Chris Mire
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And so it begins. I will soon venture out on a journey to build my new shop. Well my first shop actually since I don't own the one i work in now, my dad does. All my life I have done any type of woodworking in my dad's small cramped cluttered 20x20 shop. Whether it be a small shelf or a full set of cabinets for new construction. At present I work for an engineering firm doing drafting work in a refinery. I have been doing this work for about 6 years now and have been dreaming of getting out of it for about 5. I have now decided to open my own woodworking business, mostly focusing on cabinets for new construction but willing to do most anything wooden. About a year ago my wife and I purchased our first piece of property, it's a nice 1.5 acre plot on the outskirts of a small town. kinda rural but we have close neighbors. This finally gave me the oppurtunity to build a shop of my own. so for the past year i have been planning and saving. I have been doing jobs on the side over the past year saving money and learning alot about doing cabinets on my own. The land is there, the money is there and the industry is really hot right now. So it's time to leave my computer behind and do something I enjoy for a change. This bring us to the contruction of my shop.
I will be building a 30x54 metal building. It is 2x6 metal stud construction with roof trusses. We recently completed two of these buildings, one for a friend and one for my dad. I will be working in my dad's new shop till I get mine up and running.
I thought i'd get the ball rolling by listing some of the Equipment I will have upon start up of the shop and also a list of equipment I plan to aquire soon after. I will soon have to decide what type of electrical supply i want, size i mean, because the Electrical company is going to be running power to our land in the coming weeks. It's either gonna be 200 or 400 amps.
Tools that I will start with.
Table saw
Band saw
benchtop planer
6" jointer
Miter saw
Router table
small drill press
Portable 1-1/2 hp dust collector
air compressor (not sure what size)
Tools I plan to add.
another Table saw (possibly a slider one day) (i want 2 so one can be dedicated to dadoing)
larger planer 15" or more
cyclone dust collector
2 shapers 3hp min
drum or widebelt sander
line boring machine
i think that is all, who knows though...you can never have enough tools. seeing as i plan to be a one man shop with the exception of some help from my dad, i want tools that will make my life easier. so we'll see how that goes.
so any ideas on the electrical? 200 amps or 400 amps....of course more is always better. but it could cost me alot more in the start to get 400 amps. is 200 amps enough?
sorry for the long post, if you made it this far...thanks
awaiting advice and comments
chris
I will be building a 30x54 metal building. It is 2x6 metal stud construction with roof trusses. We recently completed two of these buildings, one for a friend and one for my dad. I will be working in my dad's new shop till I get mine up and running.
I thought i'd get the ball rolling by listing some of the Equipment I will have upon start up of the shop and also a list of equipment I plan to aquire soon after. I will soon have to decide what type of electrical supply i want, size i mean, because the Electrical company is going to be running power to our land in the coming weeks. It's either gonna be 200 or 400 amps.
Tools that I will start with.
Table saw
Band saw
benchtop planer
6" jointer
Miter saw
Router table
small drill press
Portable 1-1/2 hp dust collector
air compressor (not sure what size)
Tools I plan to add.
another Table saw (possibly a slider one day) (i want 2 so one can be dedicated to dadoing)
larger planer 15" or more
cyclone dust collector
2 shapers 3hp min
drum or widebelt sander
line boring machine
i think that is all, who knows though...you can never have enough tools. seeing as i plan to be a one man shop with the exception of some help from my dad, i want tools that will make my life easier. so we'll see how that goes.
so any ideas on the electrical? 200 amps or 400 amps....of course more is always better. but it could cost me alot more in the start to get 400 amps. is 200 amps enough?
sorry for the long post, if you made it this far...thanks
awaiting advice and comments
chris
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