Standing room only solution.

[zed1015]

Rapidly running out of floor space in the shed due to a newly acquired Harrison mill.
Decided to re-jig the place and somehow make room so i can actually get back in there to carry on with work on the current project bikes .
No scope to build out so had to get inventive.
Motorised cable lift cobbled from scrap box section roadwork sign frames, old wheel bearings, home made pulleys and a builders winch works a treat and i now get parking for two bikes in one space.
Just some minor tweaking and a tart up with a coat of paint to finish it off

[steve452]

What about the roof? You may be missing a trick there.

[zed1015]

What about the roof? You may be missing a trick there.

Only 3 foot odd at the ridge in the loft.
Tall enough to crawl around and store parts but that's it.
Stuck to permitted development when i built it so only 14 foot x 22 foot internally and 13 foot to the apex which was more than big enough before i filled it up

[z2.john]

Great idea Rob. I have a similar problem. Might have to copy you
By the way, how much WD40 does a guy need

[zed1015]

By the way, how much WD40 does a guy need

Don't normally use it but Tesco's had it at £2 ish a tin on clubcard prices so the missus bought a bunch for Valentines.
Not a squeaky door within a 5 mile radius of my house now

[Bill P]

What a great idea
Much better than my quick fix

[steve452]

...
By the way, how much WD40 does a guy need

The calculation is the same as the number of bikes you need;

NEED = CURRENTLY OWNED + 1

HTH

[Mr Bump]

I like that, you've got me thinking. Could use an old tail lift maybe...

Or dig down...

Olly

[zed1015]

I like that, you've got me thinking. Could use an old tail lift maybe...

Or dig down...

Olly

I realised i could maybe use a tail lift but only after i was halfway through building this.
Had a look on Ebay at the time and there was a few around £200 which was tempting but they were all miles away.
Would also have loved to have dug down too but any more than a couple of feet round here and you hit the water table so only good for an indoor pool

[zed1015]

All finished , painted and prettied up.

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And this is the mill responsible for the desperate measures which has forced a total re-jig of the shed and several months lack of progress on the project bikes.

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To figure out the layout i had to move the lathe and mill around a fair bit to find the best position so i ended up making these machine skates from I beam offcuts and some cheap £50 a set Ebay levelling castors.
They work very well and the machines which weigh around 650 kg each take only as much effort to move as pushing around a full supermarket trolley.

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[Bill P]

Lovely set up you have there