A couple weeks ago, I posted some pictures of the interior of the larger building into which I'm in the process of moving my shop -- see Turning A Sow's Ear Into ... Something Better. The place was one heck of a cluttered-up mess, as shown in this, the second picture from that thread:
We'll call that image Before. Here's its After counterpart, taken from approximately the same vantage point. Quite a change, eh?
As the picture above shows, the tool layout was complicated by a row of pipe columns down the centerline of the building (a two-car garage; the columns are between the two bays). They did, however, provide a convenient place for dust collection drops (already installed, obviously) and power drops (not yet in place when these pictures were taken) for the various tools clustered around them. I spent many, many hours with our CAD software juggling the arrangement until I found the one that seemed to work best. The column nearest the overhead doors is where I chose to place the jointer, band saw, and dust collector.
For now, the miter saw is sitting on an old counter structure that was being stored in the space when I moved into it. The first big project in this new shop will be to build a large miter saw station and storage unit, somewhat similar to the one in The New Yankee Workshop. The bench will extend along this entire wall; the laminate leaning up against the wall is earmarked for its countertop.
We'll call that image Before. Here's its After counterpart, taken from approximately the same vantage point. Quite a change, eh?
As the picture above shows, the tool layout was complicated by a row of pipe columns down the centerline of the building (a two-car garage; the columns are between the two bays). They did, however, provide a convenient place for dust collection drops (already installed, obviously) and power drops (not yet in place when these pictures were taken) for the various tools clustered around them. I spent many, many hours with our CAD software juggling the arrangement until I found the one that seemed to work best. The column nearest the overhead doors is where I chose to place the jointer, band saw, and dust collector.
For now, the miter saw is sitting on an old counter structure that was being stored in the space when I moved into it. The first big project in this new shop will be to build a large miter saw station and storage unit, somewhat similar to the one in The New Yankee Workshop. The bench will extend along this entire wall; the laminate leaning up against the wall is earmarked for its countertop.
LCHIEN
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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