New Workshop - Work In Progress

[HappyHammer]

The builders have constructed my new garage which will be my workshop once complete. It's approx. 4.3m wide x 9m long and 2.6m ceiling height.

There will be a garage door at one end and a sliding glass door at the back which you can see in picture attached leaning against the wall.

The electrician is putting in the wiring at the moment and to begin with I'm just putting in 4 double sockets up on the wall. I read heaps about bench height on the forum and I think mine will be somewhere between 900mm and 950mm high so I'll have the double sockets put about 1100mm off of the floor to give plenty of clearance for the bench. Does this sound about right?

In the picture taken from the front you can see a window on the left, this is the existing single garage and the window will be removed and the wall cut down to the ground so that there is easy access between the two garages.

I'll post more pictures as it progresses.

[HappyHammer]

This is my existing garage which explains why I need another one and also why I haven't posted any completed projects.

HH.

[Auld Bassoon]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Looks like you REALLY need that new shed - have fun

[Wongo]

Or a complete makeover:eek:

[johnc]

Good grief Happy is that a garage or a death trap in the last picture, I'd be afraid that stepping in there would need a GPS and map so you can find your way out. Will look forward to seeing later posts of what you do with the new shed.

John

[HappyHammer]

Yeah I know it's a real pain when all I want is a particular spanner or pair of pliers, but only a couple of weeks to go and I'll have room to spread out.

HH.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Yeh yeh,
How long before the new looks like the old eh?

I cleaned up my shed 2 or 3 weeks ago, it took 2 whole days (including the obligitory leaning and stareing/ discovering old lost tools etc) now its almost back to normal!

[Auld Bassoon]

Yeh yeh,
How long before the new looks like the old eh?

I cleaned up my shed 2 or 3 weeks ago, it took 2 whole days (including the obligitory leaning and stareing/ discovering old lost tools etc) now its almost back to normal!

[HappyHammer]

Here are some pics of the new shed (garage), it's about half finished I still have two benches and some wall cupboards to build and it will be pretty much how I want it. It's come on a bit since the empty shell in my original post.

HH.

[HappyHammer]

As you can see it's had a positive affect on my original garage as well

HH.

[HappyHammer]

This is a wood rack and bench I've just completed. I'm thinking of seting the SCMS permanently onto the bench and fixing supports to the left and right, any tips on positioning middle, left or right or ideas on how to construct the supports I want to incorporate a tape and a stop.

HH.

[HappyHammer]

Oi how about some suggestions on whether I should bother with an extended timber guide with stop........

HH.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I'd set the tape/stops to the right of the blade and just use std. rollers for the LH side. Admittedly, this'd limit the length you can cut, but how often do you need to cut a lot of long lengths? Anyway, if that was a real concern you would not have put the SCMS where it is!

And you could still cut longer lengths, (unless you're using really long stock) by working to the left of the blade, you'd just have to measure by hand instead of using the stop system.

I have seen a system where a bloke had a bench on castors that he'd roll up & clamp to either side of his normal setup, depending on what he was doing, with tapes to "continue on" from the end of the permanent setup. But I've always doubted the accuracy of such a setup and consider it more a case of one-upmanship than practicality.

[Bleedin Thumb]

It doesn't look like you have any room left for that new router - better send it this way.

[HappyHammer]

It doesn't look like you have any room left for that new router - better send it this way.

Nice try mate but I have a Triton in my Router Table and was thinking of using the new one for freehand stuff, but it's a big beast so might swap with the Triton, here's a picture of it in the nice new box it came in.

HH.