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=Design feedback from a Production/Floor designer=

Outline extracted from a conversation between David Ihnen (design proposer) and David Dalton of Kansas City, a professional production floor layout contact.

*Shop Design:
** likes the roof angles
** Chlerestory brings lots of light in, that is good
** Gantry is good
*Biggest problem: Headspace.
**low cieling feels claustrophobic, is not so nice to work in.
**extra cieling space can be used to hang racks and store materials
**too little overhead space and you can't do anything about it
**Gantry system needs space for hoist - it would lucky to be able to lift a lifetrac off the ground at its current height of 9 feet at top.
*Storage space
*A nearby building - suggest the gantry extends to a shed to the north, where production materials will be stored. Gantry allows easy retrieval without ground level improvements (concrete).
*Compressed Air.
**Compressed air is critically important for cleanup, blowing bits out of crevasses better than about anything.
**Compressed air tools are bulletproof - electric ones wear out quickly,compressed air tools do not.
**Compressed air tools are powerful and buffered - no matter how slowly compression is generated, maximal power is available at the moment it is needed.
**Compressed air does not require electricity - either directly off of wind power (good idea!) or steam, or gas engine, or lister - whatever.
**Take the time to distribute your compressed air around the shop
**keep your requirement for flexi-hoses short, 4 inner columns good location for them
*Gantry.
**Excellent materials handling solution
**makes moving heavy things, lifting them up, etc far easier - when dealing with heavy things, that hoist can make a world of difference.
**Transport from storage to production floor is easy and smooth
*Tiger Stop
**All About Tigerstops: [[http://www.tigerstop.com/Products/TigerStop.aspx]]
**Example used model on ebay [[http://cgi.ebay.com/Upcut-Saw-Tiger-Stop-CNC-fence-w-16ft-travel-/270718798179]] - sold for $4500
**Any sort of production needs a length-measuring table with adustable stops for efficiency
**tiger stop style table will accelerate production massively - 30-40% easily.
**fully automatic tiger stop style table will accelerate parts cutting even more
**is a single-axis cnc - not difficult to arduino and construct ourselves!
**consider a double ended table, one end bandsaw, one end mitre saw
**HIGH USE TOOL - as the most frequently useful tools in the shop, it should be centrally located
**Can also be equipped with a drill press for automating positioning of materials to be drilled!
*The Robots.
**Put robots in range of equipment
**consider flexibility - hard-mounted robot gets in the way when not being used
**robots are useful only when actively programmed.
**board mill->robot->rack->robot->cnc->robot->rack workflow could automatically create wooden parts
**robot combined with tiger stop type table could automate much workflow of creating metal parts too
*Table Saw
**You ABSOLUTELY DO want a table saw if you're doing wood fabrication
**a large one - or don't bother
**can double as workbench with blade retracted
*Dust Collection
**Install a dust collection system if you're going to be routing and/or cutting much wood. Recycle the chips for fuel, and the fine sawdust is even more useful.
**use a two stage filtration chamber to separate - easy to build
*Curtains
**Put BLACK curtains around the welding areas.
**Welding flash causes eye damage, even indirectly
**Welding exposure is bright UV, impacts more than merely the eyes of those around, radiation burns too.

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