I picked this up off Gumtree today, the nice man even painted it for me.:D

Its making me very happy. Still no small flatscreen tv or beer fridge though. Id settle for a calor gas heater just now, its baltic. In fact thats next on the list.

Dont suppose anyone could give me any ideas for a tool board? I fancy having the bike specific stuff on the wall.

Pegboard and assorted hooks?

I used to have one of those. It was my only vice.

I’ve got several, vices that is.

Dont get me wrong, I wont use it. It looks great though eh?

I get away with most things
But I don’t think she will allow me one of those in the kitchen 😉

is that your kitchen?

They’re all a compromise unless you have one of these….

http://www.swindens-vices.co.uk/

Tis an old kitchen I moved to the garage; 🙂

Dammit, I want that Swindens one now.

Merek, where did you get that rubber matting from?

Its EVA foam, the stuff with the yellow trim is from Machine Mart. It was about £27 posted.

Ive since found this which is the same but cheaper, its ideal and you get more in the pack too.

Ebay

My man cave is actually a Den of Vice(s), you can never have too many.

Away at work right now, but return happy in the knowledge that there is a Man Cave project in the offing due to a kitchen refurb leaving behind much spare old units and work tops and ply wood and… and …STUFF!

Excellent seadog! Welcome along.

A vice is probably one of the best additions to my man-cave, I don’t know how I managed for so long without one!
Not a biggy either, just a wee 1 ton Record affair, but they really are a massive boon for certain jobs 😀

For the tool board I recommend getting a board of MDF and attach it to the wall. You can then use various mounting methods like hooks and screws to hand tools of it. I even have a magnet board where I can hang diagrams and recipes for all my bike related goodies. Looks pretty nice too

How much was it Merak?

Got a type 25 in the garage. Was my fathers. He died 36 years ago.

Needless to say, it still works perfectly.

To merak: why have all the bikes on show got thin wheels?
I visited the record factory once when it was still in Sheffield. To watch the two pieces of vice which include the jaws come out of the sand casting and be picked up by a bloke and sanded on a belt sander was humbling. These things weigh, depending on the vice model as much as a dh bike, and as they had just come out of the sand they were hot, damn hot. Oh and he was on piece work.
I found one in a skip, only got it home by resting it on the saddle of my bike, which it dented. Got it working, gave it to a friend as a gift and it remains unused as his bench couldn’t take the weight…

I bought a house just the other day with a Garage… new kitchen going in, old kitchen going in the garage.

Can’t wait.

I laugh at your neat and tidy man caves.

Where’s your climbing wall?

Where’s your climbing wall?

Only useful when not hidden behind piles of crap 🙂

I got a vice for Xmas, but don’t really have a bench to put it on. Anyone recommend me
A small one, or anywhere you can get second hand-used?

Can you screw a vice onto a metal topped Bench or does it have to
Be wooden?

I’ve got one in the corner of the garage ready to be refurbished. It needs stripping and painting, but more importantly needs a new set of jaws. Anyone know where I can pick a set up ?

martinhutch

That landing area must focus the mind a tad 😉

My girlfriend and I live in separate houses so my house is on big man cave. 😀

That landing area must focus the mind a tad

Carefully designed to simulate bouldering above a load of jagged rocks.

There is a large yellow crash mat waiting just out of view, honest.

Gripping stuff.

Merak. Nice vice but you seriously need to ‘man-up’ your man cave

Clean white units
Tidy
Organised
Skinny bikes only
No oily rags
No dust
no organised mess
No piles of knackered spare parts that you are keeping ‘just in case’

Come on man, you are letting the side down! 😉

I have 2 man caves, a summer one and a winter one.

Not enough plaster in those kitchens!

I have a brewing/cellar man cave and study/workshop man cave, and a shed.

Thread resurrection. Ive been tinkering of late as it goes, fettling if you will, as is my want. Ive made a few additions/changes since first setting about the garage. (Hence forth to be known as mancave)

The most important being a mini calor gas heater which is excellent at warding off the worst of the chill. It turns out I’ve been spending too much time and money in my mancave, I care not a jot. This is what its for!

To those who have queried my knobblie tyres credentials, I do own a fat tyred bike, but its wrapped up in shrink wrap in the loft to keep it clean. To get it dirty would have me apoplectic.:-)

I would still like a beer fridge and bar stool, climbing walls no use to me.

You’d never tell I have OCD, would you?

Some of us have this as a man space:

Man cave? by matt_outandabout, on Flickr

Matt.. you need some of these…. 😀

Hooks

or get 2 for £2ish at wilkos, exactly the same too…

or get 2 for £2ish at wilkos, exactly the same too…

Must tidy my garage ,far too much caRp in it preventing me from doing real work.
Main issue is a multigym I inherited that gets zero use but takes up a whole load of space.

Merak – third screwdriver from the left isn’t in straight…