To get ideas on how to layout the new shop space I have been combing through the internet for inspiration. Instead of collecting a long list of bookmarks in my browser I have setup a Pinterest page to log ideas for the shop as well as projects once I get everything […]
The first order of business to set up the shop was to survey the space. I went around measuring the different features of the room with a tape measure to get as many dimensions as I could. The data was recoded in my notebook as shown below. Doing a survey […]
As I mentioned in my last post, the new workshop is going to open up a lot of options for the projects I work on. Previously I had two workspaces, a 9′ (2.75m) x 3.5′ (1m) space in the spare room of my apartment and a 2.5′ (0.76m) x 4′ (1.2m) mobile […]
NC Machine Works now has a proper workshop! I have recently moved out of an apartment and now have 300 ft2 (28.5m2) of basement workshop space that will be dedicated to NCMW projects. Having my own workshop has always been a goal of mine but living in Vancouver with […]
