Amused wrote:
"David" wrote in message
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D Steck wrote:
"David" wrote in message
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pduck wrote:
How do you handle the problem of rust? If I pull my car into the garage
after it has been out in the rain, or covered with snow and salt, it's
going to really do a number on my tools. Not only my table saw, jointer,
etc, but also the smaller hand tools like chisels and planes. Just
putting a dehumidifier isn't going to do much good with a wet car right
next to everything.
Thanks
leave the cars outside?? 
I haven't parked a car in my garage shop
for over 3 years. The cars are doing fine. They don't rust outside and
my shop doesn't get "disturbed". Then again, I don't live in snow
country. I thought most snow country homes had basements. I've
considered moving to the midwest and taking over an entire basement
(1,500 square feet) for my next shop. that would be so cool to have
plenty of room for stock. I could retire some of the equipment's mobile
stands with that much room. Each "toy" could stay put in a shop that
large. sigh...
Dave
Oh sure, you only think you'd get the entire basement!!!! I get a little
corner of an unfinished basement. SWMBO wants it finished and we are
currently in negotiation on how much of it I get for the shop!!!
If you ever do move, make sure you get a basement with at least 9'
ceilings.
I'm HOPING I'd get the whole basement! Having discussed it at length
with SWMBO, it appears I would snag the entire basement if we ever move to
a house similar to the one we spent several days looking at in KS.
The ceilings were 9'. I wouldn't want less if I plan on putting a shop
into one. Lower than that would be a deal breaker.
Dave
My suggestion, do NOT strive for a basement workshop. Invariable, it's
difficult to move supplies in an out of the basement, even if the stairway
is in the garage. If you have the laundry facilities in the basement, dust
(even with a good dust collector) will prove to be an insurmountable
problem. The noise from power tools, especially pneumatic nailers, can
generate enormous complaints from the rest of the family. But the biggie,
from my experience is finishing procedures. Varnishes, even the new latex
paints, still have an odors that will invariable seep to the rest of the
home and only then will you find out that every single person in your
household has asthma, bronchial or acute respiratory failure, and if you
open up one more can, you will be charged under the domestic violence laws.
Where in Kansas? James, north central Kansas.
Thanks for the info, James.
Hmmm...I have an attached garage that I do HVLP spraying. I sometimes
smell a bit of the sprayed product inside the house, but it isn't
objectionable often or bad enough to be concerned. I would be concerned
if spraying inside a basement would worsen the problem.
I'd only get a walk-out basement for ease of bringing in supplies and
taking out projects. No way I'd consider just stairs!
"Family" is just me and the missus. (Besides visitors--but I'd skip
the woodworking if someone's visiting for a few days)
The house we considered has a laundry room behind the garage, on the
main floor. Beats hauling laundry up and down the basement stairs.
My wife's computer/sewing room's right next to the shop. She has said
the shop noise doesn't intrude. Plus, she knows what it's like to live
with a shop right under her bedroom, during a previous "life". I was
watching PBS last night--60's music--while she was sleeping soundly
beside me in the bedroom. Lights and TV noise don't wake her up. The
neighbors fricking barking dogs do (wake her), but they have all
recently gotten barking collars, which WORK, thank God!
I'm concerned about the humidity level (with a/c from the central unit)
in a basement, even barring a water seepage problem in the basement. Do
you know the humidity level of your basement and of the main living
quarters? I know it can get pretty humid in the midwest. I spent 3
years in MO. Is a basement always going to be inherently more humid
than the upper stories, even with an a/c register always open in the
basement?
oh, our washer and drier are in my garage shop and I've yet to see a
problem. What EXACTLY is the problem with the laundry being done in the
shop area? Our drier vents outside. I don't like it when hot water is
being used in the washer if I'm about to do finishing, but other than
that, the 2 functions have coexisted fine ever since I started
woodworking in the shop.
Lenexa or vicinity.
Dave