I always enjoy watching videos like this. I wish whenever the adults around me were working on projects, they'd let me help. I always wanted to help when I was a kid.
Whenever there are kids around when I'm working on something, I get them involved. Turn a wrench, hold a flashlight, get some cables plugged in, whatever.
A lot of crafting skills are transferable between projects. The more you do, the more you find yourself learning.
I'm currently working on building a solar power system and painting the house. Been watching a lot of videos about powering RVs, caravans, and even building small single-person bicycle-campers.
The last one is really interesting to me because you have to make a bike electrically driven, build a small bike-towed camper, power it all up with solar, and make it all man-portable. There's a lot of efficiency/power/weight calculations going on in those builds.
Absolutely phenomenal. Now show me the cost; hell, show me the budget for lumber alone.
This is one highly-experienced s.o.b.
I don't know anyone with skills this broad. I know guys who could handle large segments of this, but nobody who could do the whole thing. Well, could might not be the right word. I don't know any guys who would attempt the whole thing.
There's another really competent fella on Youtube whose channel is called Essential Craftsmen. I watch a lot of his stuff, but I do wish he'd feature more of these silent, timelapse videos. He talks a lot. That said, he doles out a lot of wisdom for free.
The lumber cost is buying the land. And those skills come at the cost of time. Many of the dudes doing these self-construction tend to be on the older side.
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A lot of crafting skills are transferable between projects. The more you do, the more you find yourself learning.
I'm currently working on building a solar power system and painting the house. Been watching a lot of videos about powering RVs, caravans, and even building small single-person bicycle-campers.
The last one is really interesting to me because you have to make a bike electrically driven, build a small bike-towed camper, power it all up with solar, and make it all man-portable. There's a lot of efficiency/power/weight calculations going on in those builds.
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This is one highly-experienced s.o.b.
I don't know anyone with skills this broad. I know guys who could handle large segments of this, but nobody who could do the whole thing. Well, could might not be the right word. I don't know any guys who would attempt the whole thing.
There's another really competent fella on Youtube whose channel is called Essential Craftsmen. I watch a lot of his stuff, but I do wish he'd feature more of these silent, timelapse videos. He talks a lot. That said, he doles out a lot of wisdom for free.
[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2
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[ + ] CHIRO
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[ + ] TheNoticing
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