bstardchild
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Oct 27, 2020 13:30:45 GMT
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Organisation is my biggest issue - have two project cars in the garage, 12 feet of work bench (6 ft for wood work and 6 ft for welding) and I've been running all the power tools from a single double plug...... Every time I try and restart one of my projects I run into issues like trailing extension leads everywhere and stuff stored inside the car (no doors on it so easy dumping ground)  I realised I needed to sort out the electrickery issues so I wasn't trailing leads everywhere and tripping over them This was the start point one double plug next to the consumer unit  The work bench I made a few years back after a racking unit was offered at work as surplus to reqts  Cut into two one was topped with a bit of old kitchen work top the other 5mm steel plate  Anyway get organised and get electrickery sorted Woodwork bench  Three double sockets above (with space above for small parts storage) and two below (beer fridge and compressor live below it) All the stuff that was on it got relocated to the welding bench  Then bolt the vice and grinder back on and cover it with curse word from the welding bench - 1 step forward two steps back  Then sort out the welding bench  Two double sockets above and two below plus one double under the edge of the welding area so I don't run cables for grinders and cutters over the work (plus an isolation switch for a weather proof socket outside in the garden)  Then I needed to run the cable thro up into the loft across the garage and round for a socket by the door to then join back into the consumer unit to make up the ring This proved problematic  Bloody wasps had been busy in the summer and they weren't keen on me running a wire thro their nest  Modern wast nest treatment is rubbish - 4 applications didn't make the stripey skinheads any less teritorial about their loft conversion Found an old tin and there was also some activity involving 140 psi - 3 m of 15mm copper pipe and 300 gr of ant powder Eventually it got removed  4 hoover bags full of dead wasps, nest and lavae  Ring main completed  Now I could start clearing out the car and getting everything into some sort of order |
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bstardchild
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Oct 27, 2020 13:47:55 GMT
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Finally after the electrics were finished there could go in the bin  So now some items could be relocated Angry grinders and consumables - makes sense to have them near the welding bench  Garage is plaster boarded below the roof trusses and loft boarded above with insulation between the two so it's cool in summer but in winter it does need a little heat to get it to a comfortable working temp (12-16 is what I like) - heater (currently in the car) will go where the angry grinders used to be out of the way by the door but as it's a floor standing version I needed to wall mount it.  But first I needed to move other power tools from floor to wall First hanger (22mm box)  For a chop saw  I'd already made a wall bracket for the bigger chop saw but never painted it (it's funny you buy one that you think will do what you need and then you find it's not quite big enough so you buy a bigger one then you have chop saws everywhere) Then I needed some storage for steel, copper/plastic pipe and wood  Then it all needs painting with red oxide (these activities take place after the 10pm noise curfew I have agreed with the neighbours)  then the heater hanger  Then it all needs top coat - colour was what I had  Next job get it all on the wall Project car is getting emptier.......... I can see a floor on one side  It was at one stage buried  |
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bstardchild
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Oct 27, 2020 13:57:41 GMT
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One of the reasons for the 16 amp welding sockets is I need to make a chassis table for the mongrel I have 2 5m lengths of this (offcut shown as example) it was scrap from work so it's only cost me time to fetch it  To weld stuff like this I need to turn the welder up to max - and it was running on a 13 amp plug and would blow blow the fuse on the top 2 settings I need to drop the cage in the car and as it's the only thing holding it together I need to have some support on the floorpan and chassis rails along most of it's length |
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Oct 27, 2020 16:25:19 GMT
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Liking your tool storage & leccy socket solutions. Very useful tips & inspiration, as I am currently clearing & tidying the tip that is my garage in preparation for getting it set up properly as a workshop.
Also, your experiences with the wasp nest reminded me of when we first fired up the laser cutter at work after school was allowed to reopen. The blocked filter light went mental, which has never happened before. It turned out that as it hadn't been run from March until the start of September, that wasps had decided that inside the vent on the exterior wall and the corresponding trunking was a nice place to built a nest. No issues with removal though as none were alive, possibly due to having been fumigated by the fumes from the laser cutter...
