Answering Your DIY Questions (#77)
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- čas přidán 31. 01. 2021
- We wanted to answer some of your questions about DIY in general so we collected questions from our subreddit ( / evanandkatelyn , Twitter ( / evankatelynpod , and this channels community tab. See our Show Notes and Things of the Week below! 👇
Things we talked about during this show:
A relatively cheaper split keyboard amzn.to/2L4PSYk (Mac version: amzn.to/3tgWbcs)
The one Evan ended up buying: www.zsa.io/moonlander/
Evan’s favorite screwdriver amzn.to/3cyH2xz
Simple utility knife amzn.to/36veIbj
Miter saw amzn.to/3j3ZYFu
Power carver amzn.to/3cmQdRw (with turbo plane amzn.to/3crXtLT)
Dremel tool carver amzn.to/2MoNrQW
Resin totalboat.refr.cc/evankatelyn (search for high performance)
UV resin amzn.to/36u1XxG
Safety glasses amzn.to/3ap36rL
Set of wrenches for plumbing amzn.to/3r5QoVm and amzn.to/3rlBH0L
Drill amzn.to/3csqkQn
Kreg jig amzn.to/39zDau8
Notebooks amzn.to/2NTANtO
Let us know in the comments if we missed anything and we’ll add them here :)
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Hi Evan and Kaitlyn I just want to say you have inspired my daughter to share her art and to follow her dreams she is subscribed to all your channels she loves your cat and always singing resin time resin time do do do do resin time and science agent with Evan and Kaitlyn so thanks for being your self you changed my daughters life
aw thank you for sharing her story with us!
Evan - "Duct tape!" Katelyn - "Is that a tool or is that a material?" Me - "BOTH!"
when duct tape is life
@@EvanandKatelynPodcast "If you can't duck it..." or however that saying goes
@@EvanandKatelynPodcast love you guys so much stay safe and healthy
Love your videos and podcasts and gaming videos
i think Adam Savage would also agree with that
Also Resin is dangerous! I feel like the dangers are always understated. You NEED a well ventilated area, AND a mask with exchangeable filters. You should not do resin where you eat or sleep. Just because you can’t smell the fumes doesn’t mean they aren’t there, they come out as the resin cures not just when you are mixing. There are a lot of safety precautions, please look them up! And join resin groups to get advice from the pros
I hate advertising. I especially hate when it uses social tricks and pretends not to be advertising. "Like and comment on our podcast; not because we want the good rating, but for a prank!" really should fit that category. And yet... You two are so genuine, I honestly believe you mean it! I mean it; you are probably the only people that I genuinely do not mind being advertised to by. Thank you so much for being yourselves!
On the note of essential tools, to me the difference is whether the results can reasonably be replicated by something else. Like nothing is going to replace the guided perfectly straight cuts you can make with a table saw VS hand tools... So a basic guided saw is a must. A power planer, especially if you're going to be using reclaiming pallet boards and free wood, you're never going to get similar results trying to sand and plane the boards by hand. Conversely there are tools a dremmel could easily take the place of unless you were using them all the time, Like you don't need to have a fancy biscuit joint cutter to do biscuit joining where a dremmel could technically fill the same purpose but also do a bunch of routing and carving and drilling. If you're looking to do anything on a lathe, you aren't going to be able to replace the function of a lathe without one. I DIY all the time on a very limited pension budget, and a dremmel can get me through so much, but the one tool I always wish I had home access to was a guided table-type saw, and an electric planer, because there's just no way to replicate those results with hand guided tools. Also a big power saw with a long blade become essential if you're going to be collecting discarded logs for furniture making, like unless you want someone to cut it for you or to have to go through it by hand [though an easy close second would be a hand saw that has a big and sturdy enough blade to cut through large logs].
i love the explanation/recommendation of multi-use tools as long as they arent inferior. as someone with a small shed & office that doubles as my 3d printer/cnc living space, tools that provide multiple uses are much more valuable to me because of the space limitations.
You guys should check out Rocketbooks! Reusable, pens are “erasable” even on regular paper AND for that stuff you wanna sketch on actual paper you can still use the app to upload to an electronic repository. For example: I use OneNote. I have tabs/sections for my various projects and when I upload to there, the RB OCR makes my notes, etc. searchable. HUGE benefit when you ask “how did I do that before?” You can also link to Google drive and such, I’m just a OneNote nerd, lol.
On the regret stuff... Remember the cheap airbrush?
yes that should of been one
Cheap "precision" tools is a good category to avoid! That would also include the Hazard Fraught drill press. (Harbor Freight sells only two things: now hammers, and future-hammers.)
As soon as you said a tool you regret, I said "The sledge hammer." And I then 4 minutes later you said it too HAHAHA
that shows how much you know them :)
@@emilyballard6035 and they have no clue who I am 😳 haha
We're the same, bought my man an axe because it's super manly I don't think he's ever used it!
