Art


And of corse the whole point of spending so much time on the attic space is to get all that stuff off my garage floor.

So I was finally able to clean and organize below.

Wheel Tire Automotive tire Vehicle Wood


Bicycle Tire Wheel Bicycle wheel Bicycle wheel rim


Next projects: electrical, lighting and then new sheetrock on the ceiling and walls, and finally a new floor!
Yay!!! Lookin' Good Blake !
 

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#56 ·
Pimp My Table Saw (EYE Candy)

Not much progress on the actual garage lately… I'm waiting for someone to help me put the electrical together. Its a little over my head, since I need to reroute entire circuits, add 220, etc.

So instead I've been working on my table saw.

Here's where it started, with a used DeWalt 746 hybrid table saw. Honestly I've never given Hybrids much thought. I had always drooled over the new Unisaw and Sawstop. But I came across this little gem and love it! Its powerful (2hp), smooth, quiet, portable, and has full dust collection around the blade. And it was a killer deal.

Table Automotive exterior Gas Asphalt Bumper


And since my new shop is even smaller than my old shop, I am unfortunately going to have to downsize somehow. So I am combining my table saw and router table, and SELLING this:

For Sale: $350 obo (the materials alone cost more than that) Send me a message if you are interested



I loved my router table. But it is huge, and I don't have the space anymore. But the main advantage of combining my router table/saw is that I can use the same Incra fence for both :)

I just need to set a series of calibrated stops for the router and saw. I will need two positions for the saw, at 0-16" and 16-32", since I only have the 17" positioner (if you are familiar with Incra products you will know what I mean. http://www.incramentaltools.com) But the positioner holds several sliding scales so I can have one dedicated to each position.

Here is the beginning of the fence installation, for which I only needed to order the TS rails. I am just using the positioner off the old router table:

Wood Yellow Gas Machine Auto part


Once the fence rails were installed, I built the two table saw wings/extensions. My DW 746 came with those flimsy stamped steel extensions. So I removed them and built my own with two layers of 3/4" birch plywood, surrounded by a hardwood boarder and white laminate on top.

Wood Flooring Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood


Once these were mounted to the TS rails on the saw, I used my original router template to cut the opening for the router lift. I had actually saved it from when I made my first router table… just in case!

Wood Gas Hardwood Rectangle Wood stain


Wood Drill Drilling Milling Floor


Aircraft Wood Toy airplane Propeller-driven aircraft Engineering


Wood Machine tool Tool Gas Machine


Brown Automotive design Rectangle Wood Font


Lighting Wood Gas Audio equipment Ceiling


Then I used the Incra fence, which was conveniently already installed, as a guide to rout a channel for the router miter track, which went just a few inches to the left of the router.

Wood Wood stain Tool Hardwood Flooring


Finally I added a zero-clearance insert and after a little tuning up, my saw was pretty much complete!

Table Wood Wood stain Creative arts Gas


Wood Table Hardwood Plywood Machine


I think the only thing left is to build a box around the router lift for dust collection and noise reduction. It will also include a magnetic safety switch.
 

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#57 ·
Pimp My Table Saw (EYE Candy)

Not much progress on the actual garage lately… I'm waiting for someone to help me put the electrical together. Its a little over my head, since I need to reroute entire circuits, add 220, etc.

So instead I've been working on my table saw.

Here's where it started, with a used DeWalt 746 hybrid table saw. Honestly I've never given Hybrids much thought. I had always drooled over the new Unisaw and Sawstop. But I came across this little gem and love it! Its powerful (2hp), smooth, quiet, portable, and has full dust collection around the blade. And it was a killer deal.

Table Automotive exterior Gas Asphalt Bumper


And since my new shop is even smaller than my old shop, I am unfortunately going to have to downsize somehow. So I am combining my table saw and router table, and SELLING this:

For Sale: $350 obo (the materials alone cost more than that) Send me a message if you are interested



I loved my router table. But it is huge, and I don't have the space anymore. But the main advantage of combining my router table/saw is that I can use the same Incra fence for both :)

I just need to set a series of calibrated stops for the router and saw. I will need two positions for the saw, at 0-16" and 16-32", since I only have the 17" positioner (if you are familiar with Incra products you will know what I mean. http://www.incramentaltools.com) But the positioner holds several sliding scales so I can have one dedicated to each position.

