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6. NOT GETTING THE MOST
OF YOUR SPACE
Getting the most out of a small shop takes more than
just having the right tools set in the right places. One of
the keys to getting a modest space to work really well
is to ensure that all its work surfaces enjoy a sweet
synergistic relationship with one another.
In my shop. this means that the table saw serves as the
benchmark height for every other horizontal surface
within an B' radius of the blade. An outfeed table, a
side table (which holds an inverted router and allows
me to use my table saw fence as a router table fence)
and the top of the jointer fence (a length of wood
bolter to its metal fence) surround the saw and are set
to that benchmark.