And my only heat in a Michigan Garagehttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1295917907.jpg

What do u guys do to manage the dust? I find it's a constant battle. If you leave your car in this dust for long periods whilst tackling big projects it really does eat into your paintwork. The arches on my mates 993 stored in my garage were like sandpaper.

I was thinking of installing a split system for the heating / cooling functions as well as the filtering.... Any thoughts

Car rolls out, car rolls back in. Plus I have many, many car covers...

FWIW, the consensus among many users is that the HF right angle grinders are a best buy. However, the versions with a paddle switch can be hazardous. There are reports of the tool accidentally energizing when laid on the bench incorrectly. An abrasive wheel at 12K rpm is not kind to human flesh and bone.

Reminder: Heavy gloves and eye protection are recommended.

Sherwood

I agree, Sherwood. Although I never had a paddle-switch HF grinder.

I've since replaced all of mine (and then some) with slowly-acquired (and then repaired) second-hand Metabos. I got carried away, I guess, and now I've got seven of them (a nine-inch, two six-inchers, and four 4-1/2-inchers)

Added bonus: they're green. :)

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I've been using them this morning, since I'm building -- and this gets the thread back on track -- a new workbench.

Finished this week, a re-painted and reupholstered chair, since this bench will have a sitting area:

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/3720/chairfront.jpg

An oak top:

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And the beginnings of the drawers for underneath:

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I have had that happen with an older Black & Decker angle grinder. Have on occasion laid the tool a little to roughly, maybe on another tool etc... and zing off it goes...

Fun stuff ;)

This is just a guess but I bet your sock drawer(s) is organized too!

Jack: Lawn mower, rakes, trash cans, weed sprayer, ladders, leaf blower, bikes, folding chairs, etc.

where?

Looks really amazing...

Sock drawer is a mess. I'm both messy and a hoarder by nature. The garage is uncharacteristic.

Thanks. I built a shed to hold that stuff -- and my welders, chemicals, toys, boxes of crap and other stuff.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1237949295.jpg

These guys make a good product for DIY benches. Used them a bunch.


http://www.strongtie.com/DIY/projects.html



The bench below was put together 12 years ago with a dresser left behind when we moved in, spare 2x4s and scrap particle board. The dresser drawers could probably hold one of Jack's anvils they are so sturdy.



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Great thread, guys. Timely too. Planning a 660 sq ft garage expansion for my 'new' Carrera so i can have space to work on her. I hope I can contribute ideas in due time. Jack wins. Mostly because he got through this who thread without showing whats below his tile floor in that shop. I must emulate him. I hate him. I want to be him. - Rich

steam bent plywood for the shed's roof, Jack?

You mean this? :cool:

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5376/carupleftlr.jpg

It actually functions as an additional (and height-adjustable) work bench. But it's covered with tile, so most of the time you wouldn't know it's there.

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I just bent 1/2" OSB. But the arc was too tight for the smaller one. I snapped (and ruined) a sheet of OSB -- and then went out and bought two layers' worth of 1/4" plywood.

It was an impulsive decision to build it. I'd gotten a $500 Home Depot gift card unexpectedly. The two arcs correspond to a dinner plate and a salad plate that were handy when I sketched the idea out on graph paper.

Jack, your garage is awesome! One question, is there something you put on top of the lift which the car rests on? I can't really tell from the pic. Apologies if this was addressed somewhere else.

Thanks.

I have rubber blocks to use for my other cars. But for the 911, I originally just put a 3/4" thick 48x48 pad down (it was flooring from a playroom for the kid, which he outgrew).

But then I re-did the underbelly cover for the car, and -- in order to make it flatter from front axle to rear, I realized I had to add some kind of filler -- which became the same rubber padding I'd been using.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1323038726.jpg

So now there's padding between a sheet of thin aluminum and the belly pan of the car -- and I don't have to put anything down at all in order to lift the car. It's pretty much the easiest-to-use lift that ever existed. As long as it's parked in its spot, I just hit the 'raise' button and the car goes up.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1321129811.jpg

It would probably be fine to use without any padding at all on a car that doesn't use an underbelly pan like mine. But I haven't tried it. The tiles are very tough.

well done, Jack -- I see you have a penchant for green...

When I was looking for a good top for one of my workbenches, I happened to wander through the plywood area of H.D. What I found were 4X8, T&G sheets of subflooring plywood that were 1 1/8 in. thick. Bought one for $35 (I think) & it made a great work top cut to fit.

That might have been some time ago. Last I checked, a 5/8" 4x8' sheet is currently around that price.

Sherwood

Actually that was about 4 months ago. I don't remember the exact price, but $35+ is in the ball park. I was surprised at the time it didn't cost more.

I knew I could flush it out of ya, Jack. Now, I almost called "Photoshop!" the first time I saw the lift photos in the other/first thread because I cannot conceive of how you have lights BELOW your lifted garage door - a riddle I'd really like to solve in my own garage. What'dja do? Maybe I missed it in the other thread (or here), but elaborate when able, please. - Rich (I still hate your ___ tho : ) I gotta find one of those lift tables!!!!