no this is not another show off your work shop threads

this is a thread for ideas on how to make your work shop more fun to be in and to work on

I wanted to get a gutter pipe to line the outside to catch falling parts and stuff

also wanted to get a big over head florescent light so I can get rid of those two small ones that dont really light up the area to well

and also something that would be really cool was to put some street glow under the table with an old car stereo with surround sound

pictures of the shop below

for all you electric guys i used 2-side tape to stick my lipo charger to the wall and know i have a ton of extra space on my table.

Good Lord, thats a mess. [:'(]The ONLY thing you need to make it more enjoyable is some storage containers. Go to walmart and but a few of those 3 drawer white containers and your set.

yeah I was going to clean it off later today and take some pics of a clean work space

I need to find a place to put my tools and lose screws

lol i dont have a workspace, i just put a table cloth over the ping pong table and use that.

i have the floor of the maid's room but there's lots of other stuff in there too

looking at some lights a shelving units

I want to get this
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00997592000P
but will probably end up settling for this because of the price
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...9693000P?mv=rr

and then have to make or buy some more shelving just so I can clear some space for the cars cuz normally I am surround by tools and junk that can get in the way

its clean but I need a place to put all my stuff

anyone else got something special they want to do with there tables?

You definitely need storage along that back wall. Go vertical, saves space.

cant use that back wall behind the table cuz its to hard to reach thing

the wall behind that gray metal table is what I have to work with

I am going to buy that smaller wall cady for my paints fuel bottel and other things that hold liquid in them

Then i am going to buy a shelf for my tools

and then make some shelves out of 2 or 3 pieces of 2x4's glued together and I am going to line them with diamond plate on the top and sides so they look cool

also thinking about doing the table the same way just not the top cuz then that would be getting way to exspencive

lawl at 83 views

If that was my table I would hang a set of flourescent lights above it, get some old metal file cabinets to put underneath. fill some drawers with small to medium storage totes for smaller parts. put the bigger parts in the other empty drawers. I would build a shelf or 3 on the wall for bottles, chargers, and such. I would also put a power strip on one side of the bench for plugging things into. As far as the bench top goes, I would find some remnant linolium and cover the whole top with it. Then I would drill a few holes torwards the front of the bench to store my screw drivers, nut drivers, and hex drivers. Get my self a couple rubber work mats to put on top of the bench, a stool, and some tunes. I would never leave.

My suggestion would be a rack for boxes, tires, and vehicles. The one in the pic below cost me 49.99 at target and they also have them in chrome. So far my best purchase for my work area yet.

the best $5 I ever spent(it was vanilla[:@])


this is v1, I have v2 now, but no pics yet, v2 has the tools in the lid so you can carry them, and fome inside to keep them upright, and more spots for tools

I'm making my shop look "pro" [8D]

pretty much everything I have right now on the table will end up on the wall some how

here is what I have so far


my hand made shelf that I am so very proud of for looks I'm going to line it with diamond plate


above it I have the clean up caddy w/ towel dispenser and those box's for screws and parts I guess which are all mounted on a track system so I can move them around and rearrange as I please


and above all of it I have a BIG meal shelf for even more stuff


two sets of these to hang all the stuff from

I am also going to get another thing for my tools to go into

and this over head light http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...9033000P?mv=rr

going to need to get a smaller light to illuminate the shelving cuz as is right now its pretty dark wall

i have an organizer that mounts on the wall where i put all my screws, servos, small extra parts, shock oils, misc parts. great for organization.


here's an old pic but you can see the organizer on the wall.

i would suggest getting a rolling tool box!

I would get one of those but I don't have the floor space for one cuz I'm jammed up against the back wall with a door next to it and a couch in front of me and I have about 3 feet of walking room in between the table an couch

interesting

almost done putting the shelving up and I will begin organizing tomorow

I really want one! I need all the workspace I can get now that my lathe takes up 80% of my workbench.

Btw, you guys all need a mini lathe. Check out http://www.mini-lathe.com/ and look for Harbour Freight sales. $400 is a steal. Mines a bit heavier duty than the 7x's but for $1000 and a 1" spindle bore Im happy.

lol

for what?

Another thing you might want to consider is to buy a mid-grade 2.4GHz radio set. These usually have multi model memory, and you can dump your chump RTR radios. All you have to do is buy a RX for each other RC and that one radio will control all.

Turning stuff

I forgot to mention: going to a multimodel radio will help your clutter by remooving all those other pistol off your workspace. One radio on the table is much cleaner than 3 or 4 on the table