Building dream shop, need clever ideas

[Dave Haughs]

Thanks for all the comments..

I had forgotten about the security system. Thanks

Good call. I alarmed my garage/shop doors and put cameras out there before anywhere else in the house

On the idea of an elevator. I am so interested in this idea but cant figure out how to do it cost effectively.

You can do a lot with a Harbor Freight AC electric winch, some pulleys and some creativity. I used to use one at my old house for a ceiling hanging sheet goods rack to raise and lower it for ease of use. I've used one to hoist a hard top off a jeep and store it and I now use one to hoist my dog box in and out of my truck and up to the ceiling. Wouldn't be hard to make a dumb waiter through a trap door if you needed one, or a lift that rolls up the edge of the stair stringers when needed. May be more trouble that its worth but for things like bags of sawdust and air compressors every once in a while it might be worth the couple hundred you'd have wrapped up in it. I always use safety chains with them as I don't trust them long term but they get the job done.