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I bought a load of those tiles a few years ago intending to lay them in the garage but I have never had the time or will to empty it as I use it as a store/work with the cars outside! I did use a garage once whilst I was overhauling a midget and had it on a rotisserie and the problem is light. The overheads are OK but working underneath is a nightmare. Obviously good in the winter but then there is the cold to contend with with it being slab build and a steel corrugated roof! So I make do with my front drive. I then bought two old rubber conveyor belts with the intention of laying one on the side that is my gangway to the rear but again I did not get round to that either. But my lads new connected garage got them and it has warmed the garage and the house up no end.
Been working away a lot but grabbed sometime to get this first section pretty much complete. It just needs the draw section building for the right hand side and the slide out extension arms fabricating. Only another 4 sections to match need building then, its going to be slow process this garage reorganisation!
slim_boy_fat
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Looking good, do you plan to fill in the ends of the box section?
Thanks and yes eventually I think i will fill them, I have some rubber grommets but am keeping my options open right now and also for bolting the other sections together. I'm also considering if i could use the one on the heavy end as a receiver for things in the future so didn't want to do anything permanent just yet
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you could even slide some extension arms in there if you ever have the need with some big sheets of material
Yes it could come in handy, the more I look at in position I think i will leave them open I don't see any harm in doing so. Got it in place this lunch and levelled up. its motived me to start the mitre station now seeing the bodge of a version next to it. Also need to make a trolly for the middle tool chest units I'm wanting to have at knee height. I like the smaller draws and want everything where i need.
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looks really good
Been building some more bench units this weekend including mitre saw stands. Glad i made the slide out extension arms on the bench. Having the 7.6m lengths delivered from MetalHub was handy but needed the length on the bench to get them cut.
Using standard Draw slides with 30kg load rating as thats what I have. Could really do with some heavy duty ones but can't seem to find a source that doesn't cost +£100 for a pair. if anyone knows of any suppliers at reasonable costs i' all ears :-)
Using standard Draw slides with 30kg load rating as thats what I have. Could really do with some heavy duty ones but can't seem to find a source that doesn't cost +£100 for a pair. if anyone knows of any suppliers at reasonable costs i' all ears :-)
Cheers slowly working my around the garage lots still to do, its nice having decent surfaces to work on for once. The Welding table and MFT table slide away under the back floating storage (work in progress) and the Kapex Mitre saw and Femi Bandsaw have the exact same height bed so can swap out easily on the mitre bench. full length bench's either side the mitre station works well:
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Looks superb! How do you find the footmaster castors?
@chris b, thanks and yes the tables are perfectly levelled with the saw beds to give nice long support to the saws. The mitre table top is floating on M12 rod legs to give fin adjustment.
@Arclikeharrypotter, So far I'm liking the Footmaster castors. I was a bit worried they were too small but they glide nicely. The housing is really heavy duty and being able to drop the levelling feet easily makes the table very secure nice and quickly.
@Arclikeharrypotter, So far I'm liking the Footmaster castors. I was a bit worried they were too small but they glide nicely. The housing is really heavy duty and being able to drop the levelling feet easily makes the table very secure nice and quickly.
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Well thought out, I like it a lot! 
