What do I need in my cave?

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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    Beer Fridge?
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,768
    A pornidor?
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Veronese68 wrote:
    A pornidor?

    Wifi will be installed.
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Asprilla wrote:
    Oh, a lathe!

    I do have an old welsh dresser that is missing a knob (insert your own jokes about other forum members here) and I did notice that the local wood turner had gone out of business.

    Actually I do quite fancy going on a cabinet making course since we've got a few bits of furniture around the place that the Mrs built and they make me feel a bit emasculated.

    I have a lathe in my garage, it's sadly rather unused these days. Shame, as it's almost magic when you make things on them.
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,677
    Some sensible suggestions already, especially the lock on the inside of the door to keep SWMBO out..

    Also, nobody want one of these? Nice kit....

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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    Some sensible suggestions already, especially the lock on the inside of the door to keep SWMBO out..

    Also, nobody want one of these? Nice kit....

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    For some reason I'm not a fan of all-in-one toolkits. I like my tool collection to have a sort of mongrel air about it.

    Besides, the Park stuff is so blue.
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  • craker
    craker Posts: 1,739
    You'll certainly want a desk area where you can sit down and do more fiddly things (soldering iron etc).

    Boxes. Lots of boxes. Big ones, small ones. And racks to put the boxes on. Degreasing tubs. Shelves for degreasers and oils.

    Dart board.

    I've just carpeted mine with tiles being thrown out of my office. I do like to go out to the shed of an evening and hoover :-)

    Power tools .. bench grinder (indispensable this one) lathe (mine gets used to hang things off).

    Must get round to getting rid of the garage door lest someone mistakenly believes it's somewhere to stash a car.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    kelsen wrote:
    A trunk with a gimp in it

    G + 1?
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,677
    Organise a separate postal delivery address, so that certain packages may be delivered discreetly direct to the Cave, instead of via the Clearing House.
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    kelsen wrote:
    A trunk with a gimp in it

    G + 1?

    I have one at the bottom of the bed in a blanket box.
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  • Monkeypump
    Monkeypump Posts: 1,528
    I would have (some already mentioned):

    Workbench (large), with levels for standing & seated working (or high-level with high stool).
    Vice
    Roller tool box, plus small tool tray for 'in use' tools
    Bike work stand
    Work stool
    Wheeled table/trolley
    Wheel truing jig (which I'd then learn to use)
    Decent lighting
    Area for spray booth (with compressor, ideally)
    Painted floor
    Shadow board (every day's a school day - didn't know they were called that)
    Carpeted area
    Comfy chair
    TV
    Wifi
    Beer fridge
    Plenty of shelving/storage boxes/etc.
    Heating and fans/cooling
    Turbo trainer
    Big, f*ck-off locks on every door/window/etc. and land-anchors for the bikes.
    Covered area outside with tap/hose for washing bikes/gear

    Not worried about lathes and all that, but would be fun to play with! Pillar drill would be handy though.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Your caves are all very different to my Dad's.
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  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Your caves are all very different to my Dad's.

    I didn't know DDD had a cave?
    What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,768
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Your caves are all very different to my Dad's.
    I thought you were Dutch, not Austrian.
    Too far?
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Your caves are all very different to my Dad's.
    cyclingprop wrote:
    I didn't know DDD had a cave?
    Veronese68 wrote:
    I thought you were Dutch, not Austrian.
    Too far?
    :lol::lol:
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    you absolutely NEED a titty calendar from a construction firm. best to get a retro one I think, perms and proper swingers.
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  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    clarkey cat wrote:
    you absolutely NEED a titty calendar from a construction firm. best to get a retro one I think, perms and proper swingers.

    Had one of those from a minigun firm once. Some of the guns were even in focus.
    What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?
  • anthdci
    anthdci Posts: 543
    Sketchley wrote:
    Beer Fridge?

