4/75 Datsun 280Z; Leaf Green, CA market, 250K miles, Long Term Project 03/2023-

[HusseinHolland]

22 hours ago, SteveE said:

Looking good   Love it!

Steve

Thank you Steve. I'm retiring from my day job this summer, so I'll be spending much more of my day out there. I'm going to have to work my way around the rest of the garage eventually. 

Had to buy some shelving today - the ones I have left over from previous work were not deep enough for what I wanted on this side. Bought 15' of 1x12 to make the bottom 3, then used the old shelving to make the uppers. I spaced these wide so I can fit small parts storage bins (16-18" tall) on the elbow height shelf, and large tool cases under the bottom one. Trying to plan this out as carefully as possible. I always forget  to take in account something, same as working on the cars...

primed

I'm going to add a 1/4 round to protect myself from walking into these

Put the heat on in the garage so I could top coat the south wall shelving. Found I had 1/2 gallon of a medium grey left over from something. I haven't bothered with heat up to now, as I have the door open much of the time, going back & forth cutting wood, etc.,

Edited February 21 by HusseinHolland

[HusseinHolland]

Slow going today. I had to start hanging tools & moving chemicals, I just had no floor space to move around in. I wanted to get the press moved into the main floor, and I did eventually, however I had to juggle a whole bunch of crap to make the space, just to be able to maneuver it. 

I got side tracked figuring out the storage bin ideas for all the small stuff current dispersed in individual plastic trays in multiple locations. I bought 2 containers to try - and decided that instead of wasting shelf space it made more sense to suspend them on the West wall, where I was vacillating on adding additional shelves in line with the ones I already added. The conundrum for me was that the shelves would not be the same height on either side of the window, and that would bug the crap out of me DTR. 

Put a bunch of M3, M4, M5 & M6 riv-nuts, and screws of different types (counter sunk, pan head Phillips and Allen in rows from L-R. That calmed me down a bit 🤪

I've ordered another matching pair to put on the other side of the window. I will make sure the spacing and offset matches 😁

Chemicals and tools I had moved earlier in the day. Probably not their final testing place. These were all hanging on nails in the old West wall, along with about 15 pairs of pliers that I need to find the correct pegboard holder for. Many of these hangers are too long - it was cheaper to buy 100 6" than 3". I'll just cut down the ones that need to be shorter.

Finally clearing the shelves where the press needs to go

Cut the shelving, cleaned up the area, moved & levelled the press

After that I wrapped up with top coat on the west & north wall of the area

Feeling better now about how the day went by.

 

[siteunseen]

Fill it with Lume, kill the fire and no stinky smell. 

Edited February 22 by siteunseen

[HusseinHolland]

1 hour ago, siteunseen said:

Fill it with Lume, kill the fire and no stinky smell. 

Sorry, the joke is lost on me 

Only odds & ends today, moving stuff around & made a ramp to offset the 2" step for wheeling stuff in & out

Besides that I had to rebuild a caliper on my old Volvo. It was a reman I bought a couple years ago

[siteunseen]

20 hours ago, HusseinHolland said:

Sorry, the joke is lost on me.

I completely understand.

Main point is/was you need a good fire extinguisher. There's a lot of combustibles in a small space, looking at your pictures.

Edited February 23 by siteunseen

[HusseinHolland]

16 hours ago, siteunseen said:

I completely understand.

Main point is/was you need a good fire extinguisher. There's a lot of combustibles in a small space, looking at your pictures.

Got it. Yes, I do have a fire extinguisher in the garage, however I've never had to  use it, so it's probably time for a new one. At least now, they won't be so close to where I'm usually welding...

Only had a short time today, so I bought a 12' 1x10 board & made a storage shelf on the beam, so I have somewhere to stow the less used items I still need keep track of, vs. the stuff I put up above in storage & subsequently forget I own...

Added a support ledge 

All of the boxes on the lower half contain electrical connectors and terminals. No point putting them in the storage bins, there are too many variants 

Put up the storage bins on the left

So happy I got the pegboard 

Next I want to clear this wall, so I can make shelving more uniform, and maybe some more pegboard - I'm loving that stuff. It's already been useful. I feel like a kid in a candy store, can't believe it's taken me so many years to start properly organizing my tools & supplies. Much of what was here, is now in the back ,at least temporarily. 

There is also all this mess in the front to figure out - MIG, TIG, Plasma, Spot welder, Oxy/Acetylene, and the V8 drivetrain that needs to get installed in the pickup truck..

I also want to get rid of these shelving units on the North side (currently loaded with stuff that was on the other side) to make it easier to move the car in & out without occupying quite so much floorspace

 

 

Edited February 24 by HusseinHolland

[Patcon]

You got a lot in that space! Considering it's not very large

[HusseinHolland]

8 hours ago, Patcon said:

You got a lot in that space! Considering it's not very large

Thank you - the garage footprint is only inches over 18' sq. I'm used to constantly moving stuff around anytime I work on a project - that more than anything I'd like to reduce. Adding the 4' on the back helps immensely (given the scale) - moving forward I'm going to draw up plans to add on to the North wall, again, not much because I don't want it to be too obtrusive going in towards the house/deck. Even if I add just a single floor 6' additional width over the 18' depth, it would give me room to clear the main floor completely as a work space, which would be great, and it wouldn't overly impact the side yard. I still prefer to work on the cars outside if the weather permits, but much of late winter & early spring is either too cold or too wet... 

[Patcon]

6' doesn't sound like much but in 18' it's 30% and in a space that tight inches matter.

I love the feel of an organized shop! One day I might have one but I will probably have to be closer to retirement too.

[siteunseen]

@HusseinHolland What you've done is amazing. You should design the layout for the next Space Station. 

Just looking at your shop is like a museum, awe inspiring the way you make use of every available inch of space. 

Cliff

 

 

Edited February 24 by siteunseen

[HusseinHolland]

Small things again today. Primed some stuff inside, added some pegboard near the door, and since the sun was out the past couple days, the snow cleared outside. I started putting the siding up while I can, even if it was only 30ºF in the sun. Supposed to rain later in the week, so I'd like to get it done before then

 

 

[HusseinHolland]

It was in the 20's this morning, but the sun was out. I framed out the casing on the window, and got the rest of the siding up & primed before it was time to clean up for the day.

I cut the sill to 12º, and back-caulked everything.

Have to get done with the exterior soon, I'm tired of looking at the tarped wood pile