Wood_Junkie
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And that problem, is storage! And workspace!
So, for over three years I've been working out of an 11'x16' basement shop, that is 73" to the ceiling (I'm 73.5" with shoes...)
*Every* tool was on a mobile base, and if I wanted to rip/route long moldings I had to angle properly out the doorway.
I had overflowed into another 1/3 of the main basement, cordoning some areas off with plastic sheeting, for finishing purposes. To say I was tired of the small shop... and my wife wanted to reclaim basement storage.
And onto the heart of this posting.. the new workshop. We have a 2-car-plus garage, complete with an hay-loft style attic. But, to be honest, we've only parked one car in there, for one winter. It was primarily junk, kid-stuff, and woodworking overflow storage.
Witness, the usual view of the garage.
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My good buddy, and fellow woodworker, and I decided to arrange a "labor swap". He'd help me on my garage workshop, and I'll help him on his basement workshop.
Enter, extreme garage makeover.
1st) Gut everything. Tore out ALL electrical, and removed all the "benches" installed by prior owners. I have never seen so many 16p nails holding shelving and such.
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Then, 2x6 furring strips, with foam panel insulation to completely cover the cinderblock and give me a *hope* of warmth in the winter.
Here's the first step (I had a chunk of the pink stuff so used in this corner).
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Then, finish up the rest of the garage. We installed over two dozen 2x6s... I want to be able to hang *anything*, *anywhere*. [smile]
I sorta cheaped out, using expanded poly, instead of the pink extruded poly... but it's half the price and only one R-value less...
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Fast forward about 5 work days, plus a half-dozen evenings after my normal job... (this spanned 3.5 weeks in calendar time) and we have hung 3/4" ply on every wall, and fully insulated the ceiling using faced fiberglass. (I hate working with fiberglass!)
I've also put on a coat of primer, run Sch.80 conduit around the perimeter of the room, pairs of outlets on separate circuits, and run the wiring for overhead fluorescent lighting (a half dozen, per garage stall!), and completely rebuilt the circuit breaker box setup from scratch (I DO like electrical work). BTW, the hazy photo is due to the dust in the air... I had just swept up.
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Tomorrow I have some guys coming to sheetrock the ceiling. Just a quick and basic job to meet fire code requirements.
Following that I just have to hang the lights and move all my machinery in. Where my miter saw is standing in that picture, that's where the MFTs will go, and I'm going to utilize that beam support as a CT boom arm sort of thing... On the table saw side, I'll use the beam to support an articulating overarm blade guard.
Using Sketchup, I've put together a fairly precise layout. One side of the garage is for the "occasional" machines, which can be easily rolled feet into their working position (even putting more than one into action at the same time! [big grin] ). The other side is a lot of open space with my MFTs and workbench as the focal points. I really envision this as mostly a glue-up and assembly area, and want 360o access.
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I still have to reserve room for the BBQ, the family's bicycles, and what-not. But I'm thrilled to be going from a mish-mash of approximately 250 sq feet, to nearly 500 sq feet in one big area. My former shop is going to become a dedicated finishing space, since it is separated from the main basement. So total *combined* shop space is about 700 sq ft. [eek]
Festools used in this project:
TS55-- So essential! I had zero flubs on the cutting and fitting of the plywood walls. TIGHT joints and clean cuts. Phenomenal!
Guide rails: 2x55 joined, and another 55 for cross-cuts. Really the first job where I really, really felt the efficiency and time savings vs. traditional circular saw cutting. In ease and speed of measurement and precise cutting, the rails & TS saved hours of my time vs. my old P-C setup.
PS2E- Cutouts for various things, but most importantly for the breaker box conduit pipe coming in.
C12- Driving screws... lots and lots of screws. (I used an impact driver to set the masonry screws)
MFT800s x 2-- Critical workstations that I rotated needed supplies and tools onto as tasks shifted.
SYS-HZW.. yeah, the silly toolbox thing. Super handy, especially as it "tops" one of my rolling towers, and all the tools are at waist height.
Sys1 screw box. I wound up using 6 different types of screws, in fairly good quantities, plus 250+ masonry screws. Kept it all organized and easily accessible. In those phases it was a tower-top, so easy on the back.
To be fair, my Ryobi set shined pretty brightly on this project as well, mostly due to the fact I own bunches of them.
Used Impact driver, reciprocating saw, circular saw (used for foam!), hammer drill, radio, caulk gun (adhesives), regular drill, flashlight
Strangely, my favorite "Festool" experience was with the Systainers and the Sys cart wheels. While doing the electrical installation, I just rolled a tower along with me, using the top as a mini worktable, with a plastic sack clipped into the latches as a garbage bag.
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And that problem, is storage! And workspace!
