I have a 20x20 detached, unheated, concrete block garage that has been my shop for the past 16 years. The shop has evolved over this time with little or no planning. I have decided that my next, perhaps most ambitious wood working project to-date, needs to be a shop remodel. Here are my immediate priorities:
1) Heat; therefore insulation
2) Central Dust Collection
I have several questions I’d like to submit to the collective wisdom and experience of the creek. I thought rather than ask them all at once, I would try a question of the week format. So here goes, with question #1 .
While I’m doing the remodel, the tools will need to stay in the shop. I cleaned the shop this weekend. I’ve got the dust off the tools. I thought it would be a good idea to cover the floor machines while I do the remodel (table saw, jointer, planer). Thoughts on covers? I have visqueen I could use, or the woven plastic tarps available at home centers. I could probably round up some old bed sheets. Is using one much better or worse than the other? Should I be concerned about possibly trapping moisture under the covers so to speak? I will be doing most of the work myself, so progress will be slow.