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Wow, that looks like a factory! Nice big building. I bet that floor set you back a few $$ though....
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Wow, that looks like a factory! Nice big building. I bet that floor set you back a few $$ though....
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i really didn't plan much, it just happen to end up like below for layout of things.
gas cans, oil, grease, funnels, starter fluid, PB blaster, etc... are there near were tractor generally sets, so i have direct access to what i need without walking clear around the shed,
air compressor right inside the large garage door, so i can pull up vehicle outside and have air hose right there, without having to unwind a bunch of hose.
i hate drawers, mice, rats, bugs, etc... always end up in the drawers, and then if you haven't used a given tool for some time, i will forget were it was, so i have everything on shelves, and more so hand tools on peg boards. so i can grab a bucket *small shopping basket*, walk down the isle per say, and grab what i need for project, and continue on.
the peg boards i use to hold all the hammers, screw drivers, levels, etc... are actually old approx 1/2" thick pallet wood, and then i took any were from 1" to 3.5" long screws and drilled them were i wanted to. so i could roughly eye ball were i need to place a screw to hang the next item. i use 3/4" to 1" romax electrical staples (hanging wire in your home type of staples) for screw drivers and like hand tools.
desk, generally ends up being a "junk desk" and the unloading buckets (emptying the shopping cart / check out counter) and putting stuff away.
i have drilled a hole if needed in every shovel / broom i have, and inserted a small sturdy nylon rope through hole and tied into a loop, so i can hang the long handle tools up on some beefed up peg board. (4x4's with 1/2" holes drilled were needed, and then 1/2" pipe 1 to 3 feet long) as pegs. weed eaters hang from this beefed up peg board, also place for garden hoses, i have lifted everything up high enough, so i can toss say a 5 gallon bucket on floor, to hold some misc random stuff.
various projects (new deck, new fence, new dock, remodel of basement, etc...) always produces some extra lumber, from 2x4's to sheets of plywood and like. the stalls let me stand the extra and odd/ends from various projects, and easily look through what i have, for some odd ball project that may come up, that just needs a couple pieces of this or that to work. laying lumber down on its side, *shakes head no* it works at the hardware stores, because each area is exact same size and dimension of lumber, but the odds/ends *shakes head no* takes to long to slide lumber around and lift it up, and pull it out, and put it back some place else as ya search when lumber is laying down. when standing on end, in a stall. i don't need to worry whats behind me, do to it is a straight pickup into air and then lean it off on other side of the stall. to see what was behind it.
i tried my best, to place "large stuff" in locations, were i can easily get to, say a window a/c unit, or shop vac, push mower, push weed eater, and the lumber/pipe stalls were i have extra room to get into the shelves/stalls and place those heavier bigger items, and then on the opposite side, all the small little stuff, screw drivers, hammers, wrenches, small hand power tools.
the central large open area, while at time it was meant to be a "work place" has more ended up being large item storage, table saw, chop saw, pull sprayer, tractor post hole digger, cement mixer, stuff that is to heavey or to bulky to really put on a shelf. without a lot of extra work. and when i want to use them, i can quickly pull the stuff out and move around it.
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due to i am in and out within a few minutes to grab some 5 gallon buckets (my shopping carts) i prefer regular incandescent light bulbs, vs florescent lights, they turn on quickly, and at full strength, and there small, so i am able to shove them into different locations within the trusses, to light up isles, and have enough that i can reduce enough shadows, to see, (a couple places would have turned into dark dungeons, in the lower shelve areas i do believe if i went with min amount of florescent lights) with that said any were from 2 feet to 4 feet off the preimeter of the building is a string of regular incandescent light bulbs.
BUT in the main center, i do have florescent lights,
and as much as i hate regular trusses for the ceiling. vs a cathedral open ceiling for lighting. i do use the trusses to store light weight long stuff, some spare metal from when metal siding was put onto shed, to a couple 20 footer 2x4's, due to height of shelving, i end up directly placing supports between shelves and trusses, to keep shelves from falling over on me. and biggest one of them all, is majorty of all the electrical wiring is ran on and around the trusses, so i have very little wiring actually running along the outside walls. this gives me ability to add stuff easily, or redo some wiring fairly easily. without taking out shelves and everything else. it looks ugly, but *shrugs* could care less. it is usable and workable. and when a problem arises, i can track down the wires easily.
