What the size of your workshop?
Hello everyone I have about got the wife talked into letting me build a dedicated woodshop what are the deminsions of your shop ? I know I need to build it as big as I can but what would be a good size for a shop with these tools medium size table saw, jointer, bench top planer 22-580, bench top mortiser, router table, compound miter saw, bench top band saw, Jet mini lathe, DC, grinder, (How does it all fit?)
I have some other tools but these are the bigest.
Notice I have a lot of bench top stuff I work in my one car garage and have to move things in the center to use! I have purchased a few tools in the past few years and the moving of the tools to use one is geting old and taking the fun out of woodworking. :(
would also like to add a workbench insted of using my table saw for one also.
I was thinking of a building about 20' x 20' it seems a little small but its better than the 12' x 22' garage! Not to mention the other things in there that are not wood working related.
Help me Im cramped!!!:o
Jim Ketron
11 x 22 feet - with a little cheating
The shop where we film Woodworking at Home Magazine is only 11 x 22. In that space we have all the power tools one could imagine for a home shop including a unisaw with a 52" fence.
The outfeed table for the table saw does break that 11' dimension, but other than that, everthing else is in that space - including all of the work that is being performed. The camera setup actually gets about 1 1/2 times the amount of floor space as the work shop.
I would recomend you pay very close attention to maximizing your use of space. This will create an efficient use of the space in both realms- work efficiency and financial efficiency.
If I were to build a shop I think I would consider about a 25 x 25 space and use it very efficiently. I would not waste the space by storing 100s of board feet of lumber. I would also look at a wood floor rather than concrete - standing on that concrete all day long gets old real quick.
Chris