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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 1/5/2006 4:15:33 PM   
Rocketman612



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Status: offline 		I'm building a home with a dedicated workshop. Looking at lighting. Was going to use those 8 ft flurescent llights but they will hum over time. The room is the size of a 1 car garage.
Any ideas??

Pete


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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 1/5/2006 4:40:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Personally, I like the 4' twin bulb (2 x 300W) hallogen lights. I have 4 of them (2400 Watts) in my small basement shop. For working, they provide a more natural light, IMO. However, they do have a number of negatives: They get VERY hot, they use a lot more energy than fluorescents, the bulbs do not last as long, and they are more expensive. They must also be kept clean as the heat can start a fire under the right conditions (e.g. covered in balsa dust...).

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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 3/25/2006 11:30:06 PM   
Darklotus



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Status: offline 		Been meaning to do this for a long time. Heres my shop...

http://www.colorado-rc.com/gallery/shops

The one under construction is over at a friends house that we are building. Hoping to have it done this summer.


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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 4/6/2006 5:28:30 PM   
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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 4/6/2006 5:56:07 PM   
alpinestar



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I finished my basement a few years ago & purpose-built one room for models. The floor is laminate (like Pergo), walls are 1x12 ship lap with cut nails, ceiling is pattern 116 pine (tongue & groove) the cabinets I made myself from pine. Lots of light, lots of storage (pegboard inside the doors & a pegboard lazy susan in one cabinet. I made some drawers that are 48" long inside to store balsa. The hole above the door is an air filter, the cover I made for it fell down & shattered to bits..... I'd rather build planes than another grille! Fridge, TV, and my drums around the corner. I can hibernate down there all winter! These are pics I had on my PC of some projects, but you can get the jist!


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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 4/6/2006 6:34:09 PM   
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Drool drool. Nice shop!!!!! I'm jealous!!

Ken

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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 4/6/2006 7:02:25 PM   
Kmot



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Here is my mess:



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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 5/22/2006 12:48:46 AM   
CH3N02fun


 

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Status: offline 		Why won't my wife let me take over the formal dining room for my "indoor shop"? the white carpet would'nt get dirty and the antique burrow wood table would make a great layout table!

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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 5/22/2006 2:56:25 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Rocketman612
Was going to use those 8 ft flurescent llights but they will hum over time. The room is the size of a 1 car garage.
Any ideas??


My shop is 10'x10'x18', and uses six 4' two-bulb flourescents, the sort with a built in reflector. Plenty of light, but then the walls and ceiling are ultra white latex. I've not had any of the buzzing common in the 8' variety.

There is one fixture at the front and rear walls, mounted cross-ways to the long dimension of the shop. Each long side wall has two fixtures in a row. These fixtures are in the $30 range nowadays. I also have a half-dozen clamp-on incandescent lamps with reflectors, and three swing-arm lamps.

No such thing as too much light in a work shop.

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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 5/22/2006 1:24:04 PM   
Edwin


 

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I take it these florescent fixtures are'nt the cheap $10 shop type. Thats what I have in my garage. Is there a type name associated with these? Would like to switch over slowly to some non-hummers.
Edwin

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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 5/22/2006 6:51:53 PM   
nashtm



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I think yours wins the "busiest" workshop award !!!

Well done


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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 5/24/2006 4:13:23 PM   
allanflowers



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Status: offline 		This is my space, a garage shop. There are usually a couple of projects going here.
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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 5/24/2006 11:18:03 PM   
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plumber,
I take it these florescent fixtures are'nt the cheap $10 shop type. Thats what I have in my garage. Is there a type name associated with these? Would like to switch over slowly to some non-hummers.
Edwin


The flourescents I have were made by Lithonia Lighting. Get 'em at The BORG. Twenty-nine bucks and change each. Not cheap, but not noisy either.


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RE: Let's see your work shop! - 5/28/2006 12:23:01 AM   
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Also had it insulated and HVAC hooked up. I keep the bigger planes at my field in the shop. Someday I will have a house out there so I can just walk out and fly. Packing stuff up and taking it to a club is a big PITA. Took these