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bstardchild
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Oct 27, 2020 16:48:05 GMT
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Liking your tool storage & leccy socket solutions. Very useful tips & inspiration, as I am currently clearing & tidying the tip that is my garage in preparation for getting it set up properly as a workshop. I hate throwing anything away (it's always needed just after I have thrown it away) which means I always have too much stuff I am thinning stuff out slowly - I have a roll cab tool box but then I have 3 tool boxes of spare tools I have imperial sockets and I never use imperial so really should throw some of this stuff away Organising tools however to be wall hung just makes sense to me - if every thing has a place maybe I'll be disciplined into returning tools to places after use - instead of just dumping them where there is floor space Also, your experiences with the wasp nest reminded me of when we first fired up the laser cutter at work after school was allowed to reopen. The blocked filter light went mental, which has never happened before. It turned out that as it hadn't been run from March until the start of September, that wasps had decided that inside the vent on the exterior wall and the corresponding trunking was a nice place to built a nest. No issues with removal though as none were alive, possibly due to having been fumigated by the fumes from the laser cutter... Well it sounded faster than my experience with modern wasp nest destroyers that just made the nest look like an alpine resort for insects  |
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bstardchild
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Oct 29, 2020 11:00:50 GMT
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OK so progress report Heater up   Wood, Plastic and Copper store (Plus the big chop saw - it's bolted to a plate made of old decking so that it can be locked into a workmate - it's horrible to use if it's not fixed securely)  The little chopsaw that does a great job on steel added over the bench  I've run out of 22mm box so need to order some more for the next wall/ceiling hanging items (Loft access ladder, roof bars - bike rack for the car etc etc) Next job will be to see what's left in the car and maybe of the weather is half decent at the weekend - push it outside - cover with a tarp and run a diamond surfacer over the floor to take of the high spots and then give it a coat of paint. Also need to sort out my "weigh in" bins of copper, steel and alloy as they are all full and beside the car where I can't get to them easily |
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slater
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Chop saw hanger looks a good idea. They take up loads of room on a shelf.
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Neat solutions to clearing up the garage, will have to insist with SWMBO that our next house has a garage 😬 then i can steal the ideas!
Does this possibly mean we might get the pleasure of some big Opel progress soon? 🤞🏻
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bstardchild
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Neat solutions to clearing up the garage, will have to insist with SWMBO that our next house has a garage 😬 then i can steal the ideas! Does this possibly mean we might get the pleasure of some big Opel progress soon? 🤞🏻 That’s the plan - certainly getting closer although the garage isn’t fully sorted yet When it happens I’ll update the mongrel thread |
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Nice to see progress, I'm currently going through a similar but simpler process of reorganisation.
Bigger stuff isn't so bad but I have a cabinet with many drawers and I chuck bits and sockets and random tools in willy nilly. I have duplicates of some and some missing. I wondered the other day if actually it's better to buy a single professional socket set with tray liners so i know where everything should go and just give away what's left to a beginner without any tools...
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rob0r
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Brilliant stuff!! I love the grinders and chop saw storage, definitely nicking that for mine. I have that exact same chop saw which I actually on use on wood currently, it's one of my best ever purchases, total bargain.
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Nice work, looks well tidy. I’ll give it 3 months before it’s a dumping ground again if it’s owt like mine 😉
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bazzateer
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Nov 14, 2020 21:32:42 GMT
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Lots of wall space in my garage but too many signs etc on display so no room for hanging tools!
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bstardchild
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Nov 16, 2020 16:21:02 GMT
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Lots of wall space in my garage but too many signs etc on display so no room for hanging tools! I've only got 2 signs and neither of them are on the wall right now - hopefully be resolved this week |
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Nov 19, 2020 14:55:52 GMT
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When/if you get round to floor paint, i can recommend that Leyland stuff from Screwfix. Thin it with white spirit on first coat, then full strength second coat. I've scraped and dropped stuff on it and it hasn't marked or chipped. First garage floor paint i've come across thats held up.
