As many of you already know, a tornado last month dropped a big oak tree on the south roof / wall of my 30x40 powder coating shop. The damage was so extensive the insurance adjuster totaled it.
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The good news is that the check arrived on Friday and is supposed to be cleared by Wednesday, so the repairs can start very soon (whewwwww!).
The shop was fairly well organized -- Billy has one side for his projects / resto work and I have the other ....
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-- but there was MUCH room for improvement. That's where my FABO family comes in.
If you had the opportunity to start from scratch and build your Dream Shop, what would it include? I'm mainly looking at storage / organization options but feel free to add whatever strikes you; I'm sure there's lots of things that could prove to be beneficial that haven't occurred to me yet.
These are the fixtures I'm working with that are already here (you can see most of it in the third photo above):
7'x'4'x3' powder coating batch cure oven
Household oven
Mid-sized blast cabinet
8' x 4' work table
Spray rack
Large A-frame spray rack (motorcycle frames, rear ends, etc.)
Parts washer (rarely used)
Really crappy shelving (3 thin metal ones and one made out of 2x4s)
Upright inoperable freezer & fridge (powder / parts-in-progress storage)
Metal closet (blast cabinet accessories and miscellaneous storage)
There is a 16'x40' lean-to planned to go where the tree fell so Billy can store his Ford tractor, bush hog, sickle mower and projects that will also (hopefully) house a larger 8-foot blasting cabinet so that will free up a lot of extra space in the shop. How would ya'll fill up that extra space?
You have $15,000 in FABO money to play with. :-D Thanks in advance for sharing your dreams with me.
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The good news is that the check arrived on Friday and is supposed to be cleared by Wednesday, so the repairs can start very soon (whewwwww!).
The shop was fairly well organized -- Billy has one side for his projects / resto work and I have the other ....
View attachment IMG_2690.jpg
-- but there was MUCH room for improvement. That's where my FABO family comes in.
If you had the opportunity to start from scratch and build your Dream Shop, what would it include? I'm mainly looking at storage / organization options but feel free to add whatever strikes you; I'm sure there's lots of things that could prove to be beneficial that haven't occurred to me yet.
These are the fixtures I'm working with that are already here (you can see most of it in the third photo above):
7'x'4'x3' powder coating batch cure oven
Household oven
Mid-sized blast cabinet
8' x 4' work table
Spray rack
Large A-frame spray rack (motorcycle frames, rear ends, etc.)
Parts washer (rarely used)
Really crappy shelving (3 thin metal ones and one made out of 2x4s)
Upright inoperable freezer & fridge (powder / parts-in-progress storage)
Metal closet (blast cabinet accessories and miscellaneous storage)
There is a 16'x40' lean-to planned to go where the tree fell so Billy can store his Ford tractor, bush hog, sickle mower and projects that will also (hopefully) house a larger 8-foot blasting cabinet so that will free up a lot of extra space in the shop. How would ya'll fill up that extra space?
You have $15,000 in FABO money to play with. :-D Thanks in advance for sharing your dreams with me.