When I was young and taking classes in high school, one of my favorite classes was woodworking. We learned all aspects of organizing a wood working shop, the tools involved, how to work on various projects, safety, and keeping things organized in the work area. In any shop you'll have your equipement, current projects, wood, and any jigs and tools that you use to work on any of your projects. It's important to keep all of these things organized. To properly organize any wood working shop, follow these three guidelines.
One, stand in the middle of your shop and try to visualize the workflow of the projects you have currently been working on. Try to see how your tools would best be organized and stored to ease the work involved. As you do this, try to think about the three to four most basic and common steps involved in every construction process.
Two, setup major workstations depending on the size of your shop and what tools you have. Create these work areas to allow for proper use of the tools without being cramped for space, or interfering with other work stations. Always keep safety in mind when working in a shop. This also goes for setting up a shop.
Three, put all of your power tools and other hand tools in a centralized location. For example, your circular saw, drills, wrenches, screw drivers, etc, should be easily accesible from most of the stations especially if most of your projects require the use of power tools. I find it's useful to get a good extension cord reel [http://www.extensioncordreelreviews.com] to keep my cord and cables from getting all tangled.
Four, utilize the wall space the is easily reachable and not blocked by other tools or worktables. I try to put the tools most pertinant to each job station in the area of that workstation. For example, in the lathe workstation hang all of your shaping tools on the closest wall. I like to use pegboard on the walls in my shop. You can buy it rather cheap at your local hardware store.
These are only a few pointers for setting up and organizing a shop. Each shop is different with different tools and different workflow depending on the typical projects in that shop. Follow these steps and always keep safety in mind and you'll be sure to find the perfect workflow for your shop and maximize the amount and quality of projects your able to build.
One, stand in the middle of your shop and try to visualize the workflow of the projects you have currently been working on. Try to see how your tools would best be organized and stored to ease the work involved. As you do this, try to think about the three to four most basic and common steps involved in every construction process.
Two, setup major workstations depending on the size of your shop and what tools you have. Create these work areas to allow for proper use of the tools without being cramped for space, or interfering with other work stations. Always keep safety in mind when working in a shop. This also goes for setting up a shop.
Three, put all of your power tools and other hand tools in a centralized location. For example, your circular saw, drills, wrenches, screw drivers, etc, should be easily accesible from most of the stations especially if most of your projects require the use of power tools. I find it's useful to get a good extension cord reel [http://www.extensioncordreelreviews.com] to keep my cord and cables from getting all tangled.
Four, utilize the wall space the is easily reachable and not blocked by other tools or worktables. I try to put the tools most pertinant to each job station in the area of that workstation. For example, in the lathe workstation hang all of your shaping tools on the closest wall. I like to use pegboard on the walls in my shop. You can buy it rather cheap at your local hardware store.
These are only a few pointers for setting up and organizing a shop. Each shop is different with different tools and different workflow depending on the typical projects in that shop. Follow these steps and always keep safety in mind and you'll be sure to find the perfect workflow for your shop and maximize the amount and quality of projects your able to build.
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