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Mark & Juanita
 
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Default Minimum size for woodshop

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:46:53 -0800, "Bob" wrote:

I would like to add a room to the side of my house for a small wood shop.
The best I can do with my property is a shop no more than nine feet wide.
Length can be as much as twenty feet. I would need a table saw, of course,
as well as a work bench and some of the essential, smaller power tools
(router table?, band saw?, etc.) Do I have enough space?
RB


Look at it this way, if this is what you can get, then it is 180 square
feet more than nothing.

Certainly this is do-able, you will really need to plan ahead regarding
where you are going to store things (sheet goods are going to be an issue,
as will other wood storage). You might want to see if you can store your
wood elsewhere.

As others have mentioned, see how high you can build up. Vertical height
will help with both storage and the ability to rotate long pieces.




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