Basic homestead (but non-gardening) tools

[Joel_BC]

I may be risking being identified as the SS "tool freak" but I wanted to post these videos for those who do handy-person tasks, or are starting to do them. Basic demos of how-to, the most commonly needed tools and keeping them handy...

Lots of project-oriented vids showing processes (skills) and the tools required:
www.youtube.com/user/HomeRemodelWorkshop
A very cool combination screwdriver discussion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3fn2zJ_pE

Youtube "prepper" carpenter's hand tools (mainly visual). Many of them still interesting even totally apart from a disaster-type scenario.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8sWHO6Gqsc&feature=related

Basic mechanic's small (hand) tools - from England, I think:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwvgZ3lLCs

Youtube vids about tool boxes for common tool/supply storage:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwvgZ3lLCs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A92xRw3Sf8

A little tour of a guy's pretty-well organized home workshop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WaJnSuohyI&feature=related

(Please forgive and forget any ad/promo at the start of some vids - BTW, sometimes you can click and get rid of the promo. The informative portion will be the lengthier part, even when promo shows up at the start.)

Tools - and skills to use them, actually - are essential to modern homesteading. It's well known that three hundred years ago most people lived on farms/homesteads and had comparatively few tools - but life was less technologically oriented then, general standard of living was lower, and a lot was done using horses or oxen - and besides, there were specialists like blacksmiths, carpenters, and masons around who were shared among all the local villagers. Those guys were the ones who had to know about tools. These days, it all comes down to ourselves, our friends and neighbors, and sometimes professionals that you hire.

Anyhow, this is definitely only a starting point. And you will add what you feel would contribute to the basic tools thread here.

 

[Beekissed]

Our very own ToolMan! 'Bout time....

 

[BarredBuff]

Very nice to have tool wise guy! I have several antique ones I use fairly often........

 

[Marianne]

Oh good deal. Thanks!

 

[moxies_chickennuggets]

 

[~gd]

I may be risking being identified as the SS "tool freak" but I wanted to post these videos for those who do handy-person tasks, or are starting to do them. Basic demos of how-to, the most commonly needed tools and keeping them handy...

Lots of project-oriented vids showing processes (skills) and the tools required:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HomeRemodelWorkshop
A very cool combination screwdriver discussion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3fn2zJ_pE

Youtube "prepper" carpenter's hand tools (mainly visual). Many of them still interesting even totally apart from a disaster-type scenario.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8sWHO6Gqsc&feature=related

Basic mechanic's small (hand) tools - from England, I think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwvgZ3lLCs

Youtube vids about tool boxes for common tool/supply storage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwvgZ3lLCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A92xRw3Sf8

(Please forgive and forget any ad/promo at the start of some vids - BTW, sometimes you can click and get rid of the promo. The informative portion will be the lengthier part, even when promo shows up at the start.)

Tools - and skills to use them, actually - are essential to modern homesteading. It's well known that three hundred years ago most people lived on farms/homesteads and had comparatively few tools - but life was less technologically oriented then, general standard of living was lower, and a lot was done using horses or oxen - and besides, there were specialists like blacksmiths, carpenters, and masons around who were shared among all the local villagers. ThoseBasic homestead (but non-gardening) tools guys were the ones who had to know about tools. These days, it all comes down to ourselves, our friends and neighbors, and sometimes professionals that you hire.

Anyhow, this is definitely only a starting point. And you will add what you feel would contribute to the basic tools thread here.

Is it just me? only the first link would open! all the others opened on a screen that said "NOT VALID" Bummer!

 

[ohiogoatgirl]

same for me. only the first link would go... :/

 

[Joel_BC]

Oh, dear! :/ That's very strange. Some weird technicality!

It's as though YouTube wants you to find these videos while you're on their site - not be directed to them by way of a page, like this one, on another site.

Well, if one of the moderators knows how to solve this problem with the links as I've given them, then great! If not, I guess I can re-identify each of the titles of the vids and put them on an additional post here on this thread. I saved my "url history" from yesterday, so I could go through and get all the vid titles.

What say, moderators? :/

 

[Marianne]

I just did a copy and paste on one of those links - put it in the address bar on a new page and it went right to the video.

 

[Joel_BC]

Oh!