Input of future woodshop layout

[stevet47]

About 2 months ago I moved into a new house with a 24x24 garage. The wife is kind enough to be willing to park outside, so once I get done the house renovations, turning the garage into a workshop is first on my list. It will mainly be a woodshop, but I will also do limited metal work in there (mainly steel bases for tables/chairs, etc.

Here is a tentative sketch of the plan. It is just blocked out, but everything is to scale. Each grid is 12".

Any advice/critique/criticism is appreciated.

The only thing I see as an issue is the lack of bench space, my main assembly area is the table saw outfeed. I do have a 4x5' fold-down table planned that would cover the welding cart/mechanics tools/etc when not needed. But that is about it.
My only though on that is to build a small enclosed lean-to attached to the back of the garage that could house the dust collector and air compressor to free up some space.

And FYI- I can't have anything tall like the vertical sheet goods in the front of the garage because of the garage-door clearance when open. Otherwise the ceiling height is 9'.

Also, there is a large driveway I can utilize as well when the weather is nice, I plan to do any welding/grinding out there.


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/stevet47/GarageFloorplan.png

Let me know what you think.

 

[Cyberbear]

The only thing I can comment on is working in such a close environment, that wood dust and welding and grinding don't mix well. Besides the chance of a fire, keeping the woodworking space free from contamination may prove difficult. Get a couple of good extinguishers and go for it.

 

[Nowater]

I would turn the table saw 90 degrees so that the infeed is outside of the garage. Try the joiner at the right side of the table saw and the band saw at 90 degrees to the jointer at the jointer outfeed. The rest of your sketch is too light for me to read.

I don't see a problem with table saw outfeed table also being assembly bench. Mount a vice flush with the table top.

A lot of people put an inverted router on their table saw.

Mount your power receptacle about 54" AFF so a sheet of plywood will not cover the outlet. Any chance for power in the floor or drop down power feeds to save tripping on cords?

I'll give it some more thought if you make your drawing more clear.

 

[bczygan]

Think of the flow of materials from machine to machine.

Put all of the machines that you can, on casters.

Get compressor and filter out of the garage, and into a lean to addition.

In fact, make the addition big enough to house the welding and metalwork.

I just kicked all my woodworking equipment out of my garage, which is not a garage, but a metalworking shop.

I don't have a place for the woodworking, but eventually will. Just could not mix them.

And where will you do finishing? Maybe get one of those temporary garage structures and put it up when needed?

I would also consider poking another big opening in the garage wall and headering it off with a beam. Install a big door or pair of doors, and pouring some more concrete slab area. Then I would install a shed roof to increase my work area in good weather.

Bill

 

[zkling]

Check out Grizzly's Shop Floor Planner Program. It's free and very easy to use.

 

[stevet47]

Thanks for the input guys.
Here is a version that is easier to read.