04-18-2009, 04:27 PM
Galen,
Have you considered making a long narrow shelf (2'-3' wide) on wheels for the area in front of the car. Use a single track for joining the section to the permanent part along the wall. You could then join it like we did with our modules in the club when you want to use it, and just back the car out far enough to leave operating room. When you are not operating, unhook, and roll it parallel to the layout in what would normally be the aisle. Pick up locking swivel casters from the home improvement/hardware store. If you build the layout 8 inches to a foot higher than the work bench, you could roll it over the top of the work bench to set it up. Of course that would force you to put things away every time you finished using the work bench, which from the look of the work bench in my garage that I haven't seen since shortly after installing it, would be a good thing for me to do!
Have you considered making a long narrow shelf (2'-3' wide) on wheels for the area in front of the car. Use a single track for joining the section to the permanent part along the wall. You could then join it like we did with our modules in the club when you want to use it, and just back the car out far enough to leave operating room. When you are not operating, unhook, and roll it parallel to the layout in what would normally be the aisle. Pick up locking swivel casters from the home improvement/hardware store. If you build the layout 8 inches to a foot higher than the work bench, you could roll it over the top of the work bench to set it up. Of course that would force you to put things away every time you finished using the work bench, which from the look of the work bench in my garage that I haven't seen since shortly after installing it, would be a good thing for me to do!