my corvette shop...phase 2
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (mrvette)
Sign, great shop there, now all you need is....
Bridgeport, drill press, grinders, finishers, break, welding bench, MIG and TIG and Stick welders...lift, NOT a 4 poster from texas...;-(((, 20 ton press,
HUGE Snap ON box full of tools, compressor, impacts,
MAN, can I spend ALL your money!!!!
GENE :D :D :D
Bridgeport, drill press, grinders, finishers, break, welding bench, MIG and TIG and Stick welders...lift, NOT a 4 poster from texas...;-(((, 20 ton press,
HUGE Snap ON box full of tools, compressor, impacts,
MAN, can I spend ALL your money!!!!
GENE :D :D :D
and that other stuff i wouldnt know how to use anyway! LOL
as for spending all of my $...im doin a pretty good job of that myself considering i dont have any! LOL
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (vethead)
Looks great, I can't wait to finish mine.. How much for the sign? :cheers:
for example the one in my shop is 17 feet long and about 4 feet high and if i made one like it AND installed it in a customers shop it would be about $200-$225...i could probably duplicate it and ship it to any of you for half that...
although it IS pretty big...most of you would probably use one about half that size, maybe even smaller than that...it basicly depends on size and number of colors involved...
i origanaly just put up the C5 "covette" but it looked unfinished so i added the heartbeat thing as an afterthought...
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (Corvettebear13)
Too clean to be a garage!!!
J/K :jester
Very nice... As stated above, I wish I had a :cool: place like yours to work on the Corvette.
J/K :jester
Very nice... As stated above, I wish I had a :cool: place like yours to work on the Corvette.
get done with a job, clean the tools and put them away...clean the area...
thats the way i like to work...when i need a tool, i know EXACTLY where it is and when i go to put something on the bench, there is always room...
i find that a clean, well lit work area is MUCH more fun to use :)
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (MNJack)
SIGNGUY, looks sweet! (too clean, tho! :lol: )
Good luck on your drive to Carlisle! Here is a tip. Make a sign (after all, you are SIGNGUY) that says something like, "I DROVE all the way from Florida" and you will be a celebrity pick for sure!! :lol:
MJ
Good luck on your drive to Carlisle! Here is a tip. Make a sign (after all, you are SIGNGUY) that says something like, "I DROVE all the way from Florida" and you will be a celebrity pick for sure!! :lol:
MJ
as for the sign...cool idea! i think ill do that...
we are parking in the Fun Display area so im sure we will all be gawking and talking !
it will make for a cool conversation peice... :)
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (SIGNGUY)
Gary,
Shop is looking good; wish I had that much room.
But man I hate to be the one to break the bad news to you but……Well, Someone stole your wheels!!!
:lol: :lol: :crazy: :lol: :lol:
Good Luck,
Dave
Formerly EDM1
Shop is looking good; wish I had that much room.
But man I hate to be the one to break the bad news to you but……Well, Someone stole your wheels!!!
:lol: :lol: :crazy: :lol: :lol:
Good Luck,
Dave
Formerly EDM1
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (burners)
That's a nice looking shop. It's so much better when you have room to work and to organize. I can understand your excitement. Are you leasing or did you buy it? I would recommend epoxy painting the floor if you own it (or negotiating with the owner to trade the improvement for rent). It is so much better to work on a painted floor.
the renters moved out so i took the wall down to do this project...
i lease the store, it is in a plaza...we have tryed unsucessfully to buy the whole plaza...
i stained the floor...i know epoxy would have been better but oh well...its pretty cool even stained...
i have attached a pic of the front of my store...
the double black doors to the left are the doors in front of the vette...
and the overhead storage where im building the stairs is up over the "store" area...
the "store" area and office are actually cubicles built inside of a steel building...
my office is behind the wall that the bench is up against...
i dont know if i explained this very well but i think you can get the picture... :)
its kind of handy being at the store cause i can work on the vette in between sign jobs here and there during the day at work...
problem is (and its really NOT a problem) that i am always busy with sign work...we stay booked about 3-5 weeks ahead at all times...
but i sometimes find myself staying late working on it after i have taken down the open sign... :) OR going in early before i open to "tinker" on it...
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (Paul 75 L82)
Super! :cool: :cool: :cool:
The shop is really coming along. I too remember my first shop. I never wanted to leave. In fact, for the first few months, I found myself spending over nighters to just kick back and relax inside. I had to install a small fridge and recliner and tv/stereo combo. Every once in a while, I had to take a break and did not want to be too far from the project even though, my real business and office was only yards away. I guess that you could say that it was my own separate little territory.
Congratulations!
Aside from the other stuff that was already mentioned, there is not too much more that you need to perform most repairs.
However, I did not see a First Aid Kit, an eye was station, and Oxy /Actylene torch set up or a flammable locker for the paints, solvents, and cleaners.
Be safe! And enjoy that shop. We hope to see it filled with another long term project (perhaps you will buy one in Carlisle) occupying some of that extra space.
:cheers: :seeya :seeya :flag :flag
The shop is really coming along. I too remember my first shop. I never wanted to leave. In fact, for the first few months, I found myself spending over nighters to just kick back and relax inside. I had to install a small fridge and recliner and tv/stereo combo. Every once in a while, I had to take a break and did not want to be too far from the project even though, my real business and office was only yards away. I guess that you could say that it was my own separate little territory.
