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1. 
   RalphBarker | Feb 05, 2010 07:33pm | #1

   Is this what you're looking
   Is this what you're looking for?

   https://www.finewoodworking.com/Workshop/WorkshopArticle.aspx?id=29508

2. 
   skandic | Feb 05, 2010 08:32pm | #2

   yes, I believe this was what I was looking for,

   many thanks.

3. 
   ring | Feb 06, 2010 12:51am | #3

   Layout for a large commercial shop has different parameters than the small one-man operations that most people here are familiar with. It requires you to optimize the work flow through the building and analyze the needs at each work station. In contrast to a small shop, a commercial mill needs storage of material before and after every machining operation, and they are all going on at once. Loading and unloading areas, forklift maneuverability, and lots of other factors are very very relevant. You also need to make the most efficient ducting of the central DC system, a waste removal system, and after all that keep the maximum amount of options open for moving and/or adding work stations in the future.

   If you are planning a commercial shop, I'd seriously recommend you do 2 things: (1)Make a model layout using paper cutouts to represent each machine, and other cutouts to represent the all the piles of materials. Take into account the work backlogs, delays, down time that is inevitable, not the optimum work flow. (2) Take your layout proposition to a professional industrial process engineer to get a professional's take on it. You won't be sorry.

   BTW, I've run a 6-man shop shop for many years, and I was intimately involved in planning a 50,000 sq.ft. facility in 2008. Good luck.