    Get yourself a homebrew beer kit, then a pressure barrel in a under-bench fridge. With a couple of fermenter bins on the go in the corner. Cheap tasty beer on tap 8)
  • merkin
    merkin Posts: 452
    A hanging luggage scale for around £5 from deal extreme or a petrol station to leave hanging in the middle of the ceiling to weigh bikes and bits so you can get anal about weight.
    Can you get water there? An electric hand wash is invaluable.
    Let's of shelves. If money is an issue keep an ear out for someone getting a new kitchen so you can take the old units and work tops.
    A new bike to fill any gaps.
  • velohutts
    velohutts Posts: 288
    +1 on putting some carpet in , preferably not a dark colour so any drops can be found easily , old kitcen worksurface with drawers underneath.
    As much shelving as possible and an old pole hung up for all the cycling jackets to go on.
    everything else mentioned above !!!
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    edited August 2012
    Just ordered a bench grinder. Garden in the new house is over grown with trees and mature shrubs, and it's cheaper for me to buy a bench grinder than to fork out to get my hatchet, axe, bush hook and digging pole sharpened by someone else.

    Double win.
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Hmm, if you're planning on doing anything intricate, you should get a cloth grinding disc for polishing blades too. My chisels are far too fancy to go on a high-speed grinding-wheel.

    Oh, and you need a mattock too. A man needs a mattock, it makes you look serious.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,340
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Hmm, if you're planning on doing anything intricate, you should get a cloth grinding disc for polishing blades too. My chisels are far too fancy to go on a high-speed grinding-wheel.

    Oh, and you need a mattock too. A man needs a mattock, it makes you look serious.

    You don't grind them by hand on an oilstone? Quite agree with the mattock, although with my garden it's more of a necessity - a spade just doesn't cut it.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    UndercoverElephant wrote:

    Oh, and you need a mattock too. A man needs a mattock, it makes you look serious.

    bargain!
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    rjsterry wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Hmm, if you're planning on doing anything intricate, you should get a cloth grinding disc for polishing blades too. My chisels are far too fancy to go on a high-speed grinding-wheel.

    Oh, and you need a mattock too. A man needs a mattock, it makes you look serious.

    You don't grind them by hand on an oilstone? Quite agree with the mattock, although with my garden it's more of a necessity - a spade just doesn't cut it.

    Nah, I'm really quite lazy so they go on the wheel. I have a slow-speed whet-stone for the rough grinding which at least doesn't over-heat the metal, then I go to a mirror shine on the higher-speed cloth with some honing paste. That said, I do finish the polish by hand using newspaper.

    Mattocks are awesome. We actually have superb soil - a perfect sandy loam - but a mattock just goes through it so fast it's a shame not to use it.

    mudcow007 wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:

    Oh, and you need a mattock too. A man needs a mattock, it makes you look serious.

    bargain!

    I'd go for the one with a pick head:

    http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Landsca ... 179/p99904

    Extra-pointiness and flexibility.
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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Nah, I'm really quite lazy so they go on the wheel. I have a slow-speed whet-stone for the rough grinding which at least doesn't over-heat the metal, then I go to a mirror shine on the higher-speed cloth with some honing paste. That said, I do finish the polish by hand using newspaper.

    Huh? Newspaper? Typo?
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Nope, newspaper. Great for a final polish. Add a little bit of oil and it works as a very-fine polishing medium.
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    Finally moved into the new house last week, and took posession of my double man cave. First job was to fit 4 high frequency 5ft fluorescent double batons...8 tubes, perfect lighting. The door to the cave from the house is OK but next week I am having a new UPVC unit fitted to the exit to the garden and side entrances. House alarm is being extended to garage, complete with a keypad so that when I come home from work I can enter the house via the garage without having to gon through the front door and turn off the alarm.

    Got 3 shelving racks in their so far, a tool wardrobe, 4 bikes, a kayak, a treadmill, and a punchbag. Need to do the bench next but have been told I need to do some work in the actual house for a while now...WTF.
  • jedster
    jedster Posts: 1,717
    Lots of good suggestions for tools etc although I reckon you need a load of big ass g-clamps as well as bench and vice. On the low/seated bit of the work bench you want a proper dremmel stand plus drawer for all the assorted bits and bobs. Grinders and lathes are all very well but sometimes a man needs to do some precision bodging - and a dremmel is your friend.

    But my main point was going to be boys toys. I reckon a proper man cave should have skis, kayak, climbing gear, ruc sacs, etc. whether or not you use them is beside the point...
  • jedster
    jedster Posts: 1,717
    oh and a remote controlled roller door with a key pad for when you've lost all the remotes
    just had one put in
    life changing event
    (oh alright may have strayed into hyperbole there)

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