Finally got the shop clean enough to snap a few pictures.
I had to make maximum use of the limited space I had to work with next to the furnace. (warm in the winter and cool in the summer!) The Park Tool Mechanics stands are custom mounted, one on the wall and one on the ceiling/floor joists.
Finally got the shop clean enough to snap a few pictures.
I had to make maximum use of the limited space I had to work with next to the furnace. (warm in the winter and cool in the summer!) The Park Tool Mechanics stands are custom mounted, one on the wall and one on the ceiling/floor joists.
Since our old house only has a 2-car garage (which of course, are occupied by our vehicles), I built a work shed dedicated to my bicycling needs. Was all proud of myself until I started dabbling in woodwork and realized I need an even bigger space for my miter saw and what nought!
Insulated and paneled with plys and shiplaps. Floor is made up of some durable plastic tiles that snaps together. Can't remember the brand. It's durable but a bit noisy when you step on it.
Pneumatic needs complete with hose reel , Park tool inflator (worth every dollar) and a small dying compressor. Behind the black mtb is a small table for all my bike associated lubes, brake fluid and tire sealant. More vertical rack storages in the back for wife's bike and my 27.5 bike.
Messy workbench. A small AC unit in the back to keep cool in the summer Inferno of AZ. Second level is all camping or storage space.
The Hubbard map on one wall and the Hubbard logo on the other. Drawers for the "important tools", bins for old parts, cables/housing, rags, manuals...On the walls are torque wrenches, ratchets, flat/philips/torx drivers, bike specific wrenches (bb, headset), cone wrenches, HS press/removers, derailleur hanger straightener...
The truing stand is lower than the workbench to help when I had carpel tunnel. It slides forward and backward so I can put one of the stools there to sit on. There's also a "cutting board" that slides in and out under it so when I'm sitting there it fits between my legs. No more dropped spoke wrenches or nips!
The stand is forward in this pic with the "cutting board" slid out. I have a small vice mounted with a spoke thread roller to the right.
This bench is more for rebuilding wheels/forks/shocks. The press is removable with 2 wingnuts under the bench.
My garage does extra duty as general workshop and home brewery complete with cooled fermentation chamber and 4 tap kegerator. And I still manage to fit a car in there once in a while too!
My space. Requirement: still be able to get a car in there if need be, even though we normally don't. Narrow space, so going up the walls was/is the answer.
Bikes hanging about. Table-saw - not out of the box even, but meant for eventual use when a long stretch of bad weather or crap trail conditions or injury time.
Cabinets were there when we bought the place, didn't see any reason to not use them as they were. Bike and spare house junk. The beach cruiser is the preferred method of walking the dog. My commuter lives on the back deck.
House junk, vac, entry into the kitchen, blahblahblah.
Built this counter and table thing, and the upper shelf to extend storage, and actually have some form of work table. The leaf drops down, thew leg pops out of the way. Mix of house/bike/yard/random tools.
The pegboard is evolving based on what gets the most use. A small shed is an eventuality - that'll let me get the yard stuff out of here, freeing up more room for fun-hog stuff, and the table saw setup. Going to do more upper shelving along the walls and off the rafters, where I can, to free up other space as well.
My current shop, in my basement rec room. Long term plans are to remove the carpeting and replace it with a rubber floor and redo the lighting and trim, but it works.
Nice space. I would kill for heated place to work on my bikes. We haven't climbed out of the single digits all week. And as a former carpenter by trade nice work on the tool hanging.
I decided to clean up as best I could between service. Not so impressive but it gets the work done. Not shown in photos is a full size tool box for all the wrenches, sockets and random tools.
My woodworking bench serves double duty as my stand and also holds the truing stand nicely I have moved it over to the peg board wall now, but don't have a picture of that.
When my partner and I bought a house about a year ago, the downstairs area immediately caught my attention as a possible workshop area. It's not as good as some of the shops I've seen here, but it gets me by without too much trouble
The room was empty beforehand, so the desks were built, painted & installed by myself (and woodwork isn't one of my strong points )
Some shots of the before, during & completed for you all to (hopefully) enjoy
Last winter I converted my garage to a bike cave ,where all things that are bike related go and have their place.
Being organized helps getting ready for a ride quickly much easier.
I also enjoy working on and constantly tweaking/modifying bike setups.
The allen key and screwdriver holder i made out of some extra maple handrail that i had in the garage.i drilled each hole at an angle so that the tools would be easier to grab.
I used stainless steel trim head screws to hang the tools on the board.
My setup is less than impressive and far less than organized / clean. The garage was one of the reasons I bought the house. It has the width of a 3-car, but only 2 doors. It is also extra deep and has 8 foot doors so we can get my wife's SUV inside with the ski box on top. Previous owner had a wood shop in here, so I have insulation, 220v service, and a gas heater. I pulled the kitchen cabinets from a re-model project a buddy was doing and installed them in here, so the storage was free. I built the bike rack on the floor so my wife and kids can get their bikes and the loaner bikes easily, while most of mine hang.
I have a set of those Spinergy wheels for my 1994 Trek 2200. They were/are great wheels. One of these days I'm going to overhaul and detail the bike and take it out for a group ride.
Here's my set-up. Just finished the workbench. Custom made all-welded frame under it, and a solid wood top. The wooden wall is a bike rack and divides the tandem garage in half. Commuter bikes on the other side.
Stoked.
My garage is still a mess, but I finally built my bike rack and tire storage.I think the bike rack will see some revisions or possible a whole redesign. Not 100% happy with it, but it will do in the mean time.
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