Life, Liberty and DIY
Do you know how your tools work? And is it hurting your ability to do better work?
Over the last year I have come to realize when I don’t understand how my tools work, or how to set them up I don’t always get good results.
I also tend to wonder if I am bad at whatever the task is I am doing. I think being able to clean, maintain, and restore tools is a skill everyone should develop so they can get maximum effectiveness and life out of their tools.
Sometimes the family gets sick with a novel virus, that sounds fun. This last week my family got sick with Covid-19. So I decided to talk a little bit about it.
I also had some extra time on my hands so I went ahead and tore apart my jointer. I finally have it dialed in properly, and I learned a lot along the way. I talk a little about my experience with that, and some of the reasons that lead to me working on it.
Finally, my failure of the week has to do with my chickens again. So if this episode sounds interesting to you click play below.
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Making the decision to learn how to deer hunt, and actually going hunting are two different things.
I decided a couple of years ago that I wanted to go hunting. However, learning about it and actually getting to go has proved to be more difficult. There is/was a wide knowledge gap between wanting to go and going.
Fortunately, I am finally getting to go and I talk about how I am preparing, and they why I even want to go hunting. It is going to be an interesting experience I can’t wait to go through.
Are you prepared for the first freeze and/or a potentially hard winter?
I don’t know why, but it seems like winter always just sneaks up on me almost every year. I think it is because I am so busy I don’t pay much attention to long term forecast. Then boom freeze.
However, we all still need to prepare for winter. So in this episode I go over about 75 things that are possible things you can do to prepare for winter.
Some of the tasks are short, some take more effort. There are even some tasks you don’t need to do at all depending on where you live.
The goal is to give ideas and jog memories, and maybe save you from freezing your butt off this winter fixing a problem.
The wrong clothes can lead to a very bad time. The right clothes can lead to not even noticing something is wrong.
Since winter is coming on I wanted to run through some of the clothing I wear. Clothing that helps me stay warm in the winter and comfortable year round.
Hopefully this will help give others ideas so when you are out working on projects you can be comfortable instead of hot, cold or sticky.
Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. ~ George Herbert
Have you ever wondered if you should build or buy something?
Well that question is not always easy to figure out. However, if you apply a series of questions you can generally figure it out.
In this episode I go over my general series of 10 questions to help me determine whether to build or buy something.
This last week we had a bit of an accident that really cost us some money. It was not a fun experience, and I learned a lot more about propane tanks.
However, we were able to get through it with minimal stress and burden compared to what it could have been.
In this episode I go through what happened, how we became debt free and some of the freedom it has allowed us. Also discuss how to become debt free, and some resources to help others along their journey.
It is never fun to create projects, and they just look bad. It is also frustrating to try and make projects, and they never seem to come together correctly.
One of the things I am learning is if I concentrate on my skills, and work to upgrade my tools to better tools I can do both. Not only can things work better and look better, but I can also get projects done faster.
In this episode I talk about some of the tools I have purchased or upgraded to that is helping me to do better work over basic tools, or no tool.
I was able to get go from no ham knowledge to Amateur Extra in Under 2 months. That can seem daunting, and impossible. However, it really isn’t.
In this episode I walk you through how to move up in your licenses quickly. I go through what I did, how I did it, and mistakes I made along the way.
Overall I am glad I was able to get my license, but there are a number of things that could have gone better. I hope I am able to articulate many of them to help other people out.
Maybe even see a few more people on the waves, literally Fast Scan FTW!!!
Ham radio is not a dying technology. On the contrary it is growing, and I am totally fascinated by it.
I used to think Ham radio was just one thing, and was even convinced by some for a while that it was going to die. However, that has all changed recently.
I decided to start learning about Ham radio almost on a whim, and it has been a super awesome experience that has expanded my understanding of the world. There were things I just did not understand about wireless tech that now make a lot of sense.
In this episode I walk through some of the cool things about ham radio that I have learned over the last couple of months. I think these are all things that will lead to a lot of fun in the future.