Lets see your garage/shop or any dream garages!

[JackOlsen]

I second the recommendation for the www.garagejournal.com.

I've got a small suburban garage (20'x21') and I put it together with a pretty low budget. I learned as I went, doing all of the work myself -- including setting the tile and digging the pit for the lift.

The total budget, including the floor, cabinets, benches and lift was less than $3,500. Everything you see is second-hand, re-purposed or home-made.

I do automotive work in it, and also some carpentry and metal fabrication.

I also made a website for it: http://www.12-gaugegarage.com

(This is not spam. I don't make any money off of the website and pay for it out of my own pocket.)















Work benches that fold down from the wall:





There is no 911 that's been lowered too much to fit on this lift. And there's nothing to trip over when the car is out.





And it's got its own a video:

The 12-Gauge Garage Video

And yes, a video just about the lift I put in:

My Garage Lift

Is it always this clean? No. Not by a long shot.



But it does go back to clean very quickly -- that's the real accomplishment of it, I think. I finally took the time to work out a place for everything to go when It's not being used.

In practice, it makes a huge difference not having to spend so much time looking for things you've misplaced. I spent years doing that. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img]

[Verne_Frantz]

I like the rotary phone [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[olredalert]

----I must have missed it, Jack. Where is the fridge??? Gotta be there somewhere. Not a good garage without a fridge. A buddy of mine in Scotsdale has a urinal on one wall because he got tired of going on the cactus outside. Kinda liked the idea!!!......Bill S