Fellow Creekers,
I'd greatly appreciate some late advice on locating my sliding table saw w/ 10' table. Late b/c I'm putting together cyclone and will start on ductwork soon. Early on I was thinking about a central shop location. Lately I've leaned more to placing it along the west wall of the shop. Shop size is 40 x 28' so plenty of room each direction.
Central location pros:
1. I'm able to put other tools along the west wall and maybe can fit in a jointer b/w west wall & saw.
2. Lots of other options for tools along west and south walls.
Cons:
1. Gets crowded b/w outrigger and east wall cabinets and chop saw station. Unless I move the jointer to somewhere else.
2. Limits length of boards I can crosscut with slider, although maybe not a huge issue w/ chop saw.
3. With a boat in the shop, the gunwales are higher than the slider wagon, so to fully retract the table, I'll have to move the boat out of the way, which is a pain. This is by far the biggest issue, but a boat will not always be in the shop.
4. DC hole and electrical pedestal in central shop floor.
Next to wall pros:
1. Still room on both infeed and outfeed sides next to walls for other things such as maybe router table.
2. Slider wagon will not hit boat.
3. Options for now or later to add tools in center or in a row toward south wall (#'s 1,2,3,4)
4. Or room for an assembly table in middle.
Cons:
1. Huge space with nothing in it in center of shop.
2. Limits good choices for other tools that need longer infeed/outfeed areas, such as band saws. I currently have 3, Delta 14, Laguna 18, and Yates Y30 (although one may not survive the cut ). I could put any of them or jointer at positions #2 or 3 with 28' of wall to wall distance.
3. Saw is fairly close to wood stove.
Drawings are attached. Jointer is a DJ20. Also have a router table, Jordan wood lathe (maybe basement), Delta drill press, Max spindle sander, and 19" Supermax sander. Dust collector is in basement. Regarding planer in the northeast corner,- I want it there since I'd rather roll it outside and scoop up the shavings rather than put it on the DC circuit. This may all change in future if I upgrade to a larger J/P combo.
Thanks for all help!
jon
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