Work Space

Howdy y'all and a Happy New Year!!

I'm currently working my way through my first big winter project and whilst I'm learning lots about the bike, I'm also building and planning my workshop.

As the toolbox grows, days get cold and the bike is stripped and rebuilt, I'm looking for tips and inspiration for the workshop itself.

Currently aside from the bike, I'm looking at 3 things.

1) Electrics
2) Floors
3) Benches​

Before I start doing anything big, I want to ensure I have enough power and connectivity in my workshop.
So I'm starting with the electrics.
So far I have a 25amp supply to the house with a tiny branch into the garage. I mean I can't even run a small chop saw off the supply in there.
Has anyone rewired their workshop, and if so, do you think the three pictures will cover everything?
Any advice, tips, observations?

After the electrics are done, I'm thinking about the floor.
Currently I have a smooth concrete floor but I see it is already suffering from cleaner and petrol.
What are you guys and gals using on the floors of your workshops?

Now before you all go down the Abba Skylift route, I want something solid that doesn't move if I bump into it.
I'm fairly certain I will use a compressor and build an airlift bench (well, two anyway) but I'm interested in the best designs. What's the benefit of a scissor lift bench against say a bike hoist and fixed bench?
What do you like best about your bench?

What have you all done with your workshops?

 

Yeah, here too. I've got some sort of 3-phase in there but I wouldn't dare plug anything into it at the moment.
I'm gonna have to get the supplier in to upgrade my main box anyway so thought I'd get it all done in one go.

Carpet's not a bad idea, but I'm trying to get off the floor. I have a few injuries and have learnt through working on the car that it's not going to get any better. I'd rather be comfortable and ride for longer than brake myself in the garage fixing them up.

I try to keep the build project up to date, but I'm not much of a blogger. It may be a little dull
https://www.thetriumphforum.com/threads/2001-s3-955i-and-so-it-begins.26159/#post-505731

 

I'm kinda hoping our power suppllier here will run the cable from the main fuse box at the front gate to the garage. Running anything from the house would actually be more of a pain in the arse.

Those lifts still worry me. If I'm going to have a bike in the air for 4-6 months (maybe longer) all kinds of trouble could occur and I know myself, I'd get an airline or something hooked up on it whilst I'm outside. Give it a tug and hear the bike topple.
I'm lucky, living out in the sticks means I have a bit of space, this area will only be for the bike and my tools
Image 1 = Workshop, Image 2 = Garage (cars), Image 3 = Parking

I'd never really thought about those carpet tiles, there's always an office getting rid of them somewhere.. Cheers

 

Yeah, should be enough to get me through most things, even if I start making gates and fencing again.
I'm one of those people who would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
At the moment I'm reducing load to the house, like you say with LED's and smarter machines (energy savers) as they need replacing.
But when they built the garage and the barn, power supply wasn't a huge part of it and the boards look like they are 100 years old.

 

Nothing wrong with a cable out the window, it's how I've been working now for the last few years

I think if I left them outside my house for any length of time, they'd grow legs.
You're a lucky guy, I'd love an old Yami. Would take me back to my first bikes