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have learned 4 feet depth shelves are way to deep, and never can reach the back of the shelf without climbing onto shelf and squirming your way to the back of the shelf,
about 3 feet is max depth i like a shelf to be.
and 2 feet is not deep enough.
i have isles / walk ways set at about 3 feet width. maybe a little wider, just wide enough to place a 8 to 10 foot ladder. along with walk down the isles with winter jackets / cover alls, on without bumping into stuff.
end of shelves, i general have taken some spare lumber, and screwed it into the ends of the shelving, and then took "spikes" long 6" or so nails basicly, to hang chains from.
i do have some peg board buckets, at ends of a couple shelves, to hold pens, markers, chalk, tap measure, tape, toilet paper. basically stuff that really can not be hung up some how. but gets used often enough and are small enough to be placed in the little peg board buckets / shelves. basically when ya goto what ever store, and they have something at the end of there isle. it is normally small little items. vs larger bulky items. same like idea i guess. and yes toilet paper is mandatory, from blowing your noise, to those projects out in the woods, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go, and picking poison ivy leaves to wipe is no fun at all!
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my one big issue currently facing me is.... bench grinder, bench drill press, 2 bench vises, it is looking like i may need to create a metal frame work bench, with some caster wheels, for these items. metal frame is more about getting "weight" so when i grab a hold of something with the pipe wrench and cheater bar, the bench doesn't flop over on me. that and drill press and bench grinder sending hot metal shavings all over the place.
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lean /to a shed with 3 sides and 1 open side and a roof, could be an extension off one side of shed, can make for a nice place to park various 3pt hitch implements. it keeps the rain/snow off the stuff, along with keeping direct sunlight off the stuff. heck if coming off side of shed, you may just want the roof section, and some poles to support the weight of the roof. so you can access the lean to area from 3 different sides.
trying to turn and back into different spots inside of descent side shed with a tractor can be miserable at times. lean to area, really not that deep say 6 to 10 feet just enough to back up and drop off or pick up an implement. if wood heating, a place to stack wood, and keep any bugs / rodents that comes with it, outside, while it cures.
some folks have built frames and placed caster wheels on it. so they can push / some heavier 3pt hitch stuff around in there shed. as well.
but for me lean to area, works out nice, when i order a load of lumber from local lumber place or hardware store and they deliver it, it is easier to point to lean to. and let them unload it with their forklift. and when time comes to deal with project, use trailer, tractor, truck, etc... to move lumber to were ever.
I am not a big fan of tarps! they can get you by in a pinch, but *ughs*
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EDIT: yikes sorry for long post!!!
gas cans, oil, grease, funnels, starter fluid, PB blaster, etc... are there near were tractor generally sets, so i have direct access to what i need without walking clear around the shed,
air compressor right inside the large garage door, so i can pull up vehicle outside and have air hose right there, without having to unwind a bunch of hose.
i hate drawers, mice, rats, bugs, etc... always end up in the drawers, and then if you haven't used a given tool for some time, i will forget were it was, so i have everything on shelves, and more so hand tools on peg boards. so i can grab a bucket *small shopping basket*, walk down the isle per say, and grab what i need for project, and continue on.
the peg boards i use to hold all the hammers, screw drivers, levels, etc... are actually old approx 1/2" thick pallet wood, and then i took any were from 1" to 3.5" long screws and drilled them were i wanted to. so i could roughly eye ball were i need to place a screw to hang the next item. i use 3/4" to 1" romax electrical staples (hanging wire in your home type of staples) for screw drivers and like hand tools.
desk, generally ends up being a "junk desk" and the unloading buckets (emptying the shopping cart / check out counter) and putting stuff away.
i have drilled a hole if needed in every shovel / broom i have, and inserted a small sturdy nylon rope through hole and tied into a loop, so i can hang the long handle tools up on some beefed up peg board. (4x4's with 1/2" holes drilled were needed, and then 1/2" pipe 1 to 3 feet long) as pegs. weed eaters hang from this beefed up peg board, also place for garden hoses, i have lifted everything up high enough, so i can toss say a 5 gallon bucket on floor, to hold some misc random stuff.
various projects (new deck, new fence, new dock, remodel of basement, etc...) always produces some extra lumber, from 2x4's to sheets of plywood and like. the stalls let me stand the extra and odd/ends from various projects, and easily look through what i have, for some odd ball project that may come up, that just needs a couple pieces of this or that to work. laying lumber down on its side, *shakes head no* it works at the hardware stores, because each area is exact same size and dimension of lumber, but the odds/ends *shakes head no* takes to long to slide lumber around and lift it up, and pull it out, and put it back some place else as ya search when lumber is laying down. when standing on end, in a stall. i don't need to worry whats behind me, do to it is a straight pickup into air and then lean it off on other side of the stall. to see what was behind it.
