Workshop design layout

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Hey guys,
Does anyone have any info on Workshop design layout , to suit a Norton Commando?
I have seen that there are PDF ones on the net to suit Harleys but not Nortons?

Brewer
 
I dunno if anybody has designed a perfect layout...but for me I want the bike high enough that I can sit in a chair on rollers next to it, with my bench behind me with lots of drawers (three inches deep) to put tools and parts in. I can roll the chair back an forth to grab what I need and my old back and knees love me for it. I also have a radiant heater mounted at the end of the bench so on cold days it warms my back while I sit there wondering what to do about my bike. The bad news is the other side is like the dark side of the moon unless I turn it around!

Oh yeah, lots of light!

Russ
 
When I built my shop-out I was talking to the guy next door and he showed me the COOLEST trick, he saved up a bunch of small Coffee Cans and using Carriage bolts he mounted them sideways UNDER most of the tall shelves (just hold them in place and Drill through the Shelf and the Can). They make lovely little cubby-holes for stuff.

I have a 10' X 15' "shop" that holds 3 bikes (1 if I need to move around the one I'm working on), Blasting Cabinet, Drill Press, Bench Grinder, Air Compressor, Workbench, Toolbox and way too much associated crapola, I use a Derek Weaver lift with a wheel-vise as in the down position it's a parking place.

Pegboard is your (expensive) friend (Harbor Freight for the Pegs).

Unclviny
 
They both sound great guys!
Does anyone have any pics that they can include on this topic?

Brewer.
 
Brewer said:
They both sound great guys!
Does anyone have any pics that they can include on this topic?

Brewer.
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Do you want workshop or bike bench suggestions?
 
And one of the best purchases I've made was 2 of those Magnetic-parts-tray thingies, small, fiddly bits don't disappear as readily and you can just stick the tray to something (sideways is cool, it's Magnetic) and toss small parts at it.

Shelving is your friend, when you think you have enough, HANG MORE!, 1 wide-Shelf all around the shop about 1 1/2' - 2' from the ceiling, trust me on that (it's wasted-space) and it will hold Ice-chests, Camp-stuff and other stuff that you don't need all the time.

Unclviny
 
Yeah, I had a look at the man caslte thread! there were so many cool workshops there. I was wondering if anybody has any technical stuff, like placing lighting, bench heights, workshop plans, bike lift plans that could be fabricated, Norton commando home made special tools etc.....

Brewer.
 
Brewer said:
Yeah, I had a look at the man caslte thread! there were so many cool workshops there. I was wondering if anybody has any technical stuff, like placing lighting, bench heights, workshop plans, bike lift plans that could be fabricated, Norton commando home made special tools etc.....

Brewer.
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Small, medium or large budget?

Workshop design layout

Homemade workbench. Rolls and "locks" using some sore of perverted system I designed. Can't be more than $25 in material there.

Also made my workbench but I have too much crap on it right now to see. Maybe $10 in 2x4s. Had a sheet of particle board for the top and shelf.
 
Good work... swooshdave,
I was looking at low budget to medium budget!
I reckon that is a bottler of a bike stand. can anyone match that?
How did you get your machine on top?

Come on guys!!! there must be more out there that can put their 2 bobs worth in here?

Talking workshop designs, plans , functional innovative ideas , and practical working invironments .. for restoring and maintaining Norton Commandos.
 
Brewer said:
Good work... swooshdave,
I was looking at low budget to medium budget!
I reckon that is a bottler of a bike stand. can anyone match that?
How did you get your machine on top?
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Bike ramp.
 
Brewer said:
Does anyone have any info on Workshop design layout , to suit a Norton Commando?
I have seen that there are PDF ones on the net to suit Harleys but not Nortons?
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Could you give a link to such a PDF? Just to feed my curiosity....;-)


Tim
 
I did a design layout for a friend's proposed garage addition, but he never ended up building the addition.

I may have it on one of my backup discs, I'll have to look.

230V 3-phase power, pnematic lifts, welding, grinding & buffing equipment, paint booth, small bathroom, mini-fridge, multiple work benches, rolling toolbox nooks, fluorescent lighting, articulated spotlighting, lots of stuff.
 
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