<HTML>In a message dated 3/3/02 5:40:59 PM Central Standard Time, rrg@unlv.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">So that's the official announcement.  We have a very long way to go, and by building it ourselves, the process will take quite some time.  Having said all of that, I would now like to open the floor for discussion.  If anyone has any suggestions or ideas before we finalize the blueprints, I would appreciate hearing about them. Rob Goodale, RPT </BLOCKQUOTE> Rob Congratulations. Looks like you've gotten yourself into a major project. In my travels, I have been in a number of different shops. It's amazing how different each one of them can be. Some shops are just as I want them, others are the opposite of what I want. But each had their good and bad points. So instead of giving advice for the shop itself, my advice to you is to go to as many different shops you can get to in the next couple of weeks, and see what other have done. That way you'll wind up with the perfect set up for your self. Good luck Wim </HTML>