One of the things have found when you use certain swarf-making
behemoths is that you should have far more room beside/behind them
than you THINK you need. When you try to clean up after yourself it
can be a problem.

The only other solution to having 2 machines next to each other and
not throwing swarf ALL over the place is to hang visquene from the
ceiling down to the floor so it acts as a wall/deflector and keeps the
stuff within a confined space. Plus it's flxible and you can move
around it easily.

The other problem is if you have a cat who picks up the longer swarf
pieces and carries them all over the house (my shop is in the basement
and kitty has free run of the place) (at least I don't have a wife
nagging me about it) But then, there's this machinist-gunsmith woman
on another list I wish I could meet up with....

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:10:55 -0300, "jtaylor"
wrote:

At this point I am moving 4 little pieces of paper around on top of another
sheet of paper with squares drawn on it.

The floor is about 12'x22'. Footprints for the four things a

Car 13'x6'
Lathe 3 1/2' x 5 1/2'
Mill 3' x 4'
Drill 2'x2'

What sort of space should there be between the various tools so I can do
work without having to remember exactly where I am all the time?

Are there any real advantages to having access to all sides of the lathe -
this asked because right now the bench is by itself in the middle of a floor
and it's kind of nice to be able to walk around it.