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DavidR8's shop shenanigans

Playing with Gridfinity for my toolboxes.
 

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The longest bin I can print is 5 units but they glue together easily and then you can just cut out the adjoining walls.
There is probably a way to remove the end wall in fusion but that's above my paygrade right now.
 
Doggggboy said:
The longest bin I can print is 5 units but they glue together easily and then you can just cut out the adjoining walls.
There is probably a way to remove the end wall in fusion but that's above my paygrade right now.
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Looks like I'm limited to four units long if I align to the X and Y. Could likely do five if I placed the print diagonally though that's not terribly efficient timewise.
 
I’ve been struggling along with a super slow laptop to run my CNC router.
Snagged a great deal on a Lenovo M600 mini PC and monitor today.
Ported over the software, configured the Ethernet connection and I’m back up and running.
Time to CNC something!
 
Update on the new shop planning. Can't call it a build yet because well, nothing is being built yet.

Met with the architect a week or so ago.
Size is going to be in the range of 18' x 36' or so (inside dimensions) For context I currently have 18x 23 inside dimensions.
Layout-wise, I'm thinking dedicated woodshop of about 18'x18' at the house end with the metal shop at the garage door end. I'm going to carve out a 5ft wide by 10ft long space on one side of the garage end to park the moto.
Something like this:
Screenshot 2023-12-18 at 11-08-40 Sent Mail - davidwrate1@gmail.com - Gmail.webp


We had planned to go wider but the bylaws require that the building has to be 10' from the sideyard line so that scuttles making it wider.
Not really unhappy about that as it allows parking beside the building which is a requirement and it will be better for the neighbour to the east of us.
The new building has to be 4m or ~13ft from the house. Currently it's about 8ft so the whole thing has to come forward about 5 ft from the current location.

One other thing I was concerned about was running power. We have aerial drops here. With the additional height there's no way the drop would clear the new roofline to reach the house. I could not find anything from BC Hydro that said it was OK to run power to a garage first. So the builder had his electrician come by to look.

Apparently we have options:
Option 1
The 200 amp service goes straight to the carriage house where there will be two meter bases, one main panel in the garage, a sub feed going to the suite and sub feed going under ground to the house.

Option 2
If you require more than 200 amps (re shop requirements) then B.C. hydro would probably require a brand new 400 amp service in the same configuration as option 1 or as a “dip service” where it would be an over head service to a private pole and then under ground from there. The latter is very costly to do.

I'll likely do option 1 as I'm currently running my shop off of a 40A breaker from the house panel. In four years I've never tripped the breaker. But a load calculation will be required to see if the suite is going to require more capacity.

Here's a Google maps shot for context.
Screenshot 2023-12-18 at 10-44-00 Google Maps.webp
 
Is this suite to be a separate rental space above the garage? Or are they requiring that it be treated as such since it is not connected to the house?
 
Hruul said:
Is this suite to be a separate rental space above the garage? Or are they requiring that it be treated as such since it is not connected to the house?
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Yes, the intent is to rent it. There's a real push for rental housing in Victoria so secondary suites and so-called garden suites are now options for folks to build.
We don't have to rent it but the possibility of approval without adding to the rental stock goes way down.
 
David_R8 said:
There's a real push for rental housing in Victoria so secondary suites and so-called garden suites are now options for folks to build.
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Kind of a win-win, with good tenants. Helps pay for the garage, and improvements can come off the taxes (as can 1/2 of any interest, etc)
 
YotaBota said:
Arrggggg. LOL

I'm a bit disappointed that the man cave is going to be rented out, so much for the midnight hammering and banging. ;)
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Our builder has extensive experience in sound isolation and he assures me that he will make it very sound proof.
He is building his own house near us and told me that he can run his saws in the basement and there is basically no sound transmission upstairs.
I have high hopes!
 
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