My dream shop :)

[ironheart_ram]

i saw this workshop in the net and i cant help thinking to have shop as neat as this one someday...hope to see yours too

.

[Kevin Morin]

ironheart_ram,
any place that I can work is a dream, I'm not very concerned with cleaning up- as much as the work I produce.

shops a mess, typical of me but the piece came out OK.
7'4" tall slab of maple 4" thick 5' wide with all four grain figures in one piece. Not metal- but not a clean shop either.


I know that a clean shop makes for nice working conditions but I'm always just focused on the work, I clean up in the spring and the fall but not so often the rest of the year!

The shop also makes a little metal work now and then.


This 25' offshore, walkaround is about to get the cabin and to celebrate we cleaned the shop!



But its usually kind of focused on the work, I'm just not a very good house keeper. I know I should but I would rather just work on the 'main thing'. [character flaw I'm pretty sure.]

I 'know I should' but I always seem to find something more interesting to do, so I clean up when I can't find things but I got a good memory for tool location so ... well you can see I'm not winning any house keeping awards!

Cheers,
Kevin Morin

[ironheart_ram]

Originally Posted by Kevin Morin

ironheart_ram,
any place that I can work is a dream, I'm not very concerned with cleaning up- as much as the work I produce.

shops a mess, typical of me but the piece came out OK.
7'4" tall slab of maple 4" thick 5' wide with all four grain figures in one piece. Not metal- but not a clean shop either.

Hi Kevin,thanks for sharing me the photos of your shop and works...i can relate easy cos i dont have a very neat and organise shop neither...i love your works specially that carving artworks and oh my god--the boat.....i really really want to have a boat thanks again for sharing.

cheers,
MARIO

[MikeGyver]

Here's mine.

[woi2ld]

here's one of mine

[app-ironworksllc]

Here's my dream shop.



I'd show you the inside but it's always a mess.

[P-J]

Been in the process of building mine this year and outfitting it It's been along time coming.

[Reebs]

MikeGyver
Is that picture from Akron Ohio? I have never seen that picture before.

[zeke]

Originally Posted by MikeGyver

Here's mine.

I've been inside. People say the buildings are so big that they have their weather system.


Seriously.

Anyway, the are so big that you could have drag races in them in Canada during the winter.

[Jack Olsen]

Hard for me to resist this kind of thread. I spent a lot of time getting my little garage to where it could be useful as a shop that I could mess up and then get back to clean in a short amount of time.

Since I'm just a weekender when it comes to fabrication, carpentry and car work, I can keep it clean more often than it's a mess.

It's clean for the pictures, at least.



















But it gets messy, for long stretches:



Ten days ago, I learned how to make a website and made one for the garage. So if you want to take a little tour...

http://www.12-gaugegarage.com

[tig_21]

Jack your shop is by far one of the coolest ones i've seen. Great job man!

[ironheart_ram]

Originally Posted by Jack Olsen

Hard for me to resist this kind of thread. I spent a lot of time getting my little garage to where it could be useful as a shop that I could mess up and then get back to clean in a short amount of time.

Since I'm just a weekender when it comes to fabrication, carpentry and car work, I can keep it clean more often than it's a mess.

It's clean for the pictures, at least.

HI Jack...saw your website and i was so thrilled to see your work shop upclose.i love it.everything is in order and organize...when i get lucky and hit the lotto jackpot here i'll definitely build a shop exactly like that .there is no bed hidden there somewhere right ?LOL...i would love to see one :thanks for sharing Jack.really appreciate it.


MARIO

[joebie]

Originally Posted by Jack Olsen

Hard for me to resist this kind of thread. I spent a lot of time getting my little garage to where it could be useful as a shop that I could mess up and then get back to clean in a short amount of time.

Since I'm just a weekender when it comes to fabrication, carpentry and car work, I can keep it clean more often than it's a mess.

It's clean for the pictures, at least.



But it gets messy, for long stretches:



Ten days ago, I learned how to make a website and made one for the garage. So if you want to take a little tour...

http://www.12-gaugegarage.com

Um your shop, and that Porsche make me feel ... funny.

LOL.

So. Hot.
My uncle had a 1986 911 930... TT. One of the faster cars I had ever ridden in at the time, as it had been modified. Such a great feeling car, too bad I wasn't old enough to drive it

[DieselDon16]

P-J, Nice Duramax. Is that a 4th Gen Cummins in the background? (Im a Cummins guy Myself)

[Jimmy_pop]

Jack!!! That is soo pimp. Leno would be jealous.

[Coupebuilder]

Wow, great setup....in floor lift is very well thought out and great idea. However, IMHO there is defintely something very wrong with a shop that every horizontal surface is free of clutter lol. We are going to make all our new welding/fab tables with an arched top so nothing can be set on them.....

[Jack Olsen]

Originally Posted by tig_21

Jack your shop is by far one of the coolest ones i've seen. Great job man!

Originally Posted by Jimmy_pop

Jack!!! That is soo pimp. Leno would be jealous.

Originally Posted by Coupebuilder

Wow, great setup....in floor lift is very well thought out and great idea. However, IMHO there is defintely something very wrong with a shop that every horizontal surface is free of clutter lol. We are going to make all our new welding/fab tables with an arched top so nothing can be set on them.....

Thanks!
Coupebuilder, you can see some of it in the last picture. But even with 10 work benches in a 20x22 garage, every surface was completely covered by the time that engine rebuild (and suspension refresh) was done. Still, the place cleaned up in an hour or so. Everything's got a designated place.

It's odd. In the rest of my life, there's a perpetual state of messiness -- lots of projects, a toddler and a newborn, not enough storage space, not enough time in the day; you just can't fight it all and win. But I usually keep the garage pretty clean. It's the one small victory.

[Mick120]

My humble playpen...........on a clean day....

[sqznby]

Jack,
Great looking garage, by far the slickest one Ive seen, especially with that lift.
That Porsche is abasolutely amazing. Beautiful car.
Great site to.

[BD1]

Originally Posted by sqznby

Jack,
Great looking garage, by far the slickest one Ive seen, especially with that lift.
That Porsche is abasolutely amazing. Beautiful car.
Great site to.

TIMES 2 ! Absolute awesome JACK. If your garage looks like this I can't imagine what the inside of your house is like. I bet you have a rack for each toothpick ! You inspire me to get mine clean but it doesn't last.

[ed mac]

my dream shop. i would have a person doing sales, a engineer,shop foreman
and have 20 employees that i could pay them a good salarie

[37ford4dr]

well it seems to go through many gyrations...

[rabidchimp]

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I've got the same bike in my shop. Workin' on it for a buddy. Same paint scheme too! 74CB450. Sorry ' bout the thread jack!
-Aaron

[Shopclass]

All very cool.

I believe MikeGyver's pic is one of the Tustin CA hangars. Originally set up for dirigibles but then used as MCAS Tustin. A Marine helo base. You could fly CH-47s in and out of them like putting your car in the garage.

Jack O. Very nice.

[Stick-man]

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