On Craftsmanship

[gnuwalnutknightParticipant 57]

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I’ve been learning how to cook, craft tools, repair my car, and design furniture for myself recently, and the money I’ve saved by rejecting deals or sales after understanding the concepts of building and craftsmanship is impressive.

I’m an amateur, but I do get a sense of pride when I can make something and believe in it to work for me. Not only that, I can design everything for me the way I want it to work for me with the materials I want to use.

Technology and machinery has improved to where manufacturers, engineers, and project managers can interactive with their customer base in real time to make design improvements. With this, they can cut out unnecessary expenses and provide a very good product with great value. If you’re skilled enough you can make do with humble hardware.

If you have deep pockets, you can certainly buy an Heirloom Precision 1911, a Salient Arms Gry, a Randal Model 1 and a folding knife with a handle made from a solid slab of titanium and a Damascus and carbon fiber welded blade. But you have to also take into account if it gets misplaced, stolen, broken, or lost in transit to you, you’re out several thousand dollars. Don’t get me started on how I see people react when they lose a historical piece, or if their wife founds out they spent 2,000 dollars on a knife or pistol.

There really isn’t any excuse to not know how to take care of yourself or to do simple home repairs. The openness of the Internet and generosity of people have given a wealth of information that’s accessible to you anytime of the day. Whether it’s on YouTube, a random blog or forum, or MIT’s Open Course, the information is at your fingertips to take advantage of.

But people instead put their entire lives at their fingertips into their smart phone, then upload their deepest darkest secrets to some company that profits at your expense, and then become clinically depressed when they can’t make the distinction that people only upload their highlights in their lives and not 99% of the other hardships, boring, and trivial labor that goes on in the background.
If you spent enough time messing around on Facebook as you did in studying and improving your well being, you could accomplish a lot.

Some of my red pills came from seeing how people act on Facebook versus how they interact with me in person. They also do that stupid thing where they’re like, “OMG stop Facebook stalking me! You creep!” when they’re a product of the world’s number data broker.

[GregB0Participant]

The generations of craftsman ended in the 1800’s and we as a civilization have been the worse for it.

Mass production is a cancer that continues to grow and will ultimately be the downfall of urban life.

Kudos on your desire to DIY and not rely on the shelves of the big box to provide.

​"​My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.​" - Clarence Buddinton Kelland

[Anonymous 7]

My absolute favorite ‘reality’ show was The Woodwrights Shop with Roy Underhill.

Basically Mr. Underhill uses antique or replica of antiques hand tools to build s~~~.

The only power machine I’ve seen used on the show was when he visits a Blacksmith that has an electric blower for the bellows.

One show he even made his own lumber for a project.

Woodwright’s Shop 1986 – Lap Desk (Part 1)

Woodwright’s Shop 1986 – Lap Desk (Part 2)

[bladeParticipant]

gnuwalnutknight wrote:

I’ve been learning how to cook, craft tools, repair my car, and design furniture for myself recently,

A really good tool dude to take a look at is a dremel . We had a thread ages ago on it . Solomon uses it on his car . I used it for carving and making tables .

AMAZING TOOL THE DREMEL

THE PLANTATION HAS NOW TURNED INTO THE KILLING FIELDS . WOMAN ARE NOW ROLLING CAMBODIAN STYLE .

[KeymasterKeymaster]

gnuwalnutknight wrote:

### Please delete if it’s a duplicate since I’m having trouble posting.

Hi WK.. Your post just was held back in pending by the filter. Published it as soon as it was noticed, pushed it to the front, and deleted the dupe right away. Thank you.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[Anonymous 11]

I look at homes built in the Victorian Era, and they are still standing. I look at these modern McMansions and wonder if they’ll ever last as long an abandoned camper trailer will.

Craftsmanship is punished these days. The owners of capital want to maximize short term profits while the customers don’t give a f~~~ and want only the lowest price.

[MrMeParticipant 651]

I may be too young to think about those things but, im thinking of owning as little as possible.

