Matt's Workshop Build

[mattfc]

I had this posted in the wrong section so moved here, will use it to document my workshop build/conversion of a double garage

The garage has up and over doors at the front, I am working on bi-fold wood doors which will be covered in a future thread. The garage is single story with an pitched roof, so the first stage was to get the attic ready for storage

Original joists were flimsy and only intended as ties for the roof truss, although previous owner had boarded out
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Here is the view upstairs, its about 4m x 4m with a high apex so perfect for storage
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New joists I put in 9"x3", they were bloody heavy as still very wet from tanalising, at about 400mm centres
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My eBay acquisition, 70sq m of 22mm solid beech Junkers flooring (came in at £7sqm so cheaper than ply nearly)
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Floor laid, as its tongue and groove and quite decent lengths does a good job at spreading load
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Another view, you can see the original truss work was cut out, now just the upstands on the purlin
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Varnish applied, ready to fill up with junk
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[mattfc]

Here is a pan on the downstairs, I used the same flooring but have yet to resand and finish as per the upstairs. Downstairs its lain as a floating floor using the Junker metal clips, onto a 25mm celetox base.
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Here is the lift to upstairs, its built using a trolley so I can wheel loads into the garage, attach the lifting slings and hoist up into the attic. The hoists are rated at 500kg each, so in theory I could lift 1000kg, wouldn't want to test it. When not in use it is lifted out the way
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Then lowers down. The biggest challenge was getting the wiring right as these were two separate winches with their own controls, and things like starting capacitors built into the handheld remotes so took a bit of figuring out, had to take them apart to see how they were wired and work backwards as they have 4 or so different safety switches
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This is the gantry I built using unistrut. I know like me you quite like the bosch aluminium stuff but unistrut is very cheap for how heavy duty it is. If you need a decent wood rack unistrut is the way to go, a 2.5m length is about £11, their shelf brackets are about £8 each for the 600mm ones and you can put pretty huge loads. The wiring is all in to box behind the left winch.
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another view of one of the winches. The weight is mainly down, and so I strengthen the purlin by bolting some leftover 9"x3"
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[jmbfestool]

A big improvement!  In your loft area. 

 

[jmbfestool]

Lovin the home made elivator

I would have some lock bolts though I think if I was to leave the lift in its up position just incase.  Wouldn't like walking underneath it otherwise

 

[mattfc]

A few more pictures of downstairs, I need to insulate the walls and line with ply and re-wire, then tackle storage

Here are a couple of pictures of the garage before I bought the house
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A few of how it currently looks
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[mattfc]

I would have some lock bolts though I think if I was to leave the lift in its up position just incase.  Wouldn't like walking underneath it otherwise

The winches mechanically lock so not too worried  [scared]

 

[NYC Tiny Shop]

Wow, you're very fortunate! Beautiful shop and equipment!

 

[jaymon5]

great work and very nice shop.  I really like the Kapex rolling workstation (and everything else).

 

[mattfc]

great work and very nice shop.  I really like the Kapex rolling workstation (and everything else).

Thanks, there are more details on the Kapex rolling cart here
http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-jigs-tool-enhancements/sysport-cms-mft-(work-in-progress)/msg157691/#msg157691
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Plus a Sysport+MFT+CMS combination
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A standalone CMS + INCRA FENCE which fold down + Wixey digital height readout
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Storage for router bits below
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And also a drill press
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I went mobility made, but knew I was going to be moving house. When the time came, the whole workshop took only about and hour to load

 

[jmbfestool]

How much was that extractor?!?

I need to buy a couple soon I hope....... 3 phase hopefully will be installed in a couple of weeks fingers crossed!

 

[mattfc]

How much was that extractor?!?

I need to buy a couple soon I hope....... 3 phase hopefully will be installed in a couple of weeks fingers crossed!

They are about £2k new but bought on fleabay for £450 as had old filters (which are in the uk about £400 new), got a new surplus stock one from Germany for about £130 in postage
Metabo SPA 2002

Their major selling point is around air quality in that their rating is such that if you have multiple people working you don't need environmental test.. or something like that.

You should probably go for something like this http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-industrial-series-ub-2200veck-cyclone-extractor

or better still keep an eye out at commercial auctions (bidspotter is quite good) as I have seen quite a few come up, including Felder. I know you like your stuff new, but their isn't much to them, just buy new filters

 

[mattfc]

p.s. I forgot about your CNC.. you need to get something with a lot of grunt as you have quite a powerful cnc, and its critical to remove the waste to stop it getting snagged in the cutter

 

[jmbfestool]

Well you convinced me getting a second hand CNC its the only second hand tool I ever bought. 

I'm not against getting second hand Extractor. 

Just need at least two.  Need one just for the CNC.  I wanna keep fine dust separate from shavings.

How you rating felder?!?  Noticed you got the wheel kit.

I want movable machinery to give me space when needed.

Jmb

 

[mattfc]

How you rating felder?!?   Noticed you got the wheel kit.

Re Felder, well I only have Hammer but very please with spiral cutter planner/thicknesser and the table saw, the saw saw is quite a beast with a big ripping blade.. the swoosh the large blade is enough to frighten me

The wheel kit I would say is ok.. only ok. I say that as having a fairly small space moving stuff is lick having to do a 30 point turn, and the jockey wheel lifting wheel handle tends to get stuck on the lifting point if you turn it sharply.. so I would be tempted to try and get some of those castors you can lower/jack, and get a frame welded from angle steel so I can move in any direction

 

[jmbfestool]

Ah okay.

Nice to know about the wheels.  I have more room so might only need a 20point turn but still might go down the customised movable frame route like you said.

Shame really. 

 

[mattfc]

Ah okay.

Nice to know about the wheels.  I have more room so might only need a 20point turn but still might go down the customised movable frame route like you said.

Shame really. 

I wouldn't let that put you off, reality is it take me 15 seconds to move rather than 5! Read it another way, I really don't have much to complain about. They have thought about the kit, as for example the planner and bandsaw kit wheel position is such that you can store them against a wall and the just pull out straight 1m use and push back

 

[jmbfestool]

Ah okay.

Nice to know about the wheels.  I have more room so might only need a 20point turn but still might go down the customised movable frame route like you said.

Shame really.  

I wouldn't let that put you off, reality is it take me 15 seconds to move rather than 5! Read it another way, I really don't have much to complain about. They have thought about the kit, as for example the planner and bandsaw kit wheel position is such that you can store them against a wall and the just pull out straight 1m use and push back

Okay,  
I'll have to have a play with one really to see if the wheel kit works for me.

I think I will be mainly just dragging them away from the wall into the centre do what I gotta do and push them back.

I still got a lot to think about how I organise my workshop.

I wanna plan it with the thought I have no room at all  in my workshop to stop my self from expanding into my available workspace.

I like looking at people's compact workshops and their ways of making best use of space.

 

[Peter Fish]

Hi Matt
I must say you have done a very special job there, and thats exactly what I would expect from you, well thought out with lots of drawings, the installation very well executed
Congratulations, and good luck with the progress (work permitting) please keep us informed,  the photos say it all
Cheers Peter

 

[johnredl]

Good work on ur well set up workshop & attic. Now u just need to post pics of ur creations!