Originally Posted by
chris toomey
fred,
how do you get pieces in and out of a second floor shop? trap door? staircase? just curious
How you doin' today Chris? Yes, I guess that eventually it will become an issue that my shop is on the second floor. Access is by stairway. The stairs are a bit wider than normal, though I asked the carpenter to make them even wider, I didn't get it. I have made some larger pieces of furniture and have been able to get them down the stairs, albeit, with help of course. If it comes down to a really large piece that has to be built, it will have to be built in sections. I just recently built some arbor type lattice panels and they were ten foot long by six foot wide and I was able to get them down the stairway with help from my brother. They showed me that that kind of size was just about the limit though.
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