Jay Brewer
10-21-2007, 9:00 PM
Hi everyone. I have spent the last month trying to take care of some of the problem areas in my shop.
My biggest problem was finishing space. I used to have to spray in the area that my saw occupies. Which would mean covering all the tools and garage door with plastic, which rendered my shop useless until I was finished spraying.
The solution was to take over an outdated bedroom 15' x 20' that was in the back of the basement. Initially I was going to leave the room 15'x20', but come up with the idea of making a tool room, a central place for all the power tools and fasteners, to keep them organized and free of dust Since this space will serve as an assembly, and spray room, this situation has worked out well so far. So now I have a 5 x 15 tool room and a 15 x 15 spray/assembly room.
Two Construction dumpster later, this is what I ended up with. There is still alot of work left to get everything the way I want it, but this will have to do until I get caught up again.
My shop used to end were the new floor paint begins. I tried to make the room as bright as possible. I used T-11 Siding painted Bright White Semi Gloss and 5 8' High Output Fluorescent lights.
73890
This is the entrance into the tool room and clamp storage.
73891
Tool Room Right side
73893
Tool Room Left Side
73894
Tool Room Center
73895
My biggest problem was finishing space. I used to have to spray in the area that my saw occupies. Which would mean covering all the tools and garage door with plastic, which rendered my shop useless until I was finished spraying.
The solution was to take over an outdated bedroom 15' x 20' that was in the back of the basement. Initially I was going to leave the room 15'x20', but come up with the idea of making a tool room, a central place for all the power tools and fasteners, to keep them organized and free of dust Since this space will serve as an assembly, and spray room, this situation has worked out well so far. So now I have a 5 x 15 tool room and a 15 x 15 spray/assembly room.
Two Construction dumpster later, this is what I ended up with. There is still alot of work left to get everything the way I want it, but this will have to do until I get caught up again.
My shop used to end were the new floor paint begins. I tried to make the room as bright as possible. I used T-11 Siding painted Bright White Semi Gloss and 5 8' High Output Fluorescent lights.
73890
This is the entrance into the tool room and clamp storage.
73891
Tool Room Right side
73893
Tool Room Left Side
73894
Tool Room Center
73895