Congratulations!
Aside from the other stuff that was already mentioned, there is not too much more that you need to perform most repairs.
However, I did not see a First Aid Kit, an eye was station, and Oxy /Actylene torch set up or a flammable locker for the paints, solvents, and cleaners.
Be safe! And enjoy that shop. We hope to see it filled with another long term project (perhaps you will buy one in Carlisle) occupying some of that extra space.
:cheers: :seeya :seeya :flag :flag
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (SIGNGUY)
That looks like a fun place to work.I'm getting tired of working in the drive myself with this Kansas wind. :rolleyes: specialy when she's on jack's. :eek:
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (SIGNGUY)
Ah, yes. Familiar story. First you buy the Corvette....then you start spending every free moment working on it....then some not so free moments....then it moves into your place of business....then ???????? :lol:
Lookin' good! :cheers:
Lookin' good! :cheers:
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (Sharky Guam)
Aside from the other stuff that was already mentioned, there is not too much more that you need to perform most repairs.
However, I did not see a First Aid Kit, an eye was station, and Oxy /Actylene torch set up or a flammable locker for the paints, solvents, and cleaners.
Be safe! And enjoy that shop. We hope to see it filled with another long term project (perhaps you will buy one in Carlisle) occupying some of that extra space.
However, I did not see a First Aid Kit, an eye was station, and Oxy /Actylene torch set up or a flammable locker for the paints, solvents, and cleaners.
Be safe! And enjoy that shop. We hope to see it filled with another long term project (perhaps you will buy one in Carlisle) occupying some of that extra space.
as for first aid...yup, got it...in the bathroom...
eye wash station...nope, but its something that i do need to get...
as far as torches goes...i dont really need any...in the rare event that i do need them, the guy next door has some...he rebuilds large electric motors...
unflamable paint locker...hhhmmm...if im not mistaken, im supposed to have one for the sign shop....ssshhhhh!
ok...another project...well maybe your not aware but ive only owned this vette about 3 months...it IS my new project! :yesnod:
but i imagine that i will pick up some "trinkets" while at Carlisle...
they will have to be small ones tho! not much room for me and my girl and all of our (her) stuff as it is LOL !
[Modified by SIGNGUY, 9:41 PM 7/29/2002]
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (67HEAVEN)
Ah, yes. Familiar story. First you buy the Corvette....then you start spending every free moment working on it....then some not so free moments....then it moves into your place of business....then ???????? :lol:
Lookin' good! :cheers:
Lookin' good! :cheers:
its scary...its very hard to concentrate on running the store and making signs etc when i know that i can just work on it whenever i want to...
but the problem is that i really cant do that...
it takes a lot of control sometimes but without the business creating cash flow...there is no corvette to work on... :(
thanx for the compliments :)
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (SIGNGUY)
Nice setup.
i just thought that some of you would like to see the progress on the shop...it has been slow due to the injury to my hand...but it is healing enough now so that i can use it some...still cant hammer tho... :sad:
i closed at noon yesterday and locked the door and worked on the shop til 6 pm...
i am an early riser...usually around 5 am...but i woke up at 4 this morning...
i know...its sunday...what can i tell ya...my body clock dosnt know what day it is! :lol:
anyway...i went to the shop at around 4:30 and worked on it till about noon...
hung some lights...put a neat sign on the wall...put stuff away etc...
still gotta build some stairs in the corner (where the tires are) they will go up over the office...ive got a pretty big storage area up there...the old ladder that was screwed to the wall wasnt cutting it...
its coming along but its got a ways to go still...the 2 post lift will go where the car is setting in the pix...
the car is up on jack stands cause im gettin ready for the journey to Carlisle in a few weeks...goin thru it pretty good trying to make sure we have no problems on the trip...probably will end up bein about 2500 miles all told...
plus im doin some cosmetic stuff too...i want it lookin as good as it can if you know what i mean... :yesnod:
[Modified by SIGNGUY, 12:38 PM 7/28/2002]
i closed at noon yesterday and locked the door and worked on the shop til 6 pm...
i am an early riser...usually around 5 am...but i woke up at 4 this morning...
i know...its sunday...what can i tell ya...my body clock dosnt know what day it is! :lol:
anyway...i went to the shop at around 4:30 and worked on it till about noon...
hung some lights...put a neat sign on the wall...put stuff away etc...
still gotta build some stairs in the corner (where the tires are) they will go up over the office...ive got a pretty big storage area up there...the old ladder that was screwed to the wall wasnt cutting it...
its coming along but its got a ways to go still...the 2 post lift will go where the car is setting in the pix...
the car is up on jack stands cause im gettin ready for the journey to Carlisle in a few weeks...goin thru it pretty good trying to make sure we have no problems on the trip...probably will end up bein about 2500 miles all told...
plus im doin some cosmetic stuff too...i want it lookin as good as it can if you know what i mean... :yesnod:
[Modified by SIGNGUY, 12:38 PM 7/28/2002]
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (GaryS)
[Modified by SIGNGUY, 12:38 PM 7/28/2002]
So how do you get it to Hover like that or is this the next car for Back to the Future V? ;)
Gary
:cool: shop!
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Re: my corvette shop...phase 2 (L48Shark)
Damn, I was going to post a pic of my carport, with the all around ventalation system (No walls), but it would just get laughed at...
So I won't even mention it... :p:
So I won't even mention it... :p:
