Well folks, It's been a while since I have posted up about my shop here, specifically with the upgrades that have been going on. As you may or may not recall, the dedicated building / shed got put on hold by our economy, so I am building in the garage as best I can. Since my last major postings I have...
#1. Fully insulated with R-30 (recommended for my area) the attic over the garage.
#2. In process of replacing the 1/4" ply "decking" with 5/8" OSB, I have some funny braces over top of the trusses that are NOT installed square, so I am having to make a bunch of funny angle cuts using a circ saw and guide. Not super accurate, but it is working well enough...
#3. Toting up all the camping gear. This is mostly done, and most of it is up in the attic. I have perhaps 1 more tote worth of stuff to pack up and put away.
#4. I am pretty sure I posted about my tool stacker here. I don't recall who I got the idea from, but I KNOW it was a BT3Central member that suggested I use mount boards for all my benchtop tools, and then rack the mount boards on adjustable shelf standards / brackets. I went with the Rubbermaid heavy duty steel versions, and am VERY happy with the results. I have spare brackets, and am likely to get more standards to create a lumber rack as well.
#5. Router table / table saw extension wing. I am honestly not thrilled with my results here. I messed up the miter slot something fierce. I may end up redoing this... At the very least, I am going to remove the Rockler track, patch the space the slot was cut with red oak, and THEN cut the slot where it needs to be. I REALLY like the extra heft the 2 layer 3/4" lamination with 3/16" hardboard gives me. The Bench Dog router plate is pretty sweet too...
#6. Shelving / storage. My shelving and storage is really coming together, and although I have a long way to go, I can now say... "I need some brass swag hooks" and go right to them. A stupid thing to be happy about probably, but it makes building that decorative key holder a LOT easier doesn't it?
#7. Dust collector is installed, with the Thien cyclone, plumbing still needs to get done...
#8. Electrical boxes for ceiling drops to power shop lights are in place, just need to wire them up and plug in the lights.
#9. Shop lights are at least bought for the shop. 4 of them are on the ceiling already (but need to be rearranged), 2 more will be hung.
#10. Garage door side and top seals have been added. Between this, and the insulation in the ceiling, I have controlled a LOT of the heat gain / loss. I still have to finish insulating the doors and walls though...
The weather has been LOUSY all fall and winter, constantly wet every single weekend, where my back yard has been almost a swamp... It's been warm and dry all weekend, and so far this weekend looks pretty promising. I may be able to finally get out there and burn out those stumps that are in the way of my fence! If I can get that done, and get the fence back up, I can buy back literally the second half of my shop so I can work in 18x20 instead of 9x20. That would be sweet!
Things left to do after the fencing materials are out are...
#1. Clear out the undersized white plastic shelves. I need the wall space, and the larger (18" deep x 48" wide) heavy plastic shelves hold EVERYTHING the 5 sections of the cheap white ones did in just one section...
#2. Clear out the old standing lumber storage. It's in the way...
#4. Insulate, repair and paint the right wall, nook walls, right side of the ceiling which should now be almost completely empty, and finish painting the back wall...
#5. Run sub panel and electrical drops along right wall. Route DC plumbing along right wall to the Y fittings and install blast gates.
#6. Rent storage locker, or something like a POD to move ALL of my tools and garage stuff into while I...
#7. Insulate, repair, and paint left and front walls, finish insulating garage doors. Paint remainder of ceiling.
#8. Prep garage floor, and epoxy coat it.
#9. Install "tool stacker" on right wall per my Sketchup plan.
#10. Modify wall workbench (shorten length, and give it uprights with an overhead shelf) per my Sketchup plan.
#11. Install safety shelf and clamp racks per my Sketchup plan...
#12. Add overhead storage cabinets in same position as my Sketchp plan had shelves... I want to enclose a lot of this stuff.
#13. Add small parts cabinets, router bit cabinets, fire extinguishers.
#14. Add yard tool holders, move yard tools back in.
#15. Add hangers for various items like sawhorses, jigs, etc...
#16. Add lumber rack.
So you see I have come a VERY long way, but I have a VERY long way to go to... The nice thing is I have pretty much settled on a plan, and now have a reasonably steady target to aim at. Much easier to hit...
