Are you handy??

[JamesT]

Originally Posted by thekunk07

yeah, i don't have the excess cash to **** around. i know my limitations.

I don't either. If anything, I shouldn't be attempting these projects in the first place.

 

[JLibourel]

I should probably not be trusted with any tool more sophisticated or delicate than a crowbar! I think it may be innate: My stepson is extremely handy. When I first knew him, he wasn't as good as I was at the same age (8-9), but by the time he was 13 or so, he was much more talented than I am now. My wife tells me his father wasn't handy, so I am inclined to think he inherited it from her father.

 

[Jumbie]

Nope. I can't do ****. Wish I could but never learned. Oh well, one day I'll hopefully have enough $ to pay someone to do it for me.

 

[Eason]

I'm not good with traditional craft things, but I'm very clever. I can fix things with limited resources, or come up with out of the box solutions other people usually wouldn't think of. I can also build damn near anything out of legos, though I haven't tried for 8 years or so.

 

[rxcats]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

I should probably not be trusted with any tool more sophisticated or delicate than a crowbar! I think it may be innate: My stepson is extremely handy. When I first knew him, he wasn't as good as I was at the same age (8-9), but by the time he was 13 or so, he was much more talented than I am now. My wife tells me his father wasn't handy, so I am inclined to think he inherited it from her father.

I think you may be right. No one ever showed me how to do any "handy" stuff. My father can't screw in a light bulb. He always asks me how I know how to do these things; it totally baffles him. My mom was adopted; maybe I get it from her father.

 

[Jumbie]

Originally Posted by Eason

I'm not good with traditional craft things, but I'm very clever. I can fix things with limited resources, or come up with out of the box solutions other people usually wouldn't think of. I can also build damn near anything out of legos, though I haven't tried for 8 years or so.

MacGuyver?

 

[dl20]

My brother is an MD training others at an Ivy league school hospital and a few months back I had the pleasure of watching him try to assemble an Ikea 6 bottle wine rack that west24 could have put together. When it was "done" it looked like a rhombus, had hammer marks on it (though it didnt require nails) and 1/2 the screws were still sticking out

dl

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

I should probably not be trusted with any tool more sophisticated or delicate than a crowbar! I think it may be innate: My stepson is extremely handy. When I first knew him, he wasn't as good as I was at the same age (8-9), but by the time he was 13 or so, he was much more talented than I am now. My wife tells me his father wasn't handy, so I am inclined to think he inherited it from her father.

Originally Posted by rxcats

I think you may be right. No one ever showed me how to do any "handy" stuff. My father can't screw in a light bulb. He always asks me how I know how to do these things; it totally baffles him. My mom was adopted; maybe I get it from her father.

I think it skips generations. My dad is notoriously un-handy but I've taken to it pretty well. Both grandfathers were major DIY-er's.

 

[West24]

Originally Posted by Thomas

I think it skips generations. My dad is notoriously un-handy but I've taken to it pretty well. Both grandfathers were major DIY-er's.

wait, are we talking about down syndrome?

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by West24

wait, are we talking about down syndrome?

Good with tools, down syndrome. I can never tell the two apart.

 

[West24]

Originally Posted by Thomas

Good with tools, down syndrome. I can never tell the two apart.

me neither!

 

[BDC2823]

Originally Posted by GoSurface

Now I've got that Christina Aguilera song "Handyman" stuck in my head.

I believe you mean "Candyman".

I am pretty handy around the house as far as fixing things and the basics. Woodworking, as the OP spoke about, would be a great skill to acquire.

 

[Jumbie]

Originally Posted by dl20

My brother is an MD training others at an Ivy league school hospital and a few months back I had the pleasure of watching him try to assemble an Ikea 6 bottle wine rack that west24 could have put together. When it was "done" it looked like a rhombus, had hammer marks on it (though it didnt require nails) and 1/2 the screws were still sticking out

dl

So no Orthopedic Surgery for him then?

That actually brings up a point I've pondered in the past. Ortho is basically carpentry (I'm not kidding) yet there is no "practical exam" to get into it. Instead, they rely on test score i.e. you need high test scores to even be considered. Given that someone can be book smart yet suck at working with their hands it makes one wonder...

 

[JamesT]

Originally Posted by Jumbie

That actually brings up a point I've pondered in the past. Ortho is basically carpentry (I'm not kidding) yet there is no "practical exam" to get into it. Instead, they rely on test score i.e. you need high test scores to even be considered. Given that someone can be book smart yet suck at working with their hands it makes one wonder...

My Mother has eight screws in her ankle from slipping on some ice and from viewing the x-rays, I think I have to agree with you.

 

[Huntsman]

I can do...like anything. Residential electrical installations, wiring and troubleshooting of AC or DC circuits, from breaker installation to data acquisition and signal processing. Can do plumbing of any sort, though I find it incredibly boring. Can do anything that you'd do when building a house, though I'm not good at serious concrete work. Can rip an engine apart and reassemble without 'extra' components leftover, and naturally any of the usual maintenance, brakes, whatever. I don't mess with automotive A/C or rebuild transmissions though. I'm a reasonably competent woodworker and cabinetmaker as well as general carpenter, and I trained to be a machinist for a time. My welding skills, however, are really deficient.

I had a great father, who taught me all this stuff.

~ H