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Arbalist:

--- Quote from: Jonny on May 14, 2014, 08:16:40 PM ---Nothing wrong with racking above and behind

--- End quote ---

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

bertie_bassett:
well iv had a play about with plans and am heading back toward my origional thought



though im not sure ill be able to reach all the way to the back of the taller bench, so maby ill make it 1m wide then put the oil catch tank (gridded section) as an island at the end?

think the best place for the mill will be that top left corner, will just have to repair the floor first.

garym:
I wouldn't have bothered with the sink. It's taking up valuable workshop space.  :)

Gary

PekkaNF:
Looks good to me....but...getting the mill and lathe that close to each others really depends what kind of machines they are and what size of work you do.

Mill - do you need an acess on right side of the mill? I have a big knee mill and I only cram stuff on castors that close to mill. I have one rack with boxes on left hand side on the wall and toolchest on castors. On right hand side I have toolboxes or such I can move out of the way when I plan to use milling machine. I have a milling machine on the corner and that is best place for it in my situation, because the milling machine is pretty deep and would take up too much space if placed along the wall.

Lathe - where are maintenence points - can you maintain the lahe or is it such small that you can take it sout the nook?
* I often I run long rods trough the spindle of the lathe. I need some space to quide the rod trough and some structure to support the rod and prevent whipping. Milling machine could hinder or assist here.
* Do you have space to take tail stock away? I need to do that fairly often. Then again, if the lathe stand is tall enough this should be no problem.

Sink is great. There is all kind of uses to it. Wish it would have self acting trashflap, oil separor and such :D

Just few toughts. You probably have considered these, but just in case.

Pekka

bertie_bassett:
iv not got a mill yet, so no idea exactly what space it will need, but should be ok there i think, i can shift the lathe to the right if needed.

the lathes spindle only has a 20mm bore so i doubt ill have a huge amount sticking out that end, everything bar the shearpin for the feed shaft is accesible as it is, so ill just have to move the lathe if/when i need to get to that bit.

hopefully i can get the floor space clear this weekend and try to build something!

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