My last workshop only took a few days
to complete it at a workbench some bike storage
a tall wall and all the little things that made a unique
But this new garages
to be honest
a little overwhelming to get started on
so we'll need to divide this project into three videos
Starting today with the workbench and bay one， I figure we only need half a bay
for this which gives us a lot of breathing room to get creative.
The headroom in particular opens up a lot of options
You see
this garage has high ceilings designed to accommodate automotive lifts
and it would be nice to put some of that vertical space to use
So I'm thinking we can use the workbench as a catwalk and hang bicycles way up on the wall where we normally not be able to reach
To get on top of the workbench to load bikes may require some stairs or maybe a ramp
For fear of this devolving into a full blown garage skate park
I'm making a concerted effort to retain a level of practicality here
If we leave the backside of the ramps open
they could be used to store large unsightly things like lumber
like lumber,my shop,and tarps
This sliver of functionality will give us full license to squander half this bay on something absurd
either This ends up being a great idea for a time consuming an expensive mistake.
I guess there's only one way to find out
First
things first the workbenches of which there will be two.
he first one will lead ten feet wide and three feet deep with a shelf underneath just like my last bench
Since we'll be walking and even writing on these benches,
I'm squeezing the supports closer than would be required for general bike maintenanc
Bike maintenance in this bench will have a total of six legs each with one Dubai for running the full height of the bench
and a set of locks carefully space to support the outer frames of the bench
They say you should measure twice and cut once I tend to measure the wrong thing twice and cut that once
but if it weren't for mistakes
we wouldn't be here doing any of this
In fact
given enough mistakes
you can accomplish anything
One down one to go
So we can store large items underneath the ramps
I'm leaving this bench open with no shelf
so willing to add some graces of the legs to stiffen them up once this benches in position
I should have a nice l shaped workspace with plenty of room for a bike stand and lots of beans underneath
But we won't get into any of that until next week.
For now we have some ramps to build.
I'll be referring to this ramp as a wedge and as a dual purpose
The first is for transporting bikes to and from storage
and the second is for a landing on
For that reason
I'm trying to strike a balance between being mellow enough to walk up
and down in steep enough to act as a functional landing.
The rise is three feet just like the workbench
so I settled on a run of ten feet
If this ramp were at a public skate park
I probably use heavier lumber and more layers of it
But for our purposes
three quarter inch plywood and a bunch of two by fours is going to be more than strong enough
I'm more worried about the dry wall to the left of it
which will need to armor at some point
but as we discuss the slope of this ramp in my choice of materials in my choice of materials
you are probably thinking
Where on earth would you launch from to land on them
Before I ever put my pencil to graph paper,
NKevin and I stood around the garage for hours contemplating what would stand here.
In fact,
we seriously entertain the idea of a phone pit the size of this entire bay.
But after consulting with Phil on the matter,
I decided it wasn't a smart use of space.
Instead
we settled on a four foot quarter pipe.
To draw the transition were making a radius six feet from the base of the RAM
And only four feet tall a quarter people rarely,
if ever be an actual quarter of a pipe.
It's more like a fifth of a place,
but that's still Steve enough to send you straight up in the air
which is exactly what we want this to do.
If you find it hard to understand how we're actually planning on riding this thing,
you're probably not alone.
But before I demonstrate that we have a bike rack to build.
Given my limited height
the Rat can only be mounted as high as I can reach,
but that's still plenty of headroom for working on the bench.
The construction is simple
and so all five books in a two
by foreign mounted to the beams in the wall.
That would be enough to hang bikes by itself,
but I'm also mounting two additional too,
by force for the tires to rest on.
Having the bags way up on the wall
looks really cool in one of the looks is oversized to accommodate my fattier bike
which is still working rate with baby oil on the brakes
Like I said
we have a lot of work to do here to get this shop operational
but this is the overall layout
complete with storage and lots of bench space
All my tools are still in boxes
In my trail
bike is still packed up from the Whistler trip
but before we unpack any of this stuff
it's time to give this thing a proper test
It's time we knew that will be the case from the start
but that hasn't stopped
as in the past
I had a dream about it
None of these guys have written much gay partners
so this quarter to wedge is quite a novelty
Whether you're on a bmx
a dirtjumped bike
or anything in between
writing ramps is always about session
As the session
something is to get creative and exhaust all the different ways you can write it as your skills improved
so too do your options
but skill is less important than you might think
When you watch someone hit the pavement repeatedly for forty minutes
It's hard not to share their excitement when they finally come out victorious
I don't care if they're attempting a triple backflip for a bunny house like a puppy learning to climb stairs
Something relatively basic can be exciting when you witness the struggle that led up to it
Then tonight
my twenty four inch red line
I'm chasing a wing of my own
These three sixty has been on my mind since before we usually finish this thing
I go a little faster
I've just been a little more
If it was a mistake
devoting half abated his boot or bench
then it's a mistake I'd be glad to make again
The storage underneath is going to come in handy
and there's still a massive work area behind it that we have yet to build out
I hope you enjoyed this video because we're going to be spending a lot of time in here over the next few weeks
We still need to move all my stuff in here and build all the little things that make it function as a workshop
Maybe during that time
I'll attempt to find forty this thing until then
hang tight thanks for riding with me today
and I'll see you next time
What's the first point?
What go to Mike
There are tradeoffs