Garage Renovation

[Superhawk2002]

Wrapping the pipe around the garage -- going incredibly slow as I am now handcutting threads on my own. Kind of a learning curve to get it right.


I got a bunch of T's and other connectors, but the maintenance guys at work mentioned there being a difference between water line and air lines. Any truth to this? I have a bunch of light silver "water" connections and would like to use them if possible.



As it stands, pretty much finished up the other wall. I swapped all the reels out to quick connects and hoses. I tried hard lining it, then using soft lines.

I scored 3 more bug lights and 2 more hose reels. Not sure what I will do with more bug lights. They are not rated for outdoor use. They are the upgraded models to the ones I already hung. May swap them out...

 

[SVTORANGE]

Man you are going all out - Very cool

 

[blownstang01]

Looks great so far! The only thing I see is that you may want to install sediment / moisture drops on all those air line terminals.

 

[clean92lx]

Sooooo jealous. Everything looks great! Wish had half as much space as you do

 

[Superhawk2002]

Looks great so far! The only thing I see is that you may want to install sediment / moisture drops on all those air line terminals.

I have a dual inline dessicant filtration setup, preceded by a water separator and dual oilers. Not sure where the 2nd oiler setup will go or if it's even needed.

 

[Willie2]

looks like I may need to make another trip up to Indy to lend you a helping hand.

Lol, I can't imagine you, or I, up in any attic.

 

[Superhawk2002]

looks like I may need to make another trip up to Indy to lend you a helping hand.

Lol, I can't imagine you, or I, up in any attic.

Lol, I am getting ready to spend a day in the attic. Not looking forward to it at all.


Struggling with some electrical stuff, mostly cause I have no idea what I am doing.

In the meantime, continuing to work my way around the walls. Hung some fans and figuring out where the new toolboxes will go. I got in more threaded black pipe for the drops. I love the look of fresh threads. I am going to owe our maintenance guys a few lunches. Having them do it on the Rigid = any lunch they want.

I picked up a few air nozzles. Going to place them in holders along the walls.

New HF tool box. These are really worthwhile considering the price. Getting 2 more, along with 2 middle boxes, and 2 cabinets. These will go along the wall with the window. And they double as a wagon for my 1 yr old son.

French cleats completed along the north wall and fans hung.

This is about the only automotive work going on in the garage. I had a slight bend taken out of this wheel. I need to polish out the torch marks. Discount Tire scuffed up the front edge pretty bad as well. Doesn't really show up in pics, but still sucks. They have always taken care of me, so not raising too much hell.

 

[Superhawk2002]

After a 7 hr drive, 2 stops at BW3's, and somehow the same amount of money to just drop ship it to my house -- we got the compressor home. It took 4 of us to pull it out of the truck and get it on the ground. Very awkward weight coming out of the back of a 1 ton 4x4. Not exactly sure how I will get it off the skid by myself, but will figure it out soon enough.

 

[SVTORANGE]

:beer:

 

[Superhawk2002]

I finally got the back walls of the garage painted. I wired up my first 220 outlet -- swapped in a 30amp 220 breaker and got the wires in. Starting to paint the inside garage walls now. The inner garage will be painted just like the outer garage with the exception of a yellow stripe in place of the blue. My daughter really wants some yellow somewhere.

I ran this 220 outlet for the inner garage off the existing subpanel in the basement. The new subpanel and wiring for the 4 remaining 220 lines will go in Wednesday.

 

[BITDIFFERENTSVT]

Great work so far and very jealous.
Question though: The bug lights.... I've tried googling and so far all I can find when search "bug light" are yellow bulbs....

Do those lights you showed work like a bug zapper?
Where can I find them?
Thanks

 

[SVTORANGE]

:coolman:

 

[Dieselmanri]

Looks like an awesome space!

FWIW, your air lines will promote moisture getting to your tools. Your drops should actually Tee up, then down. Your lines should also have a slight angle back to your tank. This will allow you to drain moisture directly from the tank.

HTH
g

 

[Superhawk2002]

Great work so far and very jealous.
Question though: The bug lights.... I've tried googling and so far all I can find when search "bug light" are yellow bulbs....

Do those lights you showed work like a bug zapper?
Where can I find them?
Thanks

Google Vector Plasma Fly Light Trap. You can see the multitude of lights they manufacture. They simply attract the bugs to the light and there is a very sticky/slimy card behind the lights. Cleanup is simply replacing the sticky cards.

Looks like an awesome space!

FWIW, your air lines will promote moisture getting to your tools. Your drops should actually Tee up, then down. Your lines should also have a slight angle back to your tank. This will allow you to drain moisture directly from the tank.

HTH
g

Working on this now. I am not too worried about the lines going around the garage. I have an inline desiccant filter, a water separator, and an oiler all going in. I have a second desiccant filter coming right off the compressor for a non-oiled line in case I ever want to paint or sandblast.

 

[Superhawk2002]

Slowly but surely. I painted the inner garage and put all new trim in. I hope to tile this floor like I did the rest of the basement, so I left a gap tall enough to slide tiles right under. You can see the first 220 outlet wired in on the last pic. Overall pretty happy despite Lowes screwing up the paint color. It turned out a shade darker/bluer than the rest of the garage. Touching up the other walls led to a lot of extra painting.

New subpanel in. Wired up 3 more 220 outlets throughout the garage and hard-wiring the compressor and lift in. One outlet will eventually be used just for the powder coating oven. Hoping the 100 amp panel will be enough. I cleaned out most of the attic -- quite a mess, but a truckload of garbage bags full of insulation and crap hauled out. Running the wiring throughout helped my weightloss program.

 

[SVTORANGE]

Progress is a wonderful thing

 

[mysteed]

Wow. Looking great!

 

[Telmaer Hinton]

Looks awesome*

 

[AustinSN]

Looks great! I can't wait to see it done. You have a few bulbs out lol

 

[Superhawk2002]

I cut up another 4 sheets of plywood (and at 17 cleats per piece of plywood making 136 total feet), I am almost at a quarter mile of french cleats. Another piece of plywood has went into just the cleats and other hangers.

Wiring is almost done with the subpanel wired up. All but one 220 outlet is in. Compressor and lift wiring is ready, just figuring out the conduit. The inner garage is finally organized. The 4 sheets of french cleats cut today will outfit those walls. Time to figure out a little plumbing in there.