On May 28, 2020, at 9:21 AM, larry@... wrote:

Hello,

I am new here and not real familiar with this sort of forum set-up so please bare with me.

A short introduction. I have been a woodworker my whole adult life but for the past 15-20 years it as really been more carpentry than woodworking trying to keep our homes in good shape or to do remodeling. I am retired Coast Guard having served for 32 years and after retiring in 2008, took a civilian job with the Coast Guard where I would and live in the Houston, TX, area. My son is also in the Coast Guard and can retire in 4 years. Our plan is to open a small woodshop and I have been adding to my equipment during our planning and start-up phase. The honest truth is that my son is the real talent...I am the one with more disposable income.

I own the following Felder equipment:

Bandsaw: FB 710

Dust Extractor: RL 160

Jointer/Planer: AD 941

Unfortunately, I do not have a Felder sliding table saw. Mine is a 10' slider that was built by a small company in Dallas that sources their cabinet sections from Taiwan and the slider mechanism from Italy. I am currently in the process of renovating a 1500 sq. ft. steel building that will be the woodshop and, although bigger than any garage I have used in the past, will fill up quicker than I realize.

Sorry for the long intro...to my question:

I am trying to figure out how much room I need to the left of the slider? My shop set-up will have my lumber rack up against the wall on the left slide of the slider and would like to have a little room to move between the lumber storage and the saw. My initial thought was that I would need a LOT of space so that I could turn the sheet lengthwise for cutting but then quickly realized that there would never be a time where I would have a full sheet of plywood sticking 8' out from the blade. As far as other lumber, I would crosscut that at the miter station I plan to build.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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