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OPBN

11-13-2011, 10:58 AM

So I am finally in a house where I am able to have an office to my own that I can partially turn into a man-cave. Looking for a way to display my collection. While it is not as extensive as some I have seen, I have a good 8-10 markers that I would like to display. Black painted pegboard seems the be the most logical route, but looking for some other ideas as well.

Trying to allow for storage of other stuff as well, tanks, masks, etc.

Let see what ya got.

mpsd

11-13-2011, 08:45 PM

I like slatwalls better. Even for a smaller collection:

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x299/mpsd18/3949fb1e.jpg

This is my "Classic Semis and Brazilian Markers" wall.

14 guns, plus the mask project that never really took off and the two tanks baskets.

OPBN

11-14-2011, 07:31 AM

I saw that stuff at the hardware store. Looks good, but is about 4x the price of pegboard. It does look nicer though. Wonder how well it would paint?

Frizzle Fry

11-15-2011, 02:13 AM

I saw that stuff at the hardware store. Looks good, but is about 4x the price of pegboard. It does look nicer though. Wonder how well it would paint?

Slatwall is worth it - you can do shelves or pegs and it tends to be sturdier. Paints fine; think particle board.

OPBN

11-15-2011, 08:02 AM

I have looked at it at Lowes and looks to be MDF or something similiar. The white coating is pretty slick, I would have concerns about paint adhering to it.

Big'n slo

11-15-2011, 08:31 AM

My new mancave, not quite done yet.

http://home.comcast.net/~jeff.kierjr/pwpimages/pbfront.jpg

As for slat wall, I've found plenty on CL in my area.
Lots of places rehabing old stores and selling off the display setups.

Hook

11-15-2011, 09:04 AM

My mancave is small and my collection modest, but still, it's my place to hide from the wife and kids :D

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g90/pvcHook/Mancave/DSCF1411.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g90/pvcHook/Mancave/DSCF1410.jpg

tigar19

11-15-2011, 10:10 AM

I really like it Hook! I try to keep my garage looking like that where everything has its place and it all goes back to where I found it before I walk away. It keeps me calm. LOL

I think your mat is just slightly crooked. :D

georgeyew

11-15-2011, 10:16 AM

Hook, that looks a little too clean. You need some random parts/projects on that counter :rofl:

splat15k

11-15-2011, 11:19 AM

Excellent Transformers poster!

Justus

11-15-2011, 12:15 PM

My mancave is also unfinished. It's actually my doghouse, literally. I've got a Vizsla and two German Shorthaired Pointers with indoor/outdoor kennels attached to my garage. So the inside kennel is my area. It's about 15'x40' with dual wash basin and restroom and a mini fridge. It still needs a lot of work though. I need to finish putting up the FRP board, install a door on the restroom/storage area, build my workbench and pegboard wall, put in a gun safe, put up cabinets over my workbench, put in a full sized refrigerator, get a small flat screen TV on the wall (everything is pre-wired ready to go), and find an old leather couch. Once it's all done I can finally clean and organize all my parts and tools. It will be used for paintball, reloading shotgun shells, and other miscellaneous projects. The workbench I envision will look a lot like what Hook pictured above.

Hook

11-15-2011, 12:30 PM

Hook, that looks a little too clean. You need some random parts/projects on that counter :rofl:
Haha, I'm a clean freak, everything is always neat and tidy. Projects and parts are all hiding in those cupboards filled with either paintball or computer-related parts.

Excellent Transformers poster!
Thanks! Next to paintball, Transformers is the other reason why my wallet is always empty :p

Frizzle Fry

11-15-2011, 03:35 PM

I have looked at it at Lowes and looks to be MDF or something similiar. The white coating is pretty slick, I would have concerns about paint adhering to it.

I've seen/used MDF stuff at work - it takes latex paint easily enough if it's unfinished, but most of it tends to come with a fingernail-thick coating of god-knows-what already applied to the face surfaces and it can be painted or have felt applied as needed. If you buy particle board slatwall you can pick the color veneer you want for the face or get the vinyl coated stuff they use in stores.

DarkApollo

11-16-2011, 09:58 PM

Mine is a mess. Tiny work shop that is filled with car parts and lawn equipment.
I DO clean it every year though.
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo288/kheldarq/PICT0143.jpg
My powder coating equipment takes up a lot of room, as well as the car parts.

hill160881

11-17-2011, 08:56 AM

now thats a man cave!

p8ntbal4me

11-18-2011, 04:40 AM

I just got my CO this week on my house.
I will be moving in tomorrow! (Thank friggen god!)

I already have a bench kit down stairs and a long check-out counter for work space in the basement.

