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07-22-2019, 10:56 AM | #81 |
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Re: What are the must haves for you're shop?
Very interesting thread.
Sometimes I do forget to put tools back in a timely manner. So I could use a real life '50s calendar swim suit girl to help me with that, hand me a wrench when needed, laugh at my jokes, massage my shoulders and generally just give me a hand when needed. That's my perfect shop. |
07-22-2019, 09:24 PM | #82 |
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Our garage dreams.
I'd like a 6 or 8 car garage with a lift and most of what others have suggested. Paint booth would be nice and a separate room for woodworking tools. Radiant heat floor for the winter and if not a/c then a dehumidifier. And someone to make me clean up after I am finished working. |
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07-22-2019, 10:39 PM | #83 | |
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07-24-2019, 07:27 PM | #84 |
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07-24-2019, 07:39 PM | #85 |
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07-24-2019, 07:42 PM | #86 |
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07-24-2019, 07:59 PM | #87 |
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07-24-2019, 08:25 PM | #88 |
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07-24-2019, 09:22 PM | #89 |
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Hi rockfla; A good geologist to check for a possible sink hole. A spot welder. You guys must all be rich. The first engine I pulled, I was sixteen and I used a block and tackle attached to a stout branch of an apple tree at the edge of our driveway. I have a good two car garage with a ten foot ceiling and enough tools for me, so I don't have the experience with the high end stuff so many here do. Humidity control is very important. You've gotten plenty of great suggestions here, good luck, Craig PS That tree produced really good apples.
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07-27-2019, 08:40 PM | #91 |
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similar laws came into effect here over twenty years ago and can say that it was for the better as it forced anyone who wasnt trained out of the repair industry and stopped the dodgy fly by nights from shutting down only to open up again across the road .At no time did it stop you working on your car but it did make you responsible for what you did if any thing went wrong . Done and monitored wisely a good thing!
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07-27-2019, 09:06 PM | #92 |
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on second thoughts all you need is your partner in life to have a sense of humor and a bucket load of patience otherwise its all a waste of time
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07-27-2019, 09:39 PM | #93 |
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Robert,
A cabinet with every K.R. Wilson tool for the years of your cars and the cabinet itself one of those that KRW offered with all of the brackets on the doors, etc. just for keeping everything in its proper place. |
07-27-2019, 09:39 PM | #94 |
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What About A Vice?
A nice bench vice is the busiest tool in my shop. I have a wood vice at the big door, a multi axis vice at the bench, and a big Wilton. As a kid, a sears starter tool box, a bench grinder with a brush, a cheap vice, a strong bench. a tiny compressor from an antique refrigerator, and a floor jack did far more car work than my current setup. Energy of youth makes all the difference. Good Luck: Fred A
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07-27-2019, 09:50 PM | #95 | |
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07-27-2019, 10:46 PM | #96 |
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in my old shop, lost in a fire, i had an office area about 10x14 that i really miss in my new, smaller building. it was nice to have a "clean" room for manuals, computer, expensive parts, etc, to keep them away from grinder snot and paint dust
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07-27-2019, 11:32 PM | #97 |
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Maybe already mentioned in previous posts.
#1: girlie calendar #2: beer fridge #3: potty #4: paper towels and 409 #5: 6V battery charger #6: 110V AC outlet every 8 feet #7: stereo system #8: lock system so no one can come in and bother you... |
07-27-2019, 11:54 PM | #98 |
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We all like to joke around and we do get off topic.
But serious. Another thing that every shop needs is more square footage and shelves. Other then space, light, and a comfortable environment, tools are the best. I'll take great tools over most of the earlier. |
07-27-2019, 11:58 PM | #99 |
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After reading cas3's post above, it is apparent that all shops should be equipped with fire extinguishing gear, something I, and probably many of us, are all too blasé about....
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Good one. I have a few scattered around buildings. Sometimes even carry in my truck because. Very overlooked. Very important. . |
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