Garage fitout.

Ive just moved to a new place, and it has that most fantastic of things, a
dry, sound garage!

So, now I want to fit it out with enough bits to do more than the basic
maintenance that has been possible previously..

So, have a small (tiny) compressor and rattle gun, but want to get a really
decent size one and put a line round the wall.. Searched the usual
(machinemart etc) but does anyone have any other sugestions for a) good
makes and suplliers, and b) any other essential pieces of tool porn that I
should be purchasing?

 

Bike Lift

 

Of course! Doh!

Any recomendations on particular model? I dont have a wedge to spend, so Im
aiming for the middle of the road in the price stakes...

 

Beer fridge;
Coffee machine;
Old/spare PC.

 

Comfy chair.

 

Northern Tool in Portsmouth are having a WACS weekend, Friday and Saturday,
so everything is
almost cost or some stuff below cost
I think the Bike lift last year was going for £ 199

 

I'd concur, but add at least one Anglepoise-type tungsten-bulbed lamp,
for use when using or working on things that are rotating, as the
flicker of a strip light makes rotating items appear stationary.

A ring main around the garage comes in very handy, with sockets evenly
spaced around (you can never have too much light or too many sockets)
- and shelves, lots of shelves.

 

Fireman's pole?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip

I've heard this, but I've never seen it. I spent a while fucking about
with the lathe once to see if I could make it happen, and I couldn't.

Yes and yes, to those.

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Posters of nekkid chicks on bikes (obligatory)

 

Nah. Plastic makes yer arse sweat.
Cheap office chair on castors for "doing stuff" to bike
and a bar stool for "doing stuff" on bench.

and a bench grinder with a polishing attachment

 

I've had it happen, particularly with car radiator fans: electric and
belt driven. That *hurts*.

It may be down to the speed of rotation, because I've seen it with
wood lathes too.

 

Beer fridge;

Sky TV

 

Joke?
You mean you've actually got a sense of humour?
I missed that one.

 

First Aid box

 

http://www.northerntooluk.com/main.asp?sitepages=NACS

opps sorry - thats NACS, my mistake

 

First things first...... before doing anything else...
Paint the floor..... proper not very slippery when wet garage floor paint...
Not cheap for the proper stiff.
IIRC I used Cretacol with micaceous aluminium oxide but that was along time
ago....
As many coats as recommended with lots of drying time.
Makes life a lot easier later on.
Painting the walls with kitchen/bathroom paint is another thing to reflect
on prior to putting up shelves
HTH
Cheers
DP

 

Check. Done the floor already. And it wasnt cheap!

 

Ang get them with 'daylight' tubes in. Much better light.

 

Prolly works at multiples of 50rpm