Last fall I made a last minute decision to return to school to pursue my bachelors degree. Of course going to school full time while working 55+hrs per week gives very little time for the shop, which has remained mostly dormant since September. Baby #2 is due out in October, and I am taking a promotion at work that will increase my drive time by at least an hour per day.
I value the time with my family more than anything and SWMBO and I are thinking about moving out of the country into the city, closer to work and less lawn to mow. It will be a big change and I will have to downsize my shop from a 1200 square foot metal building down to part of a 2 or 3 car garage.
The move will be sometime in the next year or so, after the baby has been born and I have gotten settled into my new position. Since we've been talking about it we'd like to plan as much as we can to make the transition relatively painless.
Heres my question to ya'll: if you had to downsize to a 1 car garage shop, what tools would you keep and what would you get rid of? Would you keep your table saw with 50" unifence or just get a track saw and use a bandsaw for ripping? Should I drink the green cool aid and go for an all festool shop? Ditch the 20" planer and opt for a benchtop?
Any ideas from people who have made similar moves would be great! Most of my work is small to medium furniture for the house, nothing comercial and I don't have any plans to go pro or make anything in large quantities.