New Project - Machine Shop

[COPO]

Looks like fun to refurbish the shop and get it ready for some new projects. The high ceilings are a big plus. Enjoy.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by scuncio

Now how on earth do those cars get hoisted to the top rack?

They would be loaded on a lift/pallet that drives up to the rack and then rolled off.

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by scuncio

Great point on the lifts - I need to save up for those! I’m actually using this to get a few of my cars to the point where I can sell them and free up some space in my home garage. I’d like to keep this place as a working garage with “limited” storage. We’ll see if I can keep that promise to myself.

Bill, the room through the garage door is the machine shop area. I only need about a third of it for my machines, got to decide what to do with the rest of it.

----Fridge for starters of course!.....Bill S

[cook_dw]

You can see the plates for ramps to be installed. Drive them up there.

[Crush]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

They would be loaded on a lift/pallet that drives up to the rack and then rolled off.

Seems like it be a lot of work to take your car out for a Sunday drive. But then again maybe these don’t go out for drives, sadly

[napa68]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----Fridge for starters of course!.....Bill S

Well duh??

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by cook_dw

You can see the plates for ramps to be installed. Drive them up there.

That would need to be a very long and sturdy ramp. Those stand offs are used for vertical stop plates, to prevent a vehicle from rolling off too and are just bolted. Not sure I would trust that arrangement to hold the weight of a car ??

[Andy]

I had a new pad, so I'm unsure about prepping the old one, but I acid etched mine and used a product from Sherwin Williams called Armor seal. I've had it on there almost two years now and the only places where it has come up is where a piece of steel or heavy tool hit the floor hard enough to chip the concrete. It's easy to clean, chemical resistant, and isn't too slippery when wet. I went with a color called steel grey i think and it's light enough to brighten the shop up. Good lighting makes all the difference in working in there as well. I have 7, 21,000 lumen lights in my 40x60. They were about $100 a piece on amazon but are on sale now.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...0?ie=UTF8&th=1

https://www.sherwin-williams.com/pai...floor-coatings

[dykstra]

Any updates Tony?

[scuncio]

I had a security door replaced, had the inside walls pressure washed, and have been working on the floors every free moment I can get away. SLOW progress….