Here is the beginning of the fence installation, for which I only needed to order the TS rails. I am just using the positioner off the old router table:

Wood Yellow Gas Machine Auto part


Once the fence rails were installed, I built the two table saw wings/extensions. My DW 746 came with those flimsy stamped steel extensions. So I removed them and built my own with two layers of 3/4" birch plywood, surrounded by a hardwood boarder and white laminate on top.

Wood Flooring Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood


Once these were mounted to the TS rails on the saw, I used my original router template to cut the opening for the router lift. I had actually saved it from when I made my first router table… just in case!

Wood Gas Hardwood Rectangle Wood stain


Wood Drill Drilling Milling Floor


Aircraft Wood Toy airplane Propeller-driven aircraft Engineering


Wood Machine tool Tool Gas Machine


Brown Automotive design Rectangle Wood Font


Lighting Wood Gas Audio equipment Ceiling


Then I used the Incra fence, which was conveniently already installed, as a guide to rout a channel for the router miter track, which went just a few inches to the left of the router.

Wood Wood stain Tool Hardwood Flooring


Finally I added a zero-clearance insert and after a little tuning up, my saw was pretty much complete!

Table Wood Wood stain Creative arts Gas


Wood Table Hardwood Plywood Machine


I think the only thing left is to build a box around the router lift for dust collection and noise reduction. It will also include a magnetic safety switch.
Blake,

That looks like a great set-up! Nice to see your progress. Thanks for sharing.

L/W
 

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#65 ·
Help from Todd Clippinger

So, lots of progress. Where did we leave off? Something like this… (its getting better in terms of organization)

Tire Wheel Bicycle Bicycle wheel Building


Finally it was time to call in the big guns. Todd Clippinger has been begging me for some woodworking lessons ever since he found out about me so I finally let him come all the way over from Montana to California to work with me and pick up some mad skills ;)

Wood Window Hardwood Building Event


Well we ripped up the place and did a ton of electrical work, installed a window, moved a door, and he also relieved me of my worst enemy… the kitchen slider door.

"Good riddance old door"

Plant Window Automotive lighting Television set Automotive exterior


"Hello new slider!" ...I still have some painting to do.

Building Door Fixture Wood House


Meanwhile I started building the enclosed laundry "room"...

Wood Floor Flooring Electrical wiring Gas


And heres another random progress shot I found on my phone:

Table Wood Shelf Desk Building


And with my garage still in shambles, I had to let Todd get back to MT. But It sure was great to finally meet this old friend and kindred spirit craftsman.

Joint Chin Shorts Shoulder Muscle


The next step has been nagging at me since we moved in… hanging the bikes on the ceiling.

I bought these pulley system kits over a year ago. And this seemingly simple project sort-of kicked my ass. I must have re-arranged and re-engeneered them like half-a-dozen times before I got them all to fit in the small section of the garage that has high ceilings. The challenges included getting them to not interfere with each other/the walls/garage door/etc., and attaching them to the sloped ceiling… way to many trips up and down the ladder.

But once I got them up my garage floor got WAY bigger :)

Tire Wheel Bicycle Land vehicle Bicycle wheel rim


Maybe now I can start making it look like a proper shop? Stay tuned.
 

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#66 ·
Help from Todd Clippinger

So, lots of progress. Where did we leave off? Something like this… (its getting better in terms of organization)

Tire Wheel Bicycle Bicycle wheel Building


Finally it was time to call in the big guns. Todd Clippinger has been begging me for some woodworking lessons ever since he found out about me so I finally let him come all the way over from Montana to California to work with me and pick up some mad skills ;)

Wood Window Hardwood Building Event


Well we ripped up the place and did a ton of electrical work, installed a window, moved a door, and he also relieved me of my worst enemy… the kitchen slider door.

