New Shop Equipment & Floor Plan

Is this a hobby set up or are you in the cabinet business again? Why did you sell all your tools if you were not quiting?

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Wow…and I thought I just bought a ton of tools. This is going to be a NICE shop when you get it all together.

-- Don S.E. OK

Sounds like you have a handle on what floor plan will work for you and you know what tools you’ll be buying, only question left is do you want to adopt an older son? I’m available!

Rick

-- If at first you don't succeed...Don't try skydiving

Wow, that will be a very nicely equipped shop indeed. Will this be hobby or business?

Wow, nice list. my shop is about 24×24. I have half this stuff and find it crowded. I have a bench with drawers against the wall that was there originally. It has tons of drawers so I leave it but I wish I had the space instead. And put everything on wheels, except maybe a long miter saw stand. When you can move it out of the way or out on the floor to use it makes all the difference. Also, Use 4” wheels. Otherwise the smallest wood chip or power cord will make it seem like you’e dragging it half the time. at 4” the wheels seem to ride over such bumps.

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Hey Tom,

I PMed you directly. Please check it out.

Charlie Mullins

-- God makes the wood beautiful--I simply rearrange it to make it more useful, hopefully.

TopamaxSurvivor & Cato: It is going to be both a hobby shop and a business. I strictly advertise by word of mouth. I sold all my equipment for several reasons. Went thru a divorce, had no way to move or store the equipment when I moved to Iowa. I had access to a shop if I wanted to build something for myself. Now that I am retired I decided to do cabinet work on the side again.

Craftsman on the lake: The shop is small, but with mobility I can get it to work. I am basically only using one piece of equipment at a time. Thanks for the tip on the casters.

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Hey tom
Sounds like a good upgrade and super equipment.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Can’t wait to see it all set up, Tom

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

Tom,
I am sure you already used something like this..but it sure comes in handy. This link is to Grizzly’s “Shop Planner” You can make the shop anysize you want, put the windows and doors where you want them…and then they have scaled to size every wood working tool and cabinet you could think of. While their mock up tools are all copys of Grizzly’s tools…who cares, a 8” jointer is still a 8” jointer same as a cabinet saw with a 52” cut.

http://www.grizzly.com/workshopplanner.aspx

-- Don S.E. OK

Sounds good. I find that a 6” jointer and a 12” planer arent big enough. I’d purchase a 20” planer (even if used) and a wider jointer. For building cabs I’d also cosider a 13 spindle line boring machine. I don’t know if you have the space but cosider an excaliber for your ts too. Cant wait to see it all come together

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Tom, Didn’t mean to be so nosy. Just seemed odd to sell it all , move and rebuy. Guess it was over a longer period than it sounded like. Too bad about the divorce and having to restart.

I suppose for part time you can make it work as you say. I just thought it looked a bit cramped for production work. I’ll second the advice on 4” casters if there is anything on the floor. Having worked on construction sites all my life, sometimes I think we should have bicycle tires on all the carts :-)) Best of luck getting it up and running.

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Tom your very lucky to have such a nice shopping list have fun my friend

Andy

-- cut it saw it scrap it