-MattK- Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 We bought a new house last summer and after 9 years of woodworking in the basement (house 1), in the garage (house 2), I'm finally going to have a stand-alone shop. For my town & zoning, I can have 800 sq ft in an accessory structure, so we're going 22'x36' with 10' ceilings. I've spent a lot of time reading forums, books, as well as dreaming in sketch-up, and I've attached the current layout thinking. Big-ish tools (if it's helpful): Clearview cyclone 3HP SawStop PCS w/ 52" rails Hammer A3-31 16" jointer/planer Grizzly G0555 14" Bandsaw Festool Kapex Drill Press Hollow Chisel Mortiser Would love any feedback on "whoa! you're doing it all wrong!" if there's anything glaring. Latest things I'm thinking about: Putting power in the floor - how smart / risky? Worried that tool-layout will change and they'll be useful... but don't want 220V cords running across from the wall as well! Any thoughts on finishing room? I was thinking about that corner where the Festool MFT is.. making some room that I can set-up / take down - maybe heavy duty plastic sheeting that can connect to the joists, but that I can take down when I'm not finishing so I don't lose ~20% of my floorspace. Any thoughts on getting internet out there? Given the layout of our lot, it's going to be hard to run cables in a trench out there, but I could see a cable strung across the buildings (a catenary?). Anyone wrestled with this? Thanks all - happy to post progress pictures once all this snow's gone and we can start building! (another 6" last night? Sheesh!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Wow thats going to be alot of fun! I have one question for you. Why would you go with a combo j/p with all that space? I say if you have the space get separate machines. Look forward to following your build! Lots of pictures!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-MattK- Posted March 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 yeah man, it's been a long time coming! Waiting on the architect right now, I'm really impatient! As far as the J/P... I was in the market for a wide jointer. For years I had a 6" Jet that just constrained me too much and I ended up cutting some nice boards down, so I went looking for wide jointers and many of the wide ones seemed to be combo machines. I figured I'd get a really wide one with a helical head that I can use for both jointing and planing. Leaves me the ability to use the J/P as a dedicated jointer and get a separate planer if I ever get frustrated with the change-over. I've enjoyed watching you get all your tools together - glad you got that bandsaw things sorted out - what a headache! Will definitely share build updates. Best, Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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