Originally Posted by Jack Olsen (Post 6473617)

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.

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/186/lift02lr.jpg



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.

Originally Posted by 911Texan (Post 6474129)

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!!!!

Originally Posted by syzygy (Post 6475552)

I read it somewhere about how the lights, but I forget exactly how he did it. Anyway, I believe he mounted a metal support beam across the garage, UNDER the raised door and hung the lights from that. This pic kinda shows it.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1325812240.jpg

Originally Posted by wildcat077 (Post 6475564)

Jack's garage looks more like an operating room ... lol
I would be too affraid to get anything dirty,although i will admit that i'm jealous :)

Originally Posted by Charlie V (Post 6475712)

When I built my bench I made the typical plywood boxes for the cabinets. Between the boxes I have 2x material from the floor. On top of this I made the bench top with 2x material on the flat along the entire length of the top. I believe it was 2x10 or 12. All this stuff was glued and screwed in place. I then covered it all with G1S plywood and painted it.

To protect the painted bench surface, I have large engineering drawings that I get from work. We throw these out once a project is finished - excuse me.....we recycle them. As the top sheet gets dirty, I just tear it off the set and there is a clean sheet to work on again.

The surface doesn't move and has been very durable - I can beat on it, rest heavy parts on it, stand on it, etc.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1325815895.jpg

Just added a computer. My dear loving wife tells me I could live out there now. I may need to some day. :D


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1325816145.jpg

Originally Posted by euro911sc (Post 5791711)

Dont underestimate the value of a good tool box as well as a good bench.

I used a 2" butcher block table that is mounted on to some steel table legs I got out of MSC. I mounted a shelf under the table as well as building a back wall. The back wall is peg board that I though I would use a lot, but it really turned into a place to hang stuff I dont use much. I mounted a Vise on the corner and used 14 Gage steel plate under the vise of a bit more support.

The table legs had outlet ports so I stuck outlets on them. I also put two 4 outlet boxes on either end of the table mounted to the back wall. In retrospect I should of hung those from the top shelf or mounted them 1/2 up the wall. Stuff on the bench blocks their use a lot of the time. I also have a switch and outlet combo. That one gets used a lot and the switch runs the lights over the bench.

My roller tool cabs are from harbor freight. They are really nice units actually. Much more sturdy than the craftsman/kobalt stuff I was looking at. If you time it right you can get them on sale and with a 20% coupon. They have held up well over the last 6 years of weekly if not daily use. The only thing that has failed is recently I noticed that the rubber on the casters has disintegrated/chipped off. One of these days I'll just remove the casters and scrape off all the rubber leaving the metal behind.

The tool box is great and works well in my compact work space. I have considered buying another set and moving all the tools into it as I do store non-automotive related tools on other boxes on shelves.

Oh yeah, the bench is not mounted to the wall. When I built it I thought I might be leaving in a year or two so I wanted to take it with me to my new domicile... that was 7 years ago LOL!

-michael

Originally Posted by not_hans_stuck (Post 6476989)

You're doing it wrong. Spend your money on the car, not on the garage.

;);););)

I use two 8' plastic folding tables from Sam's Club. They're too low for me so I put them on paint cans.

Originally Posted by 911Texan (Post 6477184)

I'm taking my prematurely issued garage trophy away from Jack and giving it to Not H for the two plastic folding tables on paint cans for benches. Winner, winner, cheap ass chicken dinner.

Not H, where do you jack the back of the 911 (remember, I'm NEW to this)? Yeah, I saw in Wayne's book that the tranny is acceptable if you roll up a pad of paper or rubber between. Is that what you do back there? But if I can't emulate Jacks ultimate-lift-table, I LOVE the simplicity of your ATD jack - GOOD CALL!!!

I passed on some wiring fixing last night because I didn't feel like jacking with (literally) the 911 to trace wires. I need a lazy man's lift/solution or I'll never get it all done. Flapper boxes arrived from Wayne an hour ago so I've got another reason to lift it this weekend too. :rolleyes:

Jack, you calculated the sag prior to welding!?!? I'll bet you measured twice and cut once too, huh? Grrrrr you burn me up. I'd have just built it square, tried to hang it, cursed when it sagged, reached for washers and shimmed the bottom bolt away from the wall until the horizontal arm was inside the bubble (yeah, I would level it - I'm not saying I'm not anal retentive like you, I'm just saying I'm not smart like you. ; )

Cake pans!? Cake pans!? I am an idiot. I would have bought industrial-looking fixtures at Lowes for $89. I am going to be a broke idiot if I don't wise up like you guys too!!!

- Rich