67 StingrayJ
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- Joined
- May 15, 2021
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- Location
- USA, New Mexico, Las cruces.
- Ram Year
- 2017
- Engine
- 5.7L Hemi
I'm building a 30'x30' workshop starting at the end of the year. It's just about as big as I can fit on my 1/2 acre lot. If I could go bigger believe me, I would. Before we start the build I find myself daydreaming about the project, mostly doing fictitious layouts of all the tools I'm going to stuff in there:
Work Bench
Tool Box(s)
Lathe (I wish)
Mill (yeah right)
Tube Bender
Drill Press
Table Saw (for sale)
Band saw
Welder (TIG and MIG)
Parts cleaner (maybe)
Grinding Table (probably not)
Press
2 post Lift (must have)
Hoist
Shop Air Compressor (seriously, what for?)
Anything Else???
In all this dreaming.. I'm realizing Shop space is limited. So... What's important, what's not? yeah, I know it all depends on what I intend to do in my shop. That's a given. But Consider this...
I have quite the collection of 8amp/hr (DeWalt) Battery packs & tools. They're so good I hardly even use my corded power tools anymore, even on a big job. No joke. In fact, I just gave my Father-in-law my old, hardly ever used [anymore] corded; Saws-all, Circular saw, jig-saw, Oscillating tool, and belt sander. The only thing I didn't give him was my Angle Grinder, a palm sander, my router and a buffer. I have a small portable 2.5 gal pancake compressor (for tires and light cleaning and what not).
So, with that being said, for what purpose would I need a BIG, NOISY Real-estate consuming, Shop Compressor? Better yet, why would ANYONE need a shop air compressor these days?
Work Bench
Tool Box(s)
Lathe (I wish)
Mill (yeah right)
Tube Bender
Drill Press
Table Saw (for sale)
Band saw
Welder (TIG and MIG)
Parts cleaner (maybe)
Grinding Table (probably not)
Press
2 post Lift (must have)
Hoist
Shop Air Compressor (seriously, what for?)
Anything Else???
In all this dreaming.. I'm realizing Shop space is limited. So... What's important, what's not? yeah, I know it all depends on what I intend to do in my shop. That's a given. But Consider this...
I have quite the collection of 8amp/hr (DeWalt) Battery packs & tools. They're so good I hardly even use my corded power tools anymore, even on a big job. No joke. In fact, I just gave my Father-in-law my old, hardly ever used [anymore] corded; Saws-all, Circular saw, jig-saw, Oscillating tool, and belt sander. The only thing I didn't give him was my Angle Grinder, a palm sander, my router and a buffer. I have a small portable 2.5 gal pancake compressor (for tires and light cleaning and what not).
So, with that being said, for what purpose would I need a BIG, NOISY Real-estate consuming, Shop Compressor? Better yet, why would ANYONE need a shop air compressor these days?