/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Sound engineer and carpenter/joiner/furniture maker

And yes.

I'm a mechanical engineer and make these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT-91_Twardy
Or, more accurately, work for the company that makes them. I'm more of a "make sure the assembly line doesn't fall apart" kind of guy.

Turns out there's not much /diy/ tank building, but I suppose my education is somewhat more in line with my hobbies.

electronics and automation engineering student, last year
basically /diy/ school

I am poor.

I'm a parasite or leech if you prefer

very much so since I have lots of free time to enjoy on many projects.

I'm a propane salesman but DIY is one of my main hobbies.

I even taught shop briefly.

>>43184
Hank?

>>43184
picture related.


OnT: student in communication science.

>>43333

The worst part is, is that actually is my first name. I try to get people to call me by my middle name so I don't have to hear all the king of the hill jokes.

>>43141
how does one get into building tanks?

>>43342
same here
I do girly stuff, everyone gets jelly of my origamy stars and can ashtrays

Technical Theatre, Entertainment Technician (usually lighting and electrics)

>>43342
You're kidding me

High School IB classes for education. No work or college yet.

No it doesn't. If anything school frowned upon doing stuff yourself since all I ever did was work work work work motherfucking work.

Computer Science

Kinda

Mathematician. It actually interferes with the diy stuff.

Electrical Engineer (Canadian)

Biology student, but changing to architecture next year.

>>43692
Albertan EE reporting in. Yes it helps with my projects, since they usually involve electricity.

Envr Science student.

Re-use and recycle like a motherfucker

wow, no machinists?

Wood machinist here. One of the quality ones, however, not like the CNC machine operators or the mill workers who claim they're machinists, but really don't know when a bearing is gone in a machine from looking at the blade.

guess i earned being proud of this trade, been doing it 3 n a half years.

>Canadian EEs

sweet, did you guys do the ritual of the calling of an engineer?

Audio engineer, no profession, still studying, might drop it and go for something with a usable degree though I like coasting

Probably does help with /diy/ but I'm stupid so oh well

>>44090
I kinda did that. 1 half of my audio degree aquired at sae. Spent six months in asia. Get inspired. Come back and become furniture maker.

I'm an EMT so I guess I DIY my own health care sometimes

>>44098
Yeah, I dunno, I love music, it's the only thing I devote most of my time too, but I am so discouraged for my future when we are constantly told there is no money, get a real job, get a real education etc. etc. etc. You're right, I need inspiration. Fuck.

>>44083
Sure did!

Lost my first ring at ultimate frisbee but then I got one that fits a bit tighter.

>>44110
>>44110
Yeah but carpentry is no better. Lowest paidtrade in australia... But at least i can build my own studio.

>>43118
Education - Graduated High school (barely), Tried college finished a few classes ended up dropping most, I can't sit there and listen to the bullshit most teachers and professors spew.
Profession - Professional automotive tech, self taught. but previously in retail and restaurant management. Always wanted to be an entrepreneur and inventor though. I may try to develop tools specific to certain automotive procedures to make them faster and easier, already have a few tools in mind.

I studied one year for Electronics technician (2 years for the degree).. but ended up not finishing, but I can make the electrical instalation of a house if I need to, or repair a DVD..

>>44141
How do you repair a dvd? I use toothpaste or mr sheen.

>>44118
Are you well versed in the art of acoustics? If not, good luck building a studio that actually sounds good

>>44165
I'm an audio engineer.... As stated earlier.... Well done

>>44158
I finished electronics technician and im currently taking technology. Honestly, if I were you I would go take an electricians course. The money is great and you would have a heard start in terms of electrical knowledge. I wish I did that instead.

>>44075

I was too busy ranting and forgot to add that it proves massively useful in any DIY projects. I've built a mezzanine floor, bed, shelving unit and i'm in the middle of designing a wardrobe to fit under the mezzanine floor ;D

>>44179
Good stuff. Gonna start my own furniture company with my newly aquired skills.

some degrees/bartender

yes, to great excess

Chemical Engineer.