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bstardchild
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Nov 19, 2020 21:30:31 GMT
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When/if you get round to floor paint, i can recommend that Leyland stuff from Screwfix. Thin it with white spirit on first coat, then full strength second coat. I've scraped and dropped stuff on it and it hasn't marked or chipped. First garage floor paint i've come across thats held up. I've had the tin of Leyland paint for about 2 years now.................... I think I've already said the floor is heavily stippled and loses paint very easily - I've bought a diamond surface grinding disc for an angle grinder to take the high spots off in the hope that reduces the lifting issue but the little bit I have done was really messy (the floor paint used last time was grey and since I did that I've replaced the up and over door with an insulated roller shutter door and it's been set back to make the opening as tall as possible but this meant the red pavers of the brick weave drive butted up against grey painted garage floor that has been revealed by the door change and it looked wrong) However I need a new dust mask before I do any more. I've made no progress on the garage for the last two weeks - other things have taken priority - had Mrs BC's cousin over from the USA staying with us and consequently having to self isolate (apart from visiting his sick mum in hospital) I have got 6.1 metres of 22mm box section as I'd run out so some more tool hangers and storage solutions are on the cards next It's looking like the next opportunity to do the floor is the Xmas break. Interesting that you thinned the first coat - I might have to try that as last time I didn't thin the paint at all |
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MiataMark
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Nov 22, 2020 10:58:22 GMT
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Interesting that you thinned the first coat - I might have to try that as last time I didn't thin the paint at all Instead of thinning the first coat you could try a coat of watered down PVA just to seal the surface. |
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Nov 22, 2020 19:46:03 GMT
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When/if you get round to floor paint, i can recommend that Leyland stuff from Screwfix. Thin it with white spirit on first coat, then full strength second coat. I've scraped and dropped stuff on it and it hasn't marked or chipped. First garage floor paint i've come across thats held up. I second this. Been very impressed. Definitely thin it for the first coat (mine was on unpainted concrete, and it soaked in nicely, meaning the second coat is really well stuck). |
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brc76
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Nov 23, 2020 15:13:53 GMT
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Every non-high volume solid epoxy paint here recommends a concrete etch first like Urea Monohydrochloride before paint. Not sure if that would help in this case?
Looking good by the way!
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bstardchild
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Nov 24, 2020 19:41:43 GMT
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I'm juggling garage improvement work with re-commissioning my 740 and we had one of Mrs BC's cousins from the USA for couple of weeks (due to a very poorly mum) so that didn't help progress Today I had plans for more storage solutions but that got screwed up Another one of Mrs BC's cousins has been visiting the hospital daily but been having a problem with his clutch (the clutch pedal end has a plastic part with a damper in it linked to the clutch master cyl and it fell apart so I put it back together and said order a new one as it's not going to last long - turns out there are non in the UK - not available as a separate part £140 with a new master cyl with a 2 month wait for delivery) It failed again so knowing he needed a reliable car - got him to drive it round Ripped all the broken bits out and fabricated a steel replacement to the same dimensions as the plastic part then fitted it Seems to be working fine Two trips to the recycling centre to get rid of rubbish and then an aborted trip to the scrap dealers who are not taking any scrap metals (due to the Rona) I have (from 30 years of house improvements and a pi key type attitude to non ferous metals) 5 kgs of Lead 10 kgs of Brass 15 kgs of Alloy 15 kgs of Copper (pipe and cable) These are all in 25 L drums with the tops cut off and they take up quite a lot of wall/floor space so time for it to go johnthesparky - do you get different rates for copper and brass or do you lump it all together? I did have 60 kgs of steel but that went in the scrap bin at the recycling centre after I found out that the scrap dealers weren't taking scrap |
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