Ultimate home workshop to do everything 

Any car guy or girl would see that workshop as a dream come true. You can tackle anything in that space with all the equipment you have. Love it. Respect to you. Proper happy place to be.

You seem like a bit of a legend ! So much energy, enthusiasm and friendliness - not to mention all that skill !

The bech grinder on hinges to flip out of the way is fantastic idea

Love the New Hampshire license plate

One of the most important things for an effective work space is having the support of a “Mrs Jeff”! My “Mrs Jeff” is not only very supportive, but she’s a great source of “sanity checks”!👍

Excellent video. I'm a fabricator at an aerospace factory, and my tool storage, hardware and material are pretty well organized. Mostly because I've been there for a while and when something isn't right, it gets corrected or refined. However, when it comes to my personal workspace, it's a different story. Unfortunately a carport fire which spread to my garage resulted in a huge loss of useful and treasured tools and lots of other things. Admittedly, it was pretty messy and chaotic, but I could usually find things, eventually. After we rebuild, I am going to do things more efficiently. At my job ALL my work tables are on wheels. I also use a cart frequently, but yours is a great idea that I intend to explore for my garage. I am also going to use your idea of isolating and insulating the air compressor. Thanks for the tour

Great workshop Jeff! Be sure to install main shut off switches for the electrical devices! A safety measure for when you are away or if something has to get shut down immediately!

so funny project binky

Nice work space Jeff, I definitely agree on the 3mtr wall height thing. So easy to achieve at the construct phase for relatively small extra cost. Makes it so much more usable even if you have to keep the floor space a bit more compact.

11:35 Projects finished by Jeff - 4! Projects finished by BOM - 0 😆Love you both, haha

I just purchased a flamables cabinet, the reduction on my insurance means It will pay for it's self in 2.5 years and also makes my workshop safer. Paint is fuel, welding and grinding sparks are ignition source. This is how my non mechanical insurance broker put it. Good advise I thought, we often miss the obvious.

Thanks for this, very timely. I just got my permits for a 24'x36' 3 car garage. Now I need to balance the wine making and the car working.

You need an extra flat bar beam over the top roller you can mount little pushdown roller from above to stop or lessen the bending up..

Wall control metal pegboard is an absolute game changer to have most of your tools out in the open ready to access

That cart is genius! Way better than the usual mobile tool box

Bigger is better that's so true.

This is a very valuable video. Having my workshop for 10 years now, I get used to my setup and not really think about how it can be better. Your video allowed me to reevaluate my workshop. Thanks!

My only comment is to keep the things that make sparks, like grinders and welders away from the nicely painted things- or glass, I had damaged side windows in a car I did by not paying attention to where the sparks went. Also helps to have no flamables in that area.

Good tour, gave me a few ideas. So true about higher roof line, 3mtr minimum. Also moving the compressor outside, have just the spot for it.

You released this video just to the right time. Although I haven't got the same space, your worhshop gives me a good orientation to create my own personal happyplace. Go on like this. I 'm looking forward to your next projects.

Nice touch haven’t Binky on!

Love the walk through tour! I have so much work to do to organize my garage but I do have 3 different size label makers and three carts for specific jobs it's such a game changer. One of my carts is just for detailing so when anyone needs it they can just wheel it out and all the tools are there in one spot.

Using flakes on the epoxy floor are great if you like spending an eternity trying to find small parts and fasteners that you drop on the floor.

Timing of this video could not have been better. I am currently getting ready to purge and reorganise my garage. Thanks for all the great tips!

Great video as ever. All sound advice, A place for everything, and Everything in it's place. The space you have is simply huge, in England your garage floor area would take 2 houses nowadays. Looking forward to the Truck!

I loved seeing your shop Jeff. Uve been a fan for a long time. 2 tips. 1. Buy a bigger shop. 2 when the ford toy hauler is done, BUILD A DATSUN 510/1600 😂

I'm on a great journey now - moving to a smaller place than before. How I can organize everything, what a pile of scrap I can throw away... Amazing :)

Great tour, some brilliant ideas, thanks Jeff

Great workshop! Congratulations!

Jeff - As a firefighter I am surprised you did not state that the number one set of tools in a workshop is to have adequate fire extinguishers of proper size and capacity situated around the shop. I did an inventory of my own shop and was stunned at how much flammable chemicals I had in the shop (paints, oils, fuel, etc.). Otherwise, great video and I agree most heartily with the comment that you cannot have a big enough shop. A friend of mine says his perfect retirement home is a 1,200 SF house and a 6,000 SF shop 😀.

Thank you Jeff, help me a lote. Alô Theo besta. Pascal.

