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Posted: 10/15/2008 7:13:34 PM EST
I'm cleaning the garage a little tonight and I'm thinking there might be a better way to organize my tools. Show me some pics of your squared away tool zone!
I'll probably have to bump this to get the day crew in for responses 
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Posted: 10/15/2008 7:31:35 PM EST
[#1]
My current mess:
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Posted: 10/15/2008 7:58:49 PM EST
[#2]
You call that a mess? Tagscribe for when it's organized
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Posted: 10/15/2008 7:59:54 PM EST
[#3]
Big time tag.
Let's see some garage pics, too. I need ideas for the inside of mine (which is still under construction...sloooooooowly). |
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Posted: 10/15/2008 8:33:30 PM EST
[#4]
Mount your pegboard on the wall. If you mount it on a freestanding bench like the one in this link, hammering on something in a vise will cause everything on the pegboard to jump around.
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Posted: 10/15/2008 9:07:34 PM EST
[#5]
Well, one of the problems is I overbuilt the frame for the pegboard & so I lost a fair amount of usable peg real estate. I'm really interested in seeing what efficient setups there are for it that I haven't seen yet. |
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Posted: 10/15/2008 9:18:03 PM EST
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Here's a few more of mine. It's still under construction but you get the general idea. exercise side + mini-fridge w/ beer and gatorade. I like the duality. You can just make out the weight bench that tried to kill me earlier today.  tool side. the pile on the wagon is gear from my recent camping trip I haven't cleaned yet. 
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:32:27 AM EST
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My son built this for fathers day last year for me. Its an old fish tank stand made of angle iron, with two solid hardwood table leafs as a top, and of course a pegboard backer. Works great, but worst part is, I need more room now!!
 
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:35:26 AM EST
[#8]
I don't have much room in my townhouse. And I have no garage.
 So here is the little bench I made. It serves me well.  And now it has pegboard and a reloader on it 
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:35:56 AM EST
[#9]
tag. I just built my bench and need to add some pegboard etc. for tool organization
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:57:04 AM EST
[#10]
My garage is a one wide and two deep. We put one car in the garage and the rest is work bench, shelves, motorcycle and kids stuff.
   
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Posted: 10/16/2008 5:20:06 AM EST
[#11]
You might want to Photoshop out those CROCS.
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Posted: 10/16/2008 10:03:05 AM EST
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Why would I want to do that? They aren't mine, although I do have a pair of the croc flip-flops and don't care who knows it. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 3:52:03 PM EST
[#13]
I am pretty much a neat freak.
  
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:00:46 PM EST
[#14]
Ah yes, I remember that STUNNING garage. There was a fine automobile too I believe. A Mercedes? |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:02:47 PM EST
[#15]
At least you have good taste in lawn equipment.
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:03:17 PM EST
[#16]
tag for photos
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:05:00 PM EST
[#17]
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam  |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:05:16 PM EST
[#18]
If you're handy with a welder you can skip the peg board and go this route.
 