So now that you guys know where I am... Where are you with your shop projects?
#1. Fully insulated with R-30 (recommended for my area) the attic over the garage.
#2. In process of replacing the 1/4" ply "decking" with 5/8" OSB, I have some funny braces over top of the trusses that are NOT installed square, so I am having to make a bunch of funny angle cuts using a circ saw and guide. Not super accurate, but it is working well enough...
#3. Toting up all the camping gear. This is mostly done, and most of it is up in the attic. I have perhaps 1 more tote worth of stuff to pack up and put away.
#4. I am pretty sure I posted about my tool stacker here. I don't recall who I got the idea from, but I KNOW it was a BT3Central member that suggested I use mount boards for all my benchtop tools, and then rack the mount boards on adjustable shelf standards / brackets. I went with the Rubbermaid heavy duty steel versions, and am VERY happy with the results. I have spare brackets, and am likely to get more standards to create a lumber rack as well.
#5. Router table / table saw extension wing. I am honestly not thrilled with my results here. I messed up the miter slot something fierce. I may end up redoing this... At the very least, I am going to remove the Rockler track, patch the space the slot was cut with red oak, and THEN cut the slot where it needs to be. I REALLY like the extra heft the 2 layer 3/4" lamination with 3/16" hardboard gives me. The Bench Dog router plate is pretty sweet too...
#6. Shelving / storage. My shelving and storage is really coming together, and although I have a long way to go, I can now say... "I need some brass swag hooks" and go right to them. A stupid thing to be happy about probably, but it makes building that decorative key holder a LOT easier doesn't it?
#7. Dust collector is installed, with the Thien cyclone, plumbing still needs to get done...
#8. Electrical boxes for ceiling drops to power shop lights are in place, just need to wire them up and plug in the lights.
#9. Shop lights are at least bought for the shop. 4 of them are on the ceiling already (but need to be rearranged), 2 more will be hung.
#10. Garage door side and top seals have been added. Between this, and the insulation in the ceiling, I have controlled a LOT of the heat gain / loss. I still have to finish insulating the doors and walls though...
The weather has been LOUSY all fall and winter, constantly wet every single weekend, where my back yard has been almost a swamp... It's been warm and dry all weekend, and so far this weekend looks pretty promising. I may be able to finally get out there and burn out those stumps that are in the way of my fence! If I can get that done, and get the fence back up, I can buy back literally the second half of my shop so I can work in 18x20 instead of 9x20. That would be sweet!
Things left to do after the fencing materials are out are...
#1. Clear out the undersized white plastic shelves. I need the wall space, and the larger (18" deep x 48" wide) heavy plastic shelves hold EVERYTHING the 5 sections of the cheap white ones did in just one section...
#2. Clear out the old standing lumber storage. It's in the way...
#4. Insulate, repair and paint the right wall, nook walls, right side of the ceiling which should now be almost completely empty, and finish painting the back wall...
#5. Run sub panel and electrical drops along right wall. Route DC plumbing along right wall to the Y fittings and install blast gates.
#6. Rent storage locker, or something like a POD to move ALL of my tools and garage stuff into while I...
#7. Insulate, repair, and paint left and front walls, finish insulating garage doors. Paint remainder of ceiling.
#8. Prep garage floor, and epoxy coat it.
#9. Install "tool stacker" on right wall per my Sketchup plan.
#10. Modify wall workbench (shorten length, and give it uprights with an overhead shelf) per my Sketchup plan.
#11. Install safety shelf and clamp racks per my Sketchup plan...
#12. Add overhead storage cabinets in same position as my Sketchp plan had shelves... I want to enclose a lot of this stuff.
#13. Add small parts cabinets, router bit cabinets, fire extinguishers.
#14. Add yard tool holders, move yard tools back in.
#15. Add hangers for various items like sawhorses, jigs, etc...
#16. Add lumber rack.
So you see I have come a VERY long way, but I have a VERY long way to go to... The nice thing is I have pretty much settled on a plan, and now have a reasonably steady target to aim at. Much easier to hit...
So now that you guys know where I am... Where are you with your shop projects?
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