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Scott, I know you have the floor plan already drawn, but I'd suggest you try to make some space for more things that a "race shop" needs - like a floor-standing air compressor, a tire machine and balancer, a drill press and possibly other machine tools. When I built my garage, at 32'x40', it seemed huge and could hold 6 cars. Now that I have an alignment computer, tire machines, mill, lathe, waste oil tanks, band saw, sander, welders, plasma cutter, sand blaster, parts washer, press, etc, it's down to a 3-4 car garage.
I went bigger and I'm still feeling crunched for space for all those things. The compressor and all the mechanicals will go in the basement and everything possible will get hung, put in cabinets or have wheels. Some, like welders could be hung from the beam and I'm thinking about some shelves at the ends of the beam that could hold those spare SPB engines and trannys. I'll stick with smart strings and scales for now. I should have room for drill press and other machine tools in the small room but I know it's going to get tight soon. I haven't even figured out where the fridge goes yes.
Have you, or anybody got a recommendation for a tire machine / balancer that works well with a small footprint?
Very little progress in the last nine months My builder got crunched over the winter and then the lock down put them way behind. I met with them today and they assure me that they will be back to finish in the next few weeks. It just needs drywall, paint and the floors polished and then I can get the lift, tool boxes and cabinets in. I haven't even pulled the boat out of storage yet.
Very little progress in the last nine months My builder got crunched over the winter and then the lock down put them way behind. I met with them today and they assure me that they will be back to finish in the next few weeks. It just needs drywall, paint and the floors polished and then I can get the lift, tool boxes and cabinets in. I haven't even pulled the boat out of storage yet.
that is a Gorgeous - I love the Copper Roof
hopefully they will get this finished so you can finally enjoy it
Last edited by Louis de Funes; 05-27-2020 at 03:42 PM.
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Awesome and gorgeous place!!! Garage Journal can be a gigantic time sink
About to start phase 1 of my shop build which is remove the cedar trees from the property. Have a "cedar eater" coming out to mow them down - 2.7 acres worth.
07-21-2019, 10:31 PM
My builder got crunched over the winter and then the lock down put them way behind. I met with them today and they assure me that they will be back to finish in the next few weeks. It just needs drywall, paint and the floors polished and then I can get the lift, tool boxes and cabinets in. I haven't even pulled the boat out of storage yet.
