Home improvements

youtube. and just start doing it. best way you'll learn. most importantly, use the right tools and use safe methods.

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Say you're not a do-it-yourself guy, but you want to change that. What's the best path to go about doing that?

Inb4 Do It Yourself

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Watch a lot of youtube videos about whatever it is you want to do and then go try and do it. Fail at it, try it again till you get it right.

Or get a handy-man to help you out initially until you get comfortable with doing things on your own. In my experience, experience is the best teacher.

If you live in BR area, do you know someone who flooded that's a DIY type of person? If they're doing some of their own repairs, offer to help. Help a friend and learn new skills at the same time...win, win.

Having the right tool is 50% of it, the rest is doing and learning. Understand you will mess up when learning, so don't get discouraged, but also don't buy expensive material and then waste it learning.

A good double compound mitre saw, drill, and a Kreg jig are used on almost every project I undertake. Add a table saw, and a pancake air compressor with a Brad nailer and you can build some pretty nice stuff.

I have a shop full of specialty tools that get used occasionally, but those listed above are the essentials.