Folks Of Interest How much Time do You spend in the garage or shop

Well it’s a new year and the wife's resolution is more family time which means my garage time is not at least cut in half.....So how much time do you spend in the garage???.....I spend about 18 to 20 hours a week....most are when everyone in bed.... well lets hope this last as long as her last years resolution to excursive more<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>

 

i should have read the question befrore i voted. hours in a week? i do 12 a day easy. no *****in' down here.

 

One hour every morning before I leave for work, 2-3 hrs on Tuesday evenings, and 4-5 hrs on Sats that I don't have to work.
So 11-13 hours a week.

 

At least four hours a day although sometimes I just stare and drink beer..........

 

Now that the kids will be going back to school and the house projects are done, hopefully I can get back to 3-4 hours a day. I work second shift so everyone is gone most of the time, so I can get it done if I get back to it.

 

sometimes I don't even stare

 

Not enough. I probably spend more time on the HAMB than in my garage. That's my New Year's resolution. Spend more time in the garage. I think I might just cancel my internet and only use it at my wifes coffee shop every now and then so I'm not tempted to spend so much time on my damn computer when I'm at home.

 

I switched to 4 10 hour shifts at work, so I could be at my project all day every Monday. I'm making good progress now. I do a little work on evernings at weekends too.

 

No where near enough.

 

Saturdays, Sundays, evenings, some days...no Missus, don't watch TV, don't drink...it's just me and my hot rods/kustoms...and I wouldn't trade it for anything...

R-

 

Not as much as I'd like to...

 

that one got me good ....spit all over....too funny

 

I'm with ya there - but the time spent is greatly porportional to amount of beer left in the fridge !!!!!

 

Poll probably should have differentiated between those that earn their living in a garage and those that don't. I am sure there are a number on here who get less than 8.

 

Im in there late at night when the family's asleep, or real early in the morning when not to much is going on. The hot rod stuff takes a back burner to just about everything else i got going on. Cant be as ******** as i used to be.

 

Hardly any and it's killin' me. Due for a full shoulder replacement in two weeks... I can barely swing a hammer anymore.

But, after THAT, I gurantee I'll be back out there as much as possible.

 

Not nearly enough! I'm like one of the other posters in that I probably spend more time on HAMB than in the garage! I just need to get off my **** and get motivated!

 

Like the others have stated...not enough. No heat...dang insurance co. Keeps the beer cold, though.

ten degrees doesn't qualify as warm enough either, lol.

 

When I am at home, 6 to 10 hours on Saturday, an hour or two or four on the evenings and any other time I can steal away from the mundane.

Work and family time really mess with my shop time....

Average might be 10 or 12....

The ***** of it is that my work is seasonal, regular 40 hous or so in the cold months, and all consuming in the summer. While I have time in the winter the cold ****s and I have a hard time getting going untill the day warms up a little, about noon....

I refuse to work inside when welding..... scares me a little too much...

 

Man, I am way behind you fellas. I might see 8 hours a week in my garage.

 

I get my cars done an hour at a time. Sometimes I get out there 20 times in a week. Just keep me away from the beer

 

Not nearly enough...

 

not as much as I would like to.

 

none in the winter. 1 car garage , can't move around.

 

Same here but I also live IN the shop. I mean, the shop IS the house

 

i have no excuse...i could be out there as much as i wanted.its heated,air conditioned,fridge,cable tv.....but i than think of 1,000 stupid reasons not to get my lazy *** out there.....i need my *** kicked

 

i've been almost living out there,with being laid off,and my adult stepdaughter now living with us, have to have some peace and quiet somewhere

 

I spend almost 100 hours a week in the shop. But then again- I run a business doing this stuff and actually get paid for what I know and what I do....

 

It really varies a lot from week to week . I go weeks with out going in there and then I spend a few hours a day for weeks at a time .

 

My wife calls it my D & T nights, sometimes I just drink and think.