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Gazz292:
going to be doing my benches out of timber, as i'll probably change my mind a few times down the line and do a remodel, easier to do without having to knock down and re-build cement work i guess.

Not got much else done really, did far too much before and my joints and bones are making me pay for it, but i did get the other half of the floor painted, and have just been around the edges with a paintbrush cable tied to a pole (to save me bending down more than i need to)

measured it all up and will start planning where to put things,
Left hand side is for metal tools, right hand side for wood tools, with space under the right benches for that darn table saw to be shoved for storage,
i think i'll move the retractable air hose, wonder if i could be clever and fix it to the garage door, on a flexiable hose feeding it of course, so it's able to be pulled into the workshop when i want to use it, but open the door, and it can be pulled outside to air up tyres.

i am thinking of putting a small sink in the far end, left hand side in the pic below, theres a cold water pipe that runs thru the garage for the garden tap (which is the other side of the side door, so near the end of the garage anyway), and by the left hand side of the garage outside, runs some more of that strip drains stuff like at the front door... plus there's already a hole thru the bricks about 4 inches off the floor, an old tumble drier vent, stuffed with expanding foam, so 2 seconds and i can have that bored out for the waste pipe.

it's really calling out for a sink to go there, and it'd keep the GF happier than me traipsing thru the house with mucky hands, she even hates my swarfega pump being in the bathroom,
if that's not in there, she can have more room for her shampoos and other strange smelling bottles of stuff wimin seem unable to shower without  :loco: lol

JimM:
It's all looking great so far, wish I'd had a blank canvas to work from.

If you can fit a sink in, I'd definitely do it - you know you'll only regret it in future if you dont. I'd try and get some sort of under counter mounted one, that way you can put a piece of worktop over it and increase the work area when the sink's not needed

Also I know you've already covered it but if there is any way you can get rid of the up and over door then do it - mine is the bain of my life. It's the only access to my garage which means all the cold air gets in whenever I open it, and the amount of dead space you have to leave around it is astonishing.

All the best

Jim

Gazz292:
I'm slowly making progress,

I still havent fitted the towbar to the smart, so no way i can get some wood home, but got a few quotes for some 2 x 4's, 21 meters worth, ranging from 40 squids to 26 squids, the cheapest was jacksons builders merchants at grantham, which is 40 miles from me, but handily my parents live there, and they were coming to nottingham to goto makro and costco at the weekend.

So i managed to persuade them to 'pop' 7 x 2.7 meter lengths of 2x4 timber in the car (they drive a vw touran, so it fitted in fully) and they dropped it off along with some more kitchen worktops from when they remodeled their kitchen.

Finally got round to making up the first bench today, nothing special, it's 2.5 meters long, 60cm deep, and 1 meter high, which is slightly lower than my elbow height, so my arms should be at a right angle when using the lathe.

I still have to clad the bench back and sides, put in shelving and drawers, sliding doors, then power sockets along the front for portable tools,
a row of sockets along the wall above the bench will be for the fixed tools, and they will go through an emergancy stop switch by the door, so i can press it as i leave and know all power is off to the fixed tools, i also plan to fit slave emergancy stop switches near the machines, but need to source some cheap 30 amp contactors to do that,

And then i have another bench to build, but need more wood first, and there's still some more of the first bench to build, i'm going to go at an angle accross the garage door about halfway, and will put the bench grinder there,
no car is ever coming in this garage again that's for sure... infact i dont think i've ever had one in it, couple of motorbikes back when my joints were free enough to allow me to swing me leg over  :headbang:

Gazz292:
Well, i havent done much lately, been plauged by kidney stones for the past week or so (actually got the first pains on the way home with the lathe)

i have been able to fit the tow bar to the smart car at last, and now have me trailer home, brought it back from my parents with a load of my other tools in it, unfortunately they are mostly wood working tools, tho i do have an abrasive chop saw amoungst them and my little bench grinder with polishing mop on one side and a well worn grinding wheel on the other.

Went to the newark autojumble this sunday, got a few little toys, micrometer, engineers square, reel of emery cloth, automatic centre punch, few bits of delrin and alli bar, air cut off disc thingy and so on.
and for some reason i splashed £2.50 on a set of drills in a plastic round case thing.... needed some new uns for fitting the towbar, snapped 2, and bent 3 of them, when will i learn.

But i could easily have spent hundereds there if i had it, quite a few stalls selling lathe tools and accessories, so i had a good drool over them,
mind half the bits are a tad too large for a mini lathe, parting tool that's mounted on a 1 and a half inch square holder and such like,
saw just how big a QCTP for a full size lathe is, deffo need a mini one for a mini lathe, i think RDG tools does a nice one, but he makes them himself, so you can only get the tool holders from him... tho i guess most people with a milling machine can knock some out pretty quick using chunks of metal from the scrap box.

Anyweay, hopefully my next post will be saying i've built the other workbench, finished the first off, done the electrics and eventually have the lathe bolted to the workbench and i can begin to use it... if my body dosent try and stop me again that is.

No1_sonuk:
I'm currently using old kitchen cabinets and worktop in my shop.
Not sure how they'll stand up to an X3 though...

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