So, for over three years I've been working out of an 11'x16' basement shop, that is 73" to the ceiling (I'm 73.5" with shoes...)
*Every* tool was on a mobile base, and if I wanted to rip/route long moldings I had to angle properly out the doorway.
I had overflowed into another 1/3 of the main basement, cordoning some areas off with plastic sheeting, for finishing purposes. To say I was tired of the small shop... and my wife wanted to reclaim basement storage.
And onto the heart of this posting.. the new workshop. We have a 2-car-plus garage, complete with an hay-loft style attic. But, to be honest, we've only parked one car in there, for one winter. It was primarily junk, kid-stuff, and woodworking overflow storage.
Witness, the usual view of the garage.
[attachthumb=#] [attachthumb=#]
My good buddy, and fellow woodworker, and I decided to arrange a "labor swap". He'd help me on my garage workshop, and I'll help him on his basement workshop.
Enter, extreme garage makeover.
1st) Gut everything. Tore out ALL electrical, and removed all the "benches" installed by prior owners. I have never seen so many 16p nails holding shelving and such.
[attachthumb=#]
Then, 2x6 furring strips, with foam panel insulation to completely cover the cinderblock and give me a *hope* of warmth in the winter.
Here's the first step (I had a chunk of the pink stuff so used in this corner).
[attachthumb=#]
Then, finish up the rest of the garage. We installed over two dozen 2x6s... I want to be able to hang *anything*, *anywhere*. [smile]
I sorta cheaped out, using expanded poly, instead of the pink extruded poly... but it's half the price and only one R-value less...
[attachthumb=#]
Fast forward about 5 work days, plus a half-dozen evenings after my normal job... (this spanned 3.5 weeks in calendar time) and we have hung 3/4" ply on every wall, and fully insulated the ceiling using faced fiberglass. (I hate working with fiberglass!)
I've also put on a coat of primer, run Sch.80 conduit around the perimeter of the room, pairs of outlets on separate circuits, and run the wiring for overhead fluorescent lighting (a half dozen, per garage stall!), and completely rebuilt the circuit breaker box setup from scratch (I DO like electrical work). BTW, the hazy photo is due to the dust in the air... I had just swept up.
[attachthumb=#]
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Tomorrow I have some guys coming to sheetrock the ceiling. Just a quick and basic job to meet fire code requirements.
Following that I just have to hang the lights and move all my machinery in. Where my miter saw is standing in that picture, that's where the MFTs will go, and I'm going to utilize that beam support as a CT boom arm sort of thing... On the table saw side, I'll use the beam to support an articulating overarm blade guard.
Using Sketchup, I've put together a fairly precise layout. One side of the garage is for the "occasional" machines, which can be easily rolled feet into their working position (even putting more than one into action at the same time! [big grin] ). The other side is a lot of open space with my MFTs and workbench as the focal points. I really envision this as mostly a glue-up and assembly area, and want 360o access.
[attachthumb=#]
I still have to reserve room for the BBQ, the family's bicycles, and what-not. But I'm thrilled to be going from a mish-mash of approximately 250 sq feet, to nearly 500 sq feet in one big area. My former shop is going to become a dedicated finishing space, since it is separated from the main basement. So total *combined* shop space is about 700 sq ft. [eek]
Festools used in this project:
TS55-- So essential! I had zero flubs on the cutting and fitting of the plywood walls. TIGHT joints and clean cuts. Phenomenal!
Guide rails: 2x55 joined, and another 55 for cross-cuts. Really the first job where I really, really felt the efficiency and time savings vs. traditional circular saw cutting. In ease and speed of measurement and precise cutting, the rails & TS saved hours of my time vs. my old P-C setup.
PS2E- Cutouts for various things, but most importantly for the breaker box conduit pipe coming in.
C12- Driving screws... lots and lots of screws. (I used an impact driver to set the masonry screws)
MFT800s x 2-- Critical workstations that I rotated needed supplies and tools onto as tasks shifted.
SYS-HZW.. yeah, the silly toolbox thing. Super handy, especially as it "tops" one of my rolling towers, and all the tools are at waist height.
Sys1 screw box. I wound up using 6 different types of screws, in fairly good quantities, plus 250+ masonry screws. Kept it all organized and easily accessible. In those phases it was a tower-top, so easy on the back.
To be fair, my Ryobi set shined pretty brightly on this project as well, mostly due to the fact I own bunches of them.
Used Impact driver, reciprocating saw, circular saw (used for foam!), hammer drill, radio, caulk gun (adhesives), regular drill, flashlight
Strangely, my favorite "Festool" experience was with the Systainers and the Sys cart wheels. While doing the electrical installation, I just rolled a tower along with me, using the top as a mini worktable, with a plastic sack clipped into the latches as a garbage bag.