E & K podcast where you rank past projects
Okay so listen, I found your channel a few weeks back when I was looking at restoring videos (ooh the soothing asmr sounds of restoration videos). Anyway, I've become absolutely obsessed with your channel, your podcast, your tools, and your cat. The two of you are so lovely and fun. This has been awesome to watch.
After watching your ethernet run video, I have to say the best tool I've ever bought is the magnapull kit. 100x easier than wire pullers, and it instantly finds the end in the wall. In my experience it shortens the time of the job by half.
Just adding my 2¢ here so take a penny or leave a penny... if you’re a beginner DIYer you need to understand one simple fact: building most things involves three primary actions; measuring, cutting, and joining.
My best advice would be to invest in a really good measuring tool (other a speed square or tape measure), hand drill or driver, and a circular saw or jigsaw.
Hello guys! I am so excited for a new podcast :) Just finished binge watching all the others :D thank you guys for inspiring so many people and for introducing this awesome community to me :) qqa!
I agree wholeheartedly with the multi-function screwdriver. I even carry a small 2 screwdriver set in my bag so I can fix the brace I wear on my leg when a screw pops out...LOL
Great podcast as always. I love listening to you two talk while I do my AutoCad work lol
Omg, I do the same thing Evan does when it gets to super awkward parts in movies/shows!!! 😂 So glad to know I'm not the only one... 😅
On the DIY v hire/pay for it question: you are sort of describing the project management theories of considering cost/time/quality and thinking or planning these things beforehand
17th channel idea: EvanandClickin, where Evan reviews mice and keyboards :-P
I just want to say thank you so much for inspiring me (14) to start woodworking it was a combo of you and steve Ramsey. Thanks so much because of you guys a also started my channel last year! Thanks again :)
i didnt realize til the end that you arent actually in your workshop lmao
i didnt notice until i read your comment and realized evans headphone ears were see through.
App Suggestion: Notion! I love using Notion to organize basically my whole life, which Katelyn can relate to. It’s awesome for “connecting the dots” to so many things including your existing Google Drive stuff and more.
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For example, I’ve created a Project template inside one of my home dashboards. I can connect that project to a Kanban board or switch to Calendar view. And you can “multi-home” and link to notes, books to read lists, collaboration tools that can include your CRM, etc.
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Idea for you: you could have a “Favorites” dashboard that has everything linked, organized by tags and price, notes, etc. and you can choose to publish that to a public webpage for all your fans to follow. As you update the page with new favorites, you could also check off follow up tasks like update Amazon lists, publish to website, etc.
i hope you continue growing your channel intelligently. lots of potential here. you two offer so much levity.
Want to regret a tool purchase? Convince yourself you're suddenly going to make tons of use of something in a new category, and buy the top-end version.
E.g., I bought a fancy sheet metal bender imagining using it for one project I never ended up doing. I now realize that if I get more into sheet metal work I'll need a variety of tools in that category to really get anywhere with it. You can't really know what you'll need until you start doing it, whatever your IT is.
So glad you're taking care of your physical health! Thank you for sharing with us.
We will all be ollldddd someday.
I'm same age as you two, so I feeeel that change from my
invincible 20s
to
oh...I should have done something about this sooner 30s'
So thanks for sharing ♡ take care
I also have to run away during the awkward parts I feel so validated right now lol.
I didn't know Haggar made stretchy shorts, but I def recommend them for stretchy pants - borderline wearing sweatpants to work!
but haven't had to wear them since last March...I wear actual sweatpants working from home ;)
*STRETCHY WORK CLOTHES YES!!! I do have a couple of stretchy work pants and wait for it.... Hold on! STRETCHY WORK BELT!!!! They're both made by a company named Snickers, like the candy bar which is fun, and it's so comfortable! I looked up their website and they got shorts too!*
Evan, I'm on my ergonomic journey too. Been for a couple years now for similar reasons (though triggered by typing WAY to much one day). Just bought a sit-stand desk due to working from home. But haven't decided on buying a split keyboard.
I hope the sit/stand works for you!
@@EvanandKatelynPodcast It's going to be nice. I had one in "in office" office. and it seem to help a bit. Just never had enough time to work with it.
@@digitrailz8633 Also added the keyboards I looked at to the description. I was considering the relatively cheaper (all split ergonomic keyboards are more expensive than I would have guessed) split keyboard: amzn.to/2L4PSYk (Mac version: amzn.to/3tgWbcs). I went ahead and took a gamble on this crazy one though: www.zsa.io/moonlander/
@@EvanandKatelynPodcast I'll keep those in mind for my home office over haul.
Yay another podcast :D
Thank you for answering my question, that was really helpful!
