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12-22-2007, 11:25 AM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 60 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Where can I find a Shop Layout Tool? I have tried the one on the Grizzly web site and it will not launch. And the link to the one on the Delta site does not work.
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12-22-2007, 11:38 AM
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Name: George City: Oxford State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 69 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 30 days | Re: Shop Layout Tool
When I did the first lay-out of my shop, I used graph paper. I did a full floor size with doors, windows and outlets indicated. I then cut out out-lines of all major equipment, benches, etc. I found it much easier to shuffle little pieces of paper around than to move stuff on the computer. Be sure to include in your out-lines infeed and outfeed parameters (ie: 8' on either side of the tablesaw, infeed/outfeed of the jointer, planer, Compound Miter Saw, etc).
Of course you do realize that this is only the beginning. Except for the tablesaw, my shop has been rearranged at least 3-4 times since the first lay-out.
George
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12-22-2007, 11:53 AM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 60 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.07 over 30 days | Re: Shop Layout Tool
Now I have the Layout tool at Grizzly working.
My Pop-up blocker was stopping it.  And I had recently turned off the pop-up blocker sound so I was not hearing the normal warning to let me allow the pop-up to launch. Dumb. Dumb.
I have a 3-D Design tool to plan the building, windows, doors, electrical, lights, etc., I just wanted to use a tool to help with the shop tool layout. I don't want to rearrange it as much as I have with my current shop, trying to get the most efficient layout within the confines of the space.
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12-22-2007, 12:18 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.77 over 30 days | Re: Shop Layout Tool
Float on over to www.floorplanner.com. You can get a free account. It's easy to use, though doesn't have any pre-defined shop tools. | |
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12-22-2007, 01:17 PM
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Name: Fern HollowMan City: Franklinton State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.13 over 30 days | Re: Shop Layout Tool
Originally Posted by Mike Davis  I really need to build a wood shed, maybe heated or solar heated. Any ideas for a $500 solution? Say a 10 by 16 feet leanto? I think I'm gonna get one of those $695 carport things installed beside the shop, and as I find/make time, enclose the sides and build storage racks. No, it's not $500, but close.
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12-26-2007, 11:58 PM
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Name: Travis City: Wake Forest State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.53 over 30 days | Re: Shop Layout Tool
If you want to tinker with sketchup with pre-drawn tools, download this guys shop drawing/layout and modify it to suit your needs. It has got to be the most elaborarte shop layout in sketchup I have ever seen and it is 3-D to boot. If you have trouble with modifying the machines or something, let me know and I will modify/change and send them to you. http://www.crowsnest.us/woodshop/new_woodshop_plans.htm | |
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12-27-2007, 10:00 AM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 60 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.07 over 30 days | Re: Shop Layout Tool
Travis, that is a nice layout. I see he is not Sketchup challenged. I have started playing around with the layout program on the Grizzly site. A lot more work to do yet to get it close to what I think I want/need. I have not had much time to work with it yet. But I am not in a rush...plenty of time before I need a finished plan.
Thanks for the info and offer.
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