Author Topic: Lets see a photo of your SHOP! (Read 199341 times)

dave500 · « **Reply #775 on:** October 28, 2017, 02:28:09 AM »

that wee flag is just the way we like it thanks scunny!ive got another one too big to hang plus its real clean and a shame to soil it in the shed.

Stev-o · « **Reply #776 on:** November 02, 2017, 12:26:27 PM »

Did a little makeover of one side of my shop, here is the before, looks quite disorganised, especially all of the wife's crap...

Bought these cabinets for $50, they came out of a dentist's office. It offers a lot more storage and we were able to get it organized and behind closed doors...

CycleRanger · « **Reply #777 on:** November 02, 2017, 12:30:50 PM »

Quote from: Stev-o on November 02, 2017, 12:26:27 PM

Did a little makeover of one side of my shop, here is the before, looks quite disorganized, especially all of the wife's crap.. (LOL)

Bought these cabinets for $50, they came out of a dentist's office. It offers a lot more storage and we were able to get it organized and behind closed doors...

Nice cabinets! Good score!

Stev-o · « **Reply #778 on:** November 02, 2017, 12:50:40 PM »

Quote from: CycleRanger on November 02, 2017, 12:30:50 PM

Quote from: Stev-o on November 02, 2017, 12:26:27 PM
Did a little makeover of one side of my shop, here is the before, looks quite disorganized, especially all of the wife's crap.. (LOL)

Bought these cabinets for $50, they came out of a dentist's office. It offers a lot more storage and we were able to get it organized and behind closed doors...

Nice cabinets! Good score!

Yeah, thanks.

And not done yet, have 1 more cabinet to install this weekend and then reorganize the other side.

dave500 · « **Reply #779 on:** November 02, 2017, 12:52:23 PM »

nice n neat steveo,didnt know your wife had so much bike stuff?

Stev-o · « **Reply #780 on:** November 02, 2017, 12:59:03 PM »

Quote from: dave500 on November 02, 2017, 12:52:23 PM

nice n neat steveo,didnt know your wife had so much bike stuff?

She has no bike stuff, Dave...just a bunch of worthless crap taking up room!

It's funny, I want to trash her stuff and she wants to trash mine!!

dave500 · « **Reply #781 on:** November 02, 2017, 11:20:26 PM »

yeah I don't like old stored paper and clothing/plastic bags,if your grinding a spark can sit hidden and smolder till you've packed up tools and then a fire starts up later even hours afterwards?i hope everyone has an extinguisher handy for hopefully never to be used,i got a couple in the shed and house garage.

gwallis · « **Reply #782 on:** November 03, 2017, 07:12:59 AM »

Well... this is one of my first post to this forum and I love seeing all the 'shops'.

Moved into a new house last year and it has a 2.5 attached garage and a 2.5 detached garage... which is my shop now. His and Her's garages makes for a good marriage!

Calaya · « **Reply #783 on:** November 03, 2017, 09:09:28 AM »

I wanted something that was nice enough to hang out in but that I could still do work in. With the 1981 Honda CB650 rebuild the floor now has a few oil stains on it but this what it looked like shortly after I finished it.

Gurp · « **Reply #784 on:** August 21, 2018, 12:01:16 PM »

Interested to see and hear about our members workshops!
I'll go first
Im working out of a 8x12 shed with a 10x12 addition coming soon

When i need alittle qelding fornthe time being i work in my GFs dads garage. Its like 20 by 40 but its full almost to the brim.

What about you guys?

SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan · « **Reply #785 on:** August 21, 2018, 02:31:01 PM »

My storage unit, my side of a 2-car garage and my buddy's motorcycle shop -- depending on space and availability. We are not all as fortunate as Bryan aka Blacbikes who has the most ridiculous home-hot-rod shop at his disposal.

jakec · « **Reply #786 on:** August 21, 2018, 03:07:42 PM »

I work in the parking garage in my apartment building. Downside is less security.. but on the other hand I have about 5,000 SF to work with!

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #787 on:** August 21, 2018, 04:11:11 PM »

I feel really fortunate about the space that I occupy...me and 3 friends split the ridiculously cheap rent of a big ass old factory building...one of the few benefits of living in the midwest post industrial rust belt. But all that is rusty does not crumble, so to speak. I end up filling all my voluminous space and have just as little room to work as you guys in the shed.

KIMG0208 by Sean Barney, on Flickr

KIMG0172 by Sean Barney, on Flickr

Every so often though it gets cleaned out before a party and after

KIMG0130 by Sean Barney, on Flickr

KIMG0126 by Sean Barney, on Flickr

KIMG0125 by Sean Barney, on Flickr

KIMG0124 by Sean Barney, on Flickr

KIMG0123 by Sean Barney, on Flickr
party time!

KIMG0120 by Sean Barney, on Flickr

MoMo · « **Reply #788 on:** August 21, 2018, 04:36:51 PM »

^^^one always expands to space provided, one of those rules of nature

...Larry nice space BTW

jakec · « **Reply #789 on:** August 21, 2018, 04:52:57 PM »

That gold 750 looks pretty cool. That space is so large I would probably just live in it if I were you. Looks cool. With so many projects, how do you decide what to work on?

