Welcome back inside our 40ft shipping container workshop build—aka “the glorious box.” We’re finally close to moving in, even if it currently looks like a bomb went off. In this episode I start tackling the electrical side of things and show how I’m planning to power the big-ticket items: our 4x4 CNC, a mini split, and a bunch of computers. The key is that we’ll only have a 15A shore service where the container is parked for now, so I’m leaning on two Victron MultiPlus 5000 inverter/chargers (plus a couple of chunky LiFePO4 batteries) to handle the peak loads when the angry pixies are needed. Before I run any conduit (surface-mounted, because I want it easy to change later), I knock out the last OSB bits, build a simple “technical closet” to keep dust off the gear, and get paint on the walls. My office gets the rugged OSB treatment—splinters and all—plus a gray color that’s a close match to what I wanted (and a little nod to OddLife Crafting). I also share a handy trick for matching European color codes to US paint using easyRGB. Finally, I do a cost rundown of the shell so far, and… yeah… it is much monies. We’re at about $13,250 for the container, windows, insulation, framing, and OSB. If you’re chasing pure bang-for-buck, a container workshop probably isn’t it—but for us, being able to move it later and keep the catamaran refit rolling through winter makes it the path of least resistance.