New Shop
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New Shop
I moved to my old hometown a few months ago and FINALLY got my new shop finished! Still a little more decorating to do...but we're functional again! The Vette and all my shop equipment was stuffed in the house garage until I could get it done..so playing with it has been limited until recently.
It's 30'x50" with 12' walls. It's got a 15'x50' covered (w/concrete) side parking area and a 20'x30' front covered area. My wife and I put the epoxy down. There's a separate "beverage" area and two long parts shelves out of the pic on the right.
Feels good to be back in business!
JIM
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Congratulations on the new shop. I like the natural light from the ceiling. Good call. I don't have that luxury.
I've got a 32 x 60 x 12 with a 2 post lift. It's nice to have spaces for metal working (mill, lathe, welders) wood working, and entertaining, with internet, wifi, tv, stereo. fridge, cocktails and beers, running water, furnace, a/c. It feels like we spend more time in the shop entertaining than in our house.
I'm envious, I need to add some overhangs exactly like you did to store our pontoon, and fishing boat.
My brother inlaw worked for a industrial floor coating company. He and I did the epoxy floor. People tease me and ask if the should take off their shoes because of how nice the floor looks.
I've only had my current shop for 7 years. I wish I had it when I was younger. No complaints, I'm enjoying it in my 50s. Life is good!
Enjoy your new shop.
I've got a 32 x 60 x 12 with a 2 post lift. It's nice to have spaces for metal working (mill, lathe, welders) wood working, and entertaining, with internet, wifi, tv, stereo. fridge, cocktails and beers, running water, furnace, a/c. It feels like we spend more time in the shop entertaining than in our house.
I'm envious, I need to add some overhangs exactly like you did to store our pontoon, and fishing boat.
My brother inlaw worked for a industrial floor coating company. He and I did the epoxy floor. People tease me and ask if the should take off their shoes because of how nice the floor looks.
I've only had my current shop for 7 years. I wish I had it when I was younger. No complaints, I'm enjoying it in my 50s. Life is good!
Enjoy your new shop.
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I moved to my old hometown a few months ago and FINALLY got my new shop finished! Still a little more decorating to do...but we're functional again! The Vette and all my shop equipment was stuffed in the house garage until I could get it done..so playing with it has been limited until recently.
It's 30'x50" with 12' walls. It's got a 15'x50' covered (w/concrete) side parking area and a 20'x30' front covered area. My wife and I put the epoxy down. There's a separate "beverage" area and two long parts shelves out of the pic on the right.
Feels good to be back in business!
JIM
seems well-insulated too.
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very nice. It makes my one car garage 22 x 14 with 8 foot walls seem even tinier......
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Soon as it's finished. It's actually an old Jeweler's bench that my uncle used in the 50's when he did that for a living. When he passed away he wanted me to have it. Area will have "barn tin" that I found yesterday on the walls to give it that Texas rustic feel.
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Yep..in fact two of them! My wife bought them for me about 4 shops ago as a joke when I told her I had everything I needed except some disco ***** in one of the shops. I never got around to hanging them and have carried them around for years. This time they got hung...along with the rotating colored light ***** over in corners of the shop. Looks wild when you turn out the lights!
You can also see my neon "Batcave/Skunkworks" sign on the back wall above the car that she had made for me. The idea came from a bunch of buddies who said they never knew what high HP creation would emerge from my shop..so they gave it the name!
The "744" road sign comes from the road we all street raced on as kids....known as "Radio Hill" because of a tower nearby.
JIM
You can also see my neon "Batcave/Skunkworks" sign on the back wall above the car that she had made for me. The idea came from a bunch of buddies who said they never knew what high HP creation would emerge from my shop..so they gave it the name!
The "744" road sign comes from the road we all street raced on as kids....known as "Radio Hill" because of a tower nearby.
JIM
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Congratulations on the new shop. I like the natural light from the ceiling. Good call. I don't have that luxury.
I've got a 32 x 60 x 12 with a 2 post lift. It's nice to have spaces for metal working (mill, lathe, welders) wood working, and entertaining, with internet, wifi, tv, stereo. fridge, cocktails and beers, running water, furnace, a/c. It feels like we spend more time in the shop entertaining than in our house.
I'm envious, I need to add some overhangs exactly like you did to store our pontoon, and fishing boat.
My brother inlaw worked for a industrial floor coating company. He and I did the epoxy floor. People tease me and ask if the should take off their shoes because of how nice the floor looks.
I've only had my current shop for 7 years. I wish I had it when I was younger. No complaints, I'm enjoying it in my 50s. Life is good!
Enjoy your new shop.
I've got a 32 x 60 x 12 with a 2 post lift. It's nice to have spaces for metal working (mill, lathe, welders) wood working, and entertaining, with internet, wifi, tv, stereo. fridge, cocktails and beers, running water, furnace, a/c. It feels like we spend more time in the shop entertaining than in our house.
I'm envious, I need to add some overhangs exactly like you did to store our pontoon, and fishing boat.
My brother inlaw worked for a industrial floor coating company. He and I did the epoxy floor. People tease me and ask if the should take off their shoes because of how nice the floor looks.
I've only had my current shop for 7 years. I wish I had it when I was younger. No complaints, I'm enjoying it in my 50s. Life is good!
Enjoy your new shop.
The skylights are a must have to me. Can't have enough light and that pic was taken with lights off.
JIM
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The tire racks really helped also. I've got 3 sets of tires/wheels for the Vette. Drag race slicks and skinnies, 18"/17" speed rated ones for high speed events and corner burning and a set of Cragar's with drag radials and street radials for old school look and cruising. All of those are hard to store..so I bought two folding tire racks off Amazon (same as Summit sells but for less $$) and welded up the supports to bolt them to the perlins. Works great to get them up out of the way until you need them.
JIM
JIM