I will be contributing to this thread over the winter :-)

Paying a mortgage has its benefits

Ratzo

11-19-2011, 08:30 PM

My man cave was in a storage room in my basement.
I have since turned it into a bed room for my oldest daughter.
I moved a wall over about 3 1/2 feet so now my in house man cave is behind the furnace in the laundry room.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u174/PB-Rat/DSCF0589.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u174/PB-Rat/DSCF0592.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u174/PB-Rat/DSCF0594.jpg
I still have to finish it off, need to get my peg board up, shelves built and hook the power up to my plugs.

Hook

11-19-2011, 10:42 PM

I spy an Optimash Prime!

Ratzo

11-19-2011, 11:48 PM

LOL!
In the First pic there is a box on top of the table that is on top of the freezer that has my old Transformers from when I was a kid.
I want to get a shelf built specifically for a few that I want to keep like JetFire ,PredaKing and the Starwars Transformers I have.

mag_lover09

11-20-2011, 04:13 PM

sjrtk

11-21-2011, 10:07 AM

Well... my man cave is not at my house... its my place of work as well, i do all my tuning/testing of guns here as well because i have access to about anything you could imagine. The drawer slides on the black snap-on (blue point) cart are painted to an exact match of the green on my matco box...

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/eclipsepb77/1028111218.jpg

mini-fridge being the most important thing in this picture :cheers:

The mini frigde is always the most important thing in the picture. My cave is currently off limits due to a nice little red sports car that live there in the winter. So right now it is the down stairs living room and a small deck.

I can't tune my guns at work don't have the room after all the top of my Matco box have most of a Ithica m37 on it at work. once i get the firing pin made it will be going for a reblue and a newish stock change. Kind of funny really cant have a paintball gun at work but a 50 year old working shot gun well thats ok.

mag_lover09

11-21-2011, 06:32 PM

some other techs there have loaded glock .40's, theres a few 1911's, and i have a tomahawk and a kukari in mine.

everyone stopped when i had the mag up there and was like "what the :cuss: is that"

sjrtk

11-22-2011, 07:08 PM

Zumina

11-22-2011, 07:55 PM

awh man, no one has jetskis, motorcycles or cool cars?

Justus

11-22-2011, 07:58 PM

Actually i just finished fitting the gun back together. Unknow to me as i tossed a snap cap on to check the action one of the customers was fish bowling us....

And called the cops. Opps that was a very interesting conversation with johnny law.

I don't know what the laws are in NJ, but here in IL (probably the worst state for the 2nd Amendment) you're okay in your own place of business.

The MeanStreak

11-22-2011, 08:21 PM

mag_lover09

11-22-2011, 09:33 PM

rifleman wi

11-23-2011, 06:28 AM

awh man, no one has jetskis, motorcycles or cool cars?
Cool Cars???
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5883/detail3.jpg

sjrtk

11-23-2011, 06:51 PM

:rofl:

That was my reaction about a min after the cop got there. His reply after walking in and seeing me was, "Is that a Ithica 37?! I had a 20 gauge when I was a kid how much do you want for it?"

I told him after i get it reblued and get some quail I'll sell it to him. So that is 400 in my pocket in a few months. If he still wants it I do know were there are 2 more for sale cheap to.

I don't know what the laws are in NJ, but here in IL (probably the worst state for the 2nd Amendment) you're okay in your own place of business.

NJ is I think top 3 against the 2nd. But seeing some one just toss what looks like a shell in a shotgun and just rack the slide. Well i guess it was a little unnerving.

p8ntbal4me

01-12-2012, 06:46 AM

Update in this thread.

As promised, I had built (started) my new man cave in the basement of my new house!

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo272/p8ntbal4me/2012-01-10144127.jpg

A little run down on the bench of my design:

4 feet deep by 8 feet wide
Top slab frame made of 4x4" pressure treated lumber
Vertical legs made of 4x4" pressure treated lumber
2 sheets of 3/4" plywood glued and screwed together with 1.25" screws 6" apart
1 sheet of white laminate glued down for the finished top. No holes in it.
Shelves are 25" spaced from top slab to bottom of 2x4" to allow for storage containers drawers
Upper shelf is about a 12" space for small bins and parts

(Things you cant really see):
*Direct Wired 10 outlets (2 on the left and right sides of the shelves, 3 on the left and right hand sides of the top slab front face)
*Low voltage outlet for CATV and Ethernet
*Stereo system (I had an extra head unit from along time ago, so its mounted under the right hand side of the shelf, I need to mount the speakers and get a inverter for the voltage)
*4 lights on the top of the bench (I went with Halogens rather than strip lights. These bulbs are cheaper, and last just as long. They are the same brightness level as long as your calculate your distance to work surface and the lumen of each bulb. Thats why I also went with a white top surface, to reflect some of the luminous light up and out)
*Light switch is under the top slab in the middle

