Shop build

StormVet · Sep 15, 2018

Almost done with the shop. Can you guys post some pictures of your work area including your cabinets and storage areas. Even post your welding set ups. Gotta come up with a plan for mine. 40x60, 1st bay is where my boat will be setting. 2nd bay is the work area. Give me some ideas of what to do. Thanks

kydick · Sep 15, 2018

most important is to have plenty of lights electrical plug ins and air lines through out the shop.

ultrarunner · Sep 16, 2018

Looks real nice... bet you will have it weather tight just in time.

Is the bump out an entrance or office or wash up room?

4570Man · Sep 16, 2018

One thing I’d like to have but don’t is a covered area to load/unload in the rain.

davedj1 · Sep 16, 2018

Nice shop, I'm jealous!
Unless there is an interior wall to the right of the second bay (or to the left) you may have to have the tool boxes become the wall and add electrical drops from the ceiling. I would prefer a corner area for tool boxes and benches etc.

ultrarunner · Sep 16, 2018

One of the nicest shops I have ever been in was 40' wide x 88'... it had a large gable end center door with equipment driven down the center aisle and parked at an angle...

It was clever because any vehicle could be taken out without having to move another... it was filled with antique tractors and cars... with outlets every 12' down the walls for chargers and such.

EddieWalker · Sep 16, 2018

Looks very well thought out. I put in flourecent lights in mine and will never do that again. That was before all the LED options came out.

Welder and Air Compressor are on their own breakers.

Lots of outdoor lighting. It's amazing how quickly it gets dark in winter and how there is never enough light out there when you need it.

I have an outdoor line for my air compressor that gets used more then the indoor line

I only have one outside water spicket. Two would be better.

A sink is invaluable. Even if it's only cold water, it's a must have!!!!

I have two work benches. A metal one close to my roll up door that I do all my welding on. I actually do most of everything on that bench. It's ten feet long. Then I have a low spot for my chop saw so wood that I'm cutting sit level on the work benches. Then I have a wood work bench on the right of the chop saw that is farther inside my shop. This allows me to cut just about any length of material on the chop saw easily.

All my shelves are open. No doors. You can see what's up there at a glance. I also store stuff in five gallon buckets, and I mark on the bucket whats in there in black marker. Same with my tool boxes, they are all marked so you can see which one is what at a glance.

This has worked out very well for me, and when I build my barn, this is what I will do in there too.

Jeepnford · Sep 16, 2018

When I built my shop I put our old kitchen cabinets in it left over from a house remodeling project. I have now taken out 90% of them. Space eating junk catchers as far as I'm concerned. A friend had a large shop built. He goes to auctions quite a bit and is always on the lookout for 10 or 12 gauge extension cords. He then hangs them on hooks scattered throughout the building so he's not endlessly
dragging cords from one end to the other.

StormVet · Sep 16, 2018

EddieWalker said:
Looks very well thought out. I put in flourecent lights in mine and will never do that again. That was before all the LED options came out.

Welder and Air Compressor are on their own breakers.

Lots of outdoor lighting. It's amazing how quickly it gets dark in winter and how there is never enough light out there when you need it.

I have an outdoor line for my air compressor that gets used more then the indoor line

I only have one outside water spicket. Two would be better.

A sink is invaluable. Even if it's only cold water, it's a must have!!!!

I have two work benches. A metal one close to my roll up door that I do all my welding on. I actually do most of everything on that bench. It's ten feet long. Then I have a low spot for my chop saw so wood that I'm cutting sit level on the work benches. Then I have a wood work bench on the right of the chop saw that is farther inside my shop. This allows me to cut just about any length of material on the chop saw easily.

All my shelves are open. No doors. You can see what's up there at a glance. I also store stuff in five gallon buckets, and I mark on the bucket whats in there in black marker. Same with my tool boxes, they are all marked so you can see which one is what at a glance.

This has worked out very well for me, and when I build my barn, this is what I will do in there too.

Thanks lots of good info.

newbury · Sep 16, 2018

Get storage for "stuff" off the floor.

I'm a big fan of pallet racks.

They'll hold a ton or two, can be put together and taken apart relatively easily and often can be gotten cheaply.

Tinkertoys for the big boy.

I generally put the first shelf so it's at a convenient workbench working height, then go up several feet for the next shelf. But I've set up some so I can roll my tool chests under them.