Great video, Jeff. Love your space. Wish I had the same setup

Thanks for the walk-thru, great use of the space you have. In the long term makes life easy. Thanks ! Bill Mc

This is a great episode. Thank you.

Great video Jeff love your work. And wish you all the best with your cars

I love shop tour videos thanks

Great advise. Thanks for the tour. Hope you and the boss had a great holiday. ❤

Good tips

Thanks for Sharing your experience Jeff ! Love the video 👍🏻

OMG this video is so helpful!!! Thank you for taking the time to show us....👍👍👍👍

My shed is identical in size to yours, same brand, and yes way to small, not equipped as well as yours.🪚🔧🪛🔩🛠🪓🔨

Old Tecalemit hoists are 2.7 and are safer in a screw mechanism .

Very interesting...

I really need a cart and stool. I've been too busy and cheap to buy anything. I got rid of everything when I moved 13 months ago and I haven't replaced it yet. The fastest head gasket change I EVER did I made sure that EVERY time I changed tools, I put back the one I wasn't using. I had my socket tray and spanner tray and all the other stuff set out on a cart and because I didn't spend 5 minutes looking for a tool every 2 minutes I was done in 2 hours.

Nice shop tour!

This was a great watch, so many ideas to sort out my very cluttered garage. I'd say you've done very well to maximise your workspace, thanks so much for making this!

Fantastic super helpful video. It was pretty cool to see how everything is laid out. It was a good kind of behind-the-scenes type look at how the magic gets done. Thank you.

Love you're bench and layouts, Jeff!! Greetings from South Africa ❤😊🎉

Great space Jeff. Those Knipex pliers look great. Had the same Heine and sons guillotine at my old work, still going strong!

Great video Jeff! Labeling everything is vital in case you're not there tomorrow & somebody has to come in and pick up the pieces, especially with project cars & their parts!!

Handy video, and great timing for me. I'm in the process of building a 5m x 9m garage ("workshop") with 3m high ceiling. After years of working outside under a waterproof tarp, this is going to be a big upgrade for me. Cheers for the tips!

Nice timing Jeff. I’m just about to start building my 15x8 m shed in the back garden!.

That's well organized. I need to go through my garage, and sort it out properly. I've been looking at compact mobile shelving myself to get more use out of a corner of my garage.

Brill - imagine how long these projects would take without this organisation- off to,buy those pliers!

Brilliant Jeff, really useful especially in terms of how to make accessing things easily. I have kept things in their moulded plastic cases which is a faff to use. Will be buying a set of the Knipex pliers, I hope they offered sponsorship!

Great video Jeff, Only garage tool I didn't see and I use everyday is a shop vac. I have a Shop Vac that has a detachable leaf blower and I use it everyday. Matter of fact, it's the second one I own because the first one blew up and getting ready to buy another one since my current one is getting messed up. We have a couples of motorcycles and it's great to dry the bikes or the cars engine bays after a good wash. These days I'm doing bodywork so I attach it to my orbital sander, My 2 door garage is attached to the house so keeping the dust out is a must. Every week or so, I open the doors (2 car garage) and use the leaf blower and blow all the surfaces, tool box and floor. Also everything is on wheels, and all cupboards benches etc are about 2 inches off the floor that way, I spray water to get rid of any dust, road salt on the floor (yeah it snows a lot here and the daily lives in the garage during winter) I got that tip from Jack Olsen in his series of postings about his home shop. Like most of us, the garage is what I call organic, it evolves constantly. One thing you should mention to guys who are thinking about building a paint booth is to make sure you use brush less fan motors to eliminate any sparks when evacuating paint booth paint fume exhaust. Oh and your right about any garage must have Pinky's series on a loop... And at least a decent radio to blast some AC-DC once in a while huh? And last but not the least, a beer fridge!

You are right about shed size. They are never big enough. Fleck floors ?? Drop a small part and it dissapears. Ask me I know. Height ? yep get it as high as you can. I have a four post hoist. After I rebuilt the castors I can move that hoist around with a car on it. I'm actually scared of two post hoists. I have put shelves along all three walls that go to the roof. Four office stationary cabinets that are now on retractable wheels. And I'm in the process of building another little shed to put the rubbish in..like the mower and garden tools that just give a home for spiders. I also have a pair of small tables on wheels. Same height as the work benches. They are very usefull for holding all the tools that I'm using at the moment. Much like you. I'm always looking for a better way.😉

You always fill all the available space! I take my hat off to Jack Olsen with his 12 gauge garage 👍🇦🇺

Hey up mate thanks for the extra midweek video I'd always thought your spray booth was an extension on the back, didn't realize you had that area behind toolbox. So for me you've just gained thirty percent. Sweet video but there was no mention ov the humble/wonderful ozi milkcrate

I have an old hairdryer to blow the dust off the bench etc. I find it easier than an air line

Thanks for this Jeff. I'm just about to embark on reorganizing/cleaning my own garage after getting my Bugeye project on the road. Won't be doing much this weekend though... it's currently sitting at -28ºC (yes that's a minus sign) 🥶and doesn't warm up until the middle of next week!! Cheers, Ian.

