Been nose on the grindstone recently. Totally reorganizing my work for the scale company (inherited it with a shitty plywood box in the back…don’t get me started). Also set up my weight cart to carry cleaning supplies now, using a couple self tappers and a Toughbuilt Cliptech pouch lol.
I said last year, when I started this gig, that I kind of count it as a trade but I wasn’t getting the tradesman vibe from most of my coworkers, and that has only continued to prove true. As I’ve learned what we are actually expected to do vs what they do, it was very silly of me to think I could snag this job, keep my head down and just be the reliable quiet employee that neither gets the spotlight nor gets the paddle…I can’t lower myself to the level of shortcut taking these guys have been and continue to do, it’s wild.
#Handyman #WeighBetter #Tools #SkilledTrades #GrowNostr 
This is why I run a 50yd zero on my 5.56 rifles. 50yd zero is same/similar at 300 and at most 1.5” hold up or down. So, any realistic distance I have basically a 3” circle without having to do any quick mental gymnastics.
Traded a scrap engine for a trailer the other day. Took my buddy’s service truck instead of mine causes he’s got a better crane, making moving the 70’s era 318 and transmission far easier to move. Get up there, offload the engine, and realized we hadn’t brought a hitch…good thing we were in a service truck lol. Managed to improvise a hitch good enough to get us down the road to the Northern Tool….at a max of 25mph lol https://video.nostr.build/edd0171aa11112ab228662c6c301d36cca2e2af72079f562283ca20c7af9a318.mp4
Such a great movie
At least those come out. Water wipes fight tooth and nail to stay in the package
WITNESS MEEEEEHHH!!!!
Do it. You know you want to.
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I prefer this version:
Built some 2” pipe handrails for the side hustle today, and realized I was kind of tired of my cheap apron just swinging all around at the bottom. Got home, got supper and put the youngins and wife to bed, now I’m up after cutting and stitching on my apron to turn it into a split leg style and make the pockets more functional lol
And yes, I’m in the floor in my kitchen.
#Handyman #Leather #DIY #SkilledTrades #Welding #ToolsOfTheTrades #Insomniac #GrowNostr 
My wife was on a podcast a while back, the episode just came out a couple weeks ago. Thought I’d share it here.
PS: there’s actually quite a bit edited out of this episode, like the fact we cut contact with my mom and had to move a couple months prior to my dad passing, and that in December after my first daughter was born I had to have my Australian shepherd, who had been with me for almost exactly a decade, put down.
Yeah that sounds like some shit me and my buddy would do. That crane on the back of my truck is actually off an engine hoist, welded to a hub assembly from an early 90’s dodge diesel for the pivot lol
The ol #TruggaDugga got to earn its keep yesterday, and I got to practice with that ol hot rod Lincoln we mounted. Probably the first time I’ve melted a stick in 10 years or better. Took a couple tips from my boy Evan and I was back to laying decent beads.
#SkilledTrades #Handyman #ServiceTruck #FiatMiner #MobileWelding https://video.nostr.build/527bcc38bdb088fd066a8fb4fb80ef0f13326063a175f3040849e086f82463e6.mp4 
I knew something was off about the whole thing lol
