Well, after spending the last almost 6 years building a recording studio, I finally have finished it, and am now turning my attention to my wood shop.
It's gonna have to suffer along as a long term project as I can afford to do things... like a proper dust collection system, good lighting, expansion, etc.
I'm starting out with a 10x16 prefab storage building.
The electrical planned is 60 Amp service. I hope to get electrical installed before too long, and the conduit is already in the ground and inspected. (I ran 2" conduit from the main service panel up to the shop.)
I figure 60 Amps should be enough to run a dust collector, table saw (or planer), and 4-6 lights, shouldn't it?
My layout is gonna be real tight as far as moving tools around.
Here's what all I gotta stuff in there;
10" table saw
13" planer (DeWalt 735)
6" Joiner
Workbench (I need to rework the existing bench so that's it's half the current size)
10" Sliding Compound Miter Saw
10" Compound Miter Saw
14" Delta Bandsaw.
16" Scrollsaw
Plus the usual assortment of hand tools, jigs and fixtures... (Yeah... it's pretty tight in there!)
I have a couple of routers, but I doubt I've really got room to make a router table.:dontknow:
All the big tools are on caster bases... except the planer.
My real problem is what to do with wood storage. I've got a pretty big stack of lumber, and LOML would sure like to get it out of the basement so she can start to clean up and decorate. Any ideas or thoughts?:help:
The building has two 18" doors centered on one end. (10 ft end) I'm hoping to add two more on the other end, so I can handle long stock.
Since the table saw is pretty much the tallest tool, I was considering making all the work surfaces the same height as the table saw. (Except the joiner and bandsaw.)
I've looked at several sites that have the shop planners, but the space is so restrictive, I think about the best I can hope for is playing shop tool tetris. :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
Thanx!
Max
It's gonna have to suffer along as a long term project as I can afford to do things... like a proper dust collection system, good lighting, expansion, etc.
I'm starting out with a 10x16 prefab storage building.
The electrical planned is 60 Amp service. I hope to get electrical installed before too long, and the conduit is already in the ground and inspected. (I ran 2" conduit from the main service panel up to the shop.)
I figure 60 Amps should be enough to run a dust collector, table saw (or planer), and 4-6 lights, shouldn't it?
My layout is gonna be real tight as far as moving tools around.
Here's what all I gotta stuff in there;
10" table saw
13" planer (DeWalt 735)
6" Joiner
Workbench (I need to rework the existing bench so that's it's half the current size)
10" Sliding Compound Miter Saw
10" Compound Miter Saw
14" Delta Bandsaw.
16" Scrollsaw
Plus the usual assortment of hand tools, jigs and fixtures... (Yeah... it's pretty tight in there!)
I have a couple of routers, but I doubt I've really got room to make a router table.:dontknow:
All the big tools are on caster bases... except the planer.
My real problem is what to do with wood storage. I've got a pretty big stack of lumber, and LOML would sure like to get it out of the basement so she can start to clean up and decorate. Any ideas or thoughts?:help:
The building has two 18" doors centered on one end. (10 ft end) I'm hoping to add two more on the other end, so I can handle long stock.
Since the table saw is pretty much the tallest tool, I was considering making all the work surfaces the same height as the table saw. (Except the joiner and bandsaw.)
I've looked at several sites that have the shop planners, but the space is so restrictive, I think about the best I can hope for is playing shop tool tetris. :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
Thanx!
Max