The Humble Beginnings of Petrichor Frames

It's been a long time coming, but today I've officially moved to a workshop.  

My own little corner of the world.

I packed, loaded, shifted stuff, drove a Uhaul, had a jig fall on top of me (not recommended) and unloaded everything into this amazing little space that I was lucky enough to find.

And I backed this thing into a driveway.  Twice!

Things are still very much in a state of disorganized, and now that I have space I realize that I need about three more workbenches, but it's mine!

Unloaded and getting everything placed.  

Mostly I'm glad that I'll have everything in one place and won't be having to worry about the weather in order to build.  And not having to wheel my jig in and out of my apartment will be nice...also not having to haul out the alignment table, the drawing equipment, measurement tools, tubes...

My little bench finally in a good spot!  

 Some pegboards and file organizers are on the list for workshop needs, and it'll slowly turn into a more functioning space as I figure out what works for me over time.  

The cell phone quality photos and bad angles don't really do the place justice.  It's much bigger than it looks!

The entire space is actually a warehouse broken up and shared with other businesses and people making things, so there's lots going all the time and there are really cool people around.  There's another framebuilder in the East Bay location, but I'm the only one here!

Workshop, sweet workshop.

I'll be spending lots of time in here practicing and bettering my skills.  Despite the fact that I'll be sacrificing some of my riding time in order to build, I'm so excited to dedicate more time to this amazing craft and hope to someday be as skilled as the builders I admire.

So, here's to the humble beginnings of my little endeavor, Petrichor Frames!