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I hate to admit this, but I am a tad mechanically spastic. But given I am a father my kids are going to learn how to do all that cool shit with me (along with getting into a tree stand with a bow, shooting guns, cooking, and drawing in charcoal) and hopefully, I can get at least a little good at the carpentry thing. I might have to pay Dunn a visit when I am ready for the next level, though. I just dropped six hundy on a DeWalt cordless tool set last week, in fact. My wife wants project #1 to make her a desk for her new gig from scratch.....I gotta start small.

I don't click links

or have any interest in hipster projects

and make no mistake, pasting your "good ol' fashioned primitive cabin project" online is a hipster project

actually, this gets more annoying the more I think about it

If you have an iPhone and an internet connection, you aren't primitive anything

Cutting down timber, building your own tools, building a house, whatever.

You aren't a settler. You are a guy with a lot of free time and some holes in your self-worth pillow.

Fuck you!

Terry, please edit again and make your reply longer yet. You still sound on the fence about these links.

This shit, underground homes, and the tiny house movement get me all excited. I don't think I'll ever mess with any of it, but it pulls some kind of primal string.

Minus the stone axe of coarse.

Grandpa's Spells wrote:Terry, please edit again and make your reply longer yet. You still sound on the fence about these links.

Guys like this assmunch are why IGx desperately needs Jeek back.

I built a treehouse for my kids that I end up using all the time. Comfortable folding chair, six pack cooler, and a book.

I don't speak to guys who spend $600 . . . on a cordless tool set.

You are what they call, a mark.

And, nafod, stay the hell out of the way!

The Venerable Bogatir X wrote:

Grandpa's Spells wrote:Terry, please edit again and make your reply longer yet. You still sound on the fence about these links.

Guys like this assmunch are why IGx desperately needs Jeek back.

You guys are the ones all like, "So me and Jack were crocheting and telling each other secrets the other day..." Tell him to stop by.

That being said, I think if more than three E's appear in a word three times, Garm comes back.

TerryB wrote:I don't speak to guys who spend $600 . . . on a cordless tool set.

You are what they call, a mark.

And, nafod, stay the hell out of the way!

Sounds cooler if I call my treehouse a sniper hide.

Grandpa's Spells wrote:

The Venerable Bogatir X wrote:

Grandpa's Spells wrote:Terry, please edit again and make your reply longer yet. You still sound on the fence about these links.

Guys like this assmunch are why IGx desperately needs Jeek back.

You guys are the ones all like, "So me and Jack were crocheting and telling each other secrets the other day..." Tell him to stop by.

That being said, I think if more than three E's appear in a word three times, Garm comes back.

Jeek and I were remotely baking brownies together, not crocheting--get your shit straight; besides you're a FB BFF so you have visibility into all of that. You and Seeahill are pretty much the only sound minded lefties we have left here who has listening skills that make you worth speaking/posting to. You need back-up and I am going to bring it....watch and see....Jeek will be back and if @ or G fucks with him, he'll (Jeek) will have dozens of guys coming out of the woodwork to back him. Different ball o' wax this time. The return of Jeek is imminent, he just doesn't know it, yet.

TerryB wrote:I don't speak to guys who spend $600 . . . on a cordless tool set.

You are what they call, a mark.

And, nafod, stay the hell out of the way!

Coming from you, I'm good with that. As I said, I got to start somewhere and if that's the Crayola of tool kits, than so be it, I am at peace.

How much did you spend on your mountain bike?

TerryB wrote:How much did you spend on your mountain bike?

Mountain Bike was a Bianchi from like 1999 that I bought used for around $400. I gave it away to the the leggy MILF I referenced on another thread, since she's just a really cool person.

I have a Kona that a buddy gave me.....this is the bike I had my accidental 64 mile PR with. So I paid zero for that.

I have a Salsa bike that I paid like $1500 for earlier this year, after paying my taxes. I like the bike (I think) but have had some health issues and have not done a single ride this year greater than 36-37 miles.

Why do you ask? I have a suspicion but care to know vs. guess.

This stuff, primitive skills, are a fun hobby. This becomes abundantly more true when you have a kid to help and teach.

Back when I was much more a gypsy than I am now, I spent about 8 months living in primitive shelters and occasionally my truck, albeit nothing this grand. It was an interesting time and there's definitely something pleasing about doing this stuff.

