workingdog
GOLD Star
We just moved into a new home with a 1,700 sq ft garage/shop. We've been working outside up to now, so this is a real change. My son and I are arguing over how to organize it. Since I've never had an indoor shop in my life, I'm not sure how to approach it. The garage was built as 3 deep bays, one ready for a lift. We have several rigs we are working on - fj40, an fj60 we are going to turn into an fj45, a willys, plus our daily drivers. We have basic fabrication tools - welder, plasma cutter, torch, cold saw. We have a couple Home Depot tool chests with basic tools, we have various bins of parts for all the rigs, and we have bins for more stuff like - paint, painting stuff, grinding discs, welding fixtures, etc. We also about about 20 hand tools, mostly battery, some plug in - battery drills, etc. And about 6 tools that need a bench to sit on which are used infrequently, - like the drill press and the sand blasting box.
One of the first things we realized working inside, is that metal work makes a horrible mess. And while we first decided to put all the fabrication on the back wall, now I'm wondering if it should be up front so we can roll the working table outside when we are cutting and grinding.
One of the first things we realized working inside, is that metal work makes a horrible mess. And while we first decided to put all the fabrication on the back wall, now I'm wondering if it should be up front so we can roll the working table outside when we are cutting and grinding.