(I still need to):
*Run a high pressure to low pressure dedicated whip from the scuba tanks under the right side to the top of the table (plan to have dedicated air for testing pneumatic parts)
*Add a trim edged bumper around the front and sides with a pad to prevent parts from rolling around off the table and the pad to help with my elbows and upper chest when leaning on the table sitting in a chair)

I've been cleaning out the basement and sorting through all the paintball stuff and personal items one area at a time. After 2 days, this is what it looks like:

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo272/p8ntbal4me/2012-01-12071145.jpg

Still no done working on the finishes, but you get the idea where Im going with this! :cheers:

Hook

01-12-2012, 09:35 AM

Looking good!

Hmm.... I recognize that aluminum case from somewhere :D

Bear_Claw

01-12-2012, 09:43 AM

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/BearClaw__/IMG00115-20110918-1428.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/BearClaw__/IMG00116-20110918-1428.jpg

Not much paintball stuff in there thats kept in the house But do the maintence on one of my benches

And if for some strange reason i aint got it here at home i will have tools needed at work. Done a few things to the guns there cause the tools i buy for work are sooooooo much nicer than my home stuff. Plus have a HUGE yard so i can test fire after.

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/BearClaw__/IMG00172-20111221-1514.jpg

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/BearClaw__/IMG00171-20111221-1513.jpg

p8ntbal4me

01-12-2012, 10:17 AM

Hmm.... I recognize that aluminum case from somewhere :D

Yeah, mad credit to you for the find. Best damn case Ive ever owned!

Swampy

01-14-2012, 04:08 AM

Don't own just rent a space, and a apartment. I would never have time to work on a house, stay busy and out of trouble. Been comtemplating though of buying a old farm properity, with a barn and a house and moving everything together but the plus is I close the door and forget the problems for the day. When I decide if I'm going to stay here or not, going to build a actual office with a loft. Space is about 60x60 and running out of room, need pallet racking.

Anybody need lawn mowers?
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Billsplace.jpg

Can fit 3 trucks and the skid inside as well.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Superduty1.jpg
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/n768394331_1159709_5608.jpg

After getting some much needed tires, sorry crappy pic.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SkidBlade.jpg

p8ntbal4me

01-14-2012, 12:28 PM

Free lawn mowers!?

I'll take em!

I have 3.42 acres of lawn to mow.

zondo

01-14-2012, 12:48 PM

Yeah, mad credit to you for the find. Best damn case Ive ever owned!

Let's see pics of the inside!

I need to pick up some of the smaller cases, but I think they are out of stock.

OPBN

01-14-2012, 03:39 PM

Ratt

01-14-2012, 06:37 PM

I can't resist - I just have to show pics of my man cave/party garage...

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb91/RogerRamirezJr/mancave6.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb91/RogerRamirezJr/mancave2.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb91/RogerRamirezJr/mancave5.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb91/RogerRamirezJr/mancave4.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb91/RogerRamirezJr/mancave3.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb91/RogerRamirezJr/mancave1.jpg

I didn't realize how dirty my iphone lens was until after I took the pics :tard:

sjrtk

01-14-2012, 08:33 PM

@ RATT

2 things

1. the stripper pole is to close to the wall and poorly lit.
2. the stripper pole is not brass.

How could you mess that up? :D
Other wise it looks good.

Ratt

01-14-2012, 08:45 PM

There's always a critic... :rolleyes: lol

Yea, the pole is a little close to the wall, but it serves it's purpose. It's not like we get pros up there! I couldn't find any brass pole for free, so I had to settle for steel.

BigEvil

01-14-2012, 10:27 PM

Ratt goes on my hero list. TB7 might be at his place next year :D

Ando

01-15-2012, 02:12 AM

I can see BE swinging on the pole. Epic fail :D

zondo

01-15-2012, 07:48 AM

I can see BE swinging on the pole. Epic fail :D

Maybe there's a spotting system, like the kind they have for rock climbing that we don't see.

BigEvil

01-15-2012, 08:07 AM

Id have to test it for structural integrity in case Ty decided to bring one of his women :eek:

zondo

01-15-2012, 08:29 AM

Id have to test it for structural integrity in case Ty decided to bring one of his women :eek:
Hence the step stool...

Ratt

01-15-2012, 06:21 PM

Ratt goes on my hero list. TB7 might be at his place next year :D

That would definitely make my day! I have been wanting to attend a Tuna Ball for YEARS, but never could, due to distance, or being deployed. I retire this year, so I may be able to attend next years' Tuna Ball.

