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Hi All

That old chestnut workshop question.

I am happy where the Morso is placed in my current location, but what is the minimum space / length for a Morso to sit with both a left and right support arm in place?

I am thinking of purchasing a garden unit / shed and I am just trying to plan the layout and size.

Any other help and advise would be good.

Deepjoy

Hi Deepjoy

I started with my Morso in a shed. I had a 10 by 6 foot shed which I bought to house my 9 foot and 9 foot 6" surfboards. These were evicted and the Morso installed with both left and right extensions but it had to be a slight angle so that the left arm pointed out of the door. I could only frame when it was dry as the moulding poked out of the door, and as I had no power I occasionally was chopping with a torch in my mouth! The shed was just the right length to store 3m mouldings in a rack above the Morso.

Now in my cellar the wall to the left is 3.1m from the centre of the Morso and it is about 5m from the wall to the end of the right arm. I think this is as tight as you can go.

Please to say that the surfboards are now back in their original shed and I can frame what ever the weather!!

Yes you need 10ft or 3m ( as that is the length of moulding ) on the left and whatever your measuring arm is on the right, or what ever is the largest frame you anticipate to make if you make frames bigger than the measuring arm. Personally I think you need a good 5m.

I've got just short of 3m to the left of mine, it just means I have to do an extra cut for the first length off a full stick. Bit of a pain in the arse but easier than relocating!
I have a scale marked on the right-hand-arm so I can quickly measure how much I need to take off. I lose about an inch of moulding.

Just cut a hole in the shed for the moulding to poke through

in the first shop worked, we had a plaster board wall right next to the Morso, so we cut a hole in the wall and used to push the moulding through it

Do what I do and fit a cat flap in the wall

Yep like Steve N. Cut a hole in plaster board stud wall, works a treat, now have 5m

Can't do the cat flap thing else the moulding may take the eye out of someone sitting on the bog. That wall will be the planned toilet wall.

Just trying to get an idea on what the smallest size garden structure I can get away with.

Also, what is the minimum thickness of wall can I get away with to keep warm whilst I work? Most shed or cabin suppliers seem to offer 44mm as standard but of course money will buy you thicker and even twin wall options.

I wouldn't be looking for the smallest structure I can get away with but the largest. Compromising space is something you may well regret.

Very plush garden shed with it's own bog

I've just finished my bespoke studio in the Garden

It's measures 7M x3M x 3M reduced to 2.7 M pitch roof.

It took a lot of planning...and sleepless nights to co ordinate all the machinery, plugs, lighting, compressed air etc;

I always said the first machine in place was to be the Morso, proper location, no ifs or buts and it sits 3.2M from the left wall.

Don't compromise on space, it's very important to get it right, and it feels good to have set the machines out the way you want them..

Norrie

Norrie

Can I have a picture?

Deepjoy,

Of course, you can have two

Go to introductions on the forum

Go to ..hello after two years away

The ninth or tenth reply you'll find two photos of my studio.

Regards, Norrie

I might be starting off with a shed, and had a thought about the hole for the moulding to poke through.

How about fitting a piece of plastic pipe through the hole, then the moulding is always protected from rain, cats can't jump on your moulding outside the shed (thinking it's a game), and the pipe also acts as an extra support.

Great idea, Smithy

Thanks John...my first little contribution to the forum (instead of just picking all your brains and being a pest!!)

Hi Deepjoy here is a picture of one i had made to my spec with double glazed windows let me know if you want any further info,

That is SERIOUS!!

That's nice!

I want a mother of a cabin. - The one I am looking at is 70mm walls, double roof with Kingspan insulation between roof and foor, 6M long x 4M wide, 2.5M high at the eaves and 3.6M at the roof centre ridge. I just need to plan it out correctly to make sure I get everything in in an ergonomic layout.

Or I will be tempted by a deal I cannot refuse on a CMC mount cutter and I will stay in the garage.

We have had loads of pictures of the insides of your framing emporiums including my own garage workshop, what about the outside?