The Japanese FZ-1 gets a UK 230V transformer, then the CD drive makes way for a Fixel ODE and an SSD in a custom 3D printed mount.
The cabin workshop gets an insulated floating floor, a grey painted finish chosen for filming, and its own consumer unit fed from the house.
The cabin studio gets insulated walls, plasterboard, a boarded ceiling and brilliant white paint, ready for the floor and electrics.
The garage conversion wasn’t allowed without planning permission, so Seth and I built a garden workshop instead. Here’s how it went from soil to watertight.
A rare MGT SAM Coupé arrives on the bench. I check the repurposed Amstrad MP2 power supply, get it booting, open it up and find dead drive belts and a leaky capacitor.