Gurp · « **Reply #790 on:** August 21, 2018, 06:35:02 PM »

Have to say I am quite jealous of that awesome space and all those cool projects. I just spent two and a half hours outside pulling Nails out of used lumber for my addition. The advantage of used lumber is well I got it free the disadvantage is pulling all these freaking Nails LOL

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #791 on:** August 21, 2018, 07:54:26 PM »

Hey guys don't forget I have been shareing that space with 3 other like minded guys for 6 years or so, one of which who does live in an apartment in that building. I spend the bulk of my free time there when I am not riding. And I am totally not trying to flaunt my riches or anything, just trying to show what can be had in the real-estate depressed mid-west. I am 47 now and I have worked since I was 12 years old and only in the last 5 years or so have I had the income to make rapid progress on my projects, so I know how hard it is to be young and a gearhead.

Jake, the gold 750 is the first sohc4 I ever owned. I have owned it for about 10 years now. It's on it's second total overhaul and it's third engine since I have had it. It has not had a working odometer for much of that time but I am confident I have ridden it well over 100,000 miles. Not very good at keeping up on build threads but here it is...
forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,80592.msg901995.html#msg901995

754 · « **Reply #792 on:** August 21, 2018, 09:20:45 PM »

Keep in mind where someone works now, May be a lot nicer than where they started off.
I been working in the driveway the last few years. .

scottly · « **Reply #793 on:** August 21, 2018, 09:42:38 PM »

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,3953.0.html

74cb750 · « **Reply #794 on:** August 22, 2018, 03:33:42 AM »

For 20 + years my workshop was outside in the driveway....

Last year I expanded my garage so I would have space to work on my bikes, not just have a place to store them. When the wife doesn't need to park her car in the garage (snow time) i have a 20 x 24 foot garage to work in w/ 2 work benches (one for me, one for my son).

Still fixing it up: had to move garage door from a side to the front, moved driveway, added 2 doors, 8 x 24 concrete pad added in garge and new rafters, windows, new metal roof, wiring, and now am insulating the half where I will be able to work on bikes in the cold months. Found some free 1/4 inch paneling / large boxes I cut up to use instead of sheetrock. Cheaper and won't have to worry about denting the walls with bikes, etc etc. nor worry about moisture so much. Also had extra cement so I added a 12 x 14 foot cement pad outside to work on the cars during the warm months, dug up tree stumps to move garage drive entrance (with help from the wife) using an axe, pickaxe, shovels and a lot of sweat.

Next up is painting the new floor, more lights, putting up "new" 150 year old garage doors, another window on 2nd floor, finish another 3 x 24 foot extention,insulation, etc etc.

Gurp · « **Reply #795 on:** August 22, 2018, 09:04:06 AM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on August 21, 2018, 07:54:26 PM

Hey guys don't forget I have been shareing that space with 3 other like minded guys for 6 years or so, one of which who does live in an apartment in that building. I spend the bulk of my free time there when I am not riding. And I am totally not trying to flaunt my riches or anything, just trying to show what can be had in the real-estate depressed mid-west. I am 47 now and I have worked since I was 12 years old and only in the last 5 years or so have I had the income to make rapid progress on my projects, so I know how hard it is to be young and a gearhead.

Jake, the gold 750 is the first sohc4 I ever owned. I have owned it for about 10 years now. It's on it's second total overhaul and it's third engine since I have had it. It has not had a working odometer for much of that time but I am confident I have ridden it well over 100,000 miles. Not very good at keeping up on build threads but here it is...
forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,80592.msg901995.html#msg901995

You say real estate depressed area... How much is rent on that building and what are the dimensions roughly?
I definitely wouldn't mind to be your buddy living in the apartment attached to the building right there attached to an awesome shop he must have a good bachelor life LOL

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #796 on:** August 22, 2018, 09:36:58 AM »

My share is $75 a month, the buddy with the apartment pays like $450? It's big but not even half of the whole building. The owner uses 3 quarters of the building. It's on a section of road that really goes nowhere, so very little traffic, so unregistered test rides and neighborhood dirt biking are no sweat lol.

Gurp · « **Reply #797 on:** August 22, 2018, 11:11:33 AM »

Sounds like a win win situation. Cheap rent and hell
75 bucks thats a large storage unit. Heck of a deal man!

Stev-o · « **Reply #798 on:** August 22, 2018, 03:15:07 PM »

I like that sign, Calaya...Manland!

Stev-o · « **Reply #799 on:** August 22, 2018, 03:15:43 PM »

Mine is a 3 car garage, but I know have two sports cars in there now as well as 8 bikes. I just roll one of the cars out and have plenty of room to wrench. Pics are in the thread that Scott posted...

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,3953.775.html

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Author Topic: Lets see a photo of your SHOP! (Read 199341 times)