NEW guy ova here!!

[JPG]

another question,

do ya all do anything special to the tube mounts before putting the tubes back in? like knock off rust, lubricant, grease, or leave it alone...?

thanks


Scot "Z"

yes, wax, no, no.

[joedw00]

yes, wax, no, no.

Use Johnson Paste Wax on the tubes.

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[2rr2nv]

cool. thanks!

Scot "Z"

[2rr2nv]

Latest news for my workshop... finally got to put up pegboard to hang some tools. I think all I have left to do is hang some more cabinets.

latest pic...

[ERLover]

Looks nice, the sand bag tells me you got a PU truck, I go for the pre painted white peg board, tools stand out better, a few cans of spray paint can fix it. Is that a smooth floor, if so with saw dust on it gets real slippery. Ask me how I know.

[oldiron]

Gotta watch those smooth floors. When I poured the floor in my shop, I purposely made very small ridges sort of like what is being done with more and more of the outdoor sidewalks.

I worked as a auto technician at a dealership 20 some years ago and almost busted my butt on the smooth floors in that shop when it was a little wet.

My shop floor is a little hard on vacuum brushes and casters however, when I've got sawdust on the floor, No problems...

Congrats with getting your work area up and going!!!

Mike

[2rr2nv]

Looks nice, the sand bag tells me you got a PU truck, I go for the pre painted white peg board, tools stand out better, a few cans of spray paint can fix it. Is that a smooth floor, if so with saw dust on it gets real slippery. Ask me how I know.

yep, Ram 3500 dually.
I like the brown color since (for me) certain tools stand out.
yes, smooth floor. it's been wet quite a few times since my wife parks her Edge in the "work shop". Haven't had a prob. also worked in a shop for a few years with smooth floors and never had too much of a problem even in winter. we used to use sawdust to absorb fluids. Not that it won't be slippery, but I prefer a smooth floor over a rough floor since I seem to be moving crap around too dang often.

on a sidenote, we intend to put down a floor covering like Swisstrax (?) and I'd rather have it smooth so the panels don't rock when ya walk on em.

Thank you all for the support. just showed my FIL the garage and he was pretty impressed with all the storage and usefulness. LOL, wife made a comment that I need to buy a lift and THEN the garage will be done. Dang she rocks!!!

[jsburger]

Looks nice, the sand bag tells me you got a PU truck, I go for the pre painted white peg board, tools stand out better, a few cans of spray paint can fix it. Is that a smooth floor, if so with saw dust on it gets real slippery. Ask me how I know.

yep, Ram 3500 dually.
I like the brown color since (for me) certain tools stand out.
yes, smooth floor. it's been wet quite a few times since my wife parks her Edge in the "work shop". Haven't had a prob. also worked in a shop for a few years with smooth floors and never had too much of a problem even in winter. we used to use sawdust to absorb fluids. Not that it won't be slippery, but I prefer a smooth floor over a rough floor since I seem to be moving crap around too dang often.

on a sidenote, we intend to put down a floor covering like Swisstrax (?) and I'd rather have it smooth so the panels don't rock when ya walk on em.

Thank you all for the support. just showed my FIL the garage and he was pretty impressed with all the storage and usefulness. LOL, wife made a comment that I need to buy a lift and THEN the garage will be done. Dang she rocks!!!

I have never had a problem with the smooth floor in my shop. It is painted with PP&G two part epoxy paint with no non-slip addative. The picture is from 2009 when I built the building and the paint on the floor has held up perfectly.

[ERLover]

John, keywords, "No slip Additive", the guy that owned my house B4 me, in the shop area did a type of coating on the concrete, Epoxy of some form, with saw dust, it is like adding corn meal to that shuffle board/bowling game with the metal puck you see in Bars, or used too. Slippery as snot, bur sweeps up nice.
Any Ice Cream left?

[jsburger]

John, keywords, "No slip Additive", the guy that owned my house B4 me, in the shop area did a type of coating on the concrete, Epoxy of some form, with saw dust, it is like adding corn meal to that shuffle board/bowling game with the metal puck you see in Bars, or used too. Slippery as snot, bur sweeps up nice.
Any Ice Cream left?

Well, all I can say is my floor is not slippery at all. I understand about the shuffle board table. Played a lot of that years ago.

My parents were from Pennsylvania. My dad's father was a minister and died when my dad was a young boy. He preached in the summer at a camp in Perkase PA. called Perkase Park. They had one of the biggest most elaborate cottages in the park. The church let my grandmother keep the cottage until she died. We used to go there at least once in the summer in the 50's. They had an outdoor shuffle board court. Four lanes about 15 - 20 ft long as I remember. The pucks were 6" to 7" in diameter made from some type of composite. They used to wax the bottom of the pucks. The court was concrete. I have no idea how they kept the concrete court together, smooth, polished and with no cracks through the PA winter. Maybe they covered it. Those pucks would slide just as easily as the indoor bar table. You stood up and used a long handle with a Y fork on the end to slide the puck down the court. Closest to the center just like the bar tables and for that matter curling in Canada. I love curling, did it for 4 years. It is a much more finesse sport than shuffle board because of the variations in the ice sheet on any given day.