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Thats funny,..................... I'm always having that dream:):)........I keep telling her that when we retire, that we need to find a 7 car Garage and a Two bedroom house...She Just Laughs and walks away.Oh well you can Dream can't you.:eek::D:D

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Here is my basement workshop. Amenities include tv, stereo and fridge.

One building table and one bench-top tool table.

Jeffrey
Scarsdale, NY

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Hey, that looks like an El Camino!!!!!! Here is mine!:)

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I modeled it after my father in laws real one. He has an original 1970 SS with 396. He's the original owner and it has around 50k miles on it. It's never been redone and is mint condition. He used do drive it as his daily driver back in the day. I'll try to get some pics of it for ya.

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Great shops guys! I'm very envious of a lot of you. I've been relogated to a small room in my GF's house and she wouldn't let me set it up the way I wanted to, so I haven't been building anything lately. That's all about to change though! I'm moving into a two BR apartment in a few weeks and the spare room will be my shop. I've gotten a lot of ideas from this thread and will incorporate as many as I can considering it's an apartment. Extra overhead lighting is a big one for me. I hate working in low/dim light. I'm still trying to decide if I should ask about pulling up the carpet or just put something down over it to protect it. I'll post pics when I get started.

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Insane

Looking at shop pics, is that SkyBolt hanging by the aileron section of the wing?[X(] Just wondered ( mine weighs 9.5 ) I keep the wings on too ,but have to hang it from motor and tail. Seems like the weight would be hard on the TE of the wings??

Bill

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No , it is hang on the trailing edge, with foam for support . I have not weighed my SkyBolt, but I`m sure it does`nt weigh 9.5 lbs. , maybe 7 lbs. It has a Saito 1.00 , 14x8 APC and will hang on the prop , with no problems.
Got to watch one with a Satio 1.25 this weekend , Oh boy. Lock-n-Load. Dude was on the deck and hucking. I just cannot bring myself to do that to mine just yet, but , Man it was cool .

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I am just finishing up on a work shed (12" X 16' X 12.6"). I will be moving my work bench (8' X 3') into place once all my hook-ups are done. My last shed (before moving to a new house) didn't have enough outlets, so this time - 16 separate outlets - can't ever have enough. Just to be on the safe side, I'm only running 4 outlets per circuit. I'm putting in a small AC window unit for the summer months. This shed is a move up from a 10 X 8 space in my garage. I have additional storage above my work area (12 X 6 X 5) plus additional rafters to hold the planes and kits. Once I get done, I'll post pictures.

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Awsome! Looking forward to it. Mine is a '71' SS 350/350.

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Great pics everywhere of some really great workshops! I finally convinced my wife to relocate to a new house which just HAPPENS to have a big garage. Finally time to set up a bit better my place to work. Found some great info here.

Only one question: Did anybody have a decent solution to storing wing halves?? Nowadays all my planes have wings joined by a carbon or alu tube. I was sort of thinking of a solution where I would store them vertically. Any tips are wellcome!

Volkert

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I hang mine from the rafters (8' cellar ceilings). I attach 2" straps between/below the rafters and slip the wings in so they hang in-line with the rafters, supported near the servos to distribute the weight.

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Picture would help, I cannot understand your description. Thanks!

volkert

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Just came back from my new house, did I think a good job on storing planes and winghalves, will post a picture later.

Question: I should not store my fuel in the house. Now I normally have 7 gallons around. Does anybody have a tip on storing fuel outside the house? Here it can be humid and in winter it will freeze at night (sometimes)

Thanks,

Volkert

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I finally got moved in (whew!). Here is a panoramic photo I made of the shop. It's not finished yet, that's why it's still clean! The main table is 3/4" MDF 32" x 97" sitting on shelving units made to handle 2000 lbs. The old tile dining room table will be where I end up putting the scroll saw and drill press. This room has a full bathroom and a large walk-in closet (at least it looked large before I started filling it up:D).

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Cool! A ceiling fan for wind tunnel testing right on the bench!

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Actually that's my cleanliness meter[8D]. If there's a lot of Balsa Dust, it will stir it up and visibility will be reduced, then I know it's time to clean the room:D.

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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO! Welcome pops![sm=wink_smile.gif]

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very nice!!! That looks like a big room![sm=omg_smile.gif]

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It's 13-8 X 12-6. It's just slightly smaller than the Master Bedroom. It's an apartment though, and if any of my neighbors saw me bringing in the MDF, they probably think I'm crazy. I may be wierd, but my Psychiatrist says I'm not crazy!:D

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This is garage 2.0 "the man room". Garage 1.0 got flattened by an Oak tree in a wind storm. I use this for hanging out with the guys & building/repairing planes. The Four Star Forty is on deck to be built this winter. I used T brackets to hold the Avistar, Mustang PTS, Mini Telemaster & Mini Pulse (upper right).

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I could'nt do anything in that room,it's too clean and organized................................

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Wow are there some amazing shops out there [8D] - Well, I've got to chime in and show mine off a little bit. Oversized two stall garage and I've managed to get about half of it. HD 4' x 8' building table in the middle covered with sheet rock. Wing rack on the back wall, with PVC hangars for the 40 to 60 size planes down the middle and the 120's on the upper rack in the rafters. A few tool boxes and benches here and there that I built when we moved in. My brother and I also insulated it so I can stand the Wyoming winters out in it with only a small heater keeping it warm enough to work in:D I happened to run onto a store going out of business that just happened to have a bunch of pretty nice peg board baskets they were willing to depart with for $20 for the whole lot[X(], I think I got a pretty good deal. These were during an AeroWorks YAK-54 90/120 QB and a kit build of a CG Bucker Jungman (ongoing project).

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Looks like a great setup. One thing on storage. I've heard some suggest, and it makes sense to me, that it is best to store your planes nose up. That way, any residual fuel in the engine will collect at the back of the crank case and have less chance of corroding the bearings and shaft.

Scott

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Now thats my kind of Garage, I like the way you have it set up:)..........Great use of space[8D]

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Hi guys I really have enjoyed all of your photos. I will be posting mine really soon. I had one question though that I was hoping you could help with. I have a 10 x 10 shed I just built and I want to test run my engines inside. I want to build some kind of exhaust venting system for the exhaust from the engines. if anyone has any ideas or pictures I would love to here. Thanks again, Mark