i tried my best, to place "large stuff" in locations, were i can easily get to, say a window a/c unit, or shop vac, push mower, push weed eater, and the lumber/pipe stalls were i have extra room to get into the shelves/stalls and place those heavier bigger items, and then on the opposite side, all the small little stuff, screw drivers, hammers, wrenches, small hand power tools.
the central large open area, while at time it was meant to be a "work place" has more ended up being large item storage, table saw, chop saw, pull sprayer, tractor post hole digger, cement mixer, stuff that is to heavey or to bulky to really put on a shelf. without a lot of extra work. and when i want to use them, i can quickly pull the stuff out and move around it.
================
due to i am in and out within a few minutes to grab some 5 gallon buckets (my shopping carts) i prefer regular incandescent light bulbs, vs florescent lights, they turn on quickly, and at full strength, and there small, so i am able to shove them into different locations within the trusses, to light up isles, and have enough that i can reduce enough shadows, to see, (a couple places would have turned into dark dungeons, in the lower shelve areas i do believe if i went with min amount of florescent lights) with that said any were from 2 feet to 4 feet off the preimeter of the building is a string of regular incandescent light bulbs.
BUT in the main center, i do have florescent lights,
and as much as i hate regular trusses for the ceiling. vs a cathedral open ceiling for lighting. i do use the trusses to store light weight long stuff, some spare metal from when metal siding was put onto shed, to a couple 20 footer 2x4's, due to height of shelving, i end up directly placing supports between shelves and trusses, to keep shelves from falling over on me. and biggest one of them all, is majorty of all the electrical wiring is ran on and around the trusses, so i have very little wiring actually running along the outside walls. this gives me ability to add stuff easily, or redo some wiring fairly easily. without taking out shelves and everything else. it looks ugly, but *shrugs* could care less. it is usable and workable. and when a problem arises, i can track down the wires easily.
=================
have learned 4 feet depth shelves are way to deep, and never can reach the back of the shelf without climbing onto shelf and squirming your way to the back of the shelf,
about 3 feet is max depth i like a shelf to be.
and 2 feet is not deep enough.
i have isles / walk ways set at about 3 feet width. maybe a little wider, just wide enough to place a 8 to 10 foot ladder. along with walk down the isles with winter jackets / cover alls, on without bumping into stuff.
end of shelves, i general have taken some spare lumber, and screwed it into the ends of the shelving, and then took "spikes" long 6" or so nails basicly, to hang chains from.
i do have some peg board buckets, at ends of a couple shelves, to hold pens, markers, chalk, tap measure, tape, toilet paper. basically stuff that really can not be hung up some how. but gets used often enough and are small enough to be placed in the little peg board buckets / shelves. basically when ya goto what ever store, and they have something at the end of there isle. it is normally small little items. vs larger bulky items. same like idea i guess. and yes toilet paper is mandatory, from blowing your noise, to those projects out in the woods, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go, and picking poison ivy leaves to wipe is no fun at all!
=================
my one big issue currently facing me is.... bench grinder, bench drill press, 2 bench vises, it is looking like i may need to create a metal frame work bench, with some caster wheels, for these items. metal frame is more about getting "weight" so when i grab a hold of something with the pipe wrench and cheater bar, the bench doesn't flop over on me. that and drill press and bench grinder sending hot metal shavings all over the place.
===================
lean /to a shed with 3 sides and 1 open side and a roof, could be an extension off one side of shed, can make for a nice place to park various 3pt hitch implements. it keeps the rain/snow off the stuff, along with keeping direct sunlight off the stuff. heck if coming off side of shed, you may just want the roof section, and some poles to support the weight of the roof. so you can access the lean to area from 3 different sides.
trying to turn and back into different spots inside of descent side shed with a tractor can be miserable at times. lean to area, really not that deep say 6 to 10 feet just enough to back up and drop off or pick up an implement. if wood heating, a place to stack wood, and keep any bugs / rodents that comes with it, outside, while it cures.
some folks have built frames and placed caster wheels on it. so they can push / some heavier 3pt hitch stuff around in there shed. as well.
but for me lean to area, works out nice, when i order a load of lumber from local lumber place or hardware store and they deliver it, it is easier to point to lean to. and let them unload it with their forklift. and when time comes to deal with project, use trailer, tractor, truck, etc... to move lumber to were ever.
I am not a big fan of tarps! they can get you by in a pinch, but *ughs*
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EDIT: yikes sorry for long post!!!