(October 5, 2020 at 10:51 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(October 5, 2020 at 9:54 pm)Fireball Wrote: DOGDAMMIT, I need more floor space.Two things to make the best use of available space.
A flat, level floor.
Wheels on everything (where practical).
About the only things in my shop not on wheels are the lathe, mill.and surface grinder..
If you aren't using something - move it off to the side...
I have no power tools bolted down. I have a lunch box planer, 10" drum sander and a benchtop drill press in a vertical stack. Almost everything is on wheels- with locking casters, even the table saw (which is actually a portable job site saw that I built a cabinet for). The only device that I have no wheels on is the carving bench, and I made it out of a birch top, maple framing and birch plywood. That bitch is just plain heavy on purpose, and that thing I have no intention of putting on wheels. My scroll saw and small band saw are on drawer slides which extend out of a shelving unit I built, so that when they are not in use they are stowed in that thing. I have plywood in the rafters with wood piled on it so that it's out of the way. I'd show pictures but it's pretty damned embarrassing for people to look at. Anything I want to use, I have to move something else to do it. Frustrating doesn't describe it.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
