workshop setup

[Fenton Murray]

Hi Gerald,
What fun! It doesn't look like you've got much of a response. Here's my 5 cents. I've been working out of 550sf shops for 30 years, I don't think they are big enough. 2 or 300 sf is taken up by work benches and tools around the perimeter so not much is left for pianos, I'd kill for 1200 sf.
Right now I have two 550 sf buildings side by side. 
My ideal shop would be 1200 to 1500 sf with additional storage for done pianos and case parts, if your doing refinishing then you need another shop as well. I want full wood working, that means table saw, band saw, 6" belt/12" disk sander, thickness sander, planer, jointer, router table. drill press, wood working bench with all the vises, grinder, sharpening center. Did I leave anything out, probably. All this augmented by a compressor and cyclone dust collector outside the shop and plumbed in. Then, all the hand power tools, hand wood working like chisels and hand planes. Oh yea, it's a piano shop, add all your piano tools in roll away type drawers.
I'm sure I left out a few million dollars worth of stuff. Have fun, send pictures.
Fenton
Plumbed dust collection and air is a must.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mccleskey112 at bellsouth.net 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 6:35 PM
  Subject: workshop setup


  Hi all:

  Some time ago I polled the list about starting a piano rental partnership with the dealer that I service for and got some good advice which I appreciate. Thanks to one and all. Now I am seeking advice in setting up a shop for the same dealer. I have my own shop but don't want to move in with them. I think it would be better if they had their own tools and such. They have visited dealerships in Houston and would like to have a complete service shop on the order of the ones in Houston and have asked me to help with the setup. I don't know how far they want to go with this. If they want to do complete rebuilds or just refurbish, but I want to be ready in any case. I've been given a blank slate to work with so give me your suggestions starting with floor space etc. just as if you were starting over. Thanks in advance.
  Gerald McCleskey
  Shreveport, LA
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