"Good riddance old door"

Plant Window Automotive lighting Television set Automotive exterior


"Hello new slider!" ...I still have some painting to do.

Building Door Fixture Wood House


Meanwhile I started building the enclosed laundry "room"...

Wood Floor Flooring Electrical wiring Gas


And heres another random progress shot I found on my phone:

Table Wood Shelf Desk Building


And with my garage still in shambles, I had to let Todd get back to MT. But It sure was great to finally meet this old friend and kindred spirit craftsman.

Joint Chin Shorts Shoulder Muscle


The next step has been nagging at me since we moved in… hanging the bikes on the ceiling.

I bought these pulley system kits over a year ago. And this seemingly simple project sort-of kicked my ass. I must have re-arranged and re-engeneered them like half-a-dozen times before I got them all to fit in the small section of the garage that has high ceilings. The challenges included getting them to not interfere with each other/the walls/garage door/etc., and attaching them to the sloped ceiling… way to many trips up and down the ladder.

But once I got them up my garage floor got WAY bigger :)

Tire Wheel Bicycle Land vehicle Bicycle wheel rim


Maybe now I can start making it look like a proper shop? Stay tuned.
I had some good times man!

I loved our late night cookouts.

Gas Cooking Flash photography Wood Table


And that cool lumber yard you have that sells all that killer redwood!

Wood Flooring Wood stain Floor Hardwood
 

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#70 ·
Sheetrock & Saw Bench

Still making progress. Here's a small update.

Here is a random photo I took at some point. It shows where the saw bench will go and also the partially-framed laundry area to the far right:

Building Wood Table Gas Workbench


I've been hanging sheetrock for weeks in my spare time:

White Light Wood Line Flooring


Tire Wheel Bicycle tire Bicycle Bicycle wheel


This is my old tool box. Its has served me well for many years but its not the most efficient use of space, and I need to make use of every inch in this tiny shop. So its gotta go. I sold it on Craigslist:

Cabinetry Drawer Wood Hardwood Gas


And started building the new chop saw bench with will have the new tool box built into it. Here's the frame being assembled in the driveway:

Wood Plant Window Flooring Floor


And here it is getting installed:

Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood Gas


In goes the new tool box:

Sink Wood Tap Floor Flooring


And here it is mostly installed. I haven't built the left leg support in this photo yet.

Table Grille Wood Hood Floor


The new tool box is SO nice and gives me a lot of breathing room for my tools.

So I have to admit that these photos are actually several weeks old and I have actually made WAY more progress but haven't taken photos yet. So stay tuned… more to come.
 

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#71 ·
Sheetrock & Saw Bench

Still making progress. Here's a small update.

Here is a random photo I took at some point. It shows where the saw bench will go and also the partially-framed laundry area to the far right:

Building Wood Table Gas Workbench


I've been hanging sheetrock for weeks in my spare time:

White Light Wood Line Flooring


Tire Wheel Bicycle tire Bicycle Bicycle wheel


This is my old tool box. Its has served me well for many years but its not the most efficient use of space, and I need to make use of every inch in this tiny shop. So its gotta go. I sold it on Craigslist:

Cabinetry Drawer Wood Hardwood Gas


And started building the new chop saw bench with will have the new tool box built into it. Here's the frame being assembled in the driveway:

Wood Plant Window Flooring Floor


And here it is getting installed:

Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood Gas


In goes the new tool box:

Sink Wood Tap Floor Flooring


And here it is mostly installed. I haven't built the left leg support in this photo yet.

Table Grille Wood Hood Floor


The new tool box is SO nice and gives me a lot of breathing room for my tools.

So I have to admit that these photos are actually several weeks old and I have actually made WAY more progress but haven't taken photos yet. So stay tuned… more to come.
Blake,

It's nice to see your progress. You must be anxious to have it finished and be able to get back to crafting some more fabulous furniture pieces.

L/W
 

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