how to lay my shop out

[vnagy]

I'm looking for pictures of a festool woodworking shop. I would like to see how people put together a good workflow system. I have a confined space to work in about 20' x 15'. I currently own an MFT 3, Kaypex with table with a variety of cordless and hand tools.and planning to buy the new CMS Router Table In addition to that my shop has a 30 inch saw stop cabinet saw, a bandsaw, six-inch jointer, 13 inch planar, and a 30 inch sander. I'm trying to come up with a good workflow. Does anyone have any pictures that they might share with me on how to set up his shop effectively.
Vic Nagy… Expertpainter@Gmail.com

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Vic,

Welcome to the forum. You may want to check out this thread:

http://festoolownersgroup.com/fun-games-diversions/celebrate-7000-members-and-growing-with-the-'show-us-your-shop-giveaway'

That should give you some ideas in addition to responses from our forum members.

Shane

 

[AdamM]

Vic,

Welcome to the forum. You may want to check out this thread:

http://festoolownersgroup.com/fun-games-diversions/celebrate-7000-members-and-growing-with-the-'show-us-your-shop-giveaway'!/

That should give you some ideas in addition to responses from our forum members.

Shane

The ! on the end confuses the automatic link creation.  This seems to work better:
http://festoolownersgroup.com/fun-games-diversions/celebrate-7000-members-and-growing-with-the-%27show-us-your-shop-giveaway%27%21/

 

[GreenGA]

To this, if not already posted elsewhere, I would love to see a layout of Paul Marcel's shop.

In his videos, it looks like a very small shop yet he puts out so much.  It would be interesting to see a video tour or a SketchUp...  [poke]

 

[cgmojoco]

Maybe this could be of service:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/workshop-planner/

 

[upscale]

Does anyone have any pictures that they might share with me on how to set up his shop effectively.

Perhaps this can help.
http://www.grizzly.com/workshopplanner.aspx

 

[scoffelt]

Well my space is 326sqft or roughly 13x26.  It has taken me plenty years to get something that I am finally good with, though I am still in a work in progress on some of the tool cabinets and as you can see the walls are in the process of being patched and panted, and one of these days I may actually finish the ceiling.  I have several shop based projects for this winter on my to do list.

Sheet goods get broken down on the outfeed cabinet (some day a nice real woodworking bench will be it's replacement).  But I found that having a good multi-use center section is best for me.  I toss all regular tool stands when given a chance and built mobile storage cabinets. I am constantly thinking about storage of stuff.  I also go up where ever possible.

All in all, I think I have a great space.  All fo this is in my basement.[attachimg=#]

 

[jmbfestool]

Nice!

Love where your Dart Board is!  YOu miss and have a nice little hole in your vacuum pipe.

JMB

 

[scoffelt]

Well, I really don't play it anymore.  But the majority of the pipe is commerical grade spiral pipe and the dull darts wouldn't even scratch it.  But when i do throw a few, lets just say the focus is spot on.  I'd be more pissed if I hit the wall. [embarassed]

 

[Tim Morris]

I'm glad I'm not in that tight of space any more but that is an awesome layout. Great use of space. Nicely done.

 

[semenza]

Well my space is 326sqft or roughly 13x26.  It has taken me plenty years to get something that I am finally good with, though I am still in a work in progress on some of the tool cabinets and as you can see the walls are in the process of being patched and panted, and one of these days I may actually finish the ceiling.  I have several shop based projects for this winter on my to do list.

Sheet goods get broken down on the outfeed cabinet (some day a nice real woodworking bench will be it's replacement).  But I found that having a good multi-use center section is best for me.  I toss all regular tool stands when given a chance and built mobile storage cabinets. I am constantly thinking about storage of stuff.  I also go up where ever possible.

All in all, I think I have a great space.  All fo this is in my basement.[attachimg=#]

Good use of the miter saw extension  space! Love the little drawers.

Seth

 

[scoffelt]

Thanks, I have a buddy who jabs me for continual improvements, but as you can see if there is something that can make it more efficient I am all for it.  One thing that really saved me was the ATF, before that it was a real chore to get sheet goods cut up.  That is by far my most favorite and valuable tool that Festool makes (OK, so is it's brother versions).

My biggest challenge now comes when it is time to assemble.  I obviously don't have lots of space for that.  With all that said, I did do this in my shop. 

 

[GPowers]

Very nice kitchen and nice space efficient wood shop.  I like the multi layers where the planer is positioned between the ceiling and the table saw.

How do you like the Grizzle 8" jointer? I have been look at it for a while. Need to pull the tiger this coming spring.

 

[scoffelt]

Thanks, love to say I was the originator of the planner idea, but I pulled that idea from another ww'er.  As for the Grizz jointer, I really like it. I couldn't justify the cost difference between it and a Dj20. It has served me well so far, I do contemplate switching to a byrd cutter head.  I like more figured wood for my projects and the new head would benefit me on that.  Instead I often slowly surface wood with figure through the drum sander which can be a nightmare for bigger projects lile the kitchen.

 

[James Watriss]

On shop layout, the most valuable resource for me has been The Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker. The book focuses on efficient production in a way that's not specific to any one industry. One chapter in particular covers work flow, and eliminating extra steps and walking around.

Having worked in both, I find this is actually more critical in a small space than a large one. In a small space, it's easier for things to get clogged up, and if neighboring processes are located at opposite ends of the shop, there's an inevitable contortionist game that starts up.

In general, I find that the most helpful thing is to keep all of the rough breakdown tasks in line with each other. Wood-in goes directly to the chop saw or plywood breakdown section, directly to jointer and planer.

After that, the thing that's helped me the most is setting up efficient storage for project parts that are in process: Those are the objects that typically clutter up the space if they don't have a dedicated home that is kept militantly clear of transitory shop vagrants.