We have garage doors! It was a long process to get them. Way back in September we started looking at options. I originally wanted some faux-wood doors, as I’m not too into the steel modern... [read more]

There has been a lot of details left to finish my workshop. If you are just jumping in to this, check out my overview of all the posts on how I built this shop: the... [read more]

In my last post, I talked about the drywall install. If you are new here, check out my overview posts for the Truckee Workshop Project. Truckee gets really cold in the winter, and I needed... [read more]

The last post I talked about getting my shop insulation done. If you are just jumping into this page, then check out the overview of posts in ascending order: The Truckee Workshop Project. The Nevada... [read more]

In the previous post, I discussed my shop electrical wiring decisions. If you are jumping in here, be sure to check out all the posts on the entire Truckee Workshop Project. Truckee is cold in... [read more]

In my last post I discussed what workshop lights I was going to use to get the right amount of lumens per square foot. That was necessary in order to layout the electrical wiring inside... [read more]

For quite a while I’ve had the idea of making a wood bowl that has wood drips off the top and over the edges. This idea is just an extension of the epoxy “drip” bowls... [read more]

Designing proper lighting for a workshop can be tricky. I’m going to try to break it down into some simple decisions in case you are wanting to do something similar. In the last post I... [read more]

The very last CNC woodworking bowl that I made was this translucent purple butterfly bowl, with madrone wood “drips”. This was before I moved away and packed up my workshop and was made in 2020.... [read more]

July 2022 update: I made this bowl in real life. Check out the result: Lotus Bowl CNC woodworking. This is an animation rendering of a concept bowl that I designed from scratch. I’m hoping to... [read more]

After wrapping the house the next step was to get it sealed for winter. Check out the previous post where I did that work: Wrapping the Workshop. The roofers came and put on the roof... [read more]

In the last post I wrote about how me and the crew got the building semi-roofed; the OSB sheathing covered most stuff and would keep out most rain. It did rain a bit and test... [read more]