Right on man! Glad to see this in. A shop at the right temp sure helps with motivation
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Shop build. HEAT!
- Thread starter blazinzuk
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Stoked for you brother!
Gonna have the heat cranked up, just in time to shut it down for summer lol. It'll be done though. That's a LOT farther than a lot of us are to a heated shop.
You DO only have like a month of warm weather though
lol. It'll be done though. That's a LOT farther than a lot of us are to a heated shop. You DO only have like a month of warm weather though
Gonna have the heat cranked up, just in time to shut it down for summer
You DO only have like a month of warm weather though
Ha! Right now we are in full on spring.....of deception mode. Supposed to be high 40s today. Supposed to snow this weekend.
Oh also it's almost 10 am and we just barely crept out of single digits temps.
Its a whopping 10° now. High 40s my butt
Where are the pics of your shop rolling coal? lol
Gotta go some copper tube to plumb it all.
Locally didn't have it and headed to the big city tonight so I'll grab it there.
Also I need to get better bottom door seals my one door leaks a bit on the bottom.
You setting up a Horton build day soon?
April 6th is the day I would like to do it
Getting a little done. Got some pegboard from my in laws.
I have come to find if I don't use something pretty rapidly it wastes away.
Plus it fit exactly where I wanted to put it
Was gonna take the frame off but it's glued on so just stuck it up. Well after I painted it white
I have come to find if I don't use something pretty rapidly it wastes away.
Plus it fit exactly where I wanted to put it
Was gonna take the frame off but it's glued on so just stuck it up. Well after I painted it white
rampage
3/4 ton status
My dad had a pegboard in his garage. He hung the tools up then outlined them in tape and painted inside the tape lines to show where everything went. I always thought that was pretty cool until I tried to rearrange the hooks.
My dad had a pegboard in his garage. He hung the tools up then outlined them in tape and painted inside the tape lines to show where everything went. I always thought that was pretty cool until I tried to rearrange the hooks.
I always thought that was cool too. And I plan to have some more pegboard for stuff I rarely use. Might do it there. But not over the bench that's gonna change alot
I have more pegboard than I know what to do with... But I really never use it lol. I always liked that tool shape method. My highschool auto shop was like that.
The way my buddies tools are layed out on his pegboard works really well. But I just use drawers still.
I bought 7 or 8 sheets of it off Craigslist last fall for $5 a sheet.
If you have a HF around they have really good deals on assortment packs of tool hooks and hangers.
The way my buddies tools are layed out on his pegboard works really well. But I just use drawers still.
I bought 7 or 8 sheets of it off Craigslist last fall for $5 a sheet.
If you have a HF around they have really good deals on assortment packs of tool hooks and hangers.
My tools are worth to much money to not be in a locked box .
But , I do love pegboard. I have about 12x4’ of it in the new garage . I keep consumables like grinding wheels , sawzall blades , anything that comes in those plastic bubble packages , I also keep tools like my levels , squares , tape measures etc.
I also made my own hangers for spools of wire , I have it sorted by gauge and color
But , I do love pegboard. I have about 12x4’ of it in the new garage . I keep consumables like grinding wheels , sawzall blades , anything that comes in those plastic bubble packages , I also keep tools like my levels , squares , tape measures etc.
I also made my own hangers for spools of wire , I have it sorted by gauge and color
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My plan is to aquire some metal pegboard. I prefer it.
I got a ton of hooks and various holders for it.
I got a ton of hooks and various holders for it.
That’s what I have , I got it from Home Depot , it comes in squares that interlock together. Edit: maybe I got it at Lowe’s this is the brand .
https://m.lowes.com/pd/Blue-Hawk-1-Piece-Steel-Pegboard-Actual-16-in-x-16-in/50220687
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Just a question, but, why metal? 
I have yet to break any of the wood stuff. All mine is about 1/4" thick. Not sure if that makes the difference.
But its a lot quieter and doesn't clank when you hook a tool over the peg and let it swing back..
stuff on the walls of my shop is 30 years old too.
I have yet to break any of the wood stuff. All mine is about 1/4" thick. Not sure if that makes the difference. But its a lot quieter and doesn't clank when you hook a tool over the peg and let it swing back..
stuff on the walls of my shop is 30 years old too.
Just a question, but, why metal?
But its a lot quieter and doesn't clank when you hook a tool over the peg and let it swing back..
stuff on the walls of my shop is 30 years old too.
Because the “wood”stuff breaks if you have anything heavy on it , and with the metal stuff you actually can use every hole on the board . With wooden pegboard you can’t put the hooks in every 16” where you put the strips to space it off the wall to attach it .
Never broken the wood stuff .We've had log chains hanging from it at my shop. Like I say though, it's thicker than normal. Maybe that's why.
And we don't use "Strips" to hang it. Use spaced out small blocks. Or you can lay it against the wall, dot through it where you want screws. Glue 1" long pieces of 1/2" PVC over the dots, then screw it up using them as spacers. Small blocks are faster lol.
.We've had log chains hanging from it at my shop. Like I say though, it's thicker than normal. Maybe that's why. And we don't use "Strips" to hang it. Use spaced out small blocks. Or you can lay it against the wall, dot through it where you want screws. Glue 1" long pieces of 1/2" PVC over the dots, then screw it up using them as spacers. Small blocks are faster lol.
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3/4 ton status
My problem with the pegboard (at least the wooden 1/4” kind) is that some of the hooks always fall off when I try to remove a tool, the hole it was in gets wallow’d out, then the hook drops on the table and falls back behind a bunch of stuff don’t feel like moving. My next one will be straight plywood and I’ll screw on some hooks and pegs directly to it.
