2026 seems to be the Year of the Carpenter for me.

This year alone, I've been learning to use:
* a table saw (sierra de mesa)
* miter saw (sierra inglete)
* router (fresadora) - compact and regular size,
* and even learned to cut (mostly) straight lines using an angle grinder (amoladora) - and have actually cut ceramic tile this way - no guide used to help keep the line straight.

Ok, I already use the angle grinder, but never like this before. But cutting straight lines is definitely a new skill, though I still try to use a guide as much as possible.

I am also working to learn to solder so I can install LED strip lights. I have the basic concept, and have a soldering iron. Just need the solder and the lights to practice with. Oh yeah, and time. I need time.

The Towers Bridge bypass at Huachipa, on the outskirts of Eastern Lima is now open both ways, alleviating a major traffic bottleneck and completing a key portion of an alternative to Perú's Caraterra Central.

It literally saved (at least) 40 minutes on a round-trip between Santa Eulalia and Santa Anita/Ate.

Starting to work on new tool cabinet design in FreeCAD. Currently just using the spreadsheet to setup variables before I start actually drawing.

I really want to set the finished product dimensions, and use variables to determine drawer sizes (by type) and their placement. I can do something like:
* Drawer_Deep_Wide (>= 20 cm deep)
* Drawer_Medium_Wide
* Drawer_Shallow_Wide
* Drawer_Shallow_Narrow (to place 2 drawers side by side

and so forth.