Season 1, Episode 0: Why I’m turning my garage into a maker lab
The plan for Season 1: one garage, one maker space and lab, documented from the empty floor up — and the rules I’m setting so it doesn’t eat family time.
This is the first entry in the build log, and it is a plan, not a victory lap. Season 1 follows one project from start to finish: turning my garage into a working maker space and lab.
Why document it? Because I have spent my life collecting trades — the Marine Corps, bartending, magic, picture framing, cabinetmaking, electrical and plumbing around the house, and more than twenty years in IT security — and this is the first space where all of them get to share a bench.
The rough order of work: clear it out and plan it; sort out power, light and air; build benches and storage; set up a 3D-printing corner around the Bambu printer; plan for a CNC; and finish with an electronics bench where kids’ projects can happen safely.
[PLACEHOLDER — Jason: describe the garage as it is today, what you want to be able to build in it, the budget you are giving yourself, and the one thing you are most worried about.]
One rule for the whole season: the build fits around family time, not the other way round. [PLACEHOLDER — Jason: say how you will actually protect that time.]
Next entry: [PLACEHOLDER — the first real step of the build].
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