Shop Layout Planning

I took a step back in my shop layout planning.  I read a few articles online (which I can't seem to find now to link back to) and went with the "graph paper and scale cutouts" process.  I outlined my shop dimensions on a sheet of graph paper, and cut out scale representations of the major tools that take up floor space.  That includes my table saw, jointer, three Shopsmiths (one of which is a dedicated drill press) and the router table I mentioned in the last post.  Although I don't have them yet, I also cut out scale representations of a workbench and outfeed table.  I didn't even account for a dust collector and air compressor.  I hope to keep those outside the shop and run the appropriate hoses inside.

Conclusion:  I don't have enough room.  Or maybe I have too many Shopsmiths.  Nah, I just don't have enough room. 

Well, I do have enough room, I just need to figure out the best use of it. 

For one thing, the router table will either have to be a bench-top design that can be pulled out for use and stored (under my existing counter, workbench, or outfeed table) when not in use.  Or, I need to integrate it into another existing table such as a wing of the table saw or in the outfeed table or workbench.  I've been hesitant to do this because what if a setup I don't want to undo on one interferes with a cut I need to make on the other?  But I have the three Shopsmiths so with the proper planning and tool usage, this shouldn't be a problem.

Another idea is to make one of the Shopsmith 10ERs (The Black Baron) into a short shorty.  A "shorty" Shopsmith is one that has had the tubes cut shorter (typically about 18") but still long enough that the carriage and table will fit.  (A "mini" Shopsmith has had the tubes cut so short that only the headstock will fit on the tubes and is used just to power SPTs like the bandsaw or jointer.)  This still gives it room for the carriage and table.  It can still be tilted into drill press mode.  I could never cut the older, heavier, thicker, and more rare 10ER tubes so I would swap them out with the Mark 5 and cut it's tubes for use on the 10ER and make it a shorty.  Then I would put it on a short bench that would roll under the center section of the shelf I built against the back wall.  Hence a "short shorty."  That should free up some floor space, but I've only envisioned this in my head - I haven't gone out to the shop and measured everything to see how this idea might work.