cyrille de brebisson wrote:
Hello,
I am rebuilding my workshop/garage (see outline at:
http://cyrille.hydrix.com/garage.jpg ) and am open for sugestions.
I plan to run 110/220V and vacume pipes in the concrete slab, where
the Table saw is and under the car (for when the car is not there)
I also plan to have overhead vacum since the darn planer (dewalt) is
such a pain to use with the dust port just above and in the middle of
the outfeed table...
the band saw and the jointer are seldomly used, this is why I placed
them in 'fast access storage' instead of in the middle of the shop...
I also plan to have shelves/citchen cabinets on prety much every
walls...
Do you have any suggestions, things that I should be thinking about
now, before I pour the slab?
For your saw. Either...
A. put an electrical outlet into the slab near the saw
-OR-
B. put an electrical outlet into the ceiling over/near the saw.
I prefer "B". Yes, one has a cord going up but at least you aren't
constantly stepping on it.
In my shop I have an island. In that island are the table saw, router
table, drum sander and dust collector. The table saw is plugged into a 220v
receptacle in the ceiling above and to one side of the saw. There is also a
110v duplex outlet and a cord goes from it to the drum sander table to a
couple more duplex outlets one of which is switched. The sander plugs into
one of the table mounted outlets as does the router table (each tool has a
switch at the tool). The dust collector is plugged into the switched outlet
and that switch is easily reached from any of the island tools.
I still have an unused 110v outlet in the ceiling. One of these days I am
going to use it for an extension cord that travels...curtaln rod screwed to
the ceiling, extension cord looped between travelers which fit into the
curtain rod, short length of coil cord on the end of the extension cord. I
will then be able to move the extension cord outlet end anywhere along the
length of the curtain rod, the coil cord will provide some reach
perpendicular to the rod.
You can't be too rich or have too many electrical outlets.
And now that I re-read your post I see you already planned for outlets in
the slab so just disregard my post
Dang, I hate wasting a post. Well, maybe not: plan for a place to keep
sheet goods...on the "SHELVES" wall? Can your wife (or you) get out of your
car when it is squeezed in there?
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dadiOH
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