Oh, forgot to mention If you have room to do a layout in the atual
place that is going tobe your shop, get some cardboard or paper and
cut out general shapes and sizes and lay them on the floor to give you
a life-size layout that you can relate to. I did this in the proposed
kitchen and laundry when I was building my new house. it worked out
great.


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.