Shop Layout Question

[Steve Roxberg]

I purchased a cyclone, and am now trying to find homes for the machines.

I am considering placing my router table along a wall that will only give me about four feet to the left and then to the right of the router bit.

Will I regret this?

I mainly use the router table for raised panel doors, and decrotive edges on smaller parts. An edge on a table top, or longer board I would probably do by hand.

Will I regret this decision, and am I missing something?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Steve,

What about making your router table mobile. You move it out and attach the DC hose...then roll it back when it's in your way?

[Prashun Patel]

I second the mobile base suggestion.

I have an 8ft mobile miter workbench that I can roll away from my wall to allow me to feed 8ft in and out. Love it.

As long as you run flexible pipe from yr main duct to the r-table, it shldn't affect the dust collection at all.

[Jeffrey Makiel]

As an owner of a small woodshop, Shawn and Ken hit the nail on the head. The only thing that I can add is to buy hose clamps that have built in thumb screws such that you don't need a screwdriver. Sometimes it's more convenient to temporarily swap hose connections than deal with long runs of flex duct.

-Jeff :)