As the ASMBLY team focuses more on making/creating and mentoring, the auto bay will be changed over to better suit the space.
Good News!
There is a DIY auto space that is 10x better than the auto bay just a few mins away!
It has lifts!
They rent by the hour or by the day and have techs onsite that help if you get stuck.
Most if not all tools are provided and even a few consumables.
Onsite disposal of parts and an overall helpful group.
10410 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753
I have been there, it’s a very useful space, and far better than anything asmbly had.
Would there be any chance for a powder coating area, in a corner of the old auto-bay?
…a nice size oven, not a toaster oven, but one that could handle useful size projects? Like bicycle/motorcycle frames?
Any paint booth is going to be a hard sell. Bike and motorcycle frames would need a larger sand blaster and the autoclave would either be pricey or hard to install along with the electricity of baking.
Chemical storage, particulates, special air filters, fire danger… paint shops usually take up entire buildings the size of what we use.
Here is a place that has been doing it for 35 years tho, specializing in 2 wheeled jobs.
http://www.austinpaintworks.com/
A good compromise might be an anodizer or plating pool.