man cave build help

[windjammer]

thinking of making my cabinets from birch plywood,no work on sites so this will give me something to do and keep my mind occupied
https://fixthisbuildthat.com/diy-garage-cabinets-plans/

[Alec]

If I had a man cave that big i think id be tempted to partition some bits off si i could have a dirty area for working/workshop part. Then have a walkin wardrobe/camping gear store, then go for a bike cupboard where they are in two layers and stored in pull out draws like you see people put in the back of vans.
I also think eves storage is massively useful.

[Bearbonesnorm]

If space is tight, a fold out workbench can be useful especially if you don't itend to do much serious work ........ it's somewhere to fasten that vice too

[benp1]

7m by 7m? That's a studio flat down here!

I have a pillar drill, bench grinder and vice permanently on my workbench, but seemingly tons of crap also there as well

Have smaller removable vices and also another Bluepoint grinder with a proper manly motor to power it when I was going to be making knives from blanks, but then other things came along. Still sitting unused!

Vice is probably the most used item, but I really do like my tool chest. Looks a lot like this

[windjammer]

hey ben
i like the tool chest,i want to build something like that from plywood,get a compressor too,lots of led ceiling lights,always had garages that were narrow and long cant fit anything down the sides

[mikehowarth]

Slowly beginning to turn my attention to the garage as well

+1 for fixthisbuildthat plans and a french cleat wall system

[timothy.doran]

Im 'working' from my man cave today. Best thing about today was by chance my WRT 2012 tshirt had floated to the top of the clothes pile.



I can recommend the LED batten lights from Screwfix. Good quality natural light and plenty of it.

[windjammer]

got my walls painted white,took 30litres of dulux masonary paint,blocks were really porus and the first coat didnt cover any were near,

[Cheeky Monkey]

got my walls painted white,took 30litres of dulux masonary paint,blocks were really porus and the first coat didnt cover any were near,

Did you water the first coat down? Sometimes helps.

[windjammer]

got the electrics in last week,sparky put a wifi fused spur to programe the outside lights,i can set them to come on at 9pm and switch off at 11.fitted the steel security door today,get the electric door next week

[Bearbonesnorm]

got the electrics in last week,sparky put a wifi fused spur to programe the outside lights,i can set them to come on at 9pm and switch off at 11.fitted the steel security door today,get the electric door next week

Jeez, sounding more Bat Cave than man cave