I've had a big home refurbishment project, getting ready for retirement. Part of the total renovation is a new garage. My wife said, "don't even think about moving your old rusty toolboxes and workbenches into that new garage!"
Fortunately, she did say that I could get new ones to replace the old. So, here's at least one corner that I've got set-up for being able to work on things, and I've got a lot more to go.
I like Sears stuff, readily-available, Craftsman holds up well in the use I give it, and it's not Snap On prices.
The first pic is a corner of the 2-car garage, unfortunately it doesn't have a deep depth where I could have two vehicles parked inside and space for a workshop in-front of them. We don't really use the garage for parking, we don't have any convertibles or any $$$$ cars to store-away, so I get the space for my workshop and 'stuff.' The workbench is what I have right now to work-from, no bike lift. It's 8 ft X 2 ft x ~40 in. high. The top is 1-1/2 in. thick plywood topped by 3/16 in. steel.
The Craftsman roller under-counter cabinets are plenty of storage space for some of my tools, but I have a lot more that have to find their 'homes.' For now, I've got it where I have my corded and cordless power hand tools, pneumatic tools, and measuring tools, along with other electrical things like an engine analyzer, multi-meters, clamps, hammers, and other hand tools and supplies in them.
I have a loft area above the front of the garage which gives me about 230 sq. ft. of storage, but there's no stairs. I have to climb a ladder to access it, not the most convenient, but I hope to install a lift to help w/getting things up & down.
The entire front of the garage is poured concrete 8 in. thick and all walls are CBS (block). The rebar in the front is 7/8 in. and the front support for the loft is a 4 in. X 10 in. hollow steel box beam which is attached via being welded to two flitch plates set into the side walls, and poured into place. In a hurricane, it's the strongest place in the house, the garage. The single-car doors and the exterior door are impact aluminum, the garage doors are insulated 2 in. thick. Miami-Dade County FL has one of the toughest building codes in the nation, I should know, I'm an inspector and a plans examiner. No windows.
It's been a long, drawn-out process, and I have a long way to go before the place is set-up as I want it, but it's getting there.
I posted a bit ago about the Whirlpool Corp. 'Gladiator' brand garage storage stuff http://www.vmaxforum.net/showthread.php?t=41294&highlight=gladiator, and I used their wall cabinets and the grooved wall track above the workbench. The grooved wall track is hung w/tapcons, and it allows lots of storage solutions, today I hung two of my cordless chargers on it to free-up workbench tabletop space, you can see them hanging on the left side wall. On one end of the workbench I have an 8 in. Delta grinding wheel & wire brush. I tried an Avanti brand wire wheel from the orange big box store and it was so out of balance, my grinder was jumping around like a roadway tamping tool. On the other end I hav a small bench vise mounted to a piece of 2X8 PT scrap, it's held in-place by a c-clamp, so I can use the entire tabletop space if I have to. I have already used it w/a 24 oz. ball pein hammer and it worked ok. I have a 'proper-sized' one stored away awaiting its place.
I just got a 77 in. W x 72 in. H x 24 in. deep Gladiator rack storage shelving unit which I'm gonna cut-down in depth to fit the smaller space I have between the garage car doors and the side walls. I need to stack things up against the walls so I can fit a vehicle in if I want to work on it.
I would really like to take some time off from work to try to get the whole garage squared-away, but I won't be able to, so it's 'do what you can, when you can.'
Fortunately, she did say that I could get new ones to replace the old. So, here's at least one corner that I've got set-up for being able to work on things, and I've got a lot more to go.
I like Sears stuff, readily-available, Craftsman holds up well in the use I give it, and it's not Snap On prices.
The first pic is a corner of the 2-car garage, unfortunately it doesn't have a deep depth where I could have two vehicles parked inside and space for a workshop in-front of them. We don't really use the garage for parking, we don't have any convertibles or any $$$$ cars to store-away, so I get the space for my workshop and 'stuff.' The workbench is what I have right now to work-from, no bike lift. It's 8 ft X 2 ft x ~40 in. high. The top is 1-1/2 in. thick plywood topped by 3/16 in. steel.
The Craftsman roller under-counter cabinets are plenty of storage space for some of my tools, but I have a lot more that have to find their 'homes.' For now, I've got it where I have my corded and cordless power hand tools, pneumatic tools, and measuring tools, along with other electrical things like an engine analyzer, multi-meters, clamps, hammers, and other hand tools and supplies in them.
I have a loft area above the front of the garage which gives me about 230 sq. ft. of storage, but there's no stairs. I have to climb a ladder to access it, not the most convenient, but I hope to install a lift to help w/getting things up & down.
The entire front of the garage is poured concrete 8 in. thick and all walls are CBS (block). The rebar in the front is 7/8 in. and the front support for the loft is a 4 in. X 10 in. hollow steel box beam which is attached via being welded to two flitch plates set into the side walls, and poured into place. In a hurricane, it's the strongest place in the house, the garage. The single-car doors and the exterior door are impact aluminum, the garage doors are insulated 2 in. thick. Miami-Dade County FL has one of the toughest building codes in the nation, I should know, I'm an inspector and a plans examiner. No windows.
It's been a long, drawn-out process, and I have a long way to go before the place is set-up as I want it, but it's getting there.
I posted a bit ago about the Whirlpool Corp. 'Gladiator' brand garage storage stuff http://www.vmaxforum.net/showthread.php?t=41294&highlight=gladiator, and I used their wall cabinets and the grooved wall track above the workbench. The grooved wall track is hung w/tapcons, and it allows lots of storage solutions, today I hung two of my cordless chargers on it to free-up workbench tabletop space, you can see them hanging on the left side wall. On one end of the workbench I have an 8 in. Delta grinding wheel & wire brush. I tried an Avanti brand wire wheel from the orange big box store and it was so out of balance, my grinder was jumping around like a roadway tamping tool. On the other end I hav a small bench vise mounted to a piece of 2X8 PT scrap, it's held in-place by a c-clamp, so I can use the entire tabletop space if I have to. I have already used it w/a 24 oz. ball pein hammer and it worked ok. I have a 'proper-sized' one stored away awaiting its place.
I just got a 77 in. W x 72 in. H x 24 in. deep Gladiator rack storage shelving unit which I'm gonna cut-down in depth to fit the smaller space I have between the garage car doors and the side walls. I need to stack things up against the walls so I can fit a vehicle in if I want to work on it.
I would really like to take some time off from work to try to get the whole garage squared-away, but I won't be able to, so it's 'do what you can, when you can.'
