• $66 Custom Door Anyone Can Do!! [EvanandKatelyn]
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https://youtu.be/lAQJ_KNv3uk https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/1303/cdc78b55-12e0-4acf-9883-fb093b1b10ca/icons8-flip-flops-48.png Flip flop approved!
I find these two super cute, new youtube channel to watch for sure!
Just plywood, some paint and a few tools HGTV Showcase paint in semi-gloss https://goo.gl/PqM55Q Kobalt cordless sander https://goo.gl/bveVYC ShopSmith sandpaper https://goo.gl/jbgbYV Wagner Flexio paint sprayer https://goo.gl/HGo6yT £150 Kobalt drill and screwdriver bits https://goo.gl/vZexQk DeWalt circular saw https://goo.gl/3VgryP Kreg Rip Cut https://goo.gl/pu4uRZ Kwikwood https://goo.gl/j4egxq DeWalt miter saw (not sale) https://goo.gl/GYbTp4 £700 DeWalt drill https://goo.gl/vAW1Zu £100 Kobalt Hole saw kit https://goo.gl/3a23gD DeWalt Power screwdriver https://goo.gl/PUfDPB Irwin 12-in clamp https://goo.gl/fuFnhQ
It's almost like you can upscale or downscale the tools used depending on your budget?
Oh so it's just for aesthetics. I was hoping it would serve a purpose, I mean it looks nice but, eh.
Was this the guy who sawed hi kitchen door in half?
This right here is what upsets me the most about a metric fuckload of DIY videos on youtube. "What's up guys, here's how you can build your very own CNC mill for under $100. Now that I've gotten all the parts I need, I'm going to machine them on very expensive equipment that is gigantic and costs thousands of dollars per machine." Or worse... "alright now that all of that is put together, I'm gonna head over to my $1,000 3D printer and print the rest of the stuff I need!" There is only one video I've seen on the subject of DIY that held true to what was stated in the title. It was something like "building a CNC machine from scrap" and this guy literally built one entirely out of scrap metal and parts, no machining of the parts used outside of a lot of manual labor in working the parts with inexpensive hand tools.
How dare they use tools that they already had. Man How to Make Everything? more like fucking snake oil's salesman. If you don't spend 10 years making every tool you need for a build and then demolishing it just to do it again the next video then you are a cons-man. Sure listing the price they spent wasn't the best idea. But If you expect to hit that $66 mark or any mark that any creator puts up on there video then you're being delusional to the fact that certain things cost more depending on where you live and not to mention the sales tax in your area probably isn't going to be the same as the creators area. It's just a really toxic attitude to have against people who want to create that "Oh yeah don't lie to me you have to put in the cost of this tool that you've had for months possibly years" or "what do you mean that if I don't have these tools I can go look at your plans on your website and use a similar cutting tool to get exactly the same thing as you did?" Nick Offerman even says that anyone he gets into woodworking that they should use hand-tools. Hand-tools are very cheap compared to their electric counterparts. https://youtu.be/Gh6H7Md_L2k?t=190 Everything isn't set into stone. Woodworking is like cooking. You can finetune it to your taste and budget. If you want a more prominent garlic taste in a dish you can add more garlic to it. The same can be done with woodworking. You don't need a $600 saw with fancy settings when you can achieve the same thing with a $20 handsaw, a hand planer, and potentially some homemade jigs if you need to make pocket holes or what not. Woodworking can achieve whatever you put into it. If you look through the vast amounts of videos on youtube you can find friendly solutions to everything. The main thing is with these solutions you'll have to dedicate more time to a project. But it'll teach you how to appreciate the work you are doing and teach you to do it right. Because even though some youtubers make it look easy when they are using expensive equipment it's very easy to harm yourself accidentally or ruin the project you are working on by not knowing the principles at play. I didn't mean to come off hostile but dang is it annoying hearing the same attitude that some project isn't "life changing" or it's "too simple" or "wow i'm sure it'll cost exactly that if I were to go buy the stuff" It's sorta undermining the fact of what people can achieve. It's like if when Bob Ross said "you too can get in to painting" and hypothetically someone ran onto the set and yelled "YOU SELL AN ULTIMATE PAINTING KIT THAT COSTS $814.97 YOU FUCKIN HACK." Honestly this same behavior is what companies like Apple and Supreme thrive on because when people see a certain thing or look achieved they don't think "wow i could just go to the store and buy a twenty to forty dollar cheap smartphone if i want to play candy crush so bad." or "wow that's literally just a white plain tshirt that you can buy at walmart for $5 at best only it has the word SUPREME on it."
I mean, that's not really what I was trying to say. There's nothing wrong with using tools that you may already happen to have. I just find it kind of silly how there are videos out there like this when the tools that the person is using are absolutely not tools that the "standard do-it-yourselfer" would have access to. Who have you known that had a lathe sitting around their house somewhere? Or a precision drill mill? Or a routing table? I'm not complaining about the "price in the title" being inaccurate. Of course shit in your area just might happen to be more expensive or possibly even cheaper than what the people in the video spent. I just think it's dumb that many of these videos go above and beyond in what they expect the "average" person to already own as far as tools are concerned. The OP video is a very mild case of it, but there are much worse cases out there and there are a lot of them.
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