Ratt

01-15-2012, 06:21 PM

Id have to test it for structural integrity in case Ty decided to bring one of his women :eek:

:rofl:

Swampy

01-15-2012, 10:05 PM

Swampy, they used to have a "Americas Ugliest Couch" competition, I think you may be a winner in the making.

Nice area though, I am a little jealous. I have vowed that once all the kids are grown and gone, we are selling the house and buying a commercial building to convert....

That couch, lol you just can't throw a good couch away. Crew keeps backing into/hitting it with the bucket. Its not in the greatest shape anymore. You might run into some problems about using a commerical building as a residence, local zoning issues.

OPBN: I was there this morning working on the mowers, thinking its just about time to replace one of the zero turns, she's got over 2,500 hrs on it. But unfortantly not free.

Now I want a striper poll. Thinking it would be to tall though :(

OPBN

01-24-2012, 08:55 AM

Finally got my workbench/pegboard up and figured I would post up a couple of pics. Granted, it isnt as manly as having a stripper pole, a dozen lawnmowers or motorcycles, but it is also the office that I have to spend 6-8 hours in every day.

Paintball table. Mostly a clean area for fiddling around or doing non grinding. Still need to stain the cabinets:
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn308/oldpbnoob/mancave001.jpg

Better pic of markers:

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn308/oldpbnoob/mancave005.jpg

Diecast. Finally have a place to display these:
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn308/oldpbnoob/mancave002.jpg

Desk. Yes it is always that messy. Note one of my office mates in the lower left corner. His name is Rusty:
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn308/oldpbnoob/mancave003.jpg

Yes my walls are Winnie the Pooh yellow. It started out as a kickbutt metalic coppery paint effect, but kept turning out like garbage, so I just went with the base color that I called "Cuban Cigar Room". Of course my wife walked in and said "this is the same color that we painted Kennedy's nursery before she was born". I still like it. Keeps the room bright on cold crappy winter days like today.

Justus

01-24-2012, 10:44 AM

Is that countertop granite or corian? Either way I'm jealous. When my workbench is finished I'll be lucky if it has a 1/4" lauan as a top.

OPBN

01-24-2012, 11:03 AM

Is that countertop granite or corian? Either way I'm jealous. When my workbench is finished I'll be lucky if it has a 1/4" lauan as a top.

Formica. Lowes has the 6' sections for $50-60. With the side finishing kit it was still <$75 IIRC. The cabinets were prefab stock units. Total cost for the setup was maybe $300 or so. If it was in my garage, I wouldnt have worried about it being fancy, but since it's inside my office I cant having it look too ghetto.

Justus

01-24-2012, 01:46 PM

Formica, really? I'm surprised! The edges don't look like formica at all. I'm going to have to take note next time I'm in Lowe's...

OPBN

01-24-2012, 01:56 PM

Countertop (http://www.lowes.com/pd_351929-1110-369246B6_4294781243_4294933768_?productId=3348596&Ns=p_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_qty_sale s_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl_Countertops_4294781243_4294933768 _%3FNs%3Dp_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr%7C0%7C%7Cp_prod uct_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=)

knownothingmags

01-31-2012, 12:32 AM

here is what i have for a small cave,
the shelving and workbench just got done this last weekend.
http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/2012-01-30215955.jpg
http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/2012-01-30220019.jpg

here are some pics of whats on the table for stripping.
anything with color is getting stripped.
http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/2012-01-30220106.jpg
http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/2012-01-30220058.jpg

knownothingmags

01-31-2012, 12:33 AM

a little more of what is on the bench.

http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/2012-01-30220129.jpg
http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/2012-01-30220117.jpg

snoopay700

01-31-2012, 12:45 AM

KNM you have too much, you should donate to my charity so you don't lose it all in taxes... :ninja:

cougar20th

02-01-2012, 08:49 AM

here are some pics of whats on the table for stripping.
anything with color is getting stripped.

Your stripping the Green VD M90 mag, what a shame.

OPBN

02-01-2012, 08:52 AM

Your stripping the Green VD M90 mag, what a shame.
I thought the same thing. Put some sort of matching foregrip on that thing and it would be perfect.

knownothingmags

11-22-2012, 12:50 AM

new cave i just moved into.
we will see what i can do with more space then what i had
2 videos for a nice tour.
http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/th_video-2012-11-21-21-21-54.jpg (http://s741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/?action=view&current=video-2012-11-21-21-21-54.mp4)
http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/th_video-2012-11-21-21-26-07.jpg (http://s741.photobucket.com/albums/xx60/thetoolishere/?action=view&current=video-2012-11-21-21-26-07.mp4)