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I love my Bosch 1617EVS. Never used it on raised panels but everything else, even flattening large slabs with a 2" surfacing bit. Seems like it has plenty of power. I too like having the aluminum...

I think I have it figured out... What if I keep smaller or more likely used material in the shop and the bigger less used material upstairs. I have a spot in the corner where I was thinking about...

Started work on the RAS cabinet build. 20 sheets of 3/4 A-C plywood. This is for the cabinets and the drawers. When I went to go buy the wood, the lumber yard had all of their 3/4 the same price as...

Thanks Carl! All good points.

Thanks for the pictures and explanation, Jim. I'm going to sit down and draw up some ideas tonight. I think I'll also post the building being built to this thread. Just to share.

Very nice shop space... I wouldn't know what to do with all of that space!

So am I totally crazy for thinking about using the space above the shop for wood storage? In my original plans, I was going to put in a stair case but I'm not sure I want to eat up shop space for...

Okay, thanks, so pretty standard then. Wasn't sure if BP, or any other fruit type tree, was any different that other typical hardwood trees.

Getting my hands on some green wood has started...

My neighbor had one of his Bradford Pears cut down and I snatched up a section of the trunk. Thought I'd use it to practice making a table top out of rough cut lumber with a live edge. How long...

That looks really nice! I may have to look into using that on the interior walls as well.

That is a concern I have too... I guess my other option would be to turn a small shed that I'm not really using for anything into a wood storage shed... It's roughly a 20'x20' shed that I build for...

I guess I should have explained this better; The wood shop is a section of a larger building. It's a 40x60 building that I built and I've split it up into three basic areas (no inside walls yet). So...

Thanks, never had it explained like that to me before. I always wondered why people spent so much money on a big unit vs individual shop vacs. And yes, they are noisy.

I saw what my father-in-law went through with his central dust collection system and what he spent on it. Which really shy'ed me away from that approach. So I'm going to setup shop vacuums per...

Okay, thanks for the advise. I'll take it into consideration!

So right now, there aren't any walls on the inside and probably won't be for while. And I am struggling with where to put the bandsaw as I don't really use it that much other than for small cutouts...

Ok, how about this layout?

My thought here is, everything usually starts on the table saw to cut everything down to size. Or maybe the jointer then the table saw... then over to the RAS for...

You're right. I do need to finalize my tool and workflow layout. And yup, I do have a planer and a sander. Jointer is a future purchase.

Since I have 14' of hieght to work with, I was thinking...

That side is reserved for the trailer and my tractor. I have big doors on both sides of the building to allow me to pull through with the trailer and keeps me from blocking in whatever I'm working...

Yeah, I wanted to have the ability to crosscut long peices. I always hated pulling out the metal saw horses to cut long pieces.

As far as the drawer space, I want to have enough tool storage for...

So, I laid out a basic positioning of my tools that I have now to give you an idea.

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BC good enough?

Hello,
Finally to the point where I can start working on my wood shop. Feel free to offer up comments and ideas... This is a hobby is therapeutic for me and I don't mind criticism. Plus, I know...