Showing posts with label Workshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Workshop. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

“L” Shaped Workshop…

Nearly 1 year on … We have the workshop in the garage set up and running!

The first photo below is a wide shot of the third stall with the workbench top fitted to the mid-rise scissors lift. The plan is to make this stall into a “convertible” workspace that will accommodate both auto maintenance and big wood working projects. The mid-rise lift provides a wonderful adjustable height base for the workbench. The only problem is what to do with the work surface when a car is in place?

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The next two photos show the back wall of the third garage stall with our toolboxes, metal pegboard, and teardown bench in place. The galvanized metal pegboard from Wall-Control is absolutely great! Their product is well conceived and provides for not only tool storage and shelving … but light brackets as well. A few hours of organizing resulted in the arrangement seen here (it will probably evolve from here).

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The last photo here shows our first project nearly complete. We are building three Nordic ski waxing stations to be used during the High School racing season this year.

First … the plan (Google Sketch-Up)

Waxing Station Assembly

Next … the (nearly complete) project. The adjustable height 4’ x 8’ work surface made this effort convenient and fun!

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Friday, August 26, 2011

Jib Crane in Action…

So … I visited Rockler in Minnetonka last night and purchased a new Delta bandsaw for the garage workshop at The “L” Shaped House. The saw comes in a big cardboard box with a note stating “some assembly required”.  The photos below show how nice it is to have a (1000 lb. capacity) jib crane built right into the space. A few straps make lifting the bandsaw assembly out of the box and onto the assembled base a safe, and easy operation!

Jib Crane 4