Building my garage / workshop (56k death)

[DIMford]

This is an amazing project. I wish I could build a garage this awesome. Good Job.

[jalaan1]

Originally Posted by marko138

Love the bench top. Looks great.

Originally Posted by DIMford

This is an amazing project. I wish I could build a garage this awesome. Good Job.

agreed!!!!

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by marko138

Love the bench top. Looks great.

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

Looks pimp! you should have taken a pic of your bike and put it in there too...

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Your craftmenship is GREAT!! And great thinking outside the box.

Originally Posted by DIMford

This is an amazing project. I wish I could build a garage this awesome. Good Job.

Originally Posted by jalaan1

agreed!!!!

Wow thanks guys

I think I'm going to put another coat on this weekend to add some thickness. Then when it dries finish building that fucker.

[ceo012384]

I had some other obligations this weekend and some bike work so I only did a few garage things.


I Threw a couple more stickers on the workbench and then laid another coat of Super Glaze down. I figure since this is a workbench it's going to get beat up pretty badly... the extra thickness of glaze should help.

Last time I didn't cover it during curing which I didn't think was a big deal, but when little bits of dust touch down in the first few hours after application the dust itself isn't visible but it makes a very visible indentation due to the high surface tension of the liquid. So pouring and spreading the new coat filled all those imperfections, and then I hung a sheet over it to prevent it from happening again (hopefully).





I ordered some swivel leveling feet from Grainger that will go in the bottom of the 4x4s that will serve as two of the legs for the workbench.



A couple photos I picked up arrived. I'm going to get some frames for them and hang them up. One is Valentino Rossi leading Jorge Lorenzo and Nicky Hayden from the 2008 MotoGP race in Laguna Seca CA. The other is a print of an autographed photo of the king of smooth himself, Kenny Roberts.

[ceo012384]

So this weekend I was going to do some work on the bike but decided to backburner it in favor of getting my workbench built. I want to get the garage more organized and get my tools all where I want them, and the workbench is a big step in getting there.

I mounted the workbench top to two 4x4's with 4 lag bolts each, countersunk into the benchtop and then I used the little bit of superglaze I had left to coat those holes.

I mounted the Ikea kitchen base cabinet to the workbench and then used some 1x3 strapping to add some stability to the legs. The adjustable swivel feet I showed before went into the bottoms of the legs and work great.

Next time I go out there I'll grab some bolts and mount my vice to the table since the superglaze will be dry by then.

Here she is, all done except for the vice.







I swept the garage up and now I just need to get all my tools in order and utilize all my chest/drawer space more efficiently.



I also keep forgetting to install the network cable outlet I bought... that way I can have a laptop at the workbench. Need a bench stool too.

Regardless, the garage is now in a state that will allow for lots of work to be done on the bike this winter in preparation for getting it ready for me to race it

[Gas Man]

Looks great man. Why network cable vs wireless router?

Get one of those bike seat stools.

[DLIT]

A little centering of the gigantic R6 poster would be nice. I'm surprised your OCD ass didn't center it ages ago.

Edit: Didn't see the outlet.