New Work Shop For Me!!!

[rockNmayhem]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

So your last work area & the new one are both in the basement? I would keep the tools you don't use very often in your old space, have your drill press in your new area, maybe the lathe too. Leave as much room in the new area for work space for 2 or 3 projects going at the same time, because you're always going to be waiting on a part or inspiration to finish a project or two.

Hey Joe they are both in the basement just around the corner from each other but all the stuff I moved out of the back where my shop is now is going back in the little cubby hole where my other benches were so I don't have enough room for everything back there as well.

It's quite a bummer as I would love to have all that extra work top space but I have to sacrifice some space to keep storage.

I'm also thinking of making an adition to the end of my main work bench that will create a 90* closest to the microwave area as that will be gone and I can pick up about another 6' of work surface if I feel the need for it down the road.

Decisions, decisions.

Tyler

[rockNmayhem]

Well as with any project or build there is always a first design then there are versions 1.5 and so on and so forth so why not have the same when building a new work room?

Anyways I got to thinking today that I just felt like I didn't have enough usable room that I'd like to have so I rearranged a little bit this evening and came up with design phase #2. I just didn't like not having any shelf or work bench space next to me that I was so accustomed to so I moved my work bench that I had the lathe on over next to the long leg of the bench where I would be building and decided that is what I was looking for.

I really like having the bench next to me and it almost doubles the work top area from only being 8ft long to now having another 6ft section next to it allowing me plenty of work top space and extra under counter storage next to me as well.

I also plan on putting several more shelves on the left side of the peg board over the new work bench to maximize all the available space I have. The shelves are only going to be 2ft wide but they will work good to keep hardware and odds and ends parts for projects on.

There are still a few things I need to add to it such as shelves underneath and put a back to it but hopefully I can tinker with that later this week after I get time to run to the hardware store. I also need to extend the top of the bench and fill in the 2ft void but that will make a nice little cubby hole underneath to store other stuff.

Anyways here are some new pics of what design stage #2 looks like so far.







And as you can see it didn't take long to start filling shelves up with what little bit I already had.



I'll keep updated with the new changes and hopefully there aren't too many more as I'm ready to start building my newest projects and get a few more things finished up soon.

Thanks for all the compliments guys and gals,

Tyler

[Supermario]

Looking good Tyler
If I can't have a cool basement workshop of my own , at least I can admire yours and pretend for a minute?

I know everyone has a different comfort or flow to their workspace and not sure what you think but.... It's hard to tell in the pics but, do you have enough room to fit an island type bench in the center of the room? It's always nice to have a center work area for the task at hand, gives you 360 access to it and you are surrounded by all the tools and equipment you need.As a mechanic, I'm real fussy bout that at work.... Everything in its place .... Ya, I'be been told I'm OCD. Lol.

To control my behaviour, when I get home. I leave dirty clothes laying around, garbage all over, leave the seat up...... Lol JK.

Mario

[Mama Sue]

Just to clarify...He doesn't leave the seat up...lol...

The set up looks real good. I'm sure you can start your next project any time. You will probably modify your space as needed..

Susan

[rockNmayhem]

Well spent the better part of the evening after work and dinner trying to finish up the back room. I got the last part of the work bench built last night and made sure everything was were I needed it so I could paint today.

I had some leftover paint from the garage when it was painted so I opted to use it for a sealer and to brighten up the work area.

After a couple hours of painting, the first coat is done. I will have to hit it again tomorrow afternoon to get some of the bleed through spots from ink on the wood but it seemed to work out pretty good for what I needed. Anyways here are some progress pics from tonights work.

Started out with some blue paint and turned it into white.







And luckily no more brown board staring me in the face. I love the clean look of the white and it really helped to lighten the work area up a ton.



Thanks for looking and watching my fun project and moving. I hope to have it all done this weekend so I can start on a new project next week just for the up coming show at the end of next month.

Tyler

[Supermario]

Looks like an area a guy could spend endless hours working in

Nevermind the Island bench idea , you got it looking pretty sweet Tyler
Thanks for sharing, you have reminded me that project #1 this summer is install a furnace in my garage and have a year round shop to work in!

Mario

[sandfarmer]

Good looking work area!

[Espeefan]

Looks a lot nicer then my work area! Of course mine is always a disaster! When I can't find the parts or tools I set down on my workbench, then I try to clean it up some.

[rockNmayhem]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Looks a lot nicer then my work area! Of course mine is always a disaster! When I can't find the parts or tools I set down on my workbench, then I try to clean it up some.

Nathan that is the way my workbench normally sits with as small as it was and once you realize you're missing that one last little screw to complete something you don't realize it was that bad.

Hopefully with all the room and space for everything it should make it much nicer to have all the work area.

Tyler

[rockNmayhem]

Well I did spend most of my sunday afternoon finishing off a few things for the work benches and cleaning up the old room so that I could move some storage into it.

It didn't take long though to realize that even with all the extra space it does fill up quicker than one would think. I got rid of some extra stuff and spread some other things out making the room feel like it shrank in a matter of a few hours.

Anyways I about have the new work room together and ready to start working on projects again. All I really have left to do is grab a few more shelf braces and brackets for under the benches to finish them off and then run my wiring for a couple of new receptacles and put in another breaker just for the work space. Shouldn't take too long this week to get it together and up and running.

Here are a few pics of how it sits at the end of tonight. As I said it didn't take long to start filling up spaces.

A clean old work room like this.....



Leads to a much larger new work room looking like this.......



And after several hours of sorting and going through stuff I am getting closer to having work tops again.



Thanks for all the compliments on the new room and the motivation to keep going. This simple weekend project sure turned out to take longer than anticipated but it is worth all the effort to have more building space.

Tyler

[Mama Sue]

Looks good

[rcman]

always great to get more work space! Im going to redo my area this spring too! hopefully get rid of some things I dont need anymore and finish my work area.