What are you doing to your Shop/Garage
09-07-2014, 12:49 PM
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Nam Labrat
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09-07-2014, 12:58 PM
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Burning Brakes
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If your shop is always clean that means you are not using it.. I end up spending a day cleaning it up after a few nights of working in it. Its cool outside today so I'm going to dig the trench for the AC compressor wiring. Next summer I will have AC....
09-07-2014, 01:08 PM
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Burning Brakes
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09-08-2014, 09:01 AM
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My friend pulled the plug on the free storage of my Pontiac in his garage so I had to finally change my garage door tracks to open the door with a car up on the lift. So its now double stack of the two cars.
09-08-2014, 09:54 AM
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Brake job on the Acura yesterday
09-08-2014, 02:27 PM
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My garage is your typical 3 car track home garage. I added the sink, cabinets, a 70 Amp 220V service, lighting, a 4 post lift, etc. The red flooring is a rubber garage floor covering. Having 3 cars in it makes it hard to do any work so I am thinking of building a small 10x16 shop beside my house.
09-08-2014, 02:50 PM
#29
Burning Brakes
This is great ! - I too have a 3 gar garage...and I want to add a lift. What brand/model do you have? Did anything need to be done to the floor to support the weight/installation. Also you mentioned a new fuse for power feed..assume that was for the lift and compressor?
** and did I see a small A/C unit? work well for you and did you place the fresh air vent somewhere?
** and did I see a small A/C unit? work well for you and did you place the fresh air vent somewhere?
09-08-2014, 02:57 PM
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Not much but I do a lot in a small 2 car garage. I got divorced a while back and moved into this garage. Previous husband here was a a pack rat and this garage was stuffed to the gills with junk. You could not even move in it. So I had to put my car in storage for a few months while I cleaned all the junk out. I built a 10x16 shed right behind the garage for my overflow. It houses my compressor and some other stuff that I don't need all the time. I ran a 60 amp sub panel for power and heat and the compressor and lights. Pretty proud of my little garage and what I do out of it. Only one of these is mine. I just put in all new suspension on the blue 69. It's ready to be given back. Then mine will go back on the lift. It is tight quarters but it all works. You do with what you have and I don't have room to expand. 
09-08-2014, 03:21 PM
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This is great ! - I too have a 3 gar garage...and I want to add a lift. What brand/model do you have? Did anything need to be done to the floor to support the weight/installation. Also you mentioned a new fuse for power feed..assume that was for the lift and compressor?
** and did I see a small A/C unit? work well for you and did you place the fresh air vent somewhere?
** and did I see a small A/C unit? work well for you and did you place the fresh air vent somewhere?
The A/C unit is a small 12,000 BTU portable. It's almost useless during the peak of an Arizona summer but once the temps get down under 100 it'll cool the garage down 8-10 degrees.
Yes, the compressor is 220. I also ran a 220 circuit for my welder. The house's power panel is on the other side of the wall so all I had to do was punch through and add the panel and wiring.
I bought the house as a foreclosure after my divorce. I bought the house cheap but it needed a lot of work. Here you can see the drywall work being done in the garage. I've alternated between remodeling the house and working on the cars over the past 4 years.
I picked up this Hurst Shifter neon sign at Barrett Jackson last January.
09-08-2014, 03:31 PM
#32
Burning Brakes
The lift is from Direct Lift. I've had it about 10 years. My previous garage had a 9 1/2 foot ceiling, this garage has an 8 1/2 foot ceiling. Even so, the lift is very useful! The lift pump uses 15 amp 110, so no special power is needed for it. Your 4" garage floor slab is fine for the lift.
The A/C unit is a small 12,000 BTU portable. It's almost useless during the peak of an Arizona summer but once the temps get down under 100 it'll cool the garage down 8-10 degrees.
Yes, the compressor is 220. I also ran a 220 circuit for my welder. The house's power panel is on the other side of the wall so all I had to do was punch through and add the panel and wiring.
I bought the house as a foreclosure after my divorce. I bought the house cheap but it needed a lot of work. Here you can see the drywall work being done in the garage. I've alternated between remodeling the house and working on the cars over the past 4 years.
I picked up this Hurst Shifter neon sign at Barrett Jackson last January.
The A/C unit is a small 12,000 BTU portable. It's almost useless during the peak of an Arizona summer but once the temps get down under 100 it'll cool the garage down 8-10 degrees.
Yes, the compressor is 220. I also ran a 220 circuit for my welder. The house's power panel is on the other side of the wall so all I had to do was punch through and add the panel and wiring.
I bought the house as a foreclosure after my divorce. I bought the house cheap but it needed a lot of work. Here you can see the drywall work being done in the garage. I've alternated between remodeling the house and working on the cars over the past 4 years.
I picked up this Hurst Shifter neon sign at Barrett Jackson last January.
09-08-2014, 06:47 PM
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Race Director
I'm just in a rental place while I'm here in PA so anything I do I have to take down later.
I updated the lighting. HD sold these lights for like $50/ea. Found someone on ebay with a "offer" option. Said I'd buy 8 for $22/ea...they accepted lol. 10,000 lumens each.
Hung 4 on the ceiling, plan on 4 on the walls when I get ready for paint.
I updated the lighting. HD sold these lights for like $50/ea. Found someone on ebay with a "offer" option. Said I'd buy 8 for $22/ea...they accepted lol. 10,000 lumens each.
Hung 4 on the ceiling, plan on 4 on the walls when I get ready for paint.
09-08-2014, 06:50 PM
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You guys in the C3 section don't get to see my house in IL's paint job I did a long time ago.
I moved to PA not long after getting the C3 so haven't gotten a very good picture of the C3 against the door yet.
I moved to PA not long after getting the C3 so haven't gotten a very good picture of the C3 against the door yet.
09-08-2014, 10:08 PM
#38
Burning Brakes
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09-09-2014, 08:37 AM
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09-09-2014, 01:30 PM
#40
Burning Brakes
uhhhh, not to be a dick, but, the post is about what you did in your SHOP/GARAGE, not museum...
Love your place, love your stuff, I get it (I'm a rich collector too) but I keep my collections/cars/etc. seperate from my shop. Shop is where work gets done.
Too many UMC-wanna be's showing off their purchased collections in "man cave"'s pretending it's a "shop" on here...I wanna see where guys do their work, whether professional or hobby.
This is what a shop looks like.
Love your place, love your stuff, I get it (I'm a rich collector too) but I keep my collections/cars/etc. seperate from my shop. Shop is where work gets done.
Too many UMC-wanna be's showing off their purchased collections in "man cave"'s pretending it's a "shop" on here...I wanna see where guys do their work, whether professional or hobby.
This is what a shop looks like.
