Hi Guys,
I just *have* to get a digital camera! I have shots of the shop, but they are on film, and I haven't got a scanner. Sigh. Someday I'll step firmly into the 21st Century.....
Meanwhile, a short description: 24'x36' pole barn, insulated and wired for 220---it used to be our printshop, so there is plenty of power. Right now I have oil heat, but will be replacing it with wood very soon. There is a regular door, and an overhead door for bringing in bikes. It houses my bikes, parts of bikes, and tools. I've got a couple of drill-presses, including a wwII-vintage Delta floor model. I've got a compressor and gear, a big antique metal-cutting rig with a 6-foot cheater bar on it---my son loves that! Let's see, my son Bob has the gas bottles right now, but the arc welder is in the shed. A small 'fridge keeps things civilized in the summer. Scattered about are press pieces leftover from the printing days: most of a pre-war Multilith feeder and press, lots of lead type and widgets, some posters on the walls that we printed....and some vintage BSA/Triumph posters, one of which features Dick Mann on a Triple. I have a BSA clock on the wall. Let's see: eight or nine bikes, several BSA frames, about half a dozen BSA engines in various states of completion, a spare XS650 engine in pieces, various shelves full of boxes of parts and the occasional confused spider. The concrete floor has seen more than it's share of printing ink, solvent, oil, grease and gasoline. Outside I got my brother to build a 36'x12' overhang where I can park the sidecar bike, and store various things that don't count---like car parts and batteries and such.
Gee--that was long and doesn't do it justice, although I should mention that when I look at the pictures above I realize I've really got to clean the shed---like, RIGHT NOW!!
I guess I have to get a camera......
And of course, I love nothing better than digging about in someone else's shop...is there anything better??