THE DIY THREAD

[version]

Are you handy or do you just go Ikea? Do you have tools in the house?

 

[luka]

Im paying yyyyyyyaldrin to fly from holland to put up a curtain rail, so no. Not very handy.

 

[version]

I need to get some new tools. I've a jumble of knackered bits and pieces I've accumulated over the years.

 

[Clinamenic]

A little bit yeah. My mom has a whole workshop room back home, so I grew up with a general sensibility and willingness to fix things. For electrical stuff though, I have no idea.

 

[version]

For electrical stuff though, I have no idea.

You can find out how to do lots of things just pulling up YouTube tutorials.

 

[Clinamenic]

Yeah that plus AI now, golden age for DIY.

 

[version]

Yeah that plus AI now, golden age for DIY.

Apart from the declining quality of the tools. Amazon's supposedly swamped with shit Chinese screwdrivers that come apart in your hand.

 

[version]

Someone in the Discord was posting pics of a greenhouse he's building atm.

 

[Murphy]

<- Shed Ted

Break it down - electrical or mechanical?

Toolbox, knowing where your leccy junction box is, knowing where your water mains is and, as Vershy Versh cites, YT has an entire ecosystem of practical fixes

Encourages certain horror too, eg the random bags of cables, chargers, plug fittings etc see shed life glories with robust shelving, internal weapons system and quadruple locked/zero window for local tea leaf population