I would say DIY is alive and well in NZ and every other country.
geoff_m,
Mar 31, 5:01am
The Mens Shed organisation is a start - to learn how to use gear and chat with other blokes https://menzshed.org.nz/ Pretty sure any younger folk would be welcome as well.
I couldn't be without my shed. It is my safety valve. It ah salso allowed me to fix so many things that either I could not afford to replace or would not have in the first place. You certainly get some odd looks from some people when you see a simple repair and say "why don't you just wel;d / fix/ etc that"? It is a different way of thinking.
mrfxit,
Mar 31, 5:30am
Oh heck yes, I get "that look" a lot from a lot of ppl, but then again, I often get a pat on the back from ppl in th eir 40's onwards. Not so much the younger ppl but they are pretty happy to see their cast off's being recycled instead of dumped. Awesome to see a lot of mid 20's ppl dropping gear off.
Got a top line paper shredder here that just needs the end of a drive cog pin welded on to the base plate to keep it going. It's got a 100 sheet feeder bin on top
apollo11,
Mar 31, 5:46am
Builders are notorious for biffing gear when they have bought a shiny replacement. I have a Dewalt drop saw and stand that was pulled out of the trash, a Metabo hammer drill that needed a new lead etc. Vacuum cleaners get biffed when the filters get clogged. Wash the filters- good as new. Extension leads get biffed when they reach a certain age. There is a lot of waste in our society.
matarautrader,
Apr 1, 7:04am
Its not all bad. We have 2 double garages. I use one building / working on hot rods and our son works on lots of early Jap stuff, 74 Corolla, Datsun 1200, Mk 1 Golfs ( x 3 ) 72 Hiace and others. I think we have 11 cars parked at home at the moment
gph1961,
Apr 1, 7:16am
will you tell me about the Golfs?
gamefisher,
Apr 1, 8:00am
They are fishing catching a feed for Whanau or watching Yachts flying past.
esprit,
Apr 1, 10:18am
I'm bucking the trend here. Central Auckland and have a 150sqm internal access, high stud garage with hoist. Only problem is I'm stuck here now as I'll never find anything close to it in the city that's not silly money.
trogedon,
Apr 2, 5:30am
There is an Auckland hobbyist collective that rent a large area and have set it up with machinery etc for people to use. My friend is part of it and does furniture (he gave us a very nice chopping board) and a great puppet theatre for a local school. He lives in St Heliers and I think it's near there.
mk3zephyr,
Apr 2