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Two car garage shop

comments (8) June 5th, 2010 in Shop Tours        
dougkota dougkota, member
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Router table along West wall.
Table saw, dust collector, hydraulic table, rockler support stands along North Wall.
View of East Wall benchtop,lumber rack, and other equipment.
Benchtop tools of sander,grinder,drill press, 12 inch miter saw, and band saw, all in stored position.
View of all benchtop tools in full slide out position.
Router table along West wall. - CLICK TO ENLARGE

Router table along West wall.
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Shop Specs

  • Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
  • Size: 624sq. ft.
  • Type: Garage
  • Focus: General
  • Heating/Cooling: window air conditioner

This is my garage shop in 2008 featuring almost everything behind a door or in a drawer and all benchtop tools on slide outs for easy access and storage. Tablesaw, router table, jointer, planer, and dust collector are all on wheels.  Floor is epoxyed and garage is heated with a gas Hotdawg heater.  Window air conditioner is also present.

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Ron Alley Ron Alley writes: Doug,

Thanks for the information. My project is coming along slowly. Your information -- especially fuel cost experience has been helpful.
Posted: 4:17 pm on April 19th

Ron Alley Ron Alley writes:
Posted: 4:15 pm on April 19th

dougkota dougkota writes: Ron Alley reply continued;

I probably run my Hotdawg heater 40 to 50 days of the year.
I never have it running overnight,because the garage temperature rarely falls below 35 degrees even when outside temperatures go to 10 to 15 below zero. The natural gas Hot Dawg heater seems to be fairly economical. I would guess my prior heat bills have only $10 to $20 per month of added cost from the garage heater use.
If money was not the issue, I would use radiant heat instead however.

Hope this answers your questions.

dougkota
Posted: 8:06 am on February 1st

dougkota dougkota writes: Ron Alley;
Sorry for the delayed response to your questions, but I rarely revisit this garage shop posting. The answers to your questions are:
No, my garage does NOT have a floor drain. I wish that I did, but did not do so in 1977 when we built this house.
We park two cars in the garage. Unless it is snowing, I usually leave the vehichles out in the driveway when I have a large project in progress. If a small project, then move all equipment back in its place and park vehichles in the garage.
Yes, I use the shop in the winter. I use the 6 h.p. Rigdid shop vac to suck up the melted snow.
Walls are insulated with single sided batting. Ceiling is insulated with batting also above the sheet rock. Garage door has the hard rubber strips on the exterior sides and top of the garage door. These hard rubber strips have a soft rubber side to them that touches the garage door itself.
Posted: 7:58 am on February 1st

dougkota dougkota writes: To Tonyinlondon;

Thank you for your compliments. Sorry I am not replying to your questions until now, but I rarely revisit my shop posting. In answer to your questiions Tony, I bought the hydraulic table at a local Auto parts supply store I believe it was Checker Auto Supply. My epoxy floor did NOT hold up very well at all because of the snow removal salt that our city spreads on the streets to get rid of snow and ice. When I drive our vehicles into the garage and this salt melts off the vehichles it falls on the epoxy floor and eats the epoxy off. I used a low cost epoxy, but I understand that I could spend several thousand dollars for the most expensive epoxy and professional labor which is supposed to hold up to this toxic salt. For my use, I am not going to spend that kind of money to do so.

dougkota
Posted: 7:42 am on February 1st

Ron Alley Ron Alley writes: I live in Rochester, Minnnesota and I am working on designing and building a shop for my garage. You live in a climate similar to mine. So, I would like to ask a few questions.

Does your garage have a floor drain?

How many vehicles do you and your family park in the garage? Do you feel comfortable in leaving cars parked in the driveway?

Do you use your shop in winter, and if so, how do you handle snow melt and road sand on the floor?

What did you do with respect to insulation (walls and ceiling)? What did you do with the seal around the overhead door?

How do you handle those times when you want to work and also want to park one or more vehicles in the garage?

How often do you run your heater and what has been your experience with heating costs?
Posted: 7:33 pm on December 28th

Tonyinlondon Tonyinlondon writes: Doug
Very nice, elegant solutions.
Who makes the hydralic lift table?
How is the floor covering holding up? Any recommendations?
Thanks
and thanks for sharing this.
Posted: 10:32 pm on September 16th

beginningwoodworker beginningwoodworker writes: Nice shop.
Posted: 7:19 pm on June 16th

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