Garage 2 Workshop

[muzikill]

Yup so i have to do this to my own bike.............
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=95535

FINALLY! -

So, my father up the road from me says yeah you can use the garage but you have to clean it out (uh oh!) -----open it up, and!.........



Feck! frikkin LADA lol! - back wheels seized on .. try to tow it with my paltry cage 1.4 fiesta, and the clutch was gonna burn out but help was at hand, neighbour has a mercedes van 150bhp (perfect) so we drag it out and along the way the back wheel brake block drops out in one rusty mess, other than that it's ready at the front gate to get picked up for s(crap)



ok so a couple of weeks go by fixing gaps in the garage walls and making it more windproof, water proof & as much dirt free as possible.....



getting there!



at last....workbench in place (needs to be deeper to take the engine width when turning it round, so will extend it back) also strip lights in place & power sorted. Got a smaller bench to the right for the grinder ...........

So now i am getting all the stuff i will need for........

Garage: Paddock stands, Large swivel vice, smoke alarm, fire extinguisher, first aid box, (metal sheet for bench worktop?), swarfega, barrier cream, wipes, bin, kneepads, masks, safety specs, goggles, safety visor, disposable gloves, (drill stand?), clamps.


Tools: 5-20nm torque wrench, micrometer, digital caliper, oil filter remover, oil can, engine removal special socket ........ got a load of tools and sockets already

Worked out some of the specialist tools i may need so far for a engine rebuild, dunno about what i need for the bike whilst i am doing it & what oils, grease, seals, gaskets, covers, tagging & bagging, i may need......


Looking ok? any ideas on what i need to add?

[maviczap]

You'll find some kind of heat gun handy & an angle grinder for those hard to solve jobs

[maviczap]

how about making it homely with some kind of heater too

[keith_d]

Have you thought about buying some 8x4 sheets of white faced hardboard and using them to line the roof? Stuff some rockwool between them and the exterior surface for better insulation. That'll reflect more light down into the workshop and reduce the temperature a bit in the summer.

Come winter you'll probably decide to do the same to the walls so that you can heat it while you're working out there.

Keith
(whose garage has a tin roof that's baking in the summer and freezing in the winter).

Right me lad. If those ladders are wooden, I'd chuck em since they might well go the same way as those Lada brakes. Battery charger for bike? Heater deffo sounds like a wise idea since you might end up in there a while and it's no fun when the fingers stop helping out. Not metal for the bench - get some real heavy lino and use top grade flooring adhesive to bond it down. It's a lot more forgiving and sympathetic to parts. it also happens to be what the expensive bench people use (F1, motoGP etc, etc).

Tagging & bagging? Good lad - get a big bunch of ziplok bags and a sharpie marker to deal with that.

Oh yeah, and like Keith says, staple some "space blanket" loft insulation on a special deal from the hardware stores onto the walls before screwing your MDF / ply / chipboard on. That's what we've done and it regulates the temperature better as well as giving a solid platform to screw stuff into.

Garry

[muzikill]

heaters sorted, got hold of a convector for mild weather & fan heater when it gets colder, ladders are fine - no warpage, cleaned em down and moved higher up to save any head injuries. heat gun & cutter (noted). Hardboard might be a bit too costly, but i thought about lining the walls - rockwool might cause fibres in the air so at the mo its lined with thick heavy duty black bags stapled flat to the walls and covered with the board (board would be easy to take off to insulate if i feel it needs it later this year). Got a charger for the bike (sorted ) and got a couple of rolls of lino that can be put to use for the floor and benches.

keep it comin!

Space blanket doesn't leave fibres in the air, it's all bagged up in a reflective insulating plastic/foil bag. The big DIY chains have it on special offer during the summer because the energy companies have to subsidise so much of it, so it's massively grant funded and cheaper to the end user (I know these things having worked in the home insulation industry previously).

It's a very worthwhile thing to do in a garage because it works in summer as well as winter at regulating the temperature inside to a bearable level, and helps reduce the chance of condensation forming inside.

So far everyone's missed the obvious, even Lozzo which I'm surprised about. The place needs at least one, if not more calendars of tastefully (un)dressed women. You've got to have something to keep the eyes occupied.

Originally Posted by Seggons

So far everyone's missed the obvious, even Lozzo which I'm surprised about. The place needs at least one, if not more calendars of tastefully (un)dressed women.

This is where it becomes very apparent that Scott doesn't know me. I don't do pron, I see looking at it and watching videos of it as a waste of time when I could be making my own. Simple as....

Fridge full of cold beer and a tv up in one corner to watch the bike racing whilst working on the bike. Get your damn priorities right man.