[Milsurplus] workshop

[Peter Gottlieb]

This is done in Amsterdam because those houses are VERY narrow; so narrow that 
in some cases it is hard to squeeze yourself by the staircases.  The only way to 
get furniture in and out is via the hoisting arrangement.

Another interesting thing is how some areas are all tilted over!  If one end 
ever fell it could be a domino effect.  Under those situations I'd hate to have 
a lot of boatanchors up high, that certainly wouldn't help the structural 
integrity.  Speaking of which, making a shop for heavy gear in an attic should 
be done with caution if you plan on bringing up significant weight.

Peter
kb2vtl


On 12/1/2017 10:55 PM, Bruce Gentry wrote:
> In some pictures of city streets in Amsterdam Holland, I saw three and four 
> story row houses where every one had a  hoisting beam and every floor had 
> really big  windows.  I recently remedied a similar problem at ground level. 
> The people who had the house before me had turned the garage into a den. I 
> tore out the false walls and drop ceiling, to return it to being a shop, and 
> carried stuff in through the house. Because the original garage door opening 
> had not been altered but covered with a poorly constructed plug/wall, I 
> recently opened it back up and had a proper replacement garage door installed. 
> The difference and convenience is amazing.  Everything that sits inside the 
> door is on casters and can be moved aside quickly, and is also short enough to 
> allow the door to roll above it.  I do have a detached garage, and one bay of 
> it serves for storage.
>
>         Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "W2HX" <w2hx at w2hx.com <mailto:w2hx at w2hx.com>>
>> To: "Ray Fantini" <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu <mailto:RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>>; 
>> "Bruce Gentry" <ka2ivy at verizon.net <mailto:ka2ivy at verizon.net>>; "Milsurplus" 
>> <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net <mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>>
>> Sent: 12/1/2017 5:10:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] workshop
>>
>>> Ray wrote:
>>>
>>>> In the last house had a workshop built directly over the two car garage. 
>>>> What seemed like a good idea at the time soon became a problem. Everything 
>>>> had to be brought thru the house, up the stairs and into the workshop.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I had attempted to address that situation. My shack is also above the 2 car 
>>> garage. But instead of humping stuff through the house, I built a yardarm 
>>> with a block and tackle to get the stuff through a barn-door-looking opening.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Worked REALLY well! But to the whole point of this thread, fast forward a 
>>> few years later and that barn-door-thingy is blocked with shelves and 
>>> cabinets! I did make the shelves and cabinets all removable. But the reality 
>>> of moving all of that stuff to use the barn doors makes humping new heavy 
>>> things through the house look more desirable!
>>>
>>> Ultimately, "radios and electronics are just like gases. They expand to fill 
>>> their container" (aka the Hertz Postulate (tm) )
>>>
>>> 73 Eugene W2HX
>>>
>
>
>
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