I like the idea of possessing the skills to build what you need for yourself and being completely self reliant in life. University should be done for me in a year and I was thinking of going into engineering afterwards (not for a job, for learning mostly) but as you said: the information is out there in books, on the internet, in online workshops…

Knowledge is power, we are gifted enough to live in a time where access to such knowledge is as easy as ever. We can use those communicative tools to post pictures of our asses to get likes on facebook or to follow the instructions of an expert craftman so we can better ourselves.

But still, I am a student, full of debts, I own nothing but a laptop, a computer, a TV and a 800$ suit and I would like to keep it that way. Renting is looked down uppon and I believe this to be just one of the many shaming tactics society impose on us. Learning new skills is awesome and I encourage you to do it but me right now, I don’t need anything more than what I have right here right now.

[Anonymous 42]

GregB0 wrote:

The generations of craftsman ended in the 1800’s and we as a civilization have been the worse for it.

I have to disagree with that, the availability of advanced materials, tools, and equipment combined with instruction from master craftsmen on the web makes available to one’s fingertips direct focus on what he needs for tools and how to use them properly.

I spent my time always increasing my knowledge and tooling.

I can move metal around with great efficiency from many years of experience and the right tools. Metal shaping is an art that’s all based on tool and dye and forge with a blend of ingenuity.
I have woodworking tools also, an industrial shaper, plainer, table saw, band saw, scroll saw, drum and belt sanders, and a slew of carbide shaping and router bits. I don’t buy trim and finished hardwood lumber, I make it from hand select rough cut.

On the metal shop side I have 4 welders, metal band saw, chop saw, brake, sheer, drill press, Pexto forging irons, streacher, shrinker, air plainisher, clamps, hammers, dollies, roller, and English wheel. (and a ton of other s~~~).

Plus a few years ago I/we learned how to mix and make chemical compound fertilizer (THANK-YOU INTERNET). Atomic math, cations/anions conversion methods and numbers, hepta, penta, di, mono, ratios, requirements, and that s~~~! I plan on frying up the last of my peppers harvested just before the killer frost we had the other day.

I can’t name all the s~~~ I know how to do! machinist, steel plate fabrication, sheetmetal shapping, planishing, riveting, and welding. I learned allot of my sheetmetal skills from a world renowned sheet metal fabricator.

I have shapper bits that can cut out the necessary panels for raised panel doors and cabinets. There is no f~~~ing way I could be this creative without electricity and the tools that consume it! But that’s not to say throw the hand tools away, they’re always needed for the final touches! I could easily fill a 40 ft trailer with my tools!

Now that my friend is building his garage I’ll be on the lookout for a lathe, Bridgeport and miller, maybe some other stuff too!

I’m the kind of guy that can create a bulldozer from hell! Complete with cannons! I can even mix my own powder from the chemicals I have on hand from the fertilizer raw ingredients!

Good thing I’m a nice guy that can take allot s~~~!

[Anonymous 1]

Anonymous wrote:

Craftsmanship is punished these days. The owners of capital want to maximize short term profits while the customers don’t give a f~~~ and want only the lowest price.

I see that all the time in my day. Motors from the 50-60’s still running.
Pipe fitting you strip the threads out of because the iron is so cheap. Planned obsolescence.

But yet we come up with all this green bs. Who needs everything in their house connected to their phone. I installed a dimmer light switch recently with over 20 programmable settings. $120 for a light switch

[Old BuckParticipant 3596]

Take a class at a local tech school.

You will learn new skills and have access to the tools of the trade.

Don't chase tail. Turn yours around, walk away, and live free!

[MgtowWaveParticipant 4352]

Guys

Wouldnt it be fukn awesome if

MEN

Could just hang out with

MEN

and teach

MEN

and learn from

MEN

All kinds of Crafts and Craftsmanship from how to build things all the way to computer hardware and software to financial knowledge and investments to mechanics to things culinary to wilderness survival to

You know just about everything ?

Because just about ALL of these kinds of knowledge and learning came from

MEN …..

BUT……….

And i mean a BIG BUT

Well at least MGTOW dont let women run their lives .

i believe

frankly my dear i don't give a damn

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