My favorite thing to make the table saw feel safer is a micro jig grrripper. I bought one right after I did my first rip on the table saw! Love that thing!
I think 'single-use' doesn't mean 'one purpose' in the context of the question. I think it's as in, single use plastics like cling wrap and zip lock bags and plastic spoons and plates and cups. Stuff that is used once and goes to land fill.
So I think the equivalent in a work shop would be like your stirring sticks and measuring cups and things like that, what sorts of considerations have you made to reduce the amount of stuff you're sending to land fill.
I haven't read all the comments so sorry if someone already mentioned this. For the Alton Brown/single-use question, single-use in terms of restaurant equipment does not mean it is only meant for one purpose. I was intrigued when you first said your mandolin because I immediately though "they have a mandolin with disposable blades??" 😂 The technical term for food establishments (and what Alton Brown I assume was referring to) are single-service articles and single-use articles. Single-service are items designed and constructed for one time, one person use and intended to be discarded after the one time use. For example, carry out items like bags, containers, straws, toothpicks, plastic utensils, etc. Single-use articles are items designed and constructed to be used once and discarded (non necessarily by one person or only one sitting). For example, wax paper, plastic wrap and plastic containers, number 10 cans, buckets, etc that do not meet the standards to be considered "multi-use" by the FDA (e.g., you can't use an old Country Crock container to store other food in a restaurant! It's fine at home since you're not selling the food to anyone but it's not intended to be re-used for other foods). So in DIY, single-service would be something like a disposable glove and single-use would be something like plastic wrap used to cover resin while it bubbles!
Love watching your videos. They always make me smile and that’s not something that’s easily found these days! 🙂
was super looking for the stretchy pants/shorts link from the thing of the week lol
I love the intros! :D
this one was hilarious
Your wee playlist hasn’t updated with your last two podcasts! How else will I listen without stopping :(
A level!
I have a story from physical therapy! I blew out my knee and the first time I finished I fell out of a back tuck and couldn’t walk for 2 weeks! I HAD TO GO BACK TO PHYSICAL THERAPY THE WEEK AFTER I FINISHED IT and now I’m done but I’m an idiot so I’m probably going to snap my knee in half
I blew my shoulders out swimming the 200 Fly in high school (almost 30 years ago) and it still bugs me...I feel for you Evan and I hope you feel better!
They didn't get the "single use items" question it seems, I thought it was about stuff like plastic cups you mix resin in and stuff, or mixing sticks
Can you link to the lil clear drawers you have? 🥰
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Don't mind me, just marking my spot!
If they made Evans thing of the week for girls, I'd so buy those pants in a heartbeat
Thanks for the happy birthday my birthday is in 4 days and I am happy for it and happy that you wished me a happy birthday,( I know that you always say it, but anything you say hallway feels so personal.) :)
I'm interested in building a catio.. would you recommend chicken wire or mesh?
Hi I love you guys
Also, am I blind or do I not see the stretchy pants, which are Evan's thing of the week? Could you please share that link with us? :)
I vote katelyn should voice cartoon characters. She's good at it... My favorite so far is the guy on animal crossing ☺️🤟
But why must all clear plastics be brittle?!
I'd love to be able to see stuff but I'm heavily invested in Rubbermaid totes because they're virtually indestructible. All clear plastic totes will eventually crack and break especially in the cold, unless you exclusively work with light stuff like fabrics AND don't toss your totes around.
I understand Evans aversion to pants especially in texas but some kids in my grade use the same argument on 5 degree days in colorado
And also with the awkward thing i have to run around too
Forget 1 measuring tape you need at least t so that when you want to measure something you can find one.
lol I always have to hide my face when it gets awkward in movies or shows! . I can't handle the AWK.
If you want to get in to super organizing the workshop, then you might want to look at alexandre chappel's channel.
Level 👏 your 👏 workbench
I have a picture. Hanging. Emergency. 😬
WHAT IF INSTEAD OF 'PODCAST', THEY CALLED IT A 'PODCATS'! 🙀
Duct tape whoo ooh
I disagree. Everyone needs hearing protection if they are going to do something loud. Anything that you need to raise your voice to speak over is too loud to do without hearing protection. You have only one pair of ears. As an audiologist I see so much preventable hearing loss. Hearing protection is just an important as safety glasses.
And it's SO EASY to just pop on some wrap-around safety glasses, earmuffs or in-ear plugs, and breathing protection when there's even a hint of risk.
My social and professional circle includes a lot of adrenaline junkies, (
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MRX copycat? wow ThAtS nEw.
i cant have a cat because my family is alergic but job makes me feel like I have one
*Joob
If you want the full experience, be sure to set up a litter box and have another family member splash in ammonia-based cleaner and add tootsie roll "presents" at regular intervals!
So early
Qqa
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First comment?
Yeah lol this actually is the first comment
@@preethikashan all right 😎