I made a video about my 911's garage
03-12-2017, 02:25 PM
#18
Race Car
Thread Starter
Thanks, guys!
And that's including the floor lift, the flooring, all the work benches and the cabinets. But to do it at that level, there was a LOT of my own time involved. Pretty much everything came in damaged or second-hand.
It all worked out very well -- except that day where one 800-pound cabinet hit another 800-pound cabinet like a domino -- and the second one came down onto the front of my 911. At that point, you start to ask yourself if it's really a bargain to do everything yourself and on the cheap. But the fiberglass took the hit pretty well and I was only out the cost of a headlight. Here's a phone picture from that day, just before things took that bad turn.
You can see the 'stepped' support thing I made to be able to slowly turn the cabinets over with just a 12' 2x4 for a lever. (Slow and steady was the idea. But sometimes things go wrong.)
And that's including the floor lift, the flooring, all the work benches and the cabinets. But to do it at that level, there was a LOT of my own time involved. Pretty much everything came in damaged or second-hand.
It all worked out very well -- except that day where one 800-pound cabinet hit another 800-pound cabinet like a domino -- and the second one came down onto the front of my 911. At that point, you start to ask yourself if it's really a bargain to do everything yourself and on the cheap. But the fiberglass took the hit pretty well and I was only out the cost of a headlight. Here's a phone picture from that day, just before things took that bad turn.
You can see the 'stepped' support thing I made to be able to slowly turn the cabinets over with just a 12' 2x4 for a lever. (Slow and steady was the idea. But sometimes things go wrong.)
Last edited by JackOlsen; 03-12-2017 at 03:29 PM.
08-29-2017, 02:07 AM
#25
Rennlist Member
Always get new ideas looking at your garage, great inspiration...Particularly dig the in-floor lift. I've thought about adding a lift many times, but don't want to loose any space when NOT using the lift, the in-floor low rise might be a good solution.
And love the Wilton vice's... I've restored several and use them almost daily!
[though you'll also see in the picture that I'm not as dilligent as you on the whole 'the floor is not a shelf' rule! :-) ]
And love the Wilton vice's... I've restored several and use them almost daily!
[though you'll also see in the picture that I'm not as dilligent as you on the whole 'the floor is not a shelf' rule! :-) ]