Jointers and shapers can also sometimes be set back out of the midway, but keep in mind that the more trouble they are to reposition, the less useful they’ll be. The most area will be required on either side of the saw. In many workshops, band saws and drill presses are not used constantly, so they can be set back out of the way. The band saw has spatial requirements similar to those for the radial-arm saw: the tool can be positioned with its back to the wall, with operator space at the front. Allow enough space directly in front of the saw for the operator to be able to comfortably line up and operate the saw. Figure into your plan a two-foot-deep, three-foot-wide space for the saw itself and tables or other supports flanking the tool. Don’t set it in a corner, however, as you’ll need space on either side of the blade. If you have a fixed-in-place cutoff saw (a radial-arm, miter saw, or sawbuck, for example), it can, unlike the table saw, be conveniently positioned against a wall. This means that in front of and beyond the blade, you need distances at least as great as the length of the longest board you’ll need to rip and that you’ll require space for cutoff work on either side of the saw. Even if you’re not planning on using your table saw to cut plywood, you need to allow ripping and crosscutting space. When the table saw is used to cut a piece of four-by-eight-foot plywood, the tool space increases geometrically, as the thirty-two-square-foot sheet of stock is pushed and pulled through the blade.
In most cases, the logical place for the table saw is at the hub of the workshop. With a big table saw, that can represent a dozen or more square feet a drill press requires roughly from three to five square feet. Second is the operating space around the machine. First, there’s the square footage required by the tool and its stand, whether it’s in use or waiting patiently for its next opportunity to show its stuff. I’m guessing you’ll find it to your advantage to consider the issues that follow in your planning process. Even if the layout you devise evolves over time (and it almost certainly will), you’ll probably find the workshop a more efficient place to work right from the start if you think it through as thoroughly as you can beforehand. So I, for one, would recommend a certain amount of advance planning. For another, too little advance planning may mean you buy a power tool that’s too big for your space. But as is so often the case, what works in academe might not be the best approach in the workaday world, namely in your workshop.įor one thing, the rearrange-it-later approach may simply mean that once you’re set up, the haphazard plan becomes the permanent plan, thanks to sheer inertia (it is a pain to move furniture, after all, especially when some of it is as heavy and awkward as workbenches and stationary tools). You can move your benches, tables and tools, and storage units around as you devise better work flows.
Now, maybe you can do the same thing in your home workshop.
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