On Tue, 16 May 2006 00:44:38 GMT, Gunner wrote:
On 15 May 2006 18:03:58 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

Does it rhyme with "shaper" by any chance?

Nah..the hole in the wall is strictly for.. er.. ventilation.
Yah..thats it..ventilation.

Hm. After what you wrote about the bathroom fan, perhaps I could believe
that.

I was more thinking about when I spotted the MasterMill..and gave
myself 6 inches of travel in either direction before the cranks hit
machines on either side...blush....

Ive since gotten much much better at that sort of thing..enough so
that customers will ask me how to layout their shop when doing a
startup. But at the time...it was a bit...ah..embaressing.

"I meant to do that." "Yeah, right, Dad..." sez my 7 year old daughter.
Kid seems to be a bit sarcastic at times & doesn't buy the BS stories.
Wonder where that comes from.

But yes, absolutely, graph paper and post-it notes with machine shapes
on them is the way to go. My shop space is limited (30'x18'), but I
think I have a good layout for the 2 mills, the 2 presses, bandsaw,
lathe, drillpress, desk, workbench, and storage.

About storage - I've been buying (used) file cabinets lately, and using
those instead of open shelving. I'm very happy with that; label the
drawers, fill 'em, and then _close 'em_. Neatens up the shop nicely.

Its still hard to beat IBM punch card cabinets for storage. Im always
on the lookout for more.

Hm. Good point. Nice heavy small drawers. Perfect for tooling, I'd
think? I should call that furniture salvage yard again. He's got some
pretty old stuff way in the back.