Wood Magazine 170 by Bill Krier

Author:Bill Krier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wood, Home and hobby woodworker
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Published: 2006-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

In addition to the main shop, we shoot photos and video in this shop. Southern yellow pine floors and walls provide a pleasing backdrop.

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From our shop to yours: Lessons learned

Shop designer Jeff Mertz wouldn't change anything about WOOD magazine's finished shop. That's the benefit of analyzing and modifying your shop design on paper instead of after construction starts. During this planning process, Jeff and the rest of the staff discovered some shop design secrets you can use:

■ Ask for advice. Not once, but several times, Jeff reviewed his designs with Chuck Hedlund and other staff members before finalizing the design. When laying out your shop, seek input from veteran woodworking

friends. They'll be pleased to help you avoid the errors they discovered the hard way.

■ Mobility = flexibility. By placing stationary tools onto mobile bases, we can fine-tune their locations, move them for easy clean-up, and relocate them to accommodate new or additional equipment.

■ Bright is better. Our shop uses roughly four times the overhead lighting found in the surrounding office areas. White walls and ceiling tiles reflect and diffuse the shop light. Even the light maple cabinetry was chosen for its light-reflecting qualities.

■ Light right. Think about where your equipment will be located, and then position

light fixtures accordingly. If you add lights in a fixed pattern instead of where they're needed, you could find your benchtop darkened by your own shadow.

■ Add 220-volt outlets. Hire an electrician to install 220-volt outlets for power-hungry tools such as cabinet saws and jointers. Even if you don't have these tools today, adding outlets before the dry wall goes up makes it easier to add step-up tools in the future.

■ Make cleanup easy. The WOOD magazine shop has three compressed-air hose reels for knocking the dust off tools and project parts, plus a floor sweep intake tied to the dust collector. #

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