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I did this full scale with my home wood shop. Amazing what you can see with a few pieces of cardboard cut to match machine footprints. It's old school but it certainly works.
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Garage Shop Layout
- Thread starter ddickey
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I did this full scale with my home wood shop. Amazing what you can see with a few pieces of cardboard cut to match machine footprints. It's old school but it certainly works.
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For shop layout I have used both scale drawings with cut-outs, and then later visio to draw it up.
A few minutes of moving all your "virtual equipment" around with the mouse is so much easier on your back.
Even if all you get out of it is "hum, I guess that won't fit there", it is time very well spent.
What I found is that it only allowed one "layer" of storage.
Also, everything was always covered with saw dust, grinding dust, spider webs.
I suspect any open shelves would end up the same.
I have now installed little tool drawers (like these: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=46037&cat=1,43325,43326,46037)
in a bunch of previously open shelf areas, and also use a bunch of plastic bins with lids (rubbermaid, etc.) to keep related stuff together and closed.
I use box board from the recycle bin to put labels of contents inside the bins to help in finding the correct bin quickly
-brino
A few minutes of moving all your "virtual equipment" around with the mouse is so much easier on your back.
Even if all you get out of it is "hum, I guess that won't fit there", it is time very well spent.
When I moved in I put up peg board on the top half of most walls, and some open shelving too.
What I found is that it only allowed one "layer" of storage.
Also, everything was always covered with saw dust, grinding dust, spider webs.
I suspect any open shelves would end up the same.
I have now installed little tool drawers (like these: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=46037&cat=1,43325,43326,46037)
in a bunch of previously open shelf areas, and also use a bunch of plastic bins with lids (rubbermaid, etc.) to keep related stuff together and closed.
I use box board from the recycle bin to put labels of contents inside the bins to help in finding the correct bin quickly
-brino
My shop is in a 14 x 20 building. When I moved the machines in I had to work around a workbench along the back wall. So I arranged around it. My lathe is in one corner. The Mill is angled next to lathe. The bonus is I can use the mill table to hold some tooling while I’m using the lathe
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I would put the work tables in the middle of the shop and line the walls with your machines, locating your grinding stuff as far away from your precision machines as possible.
When I laid out my shop, I went with the antiquated scaled-paper route. After deciding on where I wanted the machines, I drew in the overhead lighting (shown as blue strips on the drawing). Also, since my space had virtually no electrical, I drew up a separate sheet showing all the conduit and overhead and wall outlets, trying to make sure there were no cords to trip over.
I did my layout several years ago. At the time T-8's were the best choice for lighting. But I think you would want to go LED's today, using the on-line tool to best locate them.
I am with the others. I don't like shelves, and only use them for large, heavy stuff like chucks, rotary tables, rests, etc. But I do use a lot of cabinets and drawers, just to keep the clutter hidden.
"heavy stuff like chucks, rotary tables""
I keep the heavy stuff on a cart. Easier to wheel it to the machines. But I keep the cart covered with a old sheet to keep the dust off. But it still requires more lifting than I like. If you have the space a die cart would be a good way to move this stuff. That or a small jib crane located next to the machine. Need to build a small jib crane for my shop.
Seldom used stuff on the shelves is well oiled and covered with old plastic shopping bags to keep the dust bunnies off.
If you put your machines along the walls make sure you leave enough space so you can walk behind them. Besides cleaning, you'll always have the odd part or item that will bounce or roll behind it. That and make sure you have enough room to put material thru the headstock of your lathe.
I keep the heavy stuff on a cart. Easier to wheel it to the machines. But I keep the cart covered with a old sheet to keep the dust off. But it still requires more lifting than I like. If you have the space a die cart would be a good way to move this stuff. That or a small jib crane located next to the machine. Need to build a small jib crane for my shop.
Seldom used stuff on the shelves is well oiled and covered with old plastic shopping bags to keep the dust bunnies off.
If you put your machines along the walls make sure you leave enough space so you can walk behind them. Besides cleaning, you'll always have the odd part or item that will bounce or roll behind it. That and make sure you have enough room to put material thru the headstock of your lathe.
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You don't need shelves. You'll never run out of space.
BULL PUCKY!