My new workshop

[mazdaparts]

I finally finished the last room in our new house, my workshop. We spec'ed out a full wood modular home and installed it on a full basement with 9 foot walls. That was a year ago. We semi finished the basement by building walls and defining spaces. A big storage/utilities room, a classroom for my wife to homeschool the kids, and a hobby/workshop room for me, and the rest was a playroom for the kids and a gameroom for the adults (pingpong table, big airhockey table, and dartboard.
My room was quite disorganized.
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I got a $50 lowes gift card and a coupon from lowes for $10 off a $50 purchase. Bought some lumber, outlets, and boxes.
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Got to work cleaning out the room so I would have a clean slate.
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Started with my new work bench. Made a lip on the front to aid with clamping stuff down.
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To finish off the room I needed a shelf to store projects and some of the clutter. No build pics as I was getting short on time.
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5 hours later I have what you see here. I plan on putting a thin piece of plywood on the workbench surface and another on the wall and adding outlets like crazy. Now I just have to organize everything and get to work on some projects.

[RCTech9]

Cool!!! Now start those projects. L0L

[Espeefan]

It's always nice to have an offical workbench and area for RC projects. My big problem is I always seem to run out of room on the workbench! Seems they are never big enough to have multiple projects going at one time. Good for you, I see poured basement walls and not brick.

[tc1cat]

Great start! I agree with Espeefan. You will need more workbench in a short period of time. Almost forgot, you might want to put a diagonal stringer between the legs of the workbench and the shelving unit. It will keep the pieces from wobbling on you.

Lynn

[mazdaparts]

Thanks for the comments. I finished the surface and added a small shelf above it. Hung some storage bins and put everything in its place. Took me about 2 hours to go through my 3 tool boxes and get them all back in the right spots. Still missing my vise and a few other tools. I think they are still in storage. I will add some bracing to the legs and I plan on adding some bracing and casters on my work table, so I can roll it out and work from all sides. This room will evolve as I spend more time there. My first project is gonna be a 1/6th to 1/7th scale (can't remember the exact measurements) Ford F250 crewcab I got about 2 years ago for christmas.

[egronvold]

Congrats on your new workshop. it seems you have gotten all the space you need.

[elliot330]

congratulations, that one thing I'd love to have. At present its the dining room table, which the wife loves!