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11-27-2011, 08:47 PM
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| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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|  Harley's Workshop Build
I bought a house this summer. It has semi finished basement that has a perfect area for my RC workshop. I want a space to be able to work on all my stuff and stay organized. My wants: Clean and professional looking space TV and stereo Work benches Work benches Work benches Good lighting Photo booth Plumbed for air tools Enclosed area for my CNC mill Storage for all my parts and trucks Area able to function as a workshop for my motorcycles too Last edited by Harley; 11-27-2011 at 09:25 PM. |
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11-27-2011, 08:54 PM
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| 20K Club Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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I started by drawing up the floor plan. Currently the room functions as a laundry room and utility room. After drawing everything I drew up where I wanted to build the walls and then started on figuring out how layout the benches. The laundry room is also to function as a storage room for stuff not associated with RC (like I have much of that).  |
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11-27-2011, 09:01 PM
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| 20K Club Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Some starting shots of the area filled with boxes of RC parts and tools. I just piled it in after the move, knowing I would get to this project sooner than later. The old nasty bench will get ripped out.       |
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11-27-2011, 09:04 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Michigan
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Hit up Lowes and get some of those pre-fab counter tops for the Work benches. Get some Plano organizers for all the small stuff, for the bigger stuff I would get a cheap Harbor freight tool box. The plastic orginizers never seem to work right and all the drawers end up broken. Don't forget to make room for the mini fridge, shop stools, and the bikini girl calendar.....  |
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11-27-2011, 09:07 PM
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| 20K Club Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Construction time...  Making the laundry/storage room.   Some laminated paneling to box it in.  |
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11-27-2011, 09:08 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Crawlifornia
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Killer space man. NEEDS SOME ORANGE PAINT!!!!
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11-27-2011, 09:11 PM
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I have a 12 drawer Craftsman box I picked up this weekend for lots of that stuff. As far as organizers go, I have tons and will be buying many more! I forgot about the calendar though  | |
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11-27-2011, 09:11 PM
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11-27-2011, 09:16 PM
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Next was to create the utility room.   I decided to box in the utility room with peg board. This gives me organizing space AND airflow for the furnace and water heater.   The two rooms done for now. Pretty decent for a day's work.  |
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11-27-2011, 10:23 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Crawlifornia
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Good call on the pegboard. Being a propane service tech I have seen the negative effect that bad venting and combustion air can cause. God I need to buy my own place. |
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11-27-2011, 10:30 PM
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| www.ottsix.com Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
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I like white melamine for my bench tops...has a nice clean look to it.
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11-27-2011, 10:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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Looks like a great start Harley. |
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11-27-2011, 10:39 PM
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I am really looking forward to getting this space done. It will be the first time I will have a PROPER workshop. I have been using spare bedrooms in apartments for the last 5 years  My apartment when I moved to KC in 07  After I put a bench in the area  Disaster area of my spare bedroom workshop area  | |
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11-27-2011, 10:40 PM
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11-27-2011, 11:10 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: pullin somebody else out of a mud hole
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lookin good josh . now i wish i had a house
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11-27-2011, 11:15 PM
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11-27-2011, 11:39 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Georgetown, On
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looks good. in the summer i can get away with my garage shop bench, but during the winter its my tv stand in my bedroom. thankfully i sold some cars so i have space and down to 3 crawlers.
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11-27-2011, 11:49 PM
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Now I can finally see myself investing in more tools and such too. | |
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11-28-2011, 05:56 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Centertown,TN
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Lookin' good Harley. Keep up the good work!
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11-28-2011, 06:17 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit
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Great progress so far. Quote:
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