"Ivan Vegvary" wrote in
news:3sSui.2507$mw4.497@trndny09:

I need to isolate my woodworking from my other hobbies. I have a
60'x60' shop of which 40'x60' still has some flexibility left. I
would like to partition some of it for woodworking. What would be a
reasonable size? I own the following woodworking tools: Table saw,
radial arm saw, jointer, molder, lathe, dust collector (haven't used
it yet) and bench.

I would like to keep the size somewhat to a minimum. It is not my
primary hobby. My other interests are machining, welding and auto
restoration. Woodworking is an occasional repair job, and someday I
would like to build a few cabinets.

Presently, when I need to rip a single 2"x6"x8' for a onetime use,
everything I own throughout the whole 60 feet of shop gets covered
with a fine dust. My solution has been to drag my table saw out to
the driveway for that occasional cut. Not too uncomfortable except
here in the NW we don't have dry weather very often.

I would like to know what room sizes you all are enjoying.

Thanks,

Ivan Vegvary



Wow, 60x60. What are you in, an abandoned warehouse? My suggestion
would be to determine how much space you need for the other hobbies, and
reserve space for them. Then, use what's left for wood. (That is, if
your other hobbies don't overwhelm your space.)

Something to consider would be some kind of semi-permanent divider. With
a good system, I'd hope you'd be able to work in the wood shop area
without spreading sawdust. (A cheap solution is plastic sheeting, but a
better system would probably look and function better in the long run.)
If you decide to go this route, I'd love to see a followup here. I've
got a garage I'm planning on using for multiple hobby uses and don't need
sawdust over everything either.

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