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Poor Grumpy.
He has a Group of Race Hotrodders that are Sex Krazed Too.
He has a Group of Race Hotrodders that are Sex Krazed Too.
Setting up my Geerage!
- Thread starter busterrm
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I,m a realistic old geezer and you can,t ignore the facts, cars may be interesting but ,any normal male over the age of 16 years old who does not think something that looks like this
is not extremely fascinating to look at, and fantasize about,
has something really wrong with them mentally in my opinion
busterrm
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I got some work done on my Geerage today, I tore out all the rotted shelves. What you see below is what has replaced it.
I am going to put peg board along one side and probably both eventually. As you can see it is a mess at the moment, but I plan to add some shelves over both benches tomorrow, and start planning the wiring next. I have to decide where all the tools; benchgrinder, compressor, welder, acetylene torch, etc..., will go before the wiring goes in so it can be placed in handy spots.
I am going to put peg board along one side and probably both eventually. As you can see it is a mess at the moment, but I plan to add some shelves over both benches tomorrow, and start planning the wiring next. I have to decide where all the tools; benchgrinder, compressor, welder, acetylene torch, etc..., will go before the wiring goes in so it can be placed in handy spots.
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What size are you working with? 20' X 16'? Instead of grandpa's pegboard it would look much better and up to date with slatboard covering the walls. Look for some discontinued style (for inexpensive) ceiling tiles that you staple on the tongue edge (no tracks) for the ceiling to stop the sound bouncing and loud machine echo from hammering or grinding & so on (trust me, well worth the consideration). CL always seems to have several sellers for that stuff. Are you considering some sort of exhaust fan? plan for that now. I see a lot of people regret later they missed something and it's too much work later to fix.
I don't know what is behind or above those walls but before you cover the walls be sure to install fire-stops due to your expected use of that room. Just my 2 cents
I don't know what is behind or above those walls but before you cover the walls be sure to install fire-stops due to your expected use of that room. Just my 2 cents
busterrm
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Thanks Rick, I am in process of wiring the 110 outlets, well running the romex for the wiring. I have one wall with pegboard and fixing to go get another for the south wall. Once its up I am going to build shelves on that wall, in the pictures the south wall is on the right. The next door neighbor was put in a institution, and her daughter is selling everything, she gave me the light in the corner, it has one of those retractable arms and a magnifying glass too.Indycars said:
The ends of each bench didn't have any support so I added support to them, the upright there in front on the angle cut on the east wall bench I did some bracing on it also, that is where my post vise is going to be mounted. I decided to put the outlets down on the surface of the bench to have easy access to them. I am going to add another outlet on the south wall that will be switched for my compressor. The second picture is of where the lights are going to be approximately. I will have two clip on lights also for the bench, but I decided to put a plug on the fluorescent lights and use one plug, that way I have a access to power overhead if needed.
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How far apart are each hole in the peg board?
What's the diameter of each hole?
Just want to make sure these hooks will work before I ship them. I put one of
each kind in the foreground.Assuming they don't cost more to ship than they
can be bought for.
PM me your address so I will have it.
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busterrm
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Well, I have got the the bench and pegboard up, finished all the wiring and the 110 is hot, so I have minimal power. The place is still a mess, I emptied a few of my Dad's old tool boxes and found some great treasures. and they are all over the bench at the moment. I will be off next weekend so I will do some more work on it then. I have a lot of cleaning to do for sure.This is not what it will look like when its done, I still have plenty of work and organizing to do.
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busterrm
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I had to go back to Lowe's, one of the fluorescent lights I bought just quit, so I took it back. I was out there hanging the light, and of course I was tripping over my lil fridge. So, I made a place for it at the end of the narrow side of the bench. Indycars will be happy to know that I have storage for beer in my garage now. I had a few clip-on lights at work and since they put in new lighting at the shop I no longer need them to light my workbench, so I brought them home. Guess what, since they have been hanging at work unused the switch corroded on both of them. So I took them apart bypassed the switch and put them on the same switched plug for the compressor. The empty space under the fridge was large enough to store my battery charger, my lil shop vac, and my skilsaw. So all my bench lights are on a switch. The florescent lights are up also. So I have proper lighting now, I still have a few shelves to build and hope Indycars sent me the pegboard hooks and I will organize my tools and power tools soon. I still have to have the 220 wired for my welder, but that is in the works. I will be fully functional in a few weeks.
Once I find a permanent place for everything, I am going to put doors on the front of the benches to close it in.
Once I find a permanent place for everything, I am going to put doors on the front of the benches to close it in.
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busterrm said:
Good thing you will have beer in the garage, the doctor said I lost another 8 lbs
and wanted me to cut back on my exercise!
The pegboard hooks should be there today. I went to the UPS website and estimated
it would cost $12 to ship them. So instead I bought some at Amazon and the shipping
was only $6, next time you are up you can grab the rest of them.
Sure looks like you have been busy, gotten alot done.
busterrm
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Its a old standard 2 car garage. So I am not real sure the total size. I have 2 windows I plan on mounting a window unit a/c and the other will be where my exhaust fan will be located.chromebumpers said:What size are you working with? 20' X 16'? Instead of grandpa's pegboard it would look much better and up to date with slatboard covering the walls. Look for some discontinued style (for inexpensive) ceiling tiles that you staple on the tongue edge (no tracks) for the ceiling to stop the sound bouncing and loud machine echo from hammering or grinding & so on (trust me, well worth the consideration). CL always seems to have several sellers for that stuff. Are you considering some sort of exhaust fan? plan for that now. I see a lot of people regret later they missed something and it's too much work later to fix.
I don't know what is behind or above those walls but before you cover the walls be sure to install fire-stops due to your expected use of that room. Just my 2 cents
busterrm
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Thanks Rick, the pegs got here today, and I did a lil playing with them just now. I have surmised I am a pegboard dummy, I didn't know what these lil fellas were for until I was out there hanging them. haha! They hold the pegs in the board so they don't fall out each time you grab the tool hanging on the peg. Duhhhhhh!
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busterrm
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Okay, I got home today and for some odd reason I felt very energetic after 12 hrs of work, I worked till 11 am and have to be up at 6pm for a short shift tonight. I got the shelves build on the south wall, and you can see some tools on the pegboard also. I am also thinking of putting another shelf on the upper east wall and just hanging pegs on the lower part of the both walls so I will have more shelf space. Its amazing what can be done with a circular saw, some plank boards, a 2x4, and short & long sheetrock screws.
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busterrm
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Got some more done, put up the shelf above east wall, and mounted my post vise, I still have to attach it to the floor, I have to make a piece to add to my existing mount, and drill the concrete with a masonary bit and put in some anchor bolts. This vise was made in the civil war days so its about 150 yrs old, It belonged to my Great - Grandfather first, Grandfather second, Father third, and Me fourth. If you look at the picture you'll notice it has a very long(16 in) bar to tighten the vise.
