woodworking and vette

[ruby76]

Any suggestions? Im building a detached 2 car garage for a woodworkign shop/vette parking. I have a dust filtration system to catch all of the dust in the aire, and cover the vette when it's parked anyway. But are there any other suggestions on having my two hobbies share the same space? :argue no, arguments, just suggestions!

The attached garage is for the family cars to park and for the cat to live in. Nothing worse than cat paw marks on your car ad

 

[Tims93]

Ruby,

Floor drain will help keep water away from the seal at the bottom of the O/H door, which helps stop freezing problems in the winter. Are you planning on heating the garage? Radiant floor heat is great for the wood shop and car storage. If you insulate the walls and cieling correctly you can heat the garage with a hot water tank. Make sure you put enough electric service out there to handle your equipment. You don't want the table saw tripping the beer fridge off!:cry
Let us know how far you plan on taking the finish because I'm sure there are tons of other things we can suggest ( i.e. Cable, toilet, clean-up sink, Lighting....etc.)
Take care, Tim

 

[78SilvAnniv]

Hubby has a lathe and I pull the 78 OUT of the garage when he wants to use it. I live in fear of things flying at the vette since it doesn't dent, it cracks.
As to dust and covering your vette. Be sure to keep the car-side of the vette cover as clean as you possibly can! Fold it carefully and keep it in a clean area when not in use.
We built a 20x30 barn this past summer and are planning on adding another 20x30 attached to the backside for hubby's wood shop and mechanical tools for doing auto work. Then we won't have to shuffle equipment around and put the 78 outside for hubby to work on projects and then shuffle equipment again to get the vette back inside...he can leave his lathe, table saw, planer, bandsaw and various-other-things-I-don't-know-the-names-of wherever he wants!

With planning and forethought you can keep your hobbies side-by-side without harming either one.
Heidi

 

[Piet]

In floor heating is a must for a shop....
I am considering putting a welding curtain up between my shop are and my car parking area. On sliders so I can open it up, but close it as needed.

I just built a detached garage...
Make it as big as you can.
Mine is 24' deep but 30' wide (two car garage with shop space.)
I put in a floor drain, and bathroom, 200 Amps or power, 9 1/2' ceiling height,
A patio door (enclosed in yard facing south) (lets in LOTS of light)
In floor heating, fridge, sink, microwave, cable, telephone.
(Heating with Hot water tank)

Don't regret any of it.... Did ALL the work myself... so was a little cheaper.

I would build your shop bench to house your tools. and based off how much
wood you are working with... I think air filtration (or shop vac) is a VERY good idea.

 

[Blue92]

I would consider to try and keep the two activities seperate. Now matter how carefull you are dust is going to end up over and in your car. I am lucky that I have an extra 500 square feet in my business that I constructed a wood shop. Even with air fitration running I stored a couple of my bikes in there for the winter. They are covered and the saw dust still got all over them. Put up a wall and keep the door closed when you are making little pieces of wood from larger ones.

 

[JonM]

Just a hint...spirits of turpentine is made from pine trees.

 

[richscorvettes]

I would consider to try and keep the two activities seperate. Now matter how carefull you are dust is going to end up over and in your car. I am lucky that I have an extra 500 square feet in my business that I constructed a wood shop. Even with air fitration running I stored a couple of my bikes in there for the winter. They are covered and the saw dust still got all over them. Put up a wall and keep the door closed when you are making little pieces of wood from larger ones.

Those are good suggestions. I once had the woodworking equipment in the rear of the garage and it was tough to keep the cars clean. I ended up building a separate two room woodworking shop. The idea of a wall, or maybe a retractable curtain, would really help if their both in the same area.

Rich Lagasse

 

[ruby76]

lot restraints keep me in the 2 car garage size, I think maybe a wall down the middle, or a removable curtain might be a good idea. Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[LittleRedFlatBack]

Garage suggestions

Any suggestions? Im building a detached 2 car garage for a woodworkign shop/vette parking. I have a dust filtration system to catch all of the dust in the aire, and cover the vette when it's parked anyway. But are there any other suggestions on having my two hobbies share the same space? :argue no, arguments, just suggestions!

The attached garage is for the family cars to park and for the cat to live in. Nothing worse than cat paw marks on your car ad

I'm thinking about building a new garage also and one of the items I want is a french drain running lengthwise under the car with the concrete sloping down to it. I want this in one of the two parking places so I can wash the car inside the garage on those extremely cold/hot days. Just a thought.

Dennis

 

[JohnZ]

I'm thinking about building a new garage also and one of the items I want is a french drain running lengthwise under the car with the concrete sloping down to it. I want this in one of the two parking places so I can wash the car inside the garage on those extremely cold/hot days. Just a thought.

Dennis

I wanted to do that too when I built my dream garage five years ago, but local codes now prohibit any kind of drains in a garage; they're paranoid that people will drain oil or anti-freeze into the ground. They won't even let the contractor pour a garage floor unless the inspector is present to make sure there isn't a "hidden" french drain whose opening gets "skimmed over" and is then opened later after the concrete cures. :eyerole

 

[1995 RedVette]

Maybe one of those inflatable enclosures would be a good idea. It should keep the dust out so long as the fan that keeps the enclosure inflated is ducted away from your wood working dust.

Brett

 

[Dave L.]

Codes differ from township to township in my area. I have 3 floor drains interconnected and draining out the back of my garage through 3" pipe. A freind of mine across town was not able to have any drain of any kind. This was actually one of the first things I checked out before building our new house/garage. It sure is nice to wash the cars when its 20 degrees outside. No more salty cars during winter months.

Dave

 

[richscorvettes]

I wanted to do that too when I built my dream garage five years ago, but local codes now prohibit any kind of drains in a garage; they're paranoid that people will drain oil or anti-freeze into the ground. They won't even let the contractor pour a garage floor unless the inspector is present to make sure there isn't a "hidden" french drain whose opening gets "skimmed over" and is then opened later after the concrete cures. :eyerole

Ran into the same situation here. One fellow even suggested inserting a glass bottle in the floor and skim coating cement over it which would later be broken out for the drain. I thought about that (for a second!) and decided it would likely be a problem if we were to sell the home later on. I did slope the front area of the garage though so water (or the snow and ice) could run out easily.

Rich Lagasse

 

[Piet]

Me... I have a floor drain connected to 4" which goes to the sanitary (I have a bathroom in my detached garage).

Why not try an indentation in the cement and have the indentation lead off the slab (under the wall).... then later put a bucket outside. you could even put a pipe in bottom of the wall. (Our slabs must be a minimum of 6" above grade)

 

[ruby76]

I didn't think the floor drain was that big of a deal. my attached garage has a drain in the middle of the floor, it goes through 4" pvc to a gravel pit just outside the garage. THe contractor then covered it up. More or less to let all the snow and water drip off the cars and be drained away. I have washed the car inthe garage before, but it fills the drain if you use too much water. If I were building a car only garage, that would still be an option, but would like a level floor for the woodworking part. Right now when I wood work in the garage I have to shim everything to get things level. It's kind of hard when building an armoire or something like that when the floor slopes to the middle for the drain. I think the new garage will be completely flat, Im thinking of 4 or 5" curbs by walls so I would still be able to hose out the sawdust etc occasionally.