Claire asked:
Hi everyone!
I’ll be getting a woodworking shop built soon, (sooo excited!!) and I want to know your favorite idea or tip for setting up a wood shop. Storage, benches, power tools, safety… you name it!!
Thanks:)
Hi everyone!
I’ll be getting a woodworking shop built soon, (sooo excited!!) and I want to know your favorite idea or tip for setting up a wood shop. Storage, benches, power tools, safety… you name it!!
Thanks:)
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large work area…. design to your specifications. i know its not much help but thats all i can say.
Build as big as you can. There is no such thing as too much storage space.
Lucky you! You’re getting you own workshop! I very much like Norm Abrams workshop setup in his show New Yankee Workshop. Go ahead and tour his, you might pick up some good ideas. Congratulations on your workshop and happy woodworking!
I have two suggestions. 1) Install a Dust Collector 2) install an overhead heater that has the option of having just the fan with no heat, or with heat. I work out in my workshop and am always wishing for those things.Along with more storage space. Make sure you have plenty of lighting and electrical outlets that are GFI. Byee
Think about installing a dust collection system to all your stationary machines.
Find a good design on the web for board storage, rather than leaning material up against the walls.
Good, non glare lighting, especially over saws and jointers, so you don’t have to bend over and squint to see your pencil marks.
A properly sized ventilation fan will save you some nasty headaches when you are staining.
If it’s a separate building, make sure it has adequate heat, preferably not a forced air system [which will stir up sawdust right after you put the last coat of urethane on that walnut dressing table you just spent 50 hours on]. Concrete slab heat is best, if applicable.
Get a GOOD table saw, make that the center piece of your shop, place the rest of eqpt round that, think about the out feeds for the rest of your tools (eg chop saw along the wall with 8′ open on each side of the blade)
The coolest thing I have is my sanding table, essentially a box made from 2 x 6 with a well supported piece of 1/4 peg board as a top, 1/4 AC ply bottom and scrap wood legs, hooked up to dust collector so as I sand a pieces, most of the dust get sucked through the holes.
Try this link its great fun if nothing else
Hope this helps . . . .
PS
My next shop will be the Astro-Dome.
don’t worry too much about making it big enough, (because you can’t
I have included a link that shows various lay-outs and ideas. Planning is the key. Put it all on paper before needing to move heavy machines around. Good luck and have fun. You can just click on the link.
The best thing you can buy for your shop is some Woodworking magazines. Almost all the magazines have tips and techniques. The also have some nice projects and some have tool reviews.
Good Luck
Moskie257
Build a wood rack for your different size wood, you probably all ready know not to store wood standing upright huh. Make a shelf for glass jars with screw type lids, screw the lids to the bottom of the shelf, so you just have to unscrew the jar without messing with the lid. Store screws,nails,nuts,bolts,washers, etc. Hope this helps!