Friday, November 2, 2012

Work area cleanup / layout

So, I've been busy with other house projects (turns out this whole airplane building business won't exist in a vacuum) but I've managed to get a chunk of garage cleaned out enough to lay out the working area. Here's the current status of things with tape showing where work benches will go.




The work bench against the wall is a generic workbench, but the tape lines on the floor indicate the location of the "special" bench for the aircraft itself. That bench will be on casters so it'll be able to move about, and it will be 4x12'. Pegboard will line the walls above the other work bench to allow easy access to tools. The back wall with Heineken boxes will house the fiberglass cabinet with folding-out cutting table - there's just enough room. Like the aircraft, this working area will be nice and Cozy. How fitting?

Other random comments: extra storage will be built into the airplane bench, and I'm working on a design to effectively integrate a hot box into that bench since it gets cold here. Still trying to decide just how lighting is going to work.