Hello-
I have a pretty fair amount of benchtop tools in my small workshop. The lathe isn't mobile and the tablesaw needs to be in the middle for room to work. The shop is about 11x13, with a 3x3 "bump" in one corner. I currently have a 12 DP, Miter Saw, small router/shaper table, scroll saw, planer, and 10" band saw all on their own carts for mobility, but I really don't care much for them. They were built at various stages of learning and have various designs that really don't match. I was thinking of building a long worktop attached to one wall and then permanently mounting some of the tools to it and making matching storage carts to go underneath. I figured the DP, possibly the router table, the scroll saw and a belt sander would be relatively safe to mount given that you don't usually need tons of clearance for workpieces on these machines. My other thought was to add shelves that slide out on full extension slides. I could put the router table and the band saw and maybe the planer on these and then extend them as I needed them--basically pull away from the wall to give a long run for longer pieces on the bandsaw and router table. I've seen slides that hold up to 100lbs, so it might be close on a couple.
What do you guys think of this? It seems like it could work in my head, but it wouldn't be the first time I've been headed in a bad direction.
Any thoughts are always welcome.
Thank you
I have a pretty fair amount of benchtop tools in my small workshop. The lathe isn't mobile and the tablesaw needs to be in the middle for room to work. The shop is about 11x13, with a 3x3 "bump" in one corner. I currently have a 12 DP, Miter Saw, small router/shaper table, scroll saw, planer, and 10" band saw all on their own carts for mobility, but I really don't care much for them. They were built at various stages of learning and have various designs that really don't match. I was thinking of building a long worktop attached to one wall and then permanently mounting some of the tools to it and making matching storage carts to go underneath. I figured the DP, possibly the router table, the scroll saw and a belt sander would be relatively safe to mount given that you don't usually need tons of clearance for workpieces on these machines. My other thought was to add shelves that slide out on full extension slides. I could put the router table and the band saw and maybe the planer on these and then extend them as I needed them--basically pull away from the wall to give a long run for longer pieces on the bandsaw and router table. I've seen slides that hold up to 100lbs, so it might be close on a couple.
What do you guys think of this? It seems like it could work in my head, but it wouldn't be the first time I've been headed in a bad direction.
Any thoughts are always welcome.
Thank you
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