My shop is setup just about the way I want it (for now)

Thanks for the tips!

-- "someone has to be wounded for others to be saved, someone has to sacrifice for others to feel happiness, someone has to die so others could live"

great tips and a beautiful shop thanks for sharing.

-- Marty.Athens,AL

It’s always great to share a couple of good and not-so-good experiences with fellow lumberjocks. I appreciate your time for posting this.

Great looking shop with some outstanding equipment. I agree with most of your tips but I’ve found that having a Radial arm saw and a sliding compound chop saw on the same platform are troublesome and annoying, at least it was in my shop. I do have some of my DC, electrical outlets and air in the floor and it does make things much easier. As far as having wood floors goes if they are built the right way you can park a locomotive on them, many of the turn of the century factories had wood floors. Thanks for sharing your tips.

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Love your shop. My kind of guy!!!

-- Roger M, Aiken, SC

A1Jim,

I too have had problems with keeping the RA saw and the miter saw aligned but i think it’s worth the effort when compared to the extra space it takes to tbe saws on separate tables.

If the Felder works out as well as I think it will I may get rid of the RA Saw. About the only time I use it is when I need more than an 8” cut. The quality of the RA cut isn’t very good when compared to the miter saw or the felder.

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loose the RAS, an electric chain saw is good enough.

3 phase converter is a must

you might grow to hate that plastic dust system, static charges, sparks, dust, impossible to ground (almost)

I disagree about windows on walls pending where you live because nothing compares to natural light and its free

albeit the concept of electrical outlets on the ground/floor is inviting, the practical application of such has its own problems, same for burying dust pipes…….a real PITA to remove obstructions.

Easy enough to lay solid wood flooring over the concrete and your right. 30 + years of standing on cement is hard on the feet, knees and hips.

Rip the office out ?

As for the wife’s car………..that problem will only get worse as the dust starts to seep into every crevice of her car.

You have a beautiful shop. Enjoy

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

Would solid wool flooring be much better than concrete?

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I should have said – would a solid wood floor placed on concrete be much better? I was thinking of putting plywood over 1”x2” so there was some flex in the wood.

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Moron

I could get rid of the office. I had some left over stone flooring material that I put down in the office that i would need to take up too.

My ras does compound angles but my miter saw doesn’t. If I get rid of the ras I will probably sell the miter saw and get a sliding compound miter saw. I need to sell a bandsaw too.

My point about windows is you can have too many. I have 8 sky lights that I love and about 30% to 40% of my wall space has windows or doors. Between the windows and dust collection drops there isn’t a lot of room for tall shelves or cabinets.

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Plywood works, and a little flex is even better. Tools IMO, should sit on concrete or the weight of the tool should bare directly onto it, perfectly level and no flex.

never regret anything. If its good its wonderful. If its bad, its experience : ))

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

I have my table saw right by the garage door. So if I have a longer board, I can stand out in the driveway and rip it down, then I have a outfeed table for plenty of support.

Again, great shop!

My boss asked me if I wanted an office, one of those portable trailers that are parked at a job site. I declined as a simple set of box horses and a sheet of plywood suffice, and also lets me see whats going on around me, thus avoiding the less then perfect choices some trades make.

The only benefit I see in an office, is that the dust is kept at bay. As a rule, the office is invaded by wives and children and before you know it, it is ransomed for what could have been shop space.

Floor space is critical, as it enables one to make exactly what we buys tools for.

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

a table saw, especially yours, can produce perfect compound angles and a sliding compound miter saw can do the same

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

My other hobby is riding dirt bikes. I currently use my office to store my riding gear, file cabinet, and fridge. I haven’t spent the time to make it a good office or good floor space.

I’m hoping to dial in the felder this weekend. The slider is .020” above the cast iron table. I have a lot to learn to use its functionality.

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