On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:11:27 GMT, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

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

I have about 500 sf for my wood shop but I have lost a lot of space
for storage of tools to sell, furniture to refinish and a dog crate.
If I got rid of the unneccessary items that space would be pretty good
for me. Radial arm saw, table saw, planer/jointer, bandsaw, wood
lathe, small dust collector, workbench and lumber pile. Most of the
tools I muscle around or on wheels so I can get them to a better place
for use. Since some tools get rarely used this is not a big deal. If I
were a serious woodworker I would probably want a thousand square feet
so I could walk up to any machine to use it with no shuffling of
equipment.

I attached the dust collector to the contractors table saw at the
bottom of the saw. Even with the open back on the saw for the belt and
motor, the 1100 cfm dust collector does ok keeping dust down. When the
dust collector is attached to the planer or joiner it keeps the mess
under control. Without the dust collector running it is a mess. I used
to drag the table saw outside to use before I had the dust collector.