Shop Floor Recommendation

[Burkhardt]

I am in the lucky situation to move my shop from the 2-car garage into the 1300sft walk-out basement of a house that we bought. The floor is right now the concrete slab and I want to make it easier to keep clean and nicer to look at. I am considering:
- vinyl tiles or rolls
- epoxy coating
- coined rubber floor sheets (roll or tiles)
- waterproof laminate

Is there a known good solution for wood shops?

Other question: I am wondering about an optimal layout for the CNC, table saw, band saw, miter saw, lathe, planer, drum sander, benches, grinder, welder, cabinets, material storage etc.
Anybody knows sample layout pictures or recommendations, magazine articles, do/don'ts ? I don't want to re-invent the wheel.

Thanks, GB

[coryatjohn]

Congratulations! I'd suggest industrial grade peel and stick vinyl floor tiles. They are inexpensive, replaceable (get an extra box), easy to install and feel better on the feet since they have a slight cushion. That's what I have in my shop and after seven years of abuse, they still look new, well almost all of them anyway.

[dlcw]

I'd go epoxy. When rolling equipment around I've noticed the little wheels will get hung up on a piece of dust, scrap across the floor and dislodge tiling and lamanent. Epoxy is really easy to sweep clean too.

Your layout will depend on what you do. I do 95% cabinet jobs. My shop is optimized for material flow for cabinet production. My shop is about 2200 Sq. Ft. I do about 10-11 cabinet jobs a year plus other jobs in between cabinet jobs.

Material (plywood and solid wood) comes in a large rollup garage door and gets stacked. Hard wood is stacked on sawhorses and stickered so it acclimates to the shop. Plywood is stacked on edge under a ceiling winch that enables me to move plywood from staging to the CNC table without having to lift it myself. Cut plywood gets moved from the CNC to an outfeed table where it is moved to another location for part labeling and sorting. Parts to be edgebanded are moved to where the edgebander is located. My planer and sander are close to the CNC so I can be prepping stock while plywood is being cut on the CNC. I have my chopsaw near my planer and sander so I can cut larger boards into more manageable sizes if needed. Once all my construction is done (doors, drawer faces, etc.), part of my shop is converted to a spray booth where I do all my finishing. I have mobile drying racks to make more efficient use of floor space. Once finishing is done, the spray booth comes down and I start assembling cabinets. As they are assemble and ready to go, they are moved back to the large garage door ready to be loaded into the delivery truck. That's my layout. You need to figure out what works for the type of work you intend to do.

[Jerry Carney]

I'd go epoxy. When rolling equipment around I've noticed the little wheels will get hung up on a piece of dust, scrap across the floor and dislodge tiling and lamanent. Epoxy is really easy to sweep clean too.

Your layout will depend on what you do. I do 95% cabinet jobs. My shop is optimized for material flow for cabinet production. My shop is about 2200 Sq. Ft. I do about 10-11 cabinet jobs a year plus other jobs in between cabinet jobs.

Material (plywood and solid wood) comes in a large rollup garage door and gets stacked. Hard wood is stacked on sawhorses and stickered so it acclimates to the shop. Plywood is stacked on edge under a ceiling winch that enables me to move plywood from staging to the CNC table without having to lift it myself. Cut plywood gets moved from the CNC to an outfeed table where it is moved to another location for part labeling and sorting. Parts to be edgebanded are moved to where the edgebander is located. My planer and sander are close to the CNC so I can be prepping stock while plywood is being cut on the CNC. I have my chopsaw near my planer and sander so I can cut larger boards into more manageable sizes if needed. Once all my construction is done (doors, drawer faces, etc.), part of my shop is converted to a spray booth where I do all my finishing. I have mobile drying racks to make more efficient use of floor space. Once finishing is done, the spray booth comes down and I start assembling cabinets. As they are assemble and ready to go, they are moved back to the large garage door ready to be loaded into the delivery truck. That's my layout. You need to figure out what works for the type of work you intend to do.

Sounds nice, got any pics? Thanks Jerry

[dlcw]

Here's an older one. It hasn't changed layout. Equipment has changed some though.

[coryatjohn]

What brand of epoxy did you use? I have a new garage I want to do with epoxy.

[Jerry Carney]

Here's an older one. It hasn't changed layout. Equipment has changed some though.

Very Very nice shop.