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This is a tale of unintended consequences.
I recently bought a Wide Belt Sander and a Lathe, neither of which would fit in my small shop easily. To add insult to injury, the WBS motor takes 220v only. So here's the logic sequence leading to a number of changes.
The layout.
This perspective, from the NW corner near the overhead door, gives a view of most of the 12' x 20' shop, the third bay in my 3-car garage.
Panning to the left we see the BS and lathe located by the overhead door. The DC plumbing drops down between the overhead doors of the shop and garage, allowing both doors to operate without changing anything (with a limitation to be explained later). The idea here is that the lathe can be moved out of the way (using a mobile base that isn't built yet) to allow long stock to be cut on the TS by opening the overhead door. There's enough room on the outfeed side if I move the mobile cabinet housing the MS and OS/BS.
For a bit of perspective, we move to the opposite corner, near the man door, and look back.
And now the passageway to the man door from the garage, pic taken from the SW corner. This area has to remain clear for daily use, but provides working space for the MS, WBS and planer, which are all mobile.
The overhead looks like this. Obviously my DC plumbing has evolved over time, starting with 4" PVC and going to 4" S&D. Most everything is attached via the overhead system, except the tablesaw/router table setup, which has a direct connection down below. I have overhead DC drops for the SharkGuard/router fence as well as the OS/BS-miter saw combo.
I installed a dedicted switched circuit for lights with two quad outlets. I'm only using half the available outlets, with two 4' T-8s and two 4' T-12s flourescent fixtures. The magnetic-base lamp makes perfect task lighting for the assembly bench and/or OS/BS. The air cleaner, MS and OS/BS are attached to a quad outlet which is on a circuit supporting three more quore quad outlets located at the assy table, BS/lathe, and planer.
(The limitation to the overhead door use comes in here. The drop down to the SharkGuard inhibits the door from opening all the way. It goes far enough to allow long stock to be run through the TS, so I'm calling it good.)
The BS coonections for DC and elec.
The stove pipe mod. Note the pipe heading off to the table saw/router. The rolling cabinet with the OS/BS and MS is sort of the linchpin of the whole setup. This cabinet moves easily, enabling a variety of things to happen that would otherwise be very difficult to do. In this pic it is moved slightly out of the way, clearing room around the assy bench and storage shelf. When moved into the pasageway along the WBS and planer I can cut very long stock by opening the man door and extending the other way into the garage area. Similarly, it can move out of the way of the WBS and/or planer when they are deployed. It also stores a heckuva lot of tools and accessories.
The new WBS and planer on the south wall. I haven't finalized the flex hose lengths yet. I'll need to move the tools around a bit to see what's needed.
The jointer doesn't quite fit in its space, but is good enough. There is an electrical circut with a quad outlet, serving the bench strip and the jointer. The flex connection will be made after the WBS and planer connections are finalized.
The new electrical wiring enters the via two boxes located near the bench. The service panel is on the other side of the wall. All the 110v wiring is 12ga., with 20a breakers on the 110v tool circuits, 15a on the light circuit, and 10ga./30a on the 220v circuit.
The final view shows the wiring at the post near the assy bench. The top quad outlet is intended for hand tools - it's on the same circuit as the planer, MS, BS, etc. The lower box is served by two circuits - one for the DC, the other for the TS/router table.
I recently bought a Wide Belt Sander and a Lathe, neither of which would fit in my small shop easily. To add insult to injury, the WBS motor takes 220v only. So here's the logic sequence leading to a number of changes.
- I need a new layout to accomodate 10 lbs of woodworking tools in a 5 lb space.
- I need 220v in the shop, so I might as well wire the shop properly (or as close as I can come to "proper").
- Before installing the MC wiring I want to use, I should go ahead and paint white over the baby-diapers-brown walls and ceiling .
- I'll have to uninstall the DC plumbing to apply the paint. I need a fresh look at the plumbing anyway due to the new tools and layout.
- If I'm going to re-plumb the DC system, I may as well apply the larryg stove pipe mod.
- With all the wiring and painting going on I may as well install a new top on my wall bench.
The layout.
This perspective, from the NW corner near the overhead door, gives a view of most of the 12' x 20' shop, the third bay in my 3-car garage.
Panning to the left we see the BS and lathe located by the overhead door. The DC plumbing drops down between the overhead doors of the shop and garage, allowing both doors to operate without changing anything (with a limitation to be explained later). The idea here is that the lathe can be moved out of the way (using a mobile base that isn't built yet) to allow long stock to be cut on the TS by opening the overhead door. There's enough room on the outfeed side if I move the mobile cabinet housing the MS and OS/BS.
For a bit of perspective, we move to the opposite corner, near the man door, and look back.
And now the passageway to the man door from the garage, pic taken from the SW corner. This area has to remain clear for daily use, but provides working space for the MS, WBS and planer, which are all mobile.
The overhead looks like this. Obviously my DC plumbing has evolved over time, starting with 4" PVC and going to 4" S&D. Most everything is attached via the overhead system, except the tablesaw/router table setup, which has a direct connection down below. I have overhead DC drops for the SharkGuard/router fence as well as the OS/BS-miter saw combo.
I installed a dedicted switched circuit for lights with two quad outlets. I'm only using half the available outlets, with two 4' T-8s and two 4' T-12s flourescent fixtures. The magnetic-base lamp makes perfect task lighting for the assembly bench and/or OS/BS. The air cleaner, MS and OS/BS are attached to a quad outlet which is on a circuit supporting three more quore quad outlets located at the assy table, BS/lathe, and planer.
(The limitation to the overhead door use comes in here. The drop down to the SharkGuard inhibits the door from opening all the way. It goes far enough to allow long stock to be run through the TS, so I'm calling it good.)
The BS coonections for DC and elec.
The stove pipe mod. Note the pipe heading off to the table saw/router. The rolling cabinet with the OS/BS and MS is sort of the linchpin of the whole setup. This cabinet moves easily, enabling a variety of things to happen that would otherwise be very difficult to do. In this pic it is moved slightly out of the way, clearing room around the assy bench and storage shelf. When moved into the pasageway along the WBS and planer I can cut very long stock by opening the man door and extending the other way into the garage area. Similarly, it can move out of the way of the WBS and/or planer when they are deployed. It also stores a heckuva lot of tools and accessories.
The new WBS and planer on the south wall. I haven't finalized the flex hose lengths yet. I'll need to move the tools around a bit to see what's needed.
The jointer doesn't quite fit in its space, but is good enough. There is an electrical circut with a quad outlet, serving the bench strip and the jointer. The flex connection will be made after the WBS and planer connections are finalized.
The new electrical wiring enters the via two boxes located near the bench. The service panel is on the other side of the wall. All the 110v wiring is 12ga., with 20a breakers on the 110v tool circuits, 15a on the light circuit, and 10ga./30a on the 220v circuit.
The final view shows the wiring at the post near the assy bench. The top quad outlet is intended for hand tools - it's on the same circuit as the planer, MS, BS, etc. The lower box is served by two circuits - one for the DC, the other for the TS/router table.
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