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Prelim stage...planning

Good morning/afternoon all, this may be a long blog, since i've never done anything like this before, and kinda new to publishing and sharing things like this. I've thought about wanting to do this more, so forgive me for my inexperience. BTW thank you for your experience on this site.

I am starting a new journey for me, I get to build a new shop (or add on to one). So to give you some background my dad had a cabinet shop in his 3 car garage, I was used to how he had things laid out and organized…obviously I had my own way that I would have done things (laid it out and built), but he paid the bills and you don't bite the hand that feeds you. So many years later its now my turn :D . I moved to a small town in the country (were in city limits, but we don't have a city limit sign) so no restrictions or HOA! 1 1/2 yr ago I built a 8×16 building (not a shed, a shed to me doesn't have a floor, this has a floor. I have 3 sheds on the property for pallet storage, and lawnmowers) anyway I built a building with left over materials that were given to me, and ones I saved. All in all it ended up costing me about 200$ Screws and 2 windows, and floor joists (treated, as I wanted something that would last) Its not concreted down, but on blocks every 2/3 sqft or so. Has held up really well. Now I do most of my wood working in there. It is EXTREMELY packed with hardly any room, but I do what I can with what I have.

Now recently I tore down a 100 yr old house and plan on using some/most, not all, of that material for building my new "shop". The floor joists will sit on concrete piers that I'll pour (not worried about settling much, as 2/3' down I have cleachly (SP). I plan on adding on to the front of the current building, but leaving the wall and door, maybe switch out the exterior grade door for something different (door was free).

So on to the building (prelim stage) I don't want an extravagant shop, but one that will be functional and not be some large building that's wasted. So with that in mind I'm debating on the length of the "new" shop. The width will follow the current building size plus a few feet. The building is 16' long, but has 20' roof coverage. (i'll draw a picture for this next part, but I'll add a few feet to act as a fence, since I have one on one half already. So I'm guessing the shop will be 25'ish wide, but wondering is 25' long or 30' long is better.

I've been told growing up, drafting classes that rectangles are easier to work with and function in. Still undecided on this. One of the things I keep dreaming about (this is how I problem solve) where to place tools, DC piping ( I want it under the floor) oh did I mention it will be Pier and beam construction with 100 yr old tongue and groove flooring :))), table saws, future tools. I understand that it will be impossible to account for everything, but my OCD and how I am, I'm gonna try.

Building being built
Plant Wood Grass Hardwood Lumber

Plant Tree Sky Shade Grass

Plant Sky Tree Window Wood

Finished building
Sky Plant Window Tree Building

Property Building Sky Door Tree

Sky Building Window Door Tree

Recycling an old smoke shake for buildings siding
Plant Leg Wood Flash photography Fawn

Plant Wood Shade Tree Outdoor structure

Current outdoor shop
Tire Wood Building Motor vehicle Wheel


Next I'll follow up with tools I have, want/would like to have.
 

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Tools I have, Tools I'd Like to Have.

Tools I have:
- 2 table saws (Old craftsman 100 series, was given to me, not working, cleaned it up, and now its my main tablesaw.) I want a sawstop, and maybe one day I will. The other is a millwakee delta homecraft, build date 7/48? Currently not running, but have a double shaft 3/4 hp motor. Table is good, but just needs cleaning.
- 4" craftsman jointer, that my father in law gave me.
- lots of clamps
- Various hand tools, planers etc.
- Drill stand (cheap, again given to me by my dad)
- Ryobi drill set, radio, drill, impact, saw. About 15 yrs old, and will still snap your wrist, you guessed it FREE, well My dad bought a new set, and gave me this. Little tid bit about that drill in the pic. I just finished putting 1500 screws (3") in a new deck. It got hot and went thru batteries, but it did fine.
- Craftsman skill saw
- Dewalt 10 miter saw, given to me
- Central Pnematic 8gal compressor
- Other tools that I can't think of

Tools I want:
- Planer (helical cut, or really old vintage type one)
- Better jointer, (helical cut, or newer brand)
- DC setup (maybe simple HF one)
- Maybe a lathe one day
- Bigger compressor, one to handle a HVLP (one day)

For the planers and jointers, I'm kinda partial to the helical cut blades because of how they feel, and the quality that it ends up as. (at least in my experience, I recognize others may not have had the same)

Table saw
Sky Tree Electricity Building Wood

Jointer, with newly built stand
Wood Plant Motor vehicle Grass Outdoor furniture

Impact
Pneumatic tool Handheld power drill Hammer drill Drill Wood


Next I'll try to get some crude drawings on some ideas of the shop layout.
 

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