Ahh Xmas! Presents, Family, and…
Work on the art studio. Not work IN the studio, but work to finish the studio. Firstly, I will need to get electrical and data to it, which is going to be quite interesting. Holesaw drilling concrete, how hard could it be? Had to get a utility vault to allow for how the conduits are arrayed, it’s one of those rectangular little things in the ground you’ve seen a million times without noticing. Weird that I own one now. Did manage to get the one that says “electrical” instead of “sewer”, that was a plus. In case you’re curious, it is possible to lift the vault by yourself, but I don’t recommend it.
Then there’s the whole “install 50 amps of 220V, without killing yourself or burning the house/studio down” part. Fun! We’ll be hiring our electrician for part of that, the parts where death is potentially involved. Hasn’t killed him yet, so we’re good right?
After I’ve gotten electrical to the studio, there’s building the in-wall distribution for the outlets and hardpoints for the machine tools. I’m looking forward to this part, I’ll be using my handheld bandsaw to cut conduit. Also I’m installing compressed air plumbing in-wall, lots of soldering, but I’m hoping that it’ll minimize clutter given the space constraints.
Fortunately we’re hiring a guy from the renovation to do the drywall, thank god.
And after all that, I’ll have someplace to park the drill press I just got for Xmas!
