Mike McCall
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- Location
- Silverton, Oregon
Really, I do. At least that's what I've been telling my wife for over 25-years now. I've had to adjust, modify, amend, append, and completely toss the plan to start over a few times, but I do have a plan.
Currently my workbench looks like this:
It works, but it's the first thing you see when you walk in the front door. I've simply taken over the dining room table. My wife is one who generously supports everything I do...almost. Not only does this look tacky and unprofessional, my wife deserves to have her table back.
I used to have another company which I operated for 11-years making high-end loudspeaker systems & kits which I sold internationally. When I closed the company in 2004 I essentially closed the door on my basement office and walked away, never expecting to have a use for it again. I have a use for it again.
I have a back door that clients could use if need be, that goes downstairs. Maybe 15' from the bottom of the stairs is the door to the fully enclosed and properly wired office.
Standing in the doorway the room opens up.
Looking immediately to the right are 3 shelving units with miscellaneous leftovers from days gone by.
I would like to use one of these units as a server rack as I don't have one yet. Looking slightly to the left is a passage that opens to the other side of the room.
Which again opens to where I want to place my server and other network gear.
There are multiple outlets all around the room at just the right height for a workbench to be built underneath them. The shelf you see that runs the width of the house is at about 4' high and nearly 3'deep. It's all concrete. I might close that up for storage, but using it to place monitors and back stock might be a better use for it. This would be my main desk area as it was before.
So, that's the plan. I really do have one. I put the walls up, wired, sheet rocked, painted this when I was younger and not broken like I am now. In fact, I'll nave to hire someone to come in and help move stuff around (or cart off) as I'm not able to. Once done, I can then build (have built) a workbench that runs the length of the back wall from the desk to the far corner. Nearly everything else is already in place. The desk, shelving, storage, even the file cabinets are already in place. All I need to do is get it cleaned up and have the bench put in. So, what do you all think of my plan?
Currently my workbench looks like this:
It works, but it's the first thing you see when you walk in the front door. I've simply taken over the dining room table. My wife is one who generously supports everything I do...almost. Not only does this look tacky and unprofessional, my wife deserves to have her table back.
I used to have another company which I operated for 11-years making high-end loudspeaker systems & kits which I sold internationally. When I closed the company in 2004 I essentially closed the door on my basement office and walked away, never expecting to have a use for it again. I have a use for it again.
I have a back door that clients could use if need be, that goes downstairs. Maybe 15' from the bottom of the stairs is the door to the fully enclosed and properly wired office.
Standing in the doorway the room opens up.
Looking immediately to the right are 3 shelving units with miscellaneous leftovers from days gone by.
I would like to use one of these units as a server rack as I don't have one yet. Looking slightly to the left is a passage that opens to the other side of the room.
Which again opens to where I want to place my server and other network gear.
There are multiple outlets all around the room at just the right height for a workbench to be built underneath them. The shelf you see that runs the width of the house is at about 4' high and nearly 3'deep. It's all concrete. I might close that up for storage, but using it to place monitors and back stock might be a better use for it. This would be my main desk area as it was before.
So, that's the plan. I really do have one. I put the walls up, wired, sheet rocked, painted this when I was younger and not broken like I am now. In fact, I'll nave to hire someone to come in and help move stuff around (or cart off) as I'm not able to. Once done, I can then build (have built) a workbench that runs the length of the back wall from the desk to the far corner. Nearly everything else is already in place. The desk, shelving, storage, even the file cabinets are already in place. All I need to do is get it cleaned up and have the bench put in. So, what do you all think of my plan?