Project Binky needs to be on a loop because there hasn't been a new episode in about 12 months

My tip is dont use black boxes. Thats where items go to die. Clear boxes are best because you can get an idea what is inside. Save alot of time finding the right box that you stored that item you need.

Nice walkthrough. I would say you missed a good vacuum cleaner is a must. If it is ready available all time it helps you keep bench, floor etc clean. Also when I work on the cars I leave the used tools on the cart and then after the job or the day I done I spend like 5-10min to clean them and put them back where they live. Helps you to easy find them next time around and not covered in oil/dust whatever

My spaqce is about Half of yours but I know the same principles apply, Thank you

Jeff, i think you've used the space well !! My garage is nearly the same dimensions (6M x 12M) , but i bit higher than yours. I do like your new ideas though !!

I build a lot with Lego and I must say that labels are mandatory. I've been rewatching the Binky saga these days... well, in the end, 4 years for Alfarrari is nothing!😜

Hi Jeff, enjoyed your garage tour. But you have not enough space. 😂 You still have the upholstery and 3D printer in house. 😉 Greetings from Belgium

HOWDY JEFF MATE, HAPPY NEW YEAR, MMMM GOOD SET UP AND LIKE THOSE knipex pliers ( I'M THINKING OF GETTING A SET). *BEING A FIRE FIGHTER, WOULD YOU HAVE SMOKE DETECTORS IN THERE JUST IN CASE YOU THINK!! 📌

I've heard flakes in the floor covering can make it really difficult to find dropped bits, screws etc the school I work at has flakes in the tech flooring and I'd have to agree, I think it'd be hard to find dropped stuff! Sick shed! 👍

GREAT VIDEO! I really really like that tool kart trolley with the drills on it. Adam Savage's tip on finding stuff, is when you get something new, ask yourself.. IF I WAS LOOKING FOR IT, where would i look? and put it there. i'd actually like to make some sort of REFERENCE BOOK seeing My memory doesn't seem as good as it used to be also.. (like, clutch fan spanner, in the rarely used box inside the stationary cupboard) hoping you do an update with any great tips from the comments also.

Great vid Jeff and a great shed! Def plenty of things I will be taking away. A small one you glossed over is the white board - dead handy. One tip I would add is to think about door (entry) size. I wanted one wider door and one smaller but the need to be more economic at the time meant I got two 3m doors - not bad, but I still wish I had a 5m door instead for much easier access. Where do you store parts when your builds are in progress? This seems to be one of the most difficult aspects for me - currently the shed is full up of the parts stripped from project and they take up so much space, whether the smaller parts that are boxed and on shelves or particularly larger items like panels (bumpers, bonnets etc), interior trim like door cards.. engine... gearbox... all need a space to rest until they go back on the car. Our shared council made a fuss about height, so a +3m roofline was out for me. Annoying as that really ruled out a 2-post.

You should see Matt Ross garage and how he upkeeps it . Insane : ) Was hoping that was a new episode of Bad Obsession 😏 Thanks for the comment about the mini left 👍

Great workshop😊 How is progress on the concrete driveway - helps to keep the dust out of the workshop !! GH😂

You never mentioned the fire risk management in a remote location, I lived for 20 years 22kms from nearest firestation, only had one incident but 30 mins is long time to watch your pride and joy burn to a cinder , even tho I had a fire extinguisher ( proper commercial) I now live on edge of town and only 12 minutes from firestation 😂😂😂😂

Need a waterfall section in front of the exhaust area of the spray booth to get the particulates into suspension (lol). You have everything powered up all the time, so do you have the shed on a single isolation switch so you can hit one button and shut the whole place down?

Thanks for the tour. Do you have a master power switch for the garage? Do you turn off all power when done for the day? With everything plugged in all the time I wonder what the vampiric draw would be when not in use.

Wow, thats a big garage. What do you have for power? Great tour by the way!

Great walk around video Jeff but now I have to get a TV in the shed to play Binky videos while I build.

