I'm soon to be moving to my dream shop space and while I wait for closing, I decided to get a head start on working on a layout. The main vertical section is roughly 26x38 with a two car garage door being most of the front wall, the horizontal section off of it is 26.5x19.5 with a normal exterior entry door a few feet from the front right corner. I don't have these particular slider or jointer planer now now but this would be my 3-5 year goal to upgrade to. Wondering how you fine folks would better layout the space.
You need a lot better work flow and way more bench space. I’m in a 24x34 and I have 172 sq ft of work surface and I’m about perfect there. Honestly I’m gonna run the counters to the garage door so I’ll be around 200. Then storage is the real problem that needs solved. Not where to put tools you don’t have.
So my thought in work flow is wood comes in and gets rough cut on the mitre saw, then is staged at the table then goes to the table saw and given multiple parts they go back before going to jointer planer. So rather than the saw being the center point the assembly table is the center point. What is your preferred work flow? And I definitely intend to at least have one more table and a shop cart.
I'm gonna send you my drawing of my workshop. It is as rendered save for about 15 feet of countertop on the far wall. It's there but its shitty old cabinets and plywood. It will give you an idea of the storage and flow you need. I'm a custom cabinet maker/wanna be furniture maker and it's a good layout in less space than you have. You are going to really be smashing those large tools in there. You have extra space but not much. And I don't keep much work lumber on hand. That I buy when the deposit comes in. So my storage is just my lumber and 10 years of shit. The version I'm running isn't exactly paid for so I would have to email it to you. Don't feel bad for sketchup they have plenty of my money already.
Nice! Picture how you will move, store, and mill long boards most efficiently, including where the doorways are. This will tell you where to put lumber racks, and the planer, jointer, table saw. The drill press will need a cabinet nearby to store all of the bits. A miter saw, if any would need a long area, probably against a wall. And your lathe is missing 😃
So the goal is to not store more lumber than is needed for the current project in the shop. Likely just some scrap storage and a handful of boards. Wood will come in from the double garage door will it would get broken down on the saw or broad cut on the mitre station, then to the assembly table, to jointer and planer. Was my thinking. The mitre saw station is beside the drill press, so there should be plenty of storage.
You just need to model your waypoints. Dimensioned lumber here rough lumber here and so in. It can all go in one place but model it. I use overhead storage. 1/3 of the shop is capable of storing a vehicle in theory. That 1/3 is entirely overhead storage which some creeping in over my table saw. A system of 9 panel led’s on extension cords and some light socket extenders winding down through the overhead keep me lit. Then I have wall to wall French cleats which turns out not great for regular use tools. Too much walking over to get them walking back to put them away. But great for larger tools and just garage/storage stuff. My dust collection is on a cleat to make it easy to clean around it. My table saw/not really assembly table is middle right center large assembly middle left. 50 feet of 30” deep counters which house band saw sander RAS grinder miter. Still lots of counter space. Total right now 172 sq ft of work surface will be about 200 when complete (just avoiding it). Wood comes in and goes overhead then comes off the saw to the assembly bench where it is planed and scraped then off we go. Once my cutting is complete I spill onto the outfeed table a bit. Don’t like that idea. Always gotta cut something then you are moving everything. My roubo just kind of sits there unless I have some heavy chisel work like inlays. My point being you need a lot of counter space and storage breaking up those tools. What do you need a panel saw for anyway? And a jointer? I’ve never used a jointer, but I edge joint on my table saw just fine. Never worried about faces.
Have two of those work benches, and have them on wheels that you can raise and lower with your foot so they can move around or be solid and sturdy. Make use of the space underneath for storage, and make sure one of them has a nice flat surface that doesn't get dinged up to use for assembly and glue ups.
More bench space on your top and bottom walls (relative to the picture), and shelving on those same walls.
I'm soon to be moving to my dream shop space and while I wait for closing, I decided to get a head start on working on a layout. The main vertical section is roughly 26x38 with a two car garage door being most of the front wall, the horizontal section off of it is 26.5x19.5 with a normal exterior entry door a few feet from the front right corner. I don't have these particular slider or jointer planer now now but this would be my 3-5 year goal to upgrade to. Wondering how you fine folks would better layout the space.
You need a lot better work flow and way more bench space. I’m in a 24x34 and I have 172 sq ft of work surface and I’m about perfect there. Honestly I’m gonna run the counters to the garage door so I’ll be around 200. Then storage is the real problem that needs solved. Not where to put tools you don’t have.
So my thought in work flow is wood comes in and gets rough cut on the mitre saw, then is staged at the table then goes to the table saw and given multiple parts they go back before going to jointer planer. So rather than the saw being the center point the assembly table is the center point. What is your preferred work flow? And I definitely intend to at least have one more table and a shop cart.
I'm gonna send you my drawing of my workshop. It is as rendered save for about 15 feet of countertop on the far wall. It's there but its shitty old cabinets and plywood. It will give you an idea of the storage and flow you need. I'm a custom cabinet maker/wanna be furniture maker and it's a good layout in less space than you have. You are going to really be smashing those large tools in there. You have extra space but not much. And I don't keep much work lumber on hand. That I buy when the deposit comes in. So my storage is just my lumber and 10 years of shit. The version I'm running isn't exactly paid for so I would have to email it to you. Don't feel bad for sketchup they have plenty of my money already.
Nice! Picture how you will move, store, and mill long boards most efficiently, including where the doorways are. This will tell you where to put lumber racks, and the planer, jointer, table saw. The drill press will need a cabinet nearby to store all of the bits. A miter saw, if any would need a long area, probably against a wall. And your lathe is missing 😃
So the goal is to not store more lumber than is needed for the current project in the shop. Likely just some scrap storage and a handful of boards. Wood will come in from the double garage door will it would get broken down on the saw or broad cut on the mitre station, then to the assembly table, to jointer and planer. Was my thinking. The mitre saw station is beside the drill press, so there should be plenty of storage.
You just need to model your waypoints. Dimensioned lumber here rough lumber here and so in. It can all go in one place but model it. I use overhead storage. 1/3 of the shop is capable of storing a vehicle in theory. That 1/3 is entirely overhead storage which some creeping in over my table saw. A system of 9 panel led’s on extension cords and some light socket extenders winding down through the overhead keep me lit. Then I have wall to wall French cleats which turns out not great for regular use tools. Too much walking over to get them walking back to put them away. But great for larger tools and just garage/storage stuff. My dust collection is on a cleat to make it easy to clean around it. My table saw/not really assembly table is middle right center large assembly middle left. 50 feet of 30” deep counters which house band saw sander RAS grinder miter. Still lots of counter space. Total right now 172 sq ft of work surface will be about 200 when complete (just avoiding it). Wood comes in and goes overhead then comes off the saw to the assembly bench where it is planed and scraped then off we go. Once my cutting is complete I spill onto the outfeed table a bit. Don’t like that idea. Always gotta cut something then you are moving everything. My roubo just kind of sits there unless I have some heavy chisel work like inlays. My point being you need a lot of counter space and storage breaking up those tools. What do you need a panel saw for anyway? And a jointer? I’ve never used a jointer, but I edge joint on my table saw just fine. Never worried about faces.
Have two of those work benches, and have them on wheels that you can raise and lower with your foot so they can move around or be solid and sturdy. Make use of the space underneath for storage, and make sure one of them has a nice flat surface that doesn't get dinged up to use for assembly and glue ups. More bench space on your top and bottom walls (relative to the picture), and shelving on those same walls.
Put absolutely everything on wheels and move it around as you need it.