# STL186: Machinery Placement Guidelines

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2019-03-29
- Length: 55m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-03-29-stl186-machinery-placement-guidelines
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl186-machinery-placement-guidelines

## Summary

Host Jeff Rose, along with guests Mike Pekovich and Anissa Sailors, discusses shop maintenance and layout, specifically addressing how to clean gummy Camellia oil from hand planes using naphtha or acetone. They advise a listener building a new shop to experiment with portable tool placement before committing to permanent in-floor power and dust collection, suggesting an 8-foot clearance around a table saw. The hosts also share woodworking techniques, such as using bendy sticks for clamping and blue tape with CA glue for temporary bonding, while debating the merits of Delta Unifence versus Biesemeyer fences for table saws.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-03-29-stl186-machinery-placement-guidelines#t=6) Introduction and Sponsor Read
- [6:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-03-29-stl186-machinery-placement-guidelines#t=364) Cleaning Gummy Camellia Oil from Hand Planes
- [11:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-03-29-stl186-machinery-placement-guidelines#t=665) Shop Layout Guidelines for New Basement Shop
- [23:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-03-29-stl186-machinery-placement-guidelines#t=1401) All-Time Favorite Woodworking Techniques
- [30:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-03-29-stl186-machinery-placement-guidelines#t=1854) Managing Broken Toys and Kids in the Shop
- [37:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-03-29-stl186-machinery-placement-guidelines#t=2248) Delta Unifence vs. Biesemeyer Fence Debate
- [47:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-03-29-stl186-machinery-placement-guidelines#t=2830) Discussion on Machinery Colors and Branding

## Topics

- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Camellia Oil (other)
- naphtha (other)
- acetone (other)
- mineral spirits (other)
- Grizzly (company)
- Delta (company)
- Unisaw (product)
- Unifence (product)
- Biesemeyer (company)
- StewMac (company)
- Lee Valley (company)
- Peach Tree (company)

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