Show us your Man Cave.....

[Diesel]

This seems to be a popular thread on various forums - including here...

Show us the bit where you escape to do your projects...

Here's mine.




Yes - two cars get parked at the roller door end;
Yes - the pool table comes out for parties;
Yes - that is the Stig

My bike is normally parked just in front of the work bench. Still some crap to get rid of too     

Plenty of room for workshop days. I've got speakers there for my iPod and a fridge is going in soon - now - jut to get the old aerial up and the flat screen in...    :headbang

[saaz]

And the calendar by the Triump sign is??  Looks like I will have to phot mine while the cars are out, just to be even.  I should have three white STs in mine, all going well this afternoon.

[pault]

man cave ornaments

[ST2UP]

Hmmmm......that shed looks very different from last time I was in it ?? True there aren't any bottles scattered about the floor but there is just something different   

Back right had corner wall/bench comes to mind  Sicman will be along shortly may be he will recall..... 


 

[Diesel]

Should that be under the "my long-distance rider apparel" thread Paul?          


Cheers, Diesel

[Biggles]

I'd have to spend days cleaning mine up for the photo-shoot.  It's one of those "everything is where it was last used, and nothing is thrown away" sort of philosophies that shape it.

[Sicman]

Hmmmm......that shed looks very different from last time I was in it ?? True there aren't any bottles scattered about the floor but there is just something different   

Back right had corner wall/bench comes to mind  Sicman will be along shortly may be he will recall..... 


 

It appears that the young man has moved the calender of his wife to the centre of the wall away from the bin, seat and box of tissues to avert any suspicions that may be aroused by prying eyes  Wise move young man  Wise move

[StinkyPete]

Here's mine.  Once upon a time the car would live in the shed as well as my stuff, but that was long ago.

[Sicman]

Very Nice Pete

[Marcus]

WOW nice Pete... and here I was puffing out my chest at the work bench I built

[Biggles]

Here's mine.  Once upon a time the car would live in the shed as well as my stuff, but that was long ago.

Some seriously drool-worthy gear there, Pete!
I hope you get plenty of quality time with all those heavy duty toys.

[StinkyPete]

The 1/2 inch steel plate "No Dumping" bench cost me a carton of beer, and its worth it's weight in gold as a laying out and welding bench.   The lathe was my late father-in-law's, and he was an old school and very very skilled tool and die maker.  I'm self taught on the lathe, but it's really handy.    I made the forge, and my massive anvil was a wreck when I got it and cost just $100.   I've fixed up the edges, rebuilt the horn and reground the top plate to make it flat again.   I do get to spend a fair bit of time in my Man Cave, and don't know how any bloke could survive without a decent shed.

[saaz]

I have my man cave spread out in a few areas.

The BBQ area in between the carport and garage.  Handy for all sorts of activities in between doing bloke stuff




And off to the right of the BBQ is one of my workbenches, at the back of the garage under the cover of the pergola



Excuse the junk, but this is my heavy duty workbench at the end of the carport.  I bought it in Canberra for $100.  It was made in a foundry in Castelmaine.  Each leg alone is hard to lift by one person, and the top could be belted by a sledge hammer all day.  I can barely drag the bench by myself, so it stays put.



Excuse more junk! This is where the bikes live (the Suzuki is on the left up the front)  The metal shelves are new so I haven't quite organised things properly, but a lot of gear will go in storage boxes with lids.  The brushcutter is sitting on the tyre changer, which can be pivoted out of the way.



The main workshop in the garage.



And off to right is where many of the tools live.  I did not take a picture, but on one of the walls I have brackets where a few sets of tyres usually hang awaiting use by me or a few others with STs.

[StinkyPete]

Hi Saaz,   I bet you know where every item lives, despite the apparent disorganization.   

My Father-in-Law had a massive shed, stocked full of stuff, material and tools   ......and about 1sq foot of free bench to work on.   Mother-in-Law always said that he knew where everything was, but he freely admitted to me once that he didn't have a clue where most of his stuff was.

[saaz]

I am halfway through a complete reorganisation, that is my excuse    I think I need another tool board somewhere....

[Marcus]

You're kidding yourself Saaz. Canberra is way too cold to have a BBQ

[HOFFY]

You just need another shed to start all over again and get more stuff to put in it. 

[saaz]

STroppy has the solution. Get a shipping container delivered then fill it up. Then fill up the shed with more stuff.

[Biggles]

You're kidding yourself Saaz. Canberra is way too cold to have a BBQ

The BBQ is just to take the chill off the shed.

[West Aussie Glen]

My man cave originally consisted of just the garage in the back yard at the end of a single width almost three car long, drive through carport. The carport under the main roof than became home for the bikes and a four poster car hoist. The hoist was installed as a quick fix to storage problems. With the bikes often parked in they have not been riden as much as they should. To over come this problem the a two year project to to redevelop the front yard is now functional but still requires a little more work. The garage has now been renamed as the Inner Man Cave, the drive through carport as the Outer Man Cave and the new front driveway as the Man Cave Entrance. 
Original Man Cave Entrance

New Man Cave Entrance ready for opening ceremony

Man Cave Entrance in use showing GL1 500 and ST 1300 between the two vehicles

Outer Man Cave

Inner Man Cave


Now the Man Cave Entrance is almost complete a lot of work is on the cards to get both the Outer and Inner Man Caves sorted.

[saaz]

Great ideas there.  I plan to extend the carport out the back and integrate in with a revised BBQ area with an enclosed pergola of some sort.

[Marcus]

When you said car hoist, I scoffed... I then saw the photo.

 

[Biggles]

Some serious one-upmanship going on here.
There can be no catching up with West Aussie Glen.
Not only does he have multiple caves, but they're full of classy stalactites and stalagmites.   

[Dick B "Yewie"]

I was going to post a couple of pics a while ago but lost track of this thread and couldn't find it through the main menu so, I just waited until someone else posted to bring it back onto my "unread posts since last visit" list.
Here is a couple of pics of my Man Cave at our number 2 home on the NSW mid north coast (Wootton if you are interested). Our number 1 home is an apartment in Sydney which is where the ST lives in case you are wondering where she is.
The tractor and ride-on are in the background behind Dad's old boat (50's vintage) that I restored as a project a while ago. The various bikes are for the kids (both big and little) to hoon around the paddocks ranging from the PeeWee 50 up to my beloved KL250 which was my first bike. I can lose myself in here all day and wonder where the time has gone at the end of the day. Certainly one of my favourite places.
 
And the business end of the shed!
 

[Couch]

And I thought I was doing well with a hydraulic bike lift.

When you said car hoist, I scoffed... I then saw the photo.