I've posted some pics of the construction of our new shop on another thread, and lotsa folks asked to see the inside. We finally got moved in this week and I thought I'd share some pictures of the new "Strange Days" shop. Strange Days is a loosely knit group of us guys that concentrate on offbeat projects. Wood , metal, autos, and all other materials are fair game. Because of this the shop is set up to work with most any materials. Its also a bit of a museum where we display restorations and other stuff we simply find interesting. The gas sign is an old spare tire cover from an RV that has been re-purposed. The Coke macine was found at a yard sale, restored, and now serves as the shops refrigerator. The pinball machine was a gift from a fellow rodder I repaired an oil pan for. The right side of the shop is setup mostly for metalwork, the left side for wood and softer materials The restored kids vehicles are a passion of mine. Heres a shot of a lot of the metalworking tools. We are pretty well equipped to produce most anything we dream up. The workbench is 20 feet long and has a solid 1/2 inch thick steel top. It is soooooo handy. The cabinets we made ourselves. Storage is in bins and cabinets on the back wall. These were reclaimed from a bank demolition. More crap to work with. These are the cabinets on the woodshop side. I found a little guy named Chris Faibanks to paint them for me a lot of years ago. It was his last job before he headed out to Austin to make it in the big time as a comedian. A few years later I was watching Jimmie Kimmel and he introduced a new comedian named Chris Fairbanks.... Well I'll be goddamned-he made it! There's well over 100 clamps on this wall, and there are times we still run out while working on projects. The pictures above are some of the Carousel horses we've carved. All in all though, the shop is super well equipped for a bunch of halfassed backyard builders. Hope you enjoyed the New Years tour. If you are ever out this way give us a call and stop in!
Hey Chuck, the walls and ceiling sure are shiny--gloss paint over drywall? Man, it sure looks user-friendly overall
Space Odyssey - great Williams game circa 76. The 4 player version is called Space Mission. Both fantastic EM games!! The rest of the place is pretty slick too!! Very nice!
I like drywall cause it's pretty fire resistant and I can repair it in a heartbeat! The gloss white lets my old eyes see things. Its amazing how much light you need after age 60!
Talkin about a kid in a toy store! I can see some fun times coming from that new set up! Microwave and I don't see a reason to leave!
Ain't it the truth! Looks great,you guys have really been working hard,,now I gotta ask,,when are you gonna start that woodie 54 Ford wagon? HRP
Not everything could make it to the new home. The Diner and little city are now being enjoyed by the renter of the old "Strange Days" shop. I do miss them though.
The building and tools are mine. But I'm real big on collaborative work.Over the years I've seemed to accumulate a bunch of buddies that all enjoy each others' company and working together. Sometimes the projects we work on belong to one of us, and sometimes we just build what interests us. If we then sell it we split the profits. It's worked that way for us for several decades. While I'm grateful for all I own, my friends are the real treasure here at Strange Days
Didn't you have a "gentleman's social club" in there as well? That would be hard for me to give up. I'm fond of that genre of piano music.
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