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Question for all you DIY people

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Hello community of the Element14 website!

 

 

A friend and I are doing a hypothesis which is what people think DIY is valuable for?

My friend and I would appreciate you guys to give up some answers! Thank you in advance!

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    For me and I suspect for most of you DIY is a way of life. I do not mean by this that I make everything that I use in my life. On the contrary I make very few of the items that are the tools and fixtures of my life. What I mean is that of the tools and items that I buy I almost never find that they properly or perfectly suit my purpose for them.  My DIY comes into play when I take the tool or fixture and modify it to suit me. I very seldom live with an improperly fit or operating item. I do not want to compromise so I modify.  Sometimes it is as simple as bending the item to fit or adding a string or a wire. A simple example is the Radio Shack Soldering Iron that I have used for years in my shop. When it came out of the box the power wire and the wire to the iron itself both came out of the back of the base. This was fine for the power wire but the position of the wire to the iron made it 5 inches shorter than it needed to be and the torque on the base was always pulling the base around. The simple DIY solution was to open the case and bring the wire out the front of the base. While I had it open I also added studs to hold the extra tips for the iron so that they were not lying loose. This is what DIY means to me. I am not willing to blindly accept the physical configuration of the tools and fixtures in my life. Have Screw driver, will modify.

    John

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    For me and I suspect for most of you DIY is a way of life. I do not mean by this that I make everything that I use in my life. On the contrary I make very few of the items that are the tools and fixtures of my life. What I mean is that of the tools and items that I buy I almost never find that they properly or perfectly suit my purpose for them.  My DIY comes into play when I take the tool or fixture and modify it to suit me. I very seldom live with an improperly fit or operating item. I do not want to compromise so I modify.  Sometimes it is as simple as bending the item to fit or adding a string or a wire. A simple example is the Radio Shack Soldering Iron that I have used for years in my shop. When it came out of the box the power wire and the wire to the iron itself both came out of the back of the base. This was fine for the power wire but the position of the wire to the iron made it 5 inches shorter than it needed to be and the torque on the base was always pulling the base around. The simple DIY solution was to open the case and bring the wire out the front of the base. While I had it open I also added studs to hold the extra tips for the iron so that they were not lying loose. This is what DIY means to me. I am not willing to blindly accept the physical configuration of the tools and fixtures in my life. Have Screw driver, will modify.

    John

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