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Thanks again for the juicy replies.



I'm sure not I'm getting this, Arnt (language barrier times two?). Are you suggesting to put some glass window in the humidity controlled room or between the two main rooms? In case scenario #1 (humidity controlled room), I would have to give up the shelf that would be on that specific wall. In case scenario #2, I'm not sure I'm allowed to mess around with the walls to put a window on them, but in either case it would lend a positive vibe to the shop. I'll think about it and talk to the owner of the place. The machine between the band saw and the spindle sander is a belt/disc sander. I'll probably switch its position with the spindle, as I use it more often.



I'm thinking of using a traditional woodworkers vise for general purposes (like the one below) and a twin-screw for holding the guitar body while scraping.



As for the go-bar deck I'm sorry for being confused, but I was considering doing all the brace gluing and boxing in the humidity controlled room. However, before the humidity isseu popped in, I had a go back deck in the other room, right next to the small office (where I'll have a refrigerator - for CA and snacks - and a oven for kilning purposes). By the way, those inconspicous fire hoses are supposed to be a buffing arbor. I didn't find anything similar in ArchiCad.

Douglas, yeah I hear you. I'm likely to spend a lot of time (or most of the time) in the smaller room, doing repairs. I'm trying figure out a way to make that a confortable and funcional place to be.

Howard, thank you for the tip. Let me say that I love your approach and have spent a fair amout of time reading your website. The jointer will be on wheels, so it's bound to be around that empty area below the drumsander. That's just the resting position, when not in use. I'll definitely look up for that book, thanks. Thanks to Edward as well, for pointing that out.

All of the machines I'll be getting are JETs, because I'm pretty close to the distributor and technical assistance, the price isn't bad and the brand has a good reputation within its class. Having said, what band saw would you use for resawing? I'm about to put a lot of effort to get all this stuff, so I will have to credit OLF and its members for all the help I'm getting.

Cheers,
Celso

Laguna seems to make really good bandsaws for resawing.

Is there any way for you to flip the whole arrangement around? so that you have your hand work room along the wall of windows. You could put more windows on the interior wall and have light into your tool room, too.

Working on lutherie size wood does not require huge amounts of space, especially with the power tools on wheels.

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I second the idea of putting your hand work area next to the windows. In the machine room, you are paying attention to the cutterheads, blades, etc, and operations go fairly quickly. When you are doing hand tool work, there is more of an opportunity to reflect on your surroundings and life in general.

Unfortunately I don't have the luxury - machine tools are in a windowless garage, hand tools and bench are in a windowless basement, and there is too far between them

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It is always nice to have a couple folding tables. Sometimes you need extra table space to compare wood or set plans on etc. Then you can just fold them up and have the floor back when your finished.

Hello everyone. Just a quick line to show you a little bit of what I've been up to.



There's still a lot to be done, especially on the other room.

Merry christmas, btw!