11-01-2012, 02:40 PM | #1 |
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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| The Shop Build
I decided I needed a place to shoot pics for my body work and my for sale threads. Now Im no where near the level that some of these guys are on when it comes to buildings and what not. But heres my attempt at it. Hope you enjoy. Every good shop needs a floor jack. I built this out of styrene and shrink wrap. complete with castors and a foot pedal. I needed a work bench, so I went to Hobby Lobby and picked up a few things. I also started on the entry door. A little glue and I had a workbench. But I cant stand up and mess up, I mean fix the bodies. I needed a hobby bench. I picked up these scale glass jars, and out some small pieces of wire, zip ties and solder in them for looks. Shes starting to come together. A few more scale stuff here and there to complete to look. The door is done, and the shop needs a mascot. So I brought in "Chopper" to supervise the hoodlums working here. I also made a hook on the wall and a airhose with a brass fitting on the end. And here is how it sets as of now. Ive got a cast, scale toolbox coming for it. Other plans include a welder, air compressor and a cherry picker. Im sure other ideas will come up here and there too. So what do you guys think? Last edited by THX_138; 12-20-2014 at 01:18 AM. |
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11-01-2012, 02:48 PM | #2 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: strawtown
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gotta love these shop builds. keep up the good work |
11-01-2012, 02:51 PM | #3 |
Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Woodbridge
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Cool, looks like something you would find on garage journal.
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11-01-2012, 11:58 PM | #4 |
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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| Re: The Shop Build Thanks Thanks. Im going for the old Hot Rod theme. I may do the chairail down in bright red, not sure yet on the walls. Thank you I started working on a welder, welding helmet and a angle grinder. The welder has a cart with a shelf for the helmet and a holster type loop for the welding wand itself. Cooling vents on the back |
11-02-2012, 01:12 AM | #5 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Roxborough, CO
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Wow - this is great! |
11-02-2012, 05:53 AM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit
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Never been a diorama/garage builder, but I can sure appreciate the time and efforts you guys put into these things. Great work and keep the progress coming!
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11-02-2012, 06:08 AM | #7 |
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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thanks guys. BTW, the front legs on the welder cart are bent outwards on purpose. Just thought Id throw that out there, lol.
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11-02-2012, 09:30 AM | #8 |
No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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I wish I had the room to build something like this. I too could use a good backdrop for photos and "for sale" items, but I think my girlfriend would leave me if she came down to the basement, and saw me building something like this Nice job so far...looking forward to seeing more |
11-02-2012, 12:31 PM | #9 |
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Thanks CHUD. This takes up roughly 3.5 ft by 2 ft. It has a relatively small footprint. I needed to keep it compact due to lack of space. But the big pay off is the profesional look you get in the pics taken. Plus its a nice break from trying to scale out a truck. Its alot easier to find/make items for a garage. |
11-04-2012, 04:56 PM | #10 |
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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Ive been working on a welding helmet and welder. I got my tool box in too. It has two opening drawers, real castors and is very 1:1 IMO. My welder and cart are almost done. Ive just got to make the leads. |
11-05-2012, 07:28 AM | #11 |
Fan of wheelspeed Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Southern IN
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Here are a couple of progress pics of my welder. Ive still got to make the leads yet, but you get the idea. |
11-05-2012, 09:16 AM | #12 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Forbestown, CA
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I notice your shop has no light switches or plugs that work crazy shop btw! love it
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11-05-2012, 09:32 AM | #13 |
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11-05-2012, 04:07 PM | #14 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SLC
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Shouldn't your welder be a Miller? I thought all Lincoln's were Red and Miller's were blue
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11-05-2012, 04:42 PM | #15 |
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| Re: The Shop Build Nope, my welder is a blue Lincoln, lol. Nah, On this type of stuff, I just have fun with it. Im not trying to perfectly recreate a 1:1 welder, floor jack, etc. I get a notion to make a welder from scratch and I build it how I want it to look. I dont research different types or anything. I definately could, dont get me wrong. If I had a customer ask for a certain look, welder, jack or what ever, I can pull it off But for little stuff like this that I make out of scraps for my "shop", Im not that picky.
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11-05-2012, 10:27 PM | #16 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Rhode Island
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Good stuff. The photos look great and makes a perfect backdrop for your JK build thread. How about a scale laptop/desktop with a monitor screenshot of the RCC website showing the shop! |
11-06-2012, 09:26 AM | #17 |
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11-06-2012, 04:34 PM | #18 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Rhode Island
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Hey - just thinking out loud last night - living vicariously thru your project. But it would be cool to have a big flatscreen monitor hanging on the wall with interchangable screenshots. Seriously, I need to get off my ass and build my own shop like this. You've got me thinking. |
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11-06-2012, 06:15 PM | #20 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Roxborough, CO
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| Re: The Shop Build Looking great! Out of curiosity - what type of adhesive do you use with the smaller styrene like on your welder? I use ambroid and it seems to aggressive with smaller bits - but that could just be me not knowing how to use it right on the smaller stuff - still learning lots on this. Thanks! |
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