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OK, I remember DaMaN starting a thread a few years ago about everyone's garage. I finally have mine close to organized. It's taken literally hundreds of hours to get to this point (mostly due to interruptions that mess it up all over again).

This is the left wall of my garageHere you see the continuation of auto liquids on the bottom as well as one of the tires that will some day be on my Jeep. Above this are my electronic component parts bins (clear). You wouldn't believe how many hours it took just to organize them. Above you'll note parts for various vehicles & other things.


This is also the left wall of my garage. Here you see my small parts bins on the right in the rack. My grinder is in the forground (need a better place for it). On the lower racks are basic auto liquids. Above are amplifiers that I'm going to fix some day.


OK, here's the left side of the garage front wall. This is where I keep the lesser used, but still oddly frequently used tools.

Top right chest: specific to working on electronics. Middle-right chest: is for tools specific to working on carpentry & plumbing.
Middle Left chest: Material removal stuff (saw blades, grinder wheels, wire wheels, polishing stuff, jig-saw blades, sawzall blades, etc.)
Far Left chest: Mechanics tools. All kinds & paint guns & brushes.
Chest on lower shelf: Adhesives & tapes (yes, there enough to fill a small chest)

What you see on the shelf by the chest are my Dremel (one of my favorite tools), oscillating multi-tool, jig saw, plate jointer, & portable Craftsman tool set.

On the floor, you see my welders (MIG & Arc) behind the stool, my router, sand blaster (behind stereo boxes), and 18v saw.

Above the left toolbox, are my favorite sprayable items (water, windex, fantastic, paint thinner, armorall).


This is the right side of my garage front wall. Here, you'll note my compressor (lower right), vises, many commonly used hand tools, first aid kit, & drawer full of grinders, soldering irons, & heat gun. Also under the drawer is a propane heater for those chilly winter months.


Here's the right side of my garage (from the street). This is where I keep my drill press & bits (black tool box), belt sander, sawzall, clamps, wire, paints, adhesives, & various electronic & audio accessories, etc.

The tool chests contain air tools & tool accessories along with duplicate & spare tools.


Here is my pride & joy. I assembled this compressor myself. The tank came from around DeSoto, MO & was originally for heating oil I believe. The compressor came from a barn somewhere in the middle of Illinois (all I recall is that they had a great dine-in Pizza Hut) and is actually worth well over $600 alone. The motor is behind the 2x4 (see next pic for better view) and I purchased that out in Wentzville, MO. It's 5hp & worth about $500 itself. I think I ended up paying about $300 for everything.

In order to get it all working, I had to:
-find the fittings for the compressor (it was stripped) including making an air filter
- I had to weld in a bung for the water drain & install it
-get a check valve to unload the compressor
-get a pressure switch (to turn on the compressor)
-get a contactor for the switch to activate the motor(couldn't find a switch that could handle 30A for a reasonable price)
-get a regulator & air dryer
-Get a proper pully for the motor
-Went through every belt in AutoZone to find one that would work
-Figure out w way to mount the motor to give the belt proper tension (I cheated)
-run tons of air lines.


Here's a shot of the motor that drives my compressor. It's 5hp & was really hard to find. Most 5hp motors are 3 phase & I didn't want to make a converter & have more bulk.

Awesome dude! Ima gonna send you a plane ticket

Better send more than that if you want your garage to look like this.

lol I have to get a garage first.. But yours looks good. One of these days I'll get to build the shop that I want. Would ideally have room for 5 cars to park on each side and a lift in the middle. Then when I get more than 10 cars I'll get those parking lifts.. lol I'm already half way to 10 lol

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Awesome job & write up. My garage is a mess right now due to the motor swap on my pickup and spring yard work going on at the moment. Thanks for sharing!

Yeah, I had 2 motor swaps & a tranny swap in the last few years. Some of the main reasons I hadn't managed to get it to my standards. Also I needed to obtain tool boxes.

fit for "Better Homes & Garages" ; ) : )

mile

My garage is well organized-but still jammed could be because. I own about double of every tool .
I have tools in my basement because there no room in my garage for them all.
on a side note - anyone else have a Air Condition and 700 watt stereo receiver or larger in there garage ?

No AC in mine but I did move a Home Theater in a box out to my garage and a pair of Bose used speakers to crank up the tunes.

having just finished selling my house and moving, i'm happy to say my garage is smaller now and extremely clean. i maybe have a total of a dozen tools though...that's counting screwdrivers.

fit for "Better Homes & Garages" ; ) : )

Hardly, but thanks.

anyone else have a Air Condition and 700 watt stereo receiver or larger in there garage ?

You'll note above the 3rd photo that I have an A/C & heat vent. However, it has trouble keeping up in the extreme months despite the fact that I insulated the door. Still way better than nothing. As for the stereo, that's rotated regularly. I've got a boombox that I always have handy if necessary, but I work on stereo equipment in my garage regularly.

I droolin here!
NICE!
I post mine but to lazy to get out the generator running for the lights and tv..
Dang apartment living.