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Can you put your hands to good use?
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By *tella Heels OP TV/TS
over a year ago
west here ford shire |
It’s funny, I never realised what we learn teach ourself over the years to do, I design ways to manufacture products from drawing board to reality including project managing manufacturing
But I can also sketch, paint, I’m ok with wood, I have converted garages and built porches, summer houses ( from scratch) plumbed 4 bathrooms, fitted 4-5 kitchens, basic mechanics, gardening, decking , electrics, and white good repairs wall tiling, painting and decorating, laminate flooring, even fitted double glazed windows... even thatching roofs ( my father was a master thatcher as was his father before him)
But I can’t build anything with bricks useless st it, what you like can you turn your hands to much? |
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By *tella Heels OP TV/TS
over a year ago
west here ford shire |
"Most of what you can do except thatching,have done some roofing though , I have done some brick work and coping stones but not major stuff "
Yeh I’ve done roofing too, is it a man thing do you think? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Most of what you can do except thatching,have done some roofing though , I have done some brick work and coping stones but not major stuff
Yeh I’ve done roofing too, is it a man thing do you think?"
It's a have a go type spirit a lot of women have it these days to, it's not isolated to just men anymore nothing is, women like to use their brains, let's face it why get dirty if you don't have to |
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By *ogNMuseCouple
over a year ago
Surrey |
Mechanics, stripped and rebuilt engines, pretty good at fault diagnosis as well.
Built my own studio from scratch, timber framing, electrics etc.
Mostly because I used to hate paying other people to do things I could do myself, nowadays i'd rather have the time to do other things more productive
Not bad on the bass guitar |
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I'm not particularly good at DIY but I can play a guitar, I can type pretty rapidly and I'm a bloody good shot with a rifle if that counts?
My dad was absolutely brilliant at scale models though, not just the building part but the incredible detail in the painting. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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done loads of work to our house except plastering. But on the finer side of things was a furniture restorer for few years and did Marquetry, Carving guilding french polishing also have some furniture from scratch |
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Embroidery, sewing, crochet, calligraphy, growing things, miscellaneous craft type things.
I couldn't list the things I've grown, made, repaired and altered here.
I also help Mr N as builders mate while he renovates our house. There isn't much he can't do from electrical to laying floors. He's pretty good at cars too.
I can mix concrete with one of those giant hand held mixer things but I hate it  |
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