Took a coon's age x's 7.

After lugging a silly little toolbox around for the last 25 years I finally assembled a workable workspace for bicycle. I didn't want to spend any money so everything that I assembled were found objects from around the house. The hardest thing to consider was a workbench. I had a commercial kitchen S/S prep table that i had in my kitchen at the Kickapoo house. It had been languishing in the garage since I moved out here to lovely Cherry Valley Estates, so I dusted it off and brushed it back to life on the grinder. I won't mount my vise to the table so I am going to make a mini table and mount it to the wall for vise jobs and a home for the grinder.

Here is an overview shot of my new shop!




This shot shows the side door that leads outside so I can have fresh air circulation if I desire. The temps lately have made this option quite attractive. I also hung a set of windchimes in the doorway to give a slightly claming Asian feel.


Here's a shot taken during daylight hours which shows the view out back into the woods.
I love this poster...and quote.


I saw on the Serotta Forum a while back where some old Japanese guy mounted his tools on a plain backing and not the usual pegboard setup. I really enjoy the minimalclean look of the stark face of the mdf. I need to assemble a few more bicycle tools but those will come in time.



Here's the lounge area. Often my good friend Dr. Wu stops by to smoke on his pipe and watch me work as he expounds endlessly about his preoccupation with the fairer sex.



I originally had the bicycle hanging hooks affixed to a 2x4 which I mounted to a joist above but I decided that the bikes would be more out of the way and hence closer to the wall if I mounted the hooks to the wall. It's a real clean look to boot.




Here's a shot of some things.



For lighting I used some really cool old (1960's?) flourescent light fixtures. They came with the house which was originally built by the original Zenith Plant manager...so I assume these units are from that era and maybe the plant. These 2 fixtures are heavy, thick guage metal and glass!

Hope you enjoy seeing the setup and maybe stop by with Klaus for sausage and beer .

Hey. Thanks for reading!