Here is my bow oven as it was, on the floor along one wall of my working shop. Form storage was on outriggers that also served to stabilize the oven. My shop is quite small and holds a lot of large tools, all of which are on wheels and end up parked along the walls. Several machines lived parked in front of the oven, which placed them out into the floor area.
Here the oven is gone and the tools can now be moved up closer to the wall, tucked under the fastenings and wood shelves, freeing floor space.
It is amazing to me how the addition of 24" of floor space opened up my shop! The door at the rear, though which you can see my indoor target, leads to the furnace room, where the railroad and bow room were.
This is from the furnace room door. Top the right I have installed steel shelving and almost 14 feet of solid 3/4" plywood work surface, plus two storage cabinets. The oven, now modified to be front opening, bridges the gap between this work bench and the arrow bench. My forms are stored on top of the oven.
Here is the oven, opened.
This is to the left of the oven... the arrow bench and bow wall. a heavy commercial sewing machine, able to handle leather, is to the left of the picture.
Here is the arrow bench. Arrow storage is above.
After I had the basic arrangement complete, I built in clamp storage. Layup is done on the bench, then the form is slid over and into the oven. That's still a heavy job at this point, but I'm planning a swivel wheeled cradle and small corner bridge that will let me just roll the completed layup into the oven. (I should note that this emphasis on handling the weight is do to some physical limitations I have.)