# Placing machine in shop **URL:** \ **Category:** General Chat\ **Created:** [February 23, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/placing-machine-in-shop/4429 "2025-02-23T01:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greglwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@greglwood](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/greglwood)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/placing-machine-in-shop/4429/1 "2025-02-23T01:02:03Z")
I have a new avid cnc 5 x 10. I am thinking about placing them machine in one corner of the shop. Not against any wall, there will be room to walk around. My question is 1st is this a mistake? If so why? 2nd, if not what are your thoughts as to if the head should be on the wall end or the open end. ---
**Author:** ![ROTM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90ced4/32.png) [@ROTM](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/ROTM)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/placing-machine-in-shop/4429/2 "2025-02-23T02:09:14Z")
Mine is a 5x10 also in a corner about 2 ft close to a wall one side and at the end of the machine also 2ft from a wall. Most of the time I load material from the front and a big sheet from the open side. So not a problem for me. ---
**Author:** ![djdelorie](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.avidcnc.com/djdelorie/32/515_2.png) [@djdelorie](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/djdelorie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/placing-machine-in-shop/4429/3 "2025-02-23T02:14:08Z")
In my case, I didn’t have much choice - the left long edge was going to be against a wall, because on the right front corner was a post. It just barely fit. The back had walk-around space and the front was near the middle of my shop. What I did to make this work was to build the machine as a mirror-image of the directions - the big cable chain was on the left, not the right[\*], and so up against the wall. That meant that the entire right side was exposed to the shop and didn’t have the cable chain in the way. I can’t walk along the left side, but I"m getting along by crawling up on the table to attach stuff 😉 [\*] Avid, please make this an official option 😉 ---
**Author:** ![abakker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@abakker](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/abakker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/placing-machine-in-shop/4429/4 "2025-02-23T14:31:28Z")
My worst crash ever was when a piece of scrap that was between the wall and machine hung up on the motor on the side of the y axis. Your placement will work, but resist the temptation to stash stuff in that 2’ gap. ---
**Author:** ![berrianmtn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.avidcnc.com/berrianmtn/32/4852_2.png) [@berrianmtn](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/berrianmtn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/placing-machine-in-shop/4429/5 "2025-02-23T15:43:52Z")
I have a small shop (24x30) and a 5x10 Avid, so placing against a wall was the only option. See attached pics: ![IMG_1027](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/avidcnc/original/2X/7/7145a035edc751f6a2c59b34afe94d94b9bfb11f.jpeg) View of how close to the wall ![IMG_1028](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/avidcnc/original/2X/a/ac916789ac66e4b5a11fb9d37237f7fc0164ae73.jpeg) This works for me. Of course it would be nice to have room around all sides to allow access, but this hasn’t really been a problem for me. Removing parts from the left (wall) side sometimes is a pain. Couple notes: - I have the rotary mounted near the rear of the machine, so I do access from the machine back a lot. If not for the rotary, I would rarely come from that angle. - Having the cable track on the other side would have been nice, but it doesn’t really get in the way. When I load/unload sheets I use a macro to move the machine to Y position over the rotary so the gantry and cable track are out of the way. - If I were doing “production” runs of sheet goods, this wouldn’t work very well. In that situation I would want to be able to have a nearby stack of the next sheet, and a easy way to push a completed sheet to a table to perform part extractions, tab removals, etc and free up the machine right away to start the next task. ---
**Author:** ![greglwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@greglwood](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/greglwood)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/placing-machine-in-shop/4429/6 "2025-02-23T18:19:59Z")
I’m not sure i want it there, which is why I’m asking for experiences. If more into the room i guess whatever goes on wall(s) would need to be lower than cnc table. I guess that would rule out chop saw and router table. At least the router table i currently have. ---
**Author:** ![Heiko77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@Heiko77](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/Heiko77)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/placing-machine-in-shop/4429/7 "2025-02-23T22:29:47Z")
I have mine about 50cm away from the wall and directly at the wall with the back side. I am pretty happy about that since I have to have room on both sides for clamping and dealing with larger pieces. I have my lumber storage right above the CNC to save space. ![IMG_5360](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/avidcnc/original/2X/b/b611ff29d23c47e9d6850c57a8ff50df00ba60f1.jpeg)