Inspire me: show me your workshop

[martl]

you fellas are all waaaay too organized.

So, i volunteer to show pics of *my* shop to bang the drum for all the bike-messies

[RobJ]

Originally Posted by martl

you fellas are all waaaay too organized.

So, i volunteer to show pics of *my* shop to bang the drum for all the bike-messies

I just had a major OCD flare up after seeing those I need to go out and just stand in my workshop or reorganize something! Though picture #3 with the wood shelves was redeeming.

Looks like a fun place.

[93KgBike]

Originally Posted by azrider

GAME.........OVER

You sir, a real mensch! Do I see at least two sizes of head tubes; bribing the boss with Italian swag - smart! And a room with a view? Well done. I'll bet no-one ever wonders, "now where has he got to?"

+Nod to the guy looking at Mt. Tam +

[unterhausen]

Originally Posted by martl

you fellas are all waaaay too organized.

So, i volunteer to show pics of *my* shop to bang the drum for all the bike-messies

Yeah, that's messy, but nothing like mine. I really desperately need to do some cleanup. Just retrieved some fork blades to list them on ebay and made it much, much worse. But I recently realized that a lot of my bike work should be done in the basement, so that's going to make things better. Maybe worse for the basement though.

[AngryScientist]

fix that rear shelf my man!

[dddd]

I have at least divided my workshop into two parts, "clean" and "dirty or smelly", with a closing door between them.

I use the crawl space (under the garage) with it's irregular floor contour for the dirty parts of my work. Here I can fire up the bench grinder, use aerosol sprays, heat things with the torch and file away at metal while my clean shop doesn't see/feel/smell any of the dust, fumes or smoke. It has lighting, is cross-ventilated to the outdoors, and has a home-spun "Gunnite" sort of floor surface that is conducive to frequent sweeping. The dirt floor no longer crumbles since I doused it with acrylic-fortified liquid Portland cement! Also there is much storage space in there, just ten feet from the clean workshop space and low-ceiling "museum" room where my two-wheeled vintage arsenal resides.

My "clean" workshop is disorganized to the point where I won't show it, I build/repair quite a few wheels in there and keep most-used repair bits scattered about. Good lighting is the main focus, plus there is a refrigerator, but I have to use an adjacent laundry room for tasks requiring running water.

Formerly-unused basement space is a very good thing when a house has no drainage or moisture problems. The "wet" look of the cement "flooring" is actually the acrylic fortifier, not moisture!

[old_fat_and_slow]

Originally Posted by dddd

I have at least divided my workshop into two parts, "clean" and "dirty or smelly", with a closing door between them.

I use the crawl space (under the garage) with it's irregular floor contour for the dirty parts of my work. Here I can fire up the bench grinder, use aerosol sprays, heat things with the torch and file away at metal while my clean shop doesn't see/feel/smell any of the dust, fumes or smoke. It has lighting, is cross-ventilated to the outdoors, and has a home-spun "Gunnite" sort of floor surface that is conducive to frequent sweeping. The dirt floor no longer crumbles since I doused it with acrylic-fortified liquid Portland cement! Also there is much storage space in there, just ten feet from the clean workshop space and low-ceiling "museum" room where my two-wheeled vintage arsenal resides.

My "clean" workshop is disorganized to the point where I won't show it, I build/repair quite a few wheels in there and keep most-used repair bits scattered about. Good lighting is the main focus, plus there is a refrigerator, but I have to use an adjacent laundry room for tasks requiring running water.

Formerly-unused basement space is a very good thing when a house has no drainage or moisture problems. The "wet" look of the cement "flooring" is actually the acrylic fortifier, not moisture!

Wow, I'm loving your collection of frames and bikes. Two racks of spare frames plus one rack of fully-built ! Schweeeeet!!!!

[Gummee]

I've updated my home workshop. Still a work in progress. Yes, there's beer in the fridge.

The maroon filing cabinet came from a buddy who acquired it while stationed on Quantico. The white cabinets came from a buddy who was upgrading his customer's kitchen.

The space to the right of the white cabinets is pending me making a framework for another pair of glass doors. The space is wider than the doors, so I gotta make something. ...that and the cabinet the doors came off of disintegrated due to wet

M

[mvcap]

Originally Posted by Gummee

I've updated my home workshop. Still a work in progress. Yes, there's beer in the fridge.

The maroon filing cabinet came from a buddy who acquired it while stationed on Quantico. The white cabinets came from a buddy who was upgrading his customer's kitchen.

The space to the right of the white cabinets is pending me making a framework for another pair of glass doors. The space is wider than the doors, so I gotta make something. ...that and the cabinet the doors came off of disintegrated due to wet

M

Cool! Are those tools clinging to horizontal magnet bars?

[Gummee]

Originally Posted by mvcap

Cool! Are those tools clinging to horizontal magnet bars?

Si I've got one more 2' magnet I need to mount somewhere

M

edited to add: I got the plywood behind the white cabinets from the same buddy that gave me the filing cabinet. It's ONE INCH thick plywood. Can you say 'massive overkill?!' The other side also came from the same guy, but it's only 3/8" The shelf above the main tool area came from Mom's kitchen remodel. I should probably paint that before it gets beat up.

[Hindmost]

How are the tools clinging to your truing stand? Is everything in your shop magnetized?

[Anarchist]

Originally Posted by dddd

I have at least divided my workshop into two parts, "clean" and "dirty or smelly", with a closing door between them.

I use the crawl space (under the garage) with it's irregular floor contour for the dirty parts of my work. Here I can fire up the bench grinder, use aerosol sprays, heat things with the torch and file away at metal while my clean shop doesn't see/feel/smell any of the dust, fumes or smoke. It has lighting, is cross-ventilated to the outdoors, and has a home-spun "Gunnite" sort of floor surface that is conducive to frequent sweeping. The dirt floor no longer crumbles since I doused it with acrylic-fortified liquid Portland cement! Also there is much storage space in there, just ten feet from the clean workshop space and low-ceiling "museum" room where my two-wheeled vintage arsenal resides.

My "clean" workshop is disorganized to the point where I won't show it, I build/repair quite a few wheels in there and keep most-used repair bits scattered about. Good lighting is the main focus, plus there is a refrigerator, but I have to use an adjacent laundry room for tasks requiring running water.

Formerly-unused basement space is a very good thing when a house has no drainage or moisture problems. The "wet" look of the cement "flooring" is actually the acrylic fortifier, not moisture!

If you get a chance, I would love to see some more pictures of that Holdsworth.

Please?

[d_douglas]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

fix that rear shelf my man!

Someone failed their engineering class!! Ha ha!

That will soon fall, not only damaging the contents of the shelf, but things underneath, plus scare the sh*t out of you as you are awoken in the middle of the night when it will inevitably fail on you.

[Andy340]

It is a long winter in North East so this helps

[dddd]

Originally Posted by Anarchist

If you get a chance, I would love to see some more pictures of that Holdsworth.

Please?

Here's three fresh ones, got that 12-34t on the back for those straight-up sort of rides that I do maybe twice a year.
The wheels took me quite a while to find the front rim in red 28h for the "Naked" hub I wanted to use, remember those?