There’s no.way I can hang all my stuff like that. It’s a garage not a tardis.
I’ve got two garden sheds full as well. And I’m not a hoarder, just got lots of big stuff. Four sets of winter tires, lots of power tools, a huge amount of hunting and camping equipment (my tent alone takes up a vast amount of space, then goose blinds, decoys, atv…). Three bikes, pressure washer, fishing rods…
I’d just rip my own boards, I have a table saw and a router to ease the edges, and nail guns, so I wouldn’t pay $700 for a system.
Re:outlets. The garage had one outlet when we bought the place. I’ve since pulled a separate 100A service from the pole just for the garage and put two sets of double outlets on every wall, plus an extra set by the work bench, and one outlet on a dedicated 20A breaker just for the compressor. So I’m good there!
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I’m thinking of just starting with one 8’ section to see how it goes, and if I like it then I’d do maybe a full wall. I don’t have as much stuff as you have but I’d need to keep some of my big metal shelving for larger items.
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Stop, I can only get so aroused.
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Sounds like power is set for everything, with even a 240V saw within reach?
I envy the 24’ square garage. When I moved in 2020 I went from that to about 20’ x 21’ and I really really really miss the extra space. My F150 is literally too long to park in my garage. I used to have room to back in the truck and still have room to open the tailgate and stand behind the open tailgate to reach into the truck bed. Plus I had prolly 2k worth of shelving in that old garage, and I tetris’ed all sorts of crap in there. Now, I cannot even park 1 car in my garage and I got rid of lots of stuff, including my table saw.
Yeah, the difference between a 20x20 (had one) and 24x24 is significant.
Currently (no pun intended) I have a 220v outlet for my car charger and one for the HVAC, but there’s room in the panel if I needed another one.
lol
Obligatory Tim the Tool Man Taylor gif.
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Thinking about this as I intend to (one day) build out a work area. How many circuits did you use on the multis? If you split a double (I am guessing this is four plugs) into two circuits, you could have multiple machines running from same plug set, but how many things does one really run at once (other than compressor which you have isolated)? Plus the larger machines might be spread out anyway. The subpanel I have to supply basement/garage is wired for 200A, but you can “oversubscribe” since not everything runs at once. I could have 10 15s and the 50 for the car without oversubscribing for garage/workshop and 5 living areas.
And, SpaceLobster just splooged all over.
Lol
I have one circuit for each wall, basically. So one 15A breaker running two sets of 4 plugs, one wall has a 15A running a couple of extra plugs near the work bench. And then one 20A 110v breaker for the compressor, one 20A 220v for HVAC, one 40A 220v for the car charger.
It really depends on what equipment you plan on running. I think for many/most, 15A is sufficient for consumer-grade tools, and I wouldn’t worry about having multiple outlets on one circuit since you’ll likely only be using one tool at a time. If you’re getting serious and adding a vacuum system to control dust, maybe put that on a separate circuit since it’ll be running all the time.
Which is to say, I wouldn’t sweat it too much. Talk to an electrician and I bet they can get you adequately sized pretty quickly.
you likely would only need 1 power tool at a time, but you could have dust collection going at the same time as a saw. The saws I would run likely need 20 amps. Having another 20 amp circuit to run dust collection should be enough, I think. Any other opinions?
Most bigger saws run 240V. I have seen a few tables saws that label themselves as 2HP that can take 3/4" dado blade stack. That is sort of a big threshold for me. 3/4" means you can make dadoes and rabbets for regular plywood. I don’t want a saw that cannot take a full 3/4" stack, and 2HP might overtax 15A service, and then there’s the dust collection to worry about on top.
ETA: Mathman ninja’d me to some extent on the dust collection idea
I just have a little DeWalt table saw for now, I know who to ask if/when I want to upgrade! It’ll be a while, I need a couple more years to get the house remodeled before I think about a new hobby.
The table saw I used to have wasn’t as nice as your Dewalt. I did learn that IMHO the most important feature of a saw is the fence. My saw’s fence was terrible to adjust, lots of slop, and wasn’t usually perfectly parallel to the blade. You can make garage quality stuff on a contractor saw (and I did) but inside-the-house bookshelves or beyond were not possible because you need a cabinet saw to get more precision.
Secret to the fence: There’s two bolts on the end.of the fence. Loosen them. Lock the fence to the table so it’s square. Tighten the bolts. Perfect.
My fence is on a rack and pinion setup. It’s not perfectly square but it does a nice job. I wouldn’t build a desk with it, but it’s very decent.
1.) Paint the siding (May)
2.) Put a larger door on shed (May)
3.a) New Driveway (2023)
3.b.) 1.5+ car Garage (2023) - I have to do some city licensing/approval or whatever (2022)
We’re in the process of your #3a right now. I think they pour concrete sometime next week. Pretty exciting after wanting to redo the driveway since we bought the place 15yrs ago it is finally happening
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