Been reading through this whole post, some really impressive stuff in here. Has me doing a lot of thinking, and hoping for some warmer weather to get started. I just moved to a new house with space in a 3rd car bay. I have no plans to ever fit a car in here. This will be used primarily for maintaining (and assembling) bicycles, and woodworking for projects around the house, with a slight bent towards making "stuff", but probably won't ever weld anything. Looking for some advice from the been there done that crowd. Here is my current plan from sketchup. This is my first post, so if this should be moved to another place, just let me know.
A)I already have this bench, and while I may remake it with something nicer at some point, it does the job for now.
B) I want to build a cart for the Craftsman 113 hand me down table saw I have and my plan is a ~60"x30" rolling station for the saw, whatever it is it will need to fit under the counter so I can tuck it away when working primarily on bikes or assembling said "stuff". I think that means my cart needs to be 36" and the counter closer to 42". Has anyone else had experience with the nesting and have height recommendations for it?
C) I'm thinking this is space for tools also on mobile carts (band saw, drill press, etc, but made to fit within the dimensions of the counter (18" deep). They can double as support for an outfeed table in the event I need support for the table saw station.
D)There is currently a single circuit here with a single outlet, I'll be running more and supplying way more power than I can imagine needing, because I know one day I'll need it. I've seen a lot of ideas for over peg board shelves/cabinets, and I'm not sure what I'm going to do on the wall. i have 17' of space here, so I will probably vary it a bit. I saw someone built a cabinet for a compressor, and some other ideas. Ideally I keep a straight run of counter at least long enough to do work at the CMS station with longer stock.
E)I am completely unsure how to best use this space. As you can see I'm partly hamstrung by a concrete sill that reaches out 40" from the wall, so I'm trying to figure out how best to use this corner as I don't think running the counter all the way to the edge makes sense. I'm planning to build storage along the whole length of the wall which spans the entire 3 car space, but I want all the workshop items down at this end. I was thinking about turning these cubbies into drawers or at the very least, slide out shelves that allow me to utilize the entire 40" depth.
I've also got to figure out space for heat and space for some dust collection of some kind, which that corner might work for. I'm thinking I'll leave space on the near end for a 30" high toolbox, that I might replace with a much bigger one at some point.
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