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    Don't forget to plan for new tools that you plan to add in the future!

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    gary, just a few thoughts, 12-14ft ceilings, as much natural light as possible, seperate building for compressor and possibly d/c, 3-phase power if at all possible, no support poles or walls down the middle, if your location permits, one overhead door set at loading dock height and another to drive in. with more information advice won`t be so vague .02 tod
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    Thanks Ken.......My son is in the National Guard and going to North Georgia College and State University in the miliatery program there. He will graduate in a couple more years and be commissioned in the regular army........I'm proud of him also!

    Tod that's a great thought on the loading dock and one I had already considered factoring in. My desire is to design the shop for building things that I will eventually sell. Start out slow andeventually work into doing it full time. My heart is in things like "Tresure Chests", Cabinets, Gun Cabinets, Hope Chests, tables, chairs, swings and projects like that. Once again...soon as I figure out how to post a pic I'll put some on. I have the land and space already picked out on the farm for the shop and about half the tools.
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    Well Gary you said that you were possibly looking for a barn look.
    This is mine. It has a gambrell roof. The size is 28 x 40 with an 8' x 36 foot lead on the side, which is not a bad size because of the 2nd floor storage. I would advise you to include in your plans, a separate room for the dust collector and air compressor then another separate finishing room. I am going to end up turning my lean into these rooms in the future.
    Following is a link to some outdated photos of the inside of my shop an a photo of the outside. Hope this sparks some ideas and I am sure you will get great advice from everyone here.
    Garry
    http://www.superwoodworks.com/Projects/ShopShots.htm



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    One thing to consider with overhead doors is that when they are open they will block any lighting that is above them and anything else like air hose drops, elec drops, and DC ducting. I think a better option would be double doors that swing out, or a sliding barn door type. Then you don't need to worry about accomodating the door in the inside of the shop. It is really nice to be able to leave the door open on a pretty spring day.
    Larry J Browning
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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry Browning
    One thing to consider with overhead doors is that when they are open they will block any lighting that is above them and anything else like air hose drops, elec drops, and DC ducting. I think a better option would be double doors that swing out, or a sliding barn door type. Then you don't need to worry about accomodating the door in the inside of the shop. It is really nice to be able to leave the door open on a pretty spring day.
    roll up doors are an option too.......02 tod
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    Nice shop Garry! I agree with Larry on the swing out doors. That's what I've been thinking up to this point anyway. I'm going to try my hand at putting a pic in here of some chests I built for my three kids (getting mre like adults now) last Christmas. We'll see how well I do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Stallings
    Nice shop Garry! I agree with Larry on the swing out doors. That's what I've been thinking up to this point anyway. I'm going to try my hand at putting a pic in here of some chests I built for my three kids (getting mre like adults now) last Christmas. We'll see how well I do.

    saved from tylers thong, good job gary! .02 tod
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    Shop Designer
    There is a program that you can get a free download of at

    http://www.inthewoodshop.org/software/software.shtml

    Called Shop Designer. I have used it for several years.
    For a few tools not in the list I use the one the represents the bench & size it to represent the tool desired. All tools can be sized to represent the size of your own tools.
    I have a floor plan of my little shop on my web page you can see it here.

    http://bartswoodshop.freeservers.com/

    There is one little pop up on the right side going down just close it out.

    This program makes is possible to do away with the paper & cut outs of tools & taping things out on the floor.
    I won't tell you how big to make your shop or to make it bigger by 30 percent or what ever. I'll say learn to organize & keep you shop fairly clean & make a place for everything & everything in it place. I work out of a small shop every day. Do I wish it was bigger. YES. Would I make it gigantic? NO. How big would I make it? 1000 - 1200 sq.ft. why? because I've learned how to organize & arrange a shop & know that just having a great big shop isn't the answer because if your not in the habit of good organization & keeping your shop clean you'll just have a bigger mess.

    Besides that how far do you want to walk back & forth while working in your shop to accomplish the task at hand? You need the proper room around each tool to do the work & Assembly room to assemble the project at hand & a place to finish the project.
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    I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect.

    My web page has a pop up. It is a free site, just close the pop up on the right side of the screen

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    Gary, I built a separate shop building two years ago and documented the project in the Saw Mill Creek thread: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=7769

    I was fortunate to get lots and lots of great advice from folks here on Saw Mill Creek.

    Subsequently, I put everything together in a journal and put the journal on a CD. You can see information about the journal in the thread: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=23882. If you would like me to send you a free CD, just send me your mailing address.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Stallings
    Nice shop Garry! I agree with Larry on the swing out doors. That's what I've been thinking up to this point anyway. I'm going to try my hand at putting a pic in here of some chests I built for my three kids (getting mre like adults now) last Christmas. We'll see how well I do.
    Very nice chests Gary! Building some almost exactly like them is on my project list but there are about 10 items ahead of them right now.

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    Hey Frank.........plan on spending some time on the chests.........round tops can be a bear but I like the look. If you need plans let me know and I'll lnk you up with where they came from. I would like a copy of your CD. I'd be very interested in reading it. I'll get my address to you.

    Bart, that's what I'm trying to get down to. I do want a big shop but not so big that I'm walking my legs off from tool to tool. I'm sure that "ideal" depends on what you are going to do with it. Namely, from experience, I know I want a separate finish room, storage room, and another room for my compressor and probably the DC. My compressor is loud and annoying. I'm not up on DC units yet but I'm reading threads to get smart. Currently my DC consists of a B & DP... Other than that I love large assembly tables. I plan on expanding the table around my Unisaw also.

    Now that I've figured out how to post a pic.....here's the house I built when I retired from the Army.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Stallings
    Hey Frank.........plan on spending some time on the chests.........round tops can be a bear but I like the look. If you need plans let me know and I'll lnk you up with where they came from.
    Yes, I would like to know where to get the plans. If I actually had some plans, the chests would likely move up nearer to the top of my project list.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Stallings
    I would like a copy of your CD. I'd be very interested in reading it. I'll get my address to you.
    Great, I hope that it proves to be useful to you. Others, have found it to be.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Stallings
    Now that I've figured out how to post a pic.....here's the house I built when I retired from the Army.
    That is a very nice looking house Gary! I like doing the full range of woodworking from house building through cabinet building and it looks like you have the same interests (and skills ).

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    Frank.....I'll get the location where the plans came from this evening and post it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Pellow
    Yes, I would like to know where to get the plans. If I actually had some plans, the chests would likely move up nearer to the top of my project list.
    Frank........I got the plans from ROCKLER at www.rockler.com ....it's called a Steamer Trunk.........hopefully this is the correct link

    http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...teamer%20trunk

    Have fun.
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