Bill,

Real good point. Mine is setup on a piece of plywood on top of a toolbox so
I roll it to alongside where I'm working. Keep accessories and stuff I'm
presently using in the drawers or in the rack on top. Then roll it against
the wall behind my work area when done.

In other words you can move it out of the working footprint and that way it
takes up no extra space when you store it within the footprint. I have my
back to a wall in a corner while working and it alongside me like a
secretary desk. Just move it a little if I need to walk around the lathe.
Very handy and, yet, I still lay my tools on the lathe bed - go figure. I've
got a couple of those articulating lamps (artist type?) and I'm about to
mount one of those on it as well.

On the other side of me, against the wall, are two metal 3'x3' brochure
racks stacked to hold all kinds of "stuff" as well (with a drop down
visqueen sheet to stop dust). Whole deal makes for a kinda cubbyhole with
all you need within reach. Of course, I left enough room behind me so I'm
not cramped. And the setup allows me to face the room and the window in case
a deer comes by

While I'm at it, I had an old dining room table and a portable table saw.
Decided to cutout enough in the leaves to fit the saw flush to the table
surface, then added wheels to the bottom. Now I've a good work surface,
that's larger when the leaves are installed, ability to cutup 4x8 plywood,
can run my dust collector to a collector under the saw, or use a perforated
insert for downdraft work. And I have the option of rolling it outside for
even more space and air (I built the house with 6' double doors off the
shop). If I did flat work all the time I might prefer the usual expensive
and space consuming setup. For me this is as cool as it gets. Can't paint &
sand & carve &........ on that big setup.

TomNie

"Bill Rubenstein" wrote in message
.. .
Yes, I think there is. When you decide you need the Wolverine grinding
jig, you need room behind the grinder for the long bar which is used to
support the tool when grinding.

Bill

Kevin wrote:
When making a bowl/box with a top, is it more common to make the top
to fit over the outside of the bowl/box [think bottle of pop] or to
fit on the inside [think whisky cork]? I've gone both ways and about
the only two differences I can see would be appearance and perhaps,
use.
As to grinders, is there any reason I couldn't just place it (standard
2 wheel grinder) back up close to the wall. Can y'all think of any
reason one would need the space behind?