"Charlie Self" wrote in message
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I've pretty much finished a book on woodworking shops. My conclusion
(added to looking around my own 25' x 48' shop) is that guys who are
naturally neat tend to set things up the best, but still accumulate
more than the available space will comfortably hold.

Not being naturally neat, I find my shop is a mess almost all the
time. When I built this place, my wife finished nailing down the floor
(hey, she bought it for me for a Christmas present, and she got a kick
out of using a coil nailer, so why not?), she said, You'll never fill
this space." Shortly after we finished the exterior walls and got the
wiring in, I got an assignment to test contractor's saws. That
eventually found 11 saws in the shop, in various stages of assembly
and use. Whadda mess!

I'd like to get a copy when it is published Charlie. I am relative
organized and neat, adding the dust collector and Festool Vac after some 25
years of doing with out has helped more than I could have imagined.
If your book is not finished you should add a chapter on keeping the work
bench cleared off. Perhaps the ability to tilt the bench top to a 45 degree
angle at the end of the day. ;~)

Now lets see here.... 25 x 48 shop 2.6 times bigger than mine,,, 11 Table
Saws..... Yeah you are/were crowded. LOL