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Re:Repair and Remain: How to do the slow, hard, good work of... by Domenic_S on Monday August 12, 2024 @01:45PM (#41227242)
I feel seen. I can't stand drywall work - although I'll do a patch'n'texture that's too small to hire out if i absolutely have to. The folks who do drywall for a living are magicians that can knock out the job 5x faster than me, and 20x better. I'll pay all day.

Electrical on the other hand I find to be a blast. It's more a hobby than a chore, although there are some things I won't touch, like running conduit for lv or installing a sizable solar system. The pros are just so good at it.

Cars too - I'll change every fluid, do brake jobs, install short shift kits, dashcams, even got a windows VM running so I could use old software to read OBD-I codes on my old car. But timing or a top-end rebuild.. I leave that to the pros.

I think there's something to be said for doing like 80% of the things yourself even when you can afford more. It's so gratifying to do even a simple job and when it's done, it's done. It's so unlike most of our day-to-day that's full of multi-month efforts that depend on other people.

Re:Repair and Remain: How to do the slow, hard, good work of... by bongodongobob on Monday August 12, 2024 @02:34PM (#41227805)
You can do timing, it's definitely shade mechanic level, not hard at all. Just need a timing light and tachometer.