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The February 2016 program was over shop design
and layout. Mike Turner and Bill Harris wanted to give our membership
some ideas and processes that you can implement into your shop. Mike
visited and took pictures of four member’s shops in the Houston – Sugar
Land area. All of the shops were basically garages that were transformed
partially and in some cases totally into woodshops. Here are some ideas
to consider in laying out or reorganizing your current shop. odworking
you are going to do, A/C / heating, dust collection system, sufficient
electrical connections and finishing/flammable storage area.
1. Inventory your equipment- identify
stationary and mobile tools. Tools such as table saws, jointers and
planers generally require and take up a certain amount of space,
whereas other tools such as a drill press, band saw, disc-belt
sander require less space. Depending on your shop space and the
amount of tools you own will dictate the placement of each tool.
2. The storage area for your
materials also affects your production process and equipment
placement. Here are the basic steps in producing straight, square
stock.
A) Cut stock to rough length (cut-off saw).
B) Square one face (jointer).
C) Square the adjacent edge (jointer).
D) Plane to thickness (thickness planer).
E) Rip to finish width (table saw).
F) Square one end (compound miter saw or
table saw).
G) Cut to finish length.(Compound miter saw
or Table saw). Depending on your space, you may be able to align
your tools with this process.
3. Measure the area to be used for
your shop. Locate doors, windows, etc. Do a scaled floorplan of your
shop area on grid paper or on your computer using a CAD program. You
can then measure the length and width of the equipment to be used
and make scaled cutouts of each piece of equipment. This is easier
on CAD if you have access to a computer. Once you have the cutouts
you can begin to redesign your shop area without physically
rearranging your shop. You can then also check to see what kind of
clearances you have between your equipment.
4. Things to consider: island bench or wall
bench, type of woodworking you are going to do, A/C / heating, dust
collection system, sufficient electrical connections and
finishing/flammable storage area.
5. You can also go online on the
internet and view tons of information on shop layout.
Thanks to the following members for
allowing me to come and photograph your shops:
Fred Sandoval, Sid Hockens, John Gay, and
Bill Harris.
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