First off have great volunteers! Then GO VERTICAL! Hang everything. Use pallets for workbenches and shelves. Don't be afraid of creative uses of materials - conduit is a cheap and functional material.

Wheel storage - overhead! Note the custom bent hooks, J-hooks reshaped on vise with mallet, we got good at making those

Bike rack made from 2x4 A-Frames and conduit. Rafter hooks had to be bent crossways to line up, another task we got good at, put it in the vise and turn using a handlebar.

A couple of classic 3-speeds, hanging. Not shown: our Park Tool Set, via a grant from Park Tools. Stand, full pro set of tools. Also a bunch of Aldi $30 workstands in our shop, and scavenged and donated tools. A nice set of Pedros wrenches, too!

We have office / meeting space across the hall from the shop, where we do classes. The shop is mainly ReCycle, where we fix/donate bikes and run a 15hr Earn a Bike program. Open for fixing donated bikes Tue Thur evening and Sat morning. Sat afternoon open shop for volunteers. Bike Walk Wichita is all volunteer led, volunteer driven, open to anyone who wants to help. Our LAB classes and donations cover most costs, we run a lean organization. Scavenge, re-use, be creative, but most of all make everyone feel welcome. (PS it's not really about bikes, it's about connections. Retired judge sharing shop space with homeless family, great fun to see the connections, the sharing of knowledge, of our stories, ourselves.)

Jack Murphy

Jack@BikeWalkWichita.org

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Geoffrey Smart <bizlooptyltd@gmail.com> wrote:

We are moving our workshop from 2 single garages in a city council owned compound to a larger tin shed on the other side of the yard. Size is around 12 metres(40') x 8 metres (26.5') with a 3 metre (10') sliding door two thirds of the way along the longer wall leading out on to an asphalt compound.

We have ideas on how we would like to set it up for the maximum amount of usable workspace and storage but it would be great to have any pictures and plans of how other workshops have set up their operations, specifically those of a similar size. We also welcome ideas on what works well and what mistakes others have made paritcularly in regard to storage and work stations.

To give you an idea of our activities which are relevant to the layout.

We recycle bikes with volunteers who are all adults, sell some and donate others. We also run 6 week maintenance classes. We occasionally have school excursions attend. Except for cheap rent from council we are totally self supporting from bike sales and classes.

Please post your ideas. If you have plans and photos you would like to share please email us at :-

back2bikes.portmelbourne@gmail.com

Geoff Smart
Back2Bikes

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