Start of a new basement shop - pics

Looks like a nice space you have there. Good luck on getting it just right for your needs.

My 1st house had a decent basement. We moved to the shore, live on a lagoon now so no basement...unless I have the house raised up on pilings..... Good luck with your war room!

You'll need good ventilation for the spray booth.  It will need to draw very well, so that you don't get a fine misty overspray on everything around it.  Even with that the process of spray painting will create a zone that will be somewhat unsightly.  You'll want to be careful with a finished floor and decent furniture.  Things will get a little messy.  But full speed ahead.  It looks like a great space.  Rick.

Hey everyone

 I am almost ready to move in my tools and supplies. I added a few more progress pics, take a look. It will be nice to get out of the garage and build in a clean room. The stool in the pic is from my wifes beauty salon. I highly recommend one of these for anyone who sits on a stool to work. It has a heavily cushioned saddle type seat and adjusts enough that I can sit at my desk or raise it for the bench. I also plan on shortening the vent hose on the spray booth for better flow. My fan is a 150 cfm, should be enough?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10816461@N06/sets/72157626559306037/

Thanks everyone

Ives

MowerMech

Hey everyone

 I am almost ready to move in my tools and supplies. I added a few more progress pics, take a look. It will be nice to get out of the garage and build in a clean room. The stool in the pic is from my wifes beauty salon. I highly recommend one of these for anyone who sits on a stool to work. It has a heavily cushioned saddle type seat and adjusts enough that I can sit at my desk or raise it for the bench. I also plan on shortening the vent hose on the spray booth for better flow. My fan is a 150 cfm, should be enough?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10816461@N06/sets/72157626559306037/

Thanks everyone

Ives

Hey Trouble

Good snag on the discarded blower.  Must be a big unit to generate 700cfm, how bigs your paint booth?

 I work for a University's maintenance dept. I'll ask our HVAC guys about this. Maybe i'll get lucky.

Heck, we might have to start a new competition " Who has the suckiest paint booth "  

Ives

Good luck with the room...........   (my advice) - - keep simplicity in mind while you are getting your feet wet with it. This should allow plenty of adjustment alternatives.

All the best..........

MowerMech

Hey Trouble

Good snag on the discarded blower.  Must be a big unit to generate 700cfm, how bigs your paint booth?

 I work for a University's maintenance dept. I'll ask our HVAC guys about this. Maybe i'll get lucky.

Heck, we might have to start a new competition " Who has the suckiest paint booth "  

Ives

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10816461@N06/sets/72157626559306037/

So here's the last set of pics of my new shop. I added 9 more pics to the set. Turned out awesome. A place for everything. The paint booth works like a dream, thanks to this forum for the great ideas. I still need to buy some more supplies but that is never ending. Since it's been a few years since i've built i found out all my old enamels were garbage, had to start from scratch there. No big deal, just buy as needed.

I also added a couple of pics of my gaming rig for flight simming. I made the flight panel from a couple of keyboards and some labels from RogerDodger avialtion. Any people here fly the virtual skies as well as build ?

Ives

Nice enough ~ !!  for Lighting - I just use 3 good Cheap "FLOOR LAMPS", the kind that have a base at the bottom on a 5' long pole with 3 Different cone type lamps , and each light can have different size light bulbs or colors too, one of my Floor Lamps has 3 different colored light bulbs in it,, and the other 2 floor lamps have different Size light bulbs , and I can move the Floor Lamps around anywhere I want for better lighting and adjust the Cone lamps upwards to bounce light of the ceiling if I want or on my project.  The best place to get these FLOOR LAMPS is TARGET Stores or Sears have the better selection and their very inexpensive , some are only 19.95 or up to 40.00 ,,,, that way you don't have to mount anything in your ceiling or drill holes and mess with playing electricians and you can move the FLOOR LAMPS around anywhere you need to for better lighting,,, I like the 3 Cone style floor lamps the best, easch Cone can be pointed in any direction and with different size light bulbs as well,,, I have 3 cone style floor lamps and they light up the room perfectly , more than enough light !!!

What's the purpose of the different colored light bulbs?