Here's my shop. A commercial tennant wanted to downsize and because of some zoning issues, I could not rent out the leftover space (about 3,000 square feet), so there I am.
Mine is plum full of OT rides so I can't post a pic but no one wants to see that junk anyway! Really I mean junk from floor to ceiling!
Yes it was a kit from Steel masters. My dad (66) & I (37) put it up by ourselves with help of a forklift. It just bolt together in arches.
Need to get my spectacles recalibrated. I saw those Tijuana donkeys and figured they were big dogs.. Nice workspaces here guys. I don't have pics of my shops but I luckily Don't run out of space. My house sat on the market (10 years ago) for 3 years- realtor told me everybody that looked at it couldn't figure out what they'd do with all the garage space. The small one is a 6 car insulated w a double barrel wood stove (2 cars in there with a 2 bay open for working and some work space) and the other is about 72 x 100 steel building. I have 5 cars in it and it seems empty.. I told the real estate guy I had no prob figuring out what to do with them.
My half of the 2 car garage, the other half is boring, my wifes half!!! It all works good, Turn on the heat , lights and music and go to work. Choff
Okay. I can never resist these threads. I've got a small suburban garage (20'x21') and I put it together with a pretty low budget. I learned as I went, doing all of the work myself -- including setting the tile and digging the pit for the lift. The total budget, including the floor, cabinets, benches and lift was less than $3,500. Everything you see is second-hand, re-purposed or home-made. I do automotive work in it, and also some carpentry and metal fabrication. I also made a website for it: http://www.12-gaugegarage.com Work benches that fold down from the wall: There is no car that's been lowered too much to fit on this lift. And there's nothing to trip over when the 911 is out in the driveway. And it's got its own a video: The 12-Gauge Garage Video And yes, a video just about the lift I put in: My Garage Lift Is it always this clean? No. Not by a long shot. But it does go back to clean very quickly -- that's the real accomplishment of it, I think. I finally took the time to work out a place for everything to go when It's not being used. In practice, it makes a huge difference not having to spend so much time looking for things you've misplaced. I spent years doing that.
Here's what I'm workin with. Can't even open my car doors all the way. Gotta do the big work outside. Plus I recently added a welder, 30gal compressor and large torch setup. So needless to say its tight; but keeps her safe & dry!
Nice garage Jack Olsen, I agree that putting stuff back makes it easier and saves time. I would hate to get it dirty.
i like your garage, i have been looking at a few different steel building manufactures, steel master does not list a price, could you share what you paid for it?
mine is full of crap wish i could b like jack and clean up.my cluttered shop shows how cluttered my mind is
Mine when I was first moving in, it's never been the same (as clean) ever since. LOL One of the hardest things I found was trying to figure out how to arrange things to optimize space. Once everything is moved in, you almost never get around to moving anything. 2 years later and I moved my shop to another facility with running water, 2 offices and more space. I hope I don't have to do it again any time soon. It's amazing what you can acquire in a short amount of time.......
It's about twice as deep as shown but way on the back burner list to fixen up 15 ft to the ceiling and I think there a dance floor up in the attic
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