Make it or Pay for it?

[sasquar]

for me a massive factor is whether im going enjoy the time spent making whatever needs doing. If I am, and im not in a rush, then why on earth wouldnt i do it myself? generally this sort of stuff is hobby based after all (i fully appreciate that there are a good few pro's on this board, but as others have said, generally forum goer-s seem to be hooby orientated) If im not going to enjoy it, then it becomes a two stage qualification, do i know someone reliable that will do the job and do it, and is it better for me to go to work and earn money to pay them to do it.....? If the answer to either of those questons is no, then i usually just crack on and do it.

Case in point, ive recently completed a fairly sizable building project at home, the only bits i didnt do myself was the final electrical inspection as i lack suitable qualifications, and the plastering, because i lack the patience to do it to a good enough standard and i hate doing it.....

 

[Wallace]

Mend and make do, my parents would be hip and cool today as they were always “upcycling”! First two of Dad’s cars I remember were a Mini van and a Rover 2000, both write offs repaired, so was my first car.
As for buying over making, for me it’s often needs must as to go out and buy might mean a half finished job for a few days or just as long to go any fetch as make, just depends what it is.

 

[gaz1]

i tend to have a bad habbit of looking for vids that i can build myself but for stuff that i want to build

so heres a few vids ive looked or considered to build due ti the need for them

a bandsaw build from scrap

im about halfway on 2 builds of it just need the bearings for them

on another spoted video i like stuff simple to build but has many fuctions to it

i also spoted this for grinding surfaces

https://ukvid.net/video/construção-de-afiadora-caseira-part-5-homemade-tool-cutter-grinder-rezImGUZZ3E.html

dont even ask how he uses that 9" grinder in that holder even id be wary of it myself

 

[MBB]

Gaz1 said
( i also spoted this for grinding surfaces)

The whole series is on you tube with English subtitles

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[Farside]

I love making stuff, But time vs cost seems to be a regular equation!

Anyone else fall victim to this?

Well, it's a reason to buy and use a new tool, making something, innit?
No further reason or debate needed.

Frankly, if I were to rationalise the money spent on tools and look at what I would have paid someone else to do the work, I'd probably have more money in my pocket. Otoh, I wouldn't have the tools, and that would bug me.

 

[postie jon]

Does this apply to the services of the female species?

 

[colnerov]

Does this apply to the services of the female species?

What, if you don't want to improvise? That's a whole different ball game.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

a bandsaw build from scrap

Well, I've got a source for the bottom of the bike frame [spindle] - how many 'projects' can one person have.....?

 

[Ian James]

I try and make every thing I can I live on site were I work and work a split shift system times does not factor in to things really I can hide in the workshop for a full weekend on my weekend off then on sun night say to the gf were has that time gone I have spent the best part of six years modifying a l200 on and off that is now at a point were there is nothing else so I have more time to do other things if we want time to ourselves we just vanish in the caravan I have allways done all my own vehicle maintenance and the only time they visit the garage is for the mot

 

[Ashley Burton]

I have spent the best part of six years modifying a l200

Do I even ask to see any pictures? 6 Years must be a Guinness World Record!

 

[MattF]

Does this apply to the services of the female species?

You always pay for it somehow, where they're involved.

 

[rcx132]

I used to do everything myself, I think I just wanted the challenge. Now I tend to value my time more carefully.

 

[Ian James]

Do I even ask to see any pictures? 6 Years must be a Guinness World Record!

Yep I can post a pic up 6 years on and off a bit at a time then do it again when it not quite Howe you thought it was going to be

 

[Ian James]

Pic from the 4x4 mag and was allso featured in TOR previouse to that but it has changed a little since then

 

[the snooper]

Think this thread jinxed me just had to make a tool to compress a clutch pressure plate, it was a self adjusting clutch so you need to compress it before you can fit the bolts

 

[gaz1]

I was hopping you said that ya didnt have to make anything but you do make some things so

 

[the snooper]

I was hopping you said that ya didnt have to make anything but you do make some things so

ermmm lost me

 

[Ian James]

You always pay for it somehow, where they're involved.

Hence the reason for they saying if it's got tits or wheels it's going to cost you

 

[Seadog]

Hence the reason for they saying if it's got tits or wheels it's going to cost you

Actually, it is "If it flies, floats or f****, hire it"

 

[8ob]

Half the gadgets made by men in sheds are because the alternatives dont exist , are massively expensive or the bit you need only comes as part of an overpriced service kit. Men in sheds improve the function of tooling because the tweeks get spotted and introduced into mass produced tooling.I will post up some pictures of my portable fandabberdoozy angle grinder rest thats men in sheds inspired

An invenshun, cant buy one of these (yet ) http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/chainsaw-gadget.72138/

Bob