There are others who went with the "flakes" and say DO NOT DO THAT .. IF you are prone to having to chase down washers and nuts and other things that might fall off of a car while working on it... or not wanting to KNOW that you need to clean the floors. If you did chips, you might want to make them mono-tone / one color. Just advice on that from another channel dealing w/ epoxy floors.

I was hoping to hear more about the cnc plasma cutter. Where is it made, where did you buy it?

Interesting for me to see that I have by accident, and with much less "gear" got the same kind of solutions/set up. A few things and in no particular order: Fire extinguisher/s !! Of the right type, size, operational, and always always accessible, not under the work bench ...some where? If you are building a building from from scratch.... Sound insulation...maybe your Mr,s Jeff doesn't want to hear your hammering, grinding, tunes, or singing?...maybe your neighbours too. Heat insulation/ventilation....not every one lives in the land of Ozz...trying to work in a cold space is very unpleasant or being too hot is not good. Security....if you have nice things, there is some other low life who wants them for free. Also knowing what you have and it's value is useful if you find yourself having to make an insurance claim for missing gear....from experience...I am still remembering things that I had, didn't use often, and no longer have....compression tester "didn't I have one of those?"...impact tool (hammering type), and where is my heat gun? Work clothes/gear.. It's always dirty work (if you are not a RU-vidr), so have a change of clothes that you keep in your workshop, and put on take off, inside the workshop. First of all, it put you in the right frame of mind when you are going to work, also saves you taking all the workshop dirt/grime/dust in to the house. Water supply/sink, you are going to get dirty, having just a sink in the workshop again saves taking that dirt in to the house. First aid kit...eye wash....plasters...antiseptic cream A space to sit and have a drink...a think...and to admire your progress....you also need a clock...that 5 min job just took 2 hours and your Mrs Jeff is waiting to go to the store with you...serve your dinner??...you lost track of time and forgot to eat...drink.....pick the kids up from school??? Rags...towels...spill kit.....you are going to have dirty stuff...parts, tools, hands..and maybe spill stuff along the way...or your car might decide to vomit all over the workshop with out warning. Have an exit...don't box your self in to a space where you can not get out if some thing goes wrong.......welding under the car...extinguisher outer side of the shop...engine hoist/work trolley in front of the workshop door??? Have a plan...what you are going to do...how you are going to do it...where you are going to do it...what you need to do it...what you are going to do (with it) when you have done it. Maybe not good RU-vid content, or simply goes without saying?

See you use some of Adam savages shop techniques. He just did another video of his shop cause he expanded it.

Hi Jeff, I noticed you have installed the hoist hard up against the side of the shed, I'm looking at doing the same to ultimately save space. Are there any negative aspects of installing it like that? I can Imagine walking around or even working on that side might be compromised?

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You don’t just throw a shop together like that. Do you have a before photo of the space? Love the make shift paint booth 👍🏻

All well and good, but where is the storage for all the unfinished projects and the thing I bought for another project but haven't got to yet so it doesn't need to have 'its' space so may as well go on the floor but is then in the way of the other thing I bought for that other project but now can't do it coz I can't get to it without having to find somewhere to put the thing that doesn't need its own space so since those projects are too hard to do I probably should buy that other thing for that other project that in my mind will fix all my problems but will have to go on the floor for now because it's not really a priority.😮

the mr jeff cave :P

What size compressor do you have for spray painting?

I know that chippies wear tool belts, but I've found this extremely helpful when working under my car and I don't have a spare hand to turn around to put a tool down, knowing I'm going to need it shortly without looking. I've put small hooks or loops on those tools I use the most so it's easier to just drop them down and they are hanging on the belt. Does anyone else do this? Or am I just weird...

I can't help but notice you have a fair bit of space in the rafters, and no fab table. With the amount of exhaust and other TIG work you do, a small fixture table on wheels would be super handy and could almost replace your swivel vice. Obviously it would take up a lot of room, but a chain fall in the roof and it could be stored up there when not in use!

Hi Jeff can you please tell me what brand of CNC plasma table you have. Thanks

Project Binky...WHO?

How did you get the NH license plate?

Nah, flakes on the floor is not the way to go. Try dropping a small but very important screw on a flake finish. It will take you hours to find it. Of cours you could buy a magnetic knife wall bracket and wand that over the floor but the first few times you wouldn't have one.

Why not fix a light batten to the lift arms ?

Everything has a place......except Harry?

Knipex tools are not cheap but efficient and strong, so...

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Wish I could afford property where I live just outside Vancouver BC to have a work shop but the average home price is over a Million dollars. Only the wealthy can purchase a home here. Especially if you are single/one income. Even renting a place to live is expensive.