A friend of mine has a very small workshop that, in my opinion, has a quite
ingenious layout. Basically, apart from the lathe and milling m/c, it
consists of work benches all round the walls. The benches are made of
kitchen worktops but, instead of having normal cupboards and draws
undernieth, has purpose made storage boxes on casters. The advantage is
that heavy and/or bulky items can be stored and retrieved more easily. He
has, for instance, all his brazing equipment and hearth in one box that is
simply wheeled out when required.
Above the worktops are wall cabinets that contain smaller and lighter
equipment. Every box and cabinet is identified by a letter, and the
sub-compartments by numbers. When an item is first stored, its address
(letter and number) is recorded and its then a simple matter to find items
that are not often used.
I hope this helps...

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Regards, Gary Wooding

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"mongke" wrote in message
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hi all

Anybody got spiffy ideas about laying out a very small shop? I'm
constricted at 1.80 x 3.0 meters and cant expand it in the foreseable
future. I got OA torch, grinders, drill press, and sometime will get lathe
and mill (Gingery type). Mostly I'm worried whith the sparks form grinding
getting cozy with the OA rig. And just yesterday I got the grinder cable
eaten by the wire wheel. Momentary excitement plus workpiece landing in my
foot

Regards,

MOngke