Thomas Wilson80
01-26-2021, 10:28 PM
I am pretty new to woodworking of any kind and have become addicted to turning. I just moved and will have a small heated shop in my basement (11' x 15' with a row of shallow shelves on one long wall) and wanted to get some advice/opinions on how to best plan it out. I know it is small, but up to this point I have been using a 4' x 10' strip of my garage so this feels palatial!!! It will be used almost exclusively for woodturning. I have a Laguna 2436 lathe and a Laguna BX bandsaw and will need a workbench area/grinding station. After reading some past posts on this forum, I have drawn it out to scale with cutouts of my tools to move around and see what best fits, but wanted to post here and see if anyone with a similar sized shop has any pictures or advice.
I have room in my garage for a separate finishing station and storage of any tools/finishes that don't need to be used at the lathe.
Another question I have is regarding dust collection - in my old garage shop I had no DC and was saving up to buy a ClearVue 1800, though now I'm wondering if that is too much machine for this small shop with only the 2 tools and considering that I won't have the space to add table saws/planers/etc.? any advice on dust collection? I'm willing to pay for quality since my shop is inside and I want to minimize dust tracking to the rest of the home (I've even thought about drilling through the concrete that makes up one wall of the shop and directly venting out the side of our front porch but don't know if that is really a feasible option or if that would leave a mess on my lawn).
Again, any opinions/advice/plans/photos would be appreciated as I have zero experience with dust collection or setting up a shop.
Thanks,
Tom
I have room in my garage for a separate finishing station and storage of any tools/finishes that don't need to be used at the lathe.
Another question I have is regarding dust collection - in my old garage shop I had no DC and was saving up to buy a ClearVue 1800, though now I'm wondering if that is too much machine for this small shop with only the 2 tools and considering that I won't have the space to add table saws/planers/etc.? any advice on dust collection? I'm willing to pay for quality since my shop is inside and I want to minimize dust tracking to the rest of the home (I've even thought about drilling through the concrete that makes up one wall of the shop and directly venting out the side of our front porch but don't know if that is really a feasible option or if that would leave a mess on my lawn).
Again, any opinions/advice/plans/photos would be appreciated as I have zero experience with dust collection or setting up a shop.
Thanks,
Tom