The only DIY stuff I can do with my education is make a wood gasifier, brew beer, distil booze, and make drugs.

Everything else is at a minimum pilot plant scale. They cost few million dollars and is the size of a 53 ft trailer or a small house. Full size production plants take up hundreds/thousands of acres and run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

>>44195
Forgot to add

I do hope to brew some beer in the future in addition to converting a truck to run on wood gas. If I felt like doing illegal stuff I would make LSD.

>>44195
>The only DIY stuff I can do with my education is make a wood gasifier, brew beer, distil booze, and make drugs.

Sounds pretty damn good to me! Also, don't forget explosives.

>>44195

how do you make a wood gasifier? that sounds... interesting, and most probably useful for people who want to make a forge but can't afford propane/coke

>>44209
I have a background in organic chem, but it is nothing compared to what a chemistry major learns.

Stuff like LSD would be a long shot, but I can read a synth and know what to do. Same for explosives

My friend who is an EE can do much more with his education than I can

rail guns
multi-stage coil guns
big banks of caps just to blow stuff up(easy, but he has big caps)
ect.

>>44212
the only thing it's good for is running an internal combustion engine on wood

>>44212
http://www.allpowerlabs.org/gasification/resources/papers/FAO72.pdf

The UN published a lengthy guide on them.

There are also other sources

http://wiki.gekgasifier.com/w/page/9872593/Inventory%20of%20Online%20Wood%20Gas%20Generator%20Plans

I have only played around with wood gas a bit. All I can recommend is that you never use pine to fuel them ever, unless you love tar.

>>44223
There is a design out there for a wood gas stove

http://e-woodgasstove.blogspot.com/

They give them out like candy in africa because they cut down on wood use and produce less CO.

Also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZitudZB7Xo

now I want to build one this weekend.

funimployed bum

tech school and some college in electronics
I worked for 5 years in a steel fab shop doing drafting/fabrication and some machine shop work.
the drafting and machine shop experience is very helpful

couldn't tell you on the electronics. I've been doing it so long, I can't even remember what It was like without the knowledge.I do use the math a lot though.

Teacher

I build shit with my pupils for shit and giggles. Good paycheck as well.

If the pupils are acting like assholes I tell them to go fuck themselves and kick them out of the school.

EE student here

It helps alot with my projects but i already started working with electronics before going to college

Industrial Maintenance Tech, primarily do electrical and occasionally PLCs. But I can do mechanical and pipe fitting as well. I'm just not as good at it, since my job hasn't really required it the way the shop is broke down, and the union contract is, you pretty much have to do your hired craft and only that craft.

Dat Mechatronics

>education
comp sci (dropped out right before graduating)
>profession
carpenter/handyman/landlord

>Does either help you in your DIYstuff?
what do you think?

im far from being the smartest person in the room but 99% of what i know now has come from practical experience and my own research.

Undergoing Bachelors in Architecture.

Interior systems, general carpentry and construction.

It means building structures of all kinds and learning where to order weird shit isn't a problem. Efficient working methods and reading the tape right are a given when I'm working on my own stuff. Pretty much everything else in the diy-world is unrelated to what I do though.

I'm surprised there are so few tradespeople here.

Industrial designer graduate, ask me anything you want related of course

>>44497
Specisificaly lamp and furniture related steel manufacturing and design. What is your experience?

>>44318
>I'm surprised there are so few tradespeople here.
mechanic fag from>>44135
it really sucks coming home from working on cars all day, then doing more projects or working on your own car, it really takes the fun out of it.
I'm guessing that engineers and other people that work in labs and at desks all day get to screw around a lot more and think about stuff that they would like to do, they also don't use a lot of energy at work so they actually have some when they get home rather than being tired and dirty and not wanting to do anything.
of course when I have had a project I'm excited about I will come home and start working on it right away after a full day of work and stay in the garage for another 5 or 6 hours only taking a short break to eat. then finally come inside, shower, and pass out.

