I need help laying out where stuff goes.

[jbs]

Electrical receptcles can be dropped from overhead. Go into kitchen at McDonalds and look at their overhead receptacles. Not cheap, but very high quality. Those receptacles get unplugged almost daily

I want to add drops like this in my garage too, but I can't find them (or directions on how to assemble them from parts) anywhere. Do you know where they can be found? I think they would be great for organizing a workspace.

 

[fflintstone]

I want to add drops like this in my garage too, but I can't find them (or directions on how to assemble them from parts) anywhere. Do you know where they can be found? I think they would be great for organizing a workspace.

not knowing what the McDonalds ones are like, you might try these on the bottom of the page.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/116/782/=8lsoxv

this one would be my pick

40 . . . . . 12/3 . . . . . 15 . . . . 4804K12 . . $155.13

this cord looks interresting too
on the right near the bottom
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/116/778/=8lsnhc

Once again not knowing what the McDonalds ones are like, you could just have a twist lock receptacle hanging above your head but within reach, and have the twist lock connected to a gang box with 2 duplex outlets when you need it.

 

[jbs]

not knowing what the McDonalds ones are like, you might try these on the bottom of the page.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/116/782/=8lsoxv

this one would be my pick

40 . . . . . 12/3 . . . . . 15 . . . . 4804K12 . . $155.13

this cord looks interresting too
on the right near the bottom
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/116/778/=8lsnhc

Once again not knowing what the McDonalds ones are like, you could just have a twist lock receptacle hanging above your head but within reach, and have the twist lock connected to a gang box with 2 duplex outlets when you need it.

I have a couple nice cord reels, but in this case I was thinking of some fixed-length drops that bring the receptacle from ceiling height (typically out of easy reach) to just above head height. I think your idea of basically a short twistlock extension cord would work. I think the "McDonald's" type are fixed though, with some sort of strain relief where they are hardwired into the box on the ceiling. I can't find/don't know the right way to do this, but I really like the idea.

 

[fflintstone]

I have a couple nice cord reels, but in this case I was thinking of some fixed-length drops that bring the receptacle from ceiling height (typically out of easy reach) to just above head height. I think your idea of basically a short twistlock extension cord would work. I think the "McDonald's" type are fixed though, with some sort of strain relief where they are hardwired into the box on the ceiling. I can't find/don't know the right way to do this, but I really like the idea.

It would be easy to ad a “strain relief” just attach a thin wire cable from the J box to the outside of the twist lock. You could attach either at the screw that crimps the back of the cable or with a hose clamp around the body of the twist outlet. You could then put a short wire cable on the duplex outlets with a dog lead type snap to clip to the other stress relief cable.

 

[fflintstone]

Hey I found a relivent book!
http://www.fmastore.org/Practical-Guide-for-Improving-Your-Metal-Fabricating-Shop-Layout-P75.aspx

I am going to try to get it through an inter library loan.

I had no luck procuring the book thru my local Podunk library.
However my best friends girlfriend is a librarian at a university, and she was able to procure it.
Unfortunately I have to pay to ship it or drive down to metro Detroit to pick it up.
I will relay any earth shattering revelations the $100 book may have.

 

[BD1]

hi, i would also put in some floor electrical outlets where your equipment may go. Don't know what they call them but they are in concrete for pulling on to straight out things.Some have chain that you hook on to.

 

[fflintstone]

I had no luck procuring the book thru my local Podunk library.
However my best friends girlfriend is a librarian at a university, and she was able to procure it.
Unfortunately I have to pay to ship it or drive down to metro Detroit to pick it up.
I will relay any earth shattering revelations the $100 book may have.

I am VERY, VERY glad I did not buy this book. The first two chapters were logical if not mundane, but everything else was useless. I did get a chuckle out of the references to now ancient CAD technology. About one third of the book looked like it was photocopied out of trade journals.
I still find it flabbergasting that there isn’t printed material out there as to how to set up shop tools in a logical location and give substantiating examples to prove the point.