I’ve made some changes in my potential shop layout since becoming interested in a sliding table saw. Nothing is set yet, but getting close enough to starting that I need to think about underjoist pipes, electric conduit and compressed air to center cluster plus elsewhere.
Send me your suggestions, gentle criticisms, etc. Shop is 40x26’. Drawing shows a 17’ whitewater dory which is among the shop’s functions. I’ve added the footprint for a K700S w/ a 10’ table, thinking anything I might get would be the same or smaller. The slider infeed overlaps the boat which will be fine, both for when there’s no dory inside, plus height will just clear gunwales of middle of boat. Plus I can always roll the dory outside.
Assembly table will fill that area when boat is out. Some (many) of the machine locations are undecided, but I’ve got to get duct drops from below to potential areas. Don’t own a CNC yet and will prob push it down a little and fit SuperMax sander in the corner area.
Planer - some commented on planer being so far from DC last time. I’d rather push it outside (will be a 4’ porch cover later) and just sweep up chips for stove kindling, esp when it’s Port Orford Cedar! Same for my belt sander and spindle sander which so far have defeated all dust collection efforts. So outside with them too. Or maybe sit on top of down draft table I’ll build in next to SCMS.
Main question - how should I use the space b/w 10 - 12:00 o’clock next to slider? Maybe one or both band saws, which I use a lot? The small one for curved work, the large one for ripping and esp resawing lutherie wood. Router table is also an option. Or maybe put the PM 66 there, but see below? I’m thinking about maybe getting a shaper/ slider combo but not sure how much I’d use it. Also down the road maybe a joInter / planer combo - but for now I like individual tools w/o having to swap b/w setups more.
PM 66 is shown in corner next to planer. I’m not ready to give it up and will see if I want to keep it on rollers for long rips and dados. We’ll see.
Thanks again for all previous and any future help. It is greatly appreciated.
Jon