>>44610
Machinist fag here. I know that feel bro.
"oh your a machinist, it must be neat to be able to make whatever you want at will"
NO. Custom and prototype work is extremely time consuming, physically and mentally demanding and when you scrap out a part you spent 25 hours working on it can make any project horrible and kill your drive.
"Its not that hard, you just push a button"
BS, most one-sie two-sie stuff is done on manual equipment as it would take twice as long or longer to write a program, set up, run one or two scrap parts dialing your dimensions in, and then forget to change a cutter comp offset and mill through a important pocket. Multiply that by multiple setups, rinse and repeat.
Though it is nice when I get a project done, 50% of my projects will get put back in my tool box for at least 2 months or until I'm not longer pissed for scraping a important part.

BS - Physics Computer programmer.

It helps, but I have always done DIY stuff.

Studied computers and programming languages since childhood and in school, am a programmer/sysadmin.
Understanding assembly and logic helps with microcontrollers.
Everything else I just learn by reading, watching, and doing.

>>44610
pretty much hit it right... mechanical engineer here, and its damn handy. since we dont do much of any physical labor on the job (usually company rules) im not completely thrashed when I get home. and as for the schooling, we learn how to math out a problem beforehand - estimates and planning are big parts of the job, and helps with DIY (same thing, just smaller scale)

and most helpful - some of us have close contact with a wide range of senior tradesmen...the guys with experience that can tell you how to actually DO anything - the tricks of the trade are never in a book

tl;dr: engineer, fuck yes

Masters in Chem Engineering

>>44824
mechanic fag here again,
yep, pretty much sums up what I think about engineers doing all day when I have to repair the stupid crap that they designed poorly. I'm pretty sure they do some stuff intentionally and that automotive engineers somehow despise mechanics. Maybe butthurt from a repair bill? when will you guys stop designing cars with only the assembly process in mind? When you use the cheapest possible materials parts actually have to be replaced eventually, so you shouldn't make everything interfere with everything else if you don't have to.

Currently working on a BS in CS. Currently employed as a roofer and have been in the trades (mostly as a carpenter) for the last ~9 years.

And yup, I like making things, just in general. I'd like to make a hobby of electronics. So that, the construction experience and the comp sci will hopefully allow me to make more complicated things. When I have time... work/school full-time sucks.

Yet another EE. It appears that a DIY forum on 4chan is somehow attracting to the EE crowd. I couldn't imagine why.

Linguist (speech pathology)

Not really. Sometimes it helps in minute ways.

Currently doing undergrad computer & network engineering (finished 1st year as of yesterday), and working in a call centre. Aside from getting the hang of soldering, I would say neither is of use. But then again, I'm more of DIY crafter than electronic/woodwork/metalwork-er

>>44837

blame management

At least I think... ME in training right hurr

Currently a Mechanical Engineering. I'm currently designing/building our schools SAE baja car which has helped me learn quite a bit of shit. As well I've taken a machining class and will be taking a CNC class next year.

>>45064

samefag

and so far.. no not really. course the first year or two at my uni is bullshit

im a neurosurgeon

i like to do stuff on my own, and im good with my hands

Future California Game Warden

2nd year Welder, and I have no hobbies.

registered nurse... hate my job, picked the wrong career... shoulda been an engi :(

Sony service engineer

>>45161
You'd fuckin wanna ba good with your hands!

Architecture, so yeak.

art major, took a break with 18 unrelated credits to go. I think half the time it interferes with me makin' shit, honestly.

Architect specialized in energy efficient homes. I'm also the supervisor when it's time to build those buildings. Where i live there's almost no one that know how to properly build an energy efficient home. (Sorry for my english)

physiotherapy

NO.

but i like DIY a lot so i manage to fit it in my time

I am currently on secondary electrotechnical school

>>44244

I've been thinking of doing a double major in History/Computer Science and then becoming a teacher. History cause it's fun as fuck and comp sci cause it's fun as fuck and I could teach math and computers.

Is being a teacher great? What do you teach?

>>45545
I know that feel. I'm in a diploma course for Banking & Finance. Everyday when I pass by the soulless bank promoters trying to get people to sign up for cards, I pray with all my heart that I won't end up there.