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:13:06 PM EST
[#19]
I dunno I see some dirt on the running boards. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:14:00 PM EST
[#20]
Wow. Very Nice. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:27:06 PM EST
[#21]
They are at the other end (no pegboards however).  
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:28:46 PM EST
[#22]
Nice. You don't seriously armour-all your lawnmower tires though, do you? |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:29:17 PM EST
[#23]
1Bigdog must be a plumber!
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:29:40 PM EST
[#24]
in
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:31:39 PM EST
[#25]
Yep seen them before, nice. And I still hate you.
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:32:52 PM EST
[#26]
Love the cars but WANT a skid steer. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:36:37 PM EST
[#27]
And the loader's too. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:47:27 PM EST
[#28]
If this is the garage, show the gun room!
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:48:46 PM EST
[#29]
ok, I'll bite. What do you do for a living and how can I become one? |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:55:22 PM EST
[#30]
here is a little piece of it. 
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Posted: 10/16/2008 4:57:30 PM EST
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Posted: 10/16/2008 5:00:13 PM EST
[#32]
Let's see your bathroom (Helio)
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:27:54 PM EST
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:38:26 PM EST
[#34]
Hm, I just finished painting and hanging new lighting in my garage and was planning on all white cabinets along the back wall, but the black looks very nice also.
Other question is are those 12x12 tiles? And did you just use regular adhesive backed linoleum tiles or something application specific? I've found linoleum adhesive backed tiles for just over $1/sq ft shipped, but if there are other options, i'm all ears before I order my flooring. |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 2:41:39 AM EST
[#35]
My old shop - very cramped...
  I bought a new place last year - It'll be a while before I have the shop just how I want it.     
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Posted: 10/17/2008 3:39:51 AM EST
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Until I build my pole barn out back, my workshop is in the breakfast room, right off the kitchen. These are second line tools, the professional grade stuff is in my truck. I use a 16 gallon Shopvac for a dust collection system, bought a few connectors and just move the hose from tool to tool as needed. Its under the workbench, and comes on automatically when I power up the six way outlets that power the tools. No chance of an accidental tool start since the sound of the Shopvac is obvious. It gets most of the dust, and the rest becomes a fiber supplement in the kitchen.
General view, looking east:  One key as I get older is all the light. I have seven light sources plus the chandalier, average guys would need sunglasses in there, but this gives enough light for my old near-sighted eyes to focus properly. The north wall:  Nearest to furthest, there's a table that came with my Ryobi table saw, metal legs, user supplied 26 by 26 inch 3/4 poplar veneered plywood, strong enough to hammer on, portable, a table you' pay $80 for, making the table saw itself free. Small Delta drill press, hand tool pegboard, underneath is the sanding area. The east wall, workbench, a kitchen table with a kid's play rug duct taped upside down to protect the maple table top and provide a skid free work surface:  I learned organization from my kid's mom, she's the queen of order. She taught me that you have to have a logical, easily accesible place for every item in the house. If not, things get piled up and you can't find anything. If you have a place to put it, it goes back there and keeps things organized. Plastic drawer units from Walmart, shelves skied to the wall with three inch Kreg screws, homemade drilled tool stands made on the drill press, etc. Under the workbench live the dust collector and a 12.5 inch DeWalt planer. The south wall, center of my universe:  Left to right, top level, table saw, miter box and bench for various tools to rotate in and out, router table, dovetail jig, bench grinder, etc. Underneath are the cordless drill/driver, my nailguns, compressor, jigsaw, routers, circular saw, Kreg jig kit, and storage for small projects. Storage is on luan trays, so I can stop work on one project, slide it into the shelf as is, work on something else for a while, then return to the first project just as it was when I left off. Kreg kig screws, with the square slot, and the cordless drill, is a major force multiplier. All the shelves, benches and organizers went in in less than two hours using the Kreg screws, 1.5 inch and 3 inch, without pilot holes. That's a whole small room, from bare to shelved and benched, in less time than watching a movie, Kreg screws and a cordless ROCK! The work surfaces on the big power tools are all the same heigth. That heigth is an eigth inch higher than the kitchen cabinet work surfaces further west along the south wall, so I can work with stock up to 30 feet long if nobody's working in the kitchen. The highest shelf is for storage of longer stock, up to eight feet long. Future improvements inclkude a bench disk/belt sander in the sanding area so cut stock can be rough sanded immediately after cutting without getting out the portable belt sander plugging it in etc., a better compressor to run up to a framing nail gun if need be, probably a Dewalt or Porter Cable pancake, and another pegboard below the existing one to hold my block planes and other tools which currently take up space on the workbench. The last move I make after building the pole barn and before moving the shop will be to raised panel the breakfast area on the way out. Total space used now, not counting the kitchen for long stock, is eight feet by eleven feet. In being forced to tightly organize effectively in such a small space, I expect to get maximum use out of the new 30 by 30 shop area of the pole barn. |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 3:43:48 AM EST
[#37]
In the black garage the floor tiles are a Summitville ceramic tile with an epoxy grout. The tile surface has an anti-slip gritty feel to its finish and is not to slippery when wet. Tile looks good on a garage floor but you have to be very careful about what you use or it can be dangerous too. I think these tiles are 8x8. The other (black and white) has an inexpensive vinyl tile. 12x12. It was not adhesive backed but has real good waterproof glue applied directly to the floor. Although tile floors in a garage look great, they are pretty much a pain in the ass to keep looking good. Tire marks are a problem on both floors but with the right amount of elbow grease they can be kept looking great. But it is work to do it. |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 3:52:42 AM EST
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Due to some pre-subprime changes, I don't even have a proper work area any more. Not a garage, not a work bench. For delicate work, I'll screw the vice to the sideporch rail. Otherwise I'm sitting on the living room floor.
 I have plans though. Lots of plans. Anyone need a plan? |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 3:53:42 AM EST
[#39]
Dude!! You Win!!
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Posted: 10/17/2008 3:56:18 AM EST
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before
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Posted: 10/17/2008 5:16:22 AM EST
[#41]
Nice shops guys!
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Posted: 10/17/2008 5:37:06 AM EST
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Posted: 10/18/2008 12:51:38 PM EST
[#43]
Your pliers are crooked next to the clock
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Posted: 10/18/2008 12:53:03 PM EST
[#44]
Your pliers are crooked next to the clock! |
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Posted: 10/24/2008 1:05:10 PM EST
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What I grew up with:
My Dad (RIP)  South bend metal lathe  Left two positions were mine  Also had a motorized air rifle target system. |
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Posted: 10/25/2008 6:41:47 PM EST
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Here's my small garage:
   Very limited on space so had to use even the wasted space behind the garage door rails by putting up shelves. |
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Posted: 10/25/2008 6:58:39 PM EST
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I'm redoing part of my garage right now. I'm about half done with a new bench and just finished with a trailer hitch style mounting system for my reloading presses. I have limited room and the loading presses are a pain in the ass to keep mounting and un-mounting.
Need to finish the bench up, and decide if I'm going to go with cabinets of shelves. I need to come up with a better lighting system. |
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Posted: 10/25/2008 7:40:45 PM EST
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Quoted:
It's not a doll, it's an ACTION FIGURE!
and I keep mine on top of a gun cabinet. 
ETA: I would spout off about how much I hate 1BIGDOG (read:jealousy), but that wouldn't help my case when I ask him to adopt me. What part of OH are you in, Dad? |
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Posted: 10/25/2008 7:57:45 PM EST
[#49]
place holder for future pics.
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Posted: 10/25/2008 11:08:18 PM EST
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Here's my work area in my basement. It was made from a kit I got at Home Depot––same as the shelving. Both are rock solid and total cost was about 100 bucks each and an afternoon. I'm pretty happy with the out come.
    I thought this thread needed a little more cowbell, so here's one of my AR's.  |
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