woodchicky

I received my tablesaw as a Christmas gift about 16 years ago & although I don't get to use it often these days, I have a huge respect for the spinning blade. I always use the splitter & guard, have an awesome magnetic feather board from Lee Valley, several types of push sticks, a crosscut sled and always stand to the side rather than directly behind the blade (when a 3" x 4" piece of wood kicked back about 10 feet and became lodged into the gyproc in the wall behind me it drove that point home rather well).
My husband however (who has recently taken over MY shop to do a major reno), always takes the guard & splitter off, never makes sure there's outfeed room, never puts tools or wood away so is always working in CHAOS, on occasion doesn't wear eye or ear protection and wants to use the tablesaw for every cut (even when it is not the right tool for the job) and thinks that knives should be stored in the "safety equipment" drawer in the shop. He's an accident waiting to happen and the reason that it takes me an hour just to get the shop ready & safe for me to work in again.

I also have a small basement shop (although I have high ceilings which makes all the difference when working with sheet goods). A few things that I have done to save space:
- I built a stand with locking casters which houses my router table on the top and my 12" thickness planer on the bottom. I still (after over 10 years) have not built the planned bottom hinged doors which will support the outfeed tables but the system works well since I have fashioned blocks of the correct height to support my outfeed tables preventing snipe.
- I also built a benchtop which slides onto the angle iron that supports the fence on my table saw (obviously when the table saw is not in use). This makes a perfect platform for gluing, clamping, sanding, handheld router work & finishing.
- I use the space between the ceiling joists and have shelves attached to both sides of the support beam to store wood (sorted by species).