Electrical work, to me, is one of the most boring skills I’ve ever learned. Not too difficult, just boring. A valuable skill to have, but somewhat dull. Nonetheless, I do have one “trick” that I’ve used over the years: A “portable” sub panel. Basically, an externally mounted panel to power all of my machines. This offers a few benefits. First, in the event of moving, most, if not all, of the investment comes with you. Additionally, it’s a great way to have a secondary power source for any future circuit needs. Without this panel, all of my tool circuits would have to be a minimum of 40′ longer. When greater distances are involved, you often need to use larger wire when considering voltage drop over distance.
I started this panel two shops ago, and hopefully, this will be its final operating location. It was a big help moving from my 2-car garage shop to my 30×40 shop. And with my current 40×60 shop, it’s almost a necessity.
Loving your shop the more I see of it, but I’m itching to see you do somewoodwork in it and make something. I relkate to your obvious love of animals as I gave 2 dogs sndv3 cats prowling minebwheneverbthey want, but howdo you deal with cats peeing wheorifthey get trapped indoors/ I think I need to install cat doors in my wirkshop space; have you done anything like that?
Jamie tends to two litter boxes for the cats inside. They use the litter boxes at night and prefer to be outside during the day.