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28 April 2017 at 11:29 pm #311534
Carson,
Just retired to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Got really tired of shoveling snow in New England. The wood shop was built behind the house. It’s 30×30 ft sq, big enough to build a 20′ boat. the shop is very much a work in progress. Several things to watch out for.1. It has a 10×10 ft sliding door. any thing smaller will be a pain for handling plywood.
2. It has 10′ ceiling. The 9′ clearance is a good idea. My lights are attached to bottom if the trusses, there isn’t a full 10′ clearance.
2a. The trusses were 32′ overall. The bottom cord is a 2×4. Make sure your trusses are 2x6s. I wanted to put a hoist on a rail to handle heavier pieces.
3. My floor is concrete and it’s not real level. Make sure that whoever does your slab takes extra care on it. Most of my tools need to be raised a couple of inches to reduce my back bending.
4. Insulate the shop well. The shop has sprayed foam the thickness of the studs and joists. It was comfortable last winter and will be easy to air condition this summer.
5. Make sure you have enough storage space for tools and other supplies. Plan for the space it will remove from your working areas. Two 2′ deep x 4′ long cabinets are under construction. They will store all of the big tubs, etc. scattered around the periphery of the shop.
5. Make sure that you do have enough lighting. My situation is probably much different that yours in that I have lost 80% of my sight and do not have any detail vision. There are 9 8′ florescent light fixtures in the shop and I still need extra focused lights.I can post some pics to show you how I’m setting things up. Just don’t want comments about how crocked things are.
Good luck with your shop.
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