![]() My shop is small, dark, cold in winter, hot in summer (Texas heat), but it is mine.This volume contains the selected manuscripts of the papers presented at the Second IDMME Conference on "Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering", held in Compiegne, France, at the University of Technology of Compiegne, May 27-29, 1998. Only 8 foot walls, so bottom of light bulbs are even with the bottom of rafter to protect tehm from getting hit. I am not fond of neon lighting, so I used a lot of cheap Carlon plastic boxes in the rafters with porcelein fixtrues. Using Hardi panels, allows for the elimination of plywood sheathing altogether. Harder to work with up front, but much better than real wood siding. You can't beat Hardie plank or panels for siding. In the long run, OSB is a poor investment. Pay the extra for 1/2 plywood for sheathing and decking. ![]() Benches can go against the wall and reach the outlets easily. First outlet is a GFCI and all others wired in series, protected by the first. I put outlets every 4 feet at about 4' off the ground on one side of the garage. Built from scratch myself, except I had a concrete guy do the slab.ĭefinitely go higher than 8 feet for your wall height. ![]() My lot size forced me to build narrow and long. I built my own detached garage back in 1993. I got some nice compliments after it was done. One that I built was next to a 1917 Arts and Crafts type bungalow and by using a matching roof pitch and overhang the garage looked like it was built when the house was built. If you want to keep it vintage looking, go for a two to three foot overhang, a 8-12 roof pitch and narrow siding. All have been built using 2 x 4's on 16 inch centers and I used laminated 2 x 12's over the garage door. Just a note, the only plans I had were hand drawn on typing paper. This is a good time to suck up to your friends and relatives, especially those that have the skills you don't have. I don't have any digital pictures of the last job, but will look around. The pictures of two of my garages went to another address (divorce). Deltacad lighting truss professional#I am not a professional carpenter, actually a desk jockey for most of my adult life but had some mentors in my youth that helped enhance my skills. I've built three different garages, the biggest was 40 x 45. I don't know what home centers are in your area, but I know Menards (out of Wisconsin) have kiosks in their stores that will price out the materials that you need and I am fairly certain that they will have plans available. my carpentry skills are limited so i don't know if i'm making a big deal outta nothing, but i thought i'd see if anybody here's got any leads or pics of their shop plans i could copy, or just plain pics of cool shops! i'm still in the planning and pricing stage any help is welcome. 40x40or50 with at least one area tall enough for a lift. found a few neat plans but nothing in the size i'm looking for. what i'd like to know from y'all is where can i get plans for a shop like what i want to build? i've googled garage plans, retro/vintage everything. namely windows, doors, light fixtures, sinks and such. it was built in the early 50's but it's beyond repair, but has some good parts just like an old car would. now where i want to build my shop is an old house which i plan to tear down. metal buildings are better for the same reasons modern cars are, convenience! old buildings have soul like old cars do. when you walk in you would feel inspired to build. ![]() when you walk in one you have to wonder what's gone down in here, what all has this place seen since it's been here? what's been created within these walls? did some dude roll a badass hot rod or custom outta here? i love traditional rods and customs, and i feel like if i'm going to build a shop to build them in, it should reflect that. old wood framed garages and buildings inspire me. ![]() call me stupid or whatever, but i want a wood framed shop. I'm working my way into a position to build my own shop (just for my personal stuff, not a business), at my house. ![]()
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