For basic carpentry skills, the Internet/YouTube is definitely your friend. A lot of it is actually pretty simple once you understand the basics of joinery and construction. You will fuck up and have to redo stuff but that's what it's all about. When you get it you will slap yourself on the head and see all the mistakes you made in crystal detail.

Also, fuck anyone who says this shit is hipster or some other bullshit. It's more masculine than half the shit out there and fuck anyone who demeans learning ANY manual skill set. Hobbies like this are bonding experiences for you and your kids and also quiet thinking time for when they aren't around.

TerryB wrote:I don't speak to guys who spend $600 . . . on a cordless tool set.

You are what they call, a mark.

Shit....I've spent nearly that much on a single wrench.

I on the fence about how primitive they are. They host their crap on Wordpress and haven't even bothered to purchase an actual domain name of their own. Likely hipsters but crap ones at that.

I didn't click on the link, by the way.

Dunn,

I know you're a woodworker and I admire that like crazy. My kids are nine and six and when I taught them to simply whittle this past summer, they totally ate it up and still do it. I can't and won't fight Mindcraft, Pokiemon, et al, because it's simply unfair to them. What I can do, however, is all the other stuff that does not require an internet connection.

The Venerable Bogatir X wrote:Dunn,

I know you're a woodworker and I admire that like crazy. My kids are nine and six and when I taught them to simply whittle this past summer, they totally ate it up and still do it. I can't and won't fight Mindcraft, Pokiemon, et al, because it's simply unfair to them. What I can do, however, is all the other stuff that does not require an internet connection.

Bingo. This is my goal as well. I can't, and won't, deny that electronic shit can be fun. My goal as a father is illustrate and encourage the fun and satisfaction that can come from being outside and working with your hands. Some of my fondest memories of my dad are concerning stuff like that, and a few are of him teaching me how to play pong on our Atari. Lol. It's a mix but I will be damned if I don't at least try to show him what the world has to offer.

Dunn wrote:For basic carpentry skills, the Internet/YouTube is definitely your friend. A lot of it is actually pretty simple once you understand the basics of joinery and construction. You will fuck up and have to redo stuff but that's what it's all about. When you get it you will slap yourself on the head and see all the mistakes you made in crystal detail.

Simple? Not for me. I'm the most incapable handyman ever born on this planet. Doing stuff with my hands (other than punch or grab and throw) is well beyond my capabilities.

That suits me fine, because I have no interest whatsoever in building things, cooking, painting the room, trimming bushes, changing locks or repairing the sink. I'd much rather pay for those to be done for me.

TerryB wrote:I don't speak to guys who spend $600 . . . on a cordless tool set.

You are what they call, a mark.

Not really-- cordless tools that are durable, light weight, and have a long battery life are expensive. I wish I'd had modern cordless tools back when I worked on a ladder all day.

SubClaw wrote:[
Simple? Not for me. I'm the most incapable handyman ever born on this planet. Doing stuff with my hands (other than punch or grab and throw) is well beyond my capabilities

Fuck you, Subclaw....I am the most incapable handyman ever.

Well, unless you can't change out your light switches and outlets or clean your gutters, then you are indeed the most incapable handyman ever.

Turdacious wrote:

TerryB wrote:I don't speak to guys who spend $600 . . . on a cordless tool set.

You are what they call, a mark.

Not really-- cordless tools that are durable, light weight, and have a long battery life are expensive. I wish I'd had modern cordless tools back when I worked on a ladder all day.

I bought the Lowe's brand, Kobalt, the 18v version and quickly realized that is a piece of shit product, so I returned it, doubled down in terms of money spent and convinced the manager to honor the 10% off deal I had the week prior when I got the Kobalt kit. So yeah, I spent (with tax) nearly 6 hundy, but I got 5, 20v DeWalt powertools and a plug-in, DeWalt Sander......and a shit ton of screwdriver and drill bits....all DeWalt. I hear from you goobs who know better than me that DeWalt is pretty good stuff so I feel good about the geeters I spent.

And, is there a single person here who doesn't thin Terry is a huge douchbag?

The Venerable Bogatir X wrote:And, is there a single person here who doesn't thin Terry is a huge douchbag?

Not to mention that there are two of him.

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