Now that I have a couple new machines to move in, http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php/17890-Equipment-values, I would like some opinions on how I should lay out the shop, My shop has evolved over the years as more tools have shown up and I just shoved them where ever they would fit. I have some ideas where I want things to go but I am not a machinist and would like to draw on the vast knowledge available here. The shop will be used for many different things but mainly on the lines of a fabrication shop, building miscellaneous stuff for my car habit. This is a hobby based shop, it won't be a production shop. Here is the shop as it sits now.
I want to keep the open space as shown on the drawing and the project car and race car will be moving into different quarters. Where the race car and project car are I want to build a surface plate or frame style jig to build a tube frame car on so preferably no equipment out in the middle. I will be keeping the grizzly mill for some time until I can get the new mill converted to CNC so I need to fit both of them for awhile.
I want to keep the welding area by the overhead door and think I want to place the new machines in the other end of the shop to keep them away from the welding and grinding functions as much as possible.
I'd love to hear all your ideas.
Brian
I want to keep the open space as shown on the drawing and the project car and race car will be moving into different quarters. Where the race car and project car are I want to build a surface plate or frame style jig to build a tube frame car on so preferably no equipment out in the middle. I will be keeping the grizzly mill for some time until I can get the new mill converted to CNC so I need to fit both of them for awhile.
I want to keep the welding area by the overhead door and think I want to place the new machines in the other end of the shop to keep them away from the welding and grinding functions as much as possible.
I'd love to hear all your ideas.
Brian