Ahhhh, It'll fit somewhere...

[Jelly_Sheffield]

I have been pushing the limits of what's practical in a 26m² workshop for quite a while now...

Recent additions have well and truly pushed the existing layout beyond breaking point.

However, after hours of painstakingly jiggling things around in Visio, I managed to find a layout that's more usable, and fits an extra machine in.

The tool trolley will also conveniently nest under the big milling machine when not in use too, giving a larger clear floorspace.

(The red squiggle is an existing floor to ceiling welding curtain, intended mostly to help isolate the machine tools from grinding dust).


There is one fly in the ointment though...

Playing about in Visio shows it will take 20 movements of major items to re-arrange the space.

Not to mention that both the the big mill and the lathe weigh over 2T, and are in the positions they're in purely because it's logistically convenient.

My back is preemptively aching just thinking about it!

 

[Erie Fred]

"Mezzanine".....

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

"Mezzanine".....

Is that a fancy word for "huge pile of junk on the roof of the office"?

Would if I could, but there's limited vertical height.

 

[addjunkie]

Bigger shed!

 

[MattF]

I have been pushing the limits of what's practical in a 26m² workshop for quite a while now...

26m². You lucky....

I had to cut a portion out of a bench top the other day just so that I can get past my drawer unit without keep snagging my belt buckle on the unit. My workshop's only 5' wide.

 

[Erie Fred]

Is that a fancy word for "huge pile of junk on the roof of the office"?

Would if I could, but there's limited vertical height.

You could jack up the shop......
Or start digging......

 

[MetalMonkey]

I've often found playing about with layouts everything looks great on the plan (I used paper cutouts and graph paper), but when I actually came to put them in position, it just didn't seem to flow very well and I ended up swapping stuff around anyway.
So be prepared to move it all at least three times

 

[iNf]

My workshop's only 5' wide

Must be at least 100' long with all the stuff you buy

 

[dieselsamurai]

Where did the Plasma go from the first drawing ?

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Where did the Plasma go from the first drawing ?

It's getting donated to a Local Community Group.

It's technically the most powerful one of the three I own, but it's also by far the biggest, and 50A vs 45A isn't enough to kill myself over.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Bigger shed!

Is on the cards, there's room to add an additional 12.8m² at the back, which would be for dry storage, clean workbench and office.

My partner has (not unreasonably) vetoed any attempts to start on that until I finish the Landrover though.

I've often found playing about with layouts everything looks great on the plan (I used paper cutouts and graph paper), but when I actually came to put them in position, it just didn't seem to flow very well and I ended up swapping stuff around anyway.
So be prepared to move it all at least three times

Always a risk, but it would be hard for it to be more awkward than it currently is, so I suspect it will still be a while before I conclude I can do better.

It's probably the positioning of the Pantograph which will bug me if anything.

I think there's a good chance of me concluding that it's best to find a new owner for either the massive MIG welder, the Harrison Mill, or both...

Neither is frequently used, and both owe me nothing as I bought them for scrap value and repaired them.

Selling the big MIG would also make it make sense to sell the Generator outside and the Hypertherm.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

26m². You lucky....

Oh I am, but it's far from perfect.

Access is awful (literal green-laning to reach it by vehicle), The floor loading is limited (I almost bought a Huron instead of the TOS, but there was a very real chance of cracking the floor with it), and I paid a significant premium to find a house with a decently sized workshop/garage in the area I needed to live in when I bought the house (or rather, I continue to do so every month on the mortgage).

If I had my time again, I would do it differently (and probably have a much bigger workshop, but live in a much rougher part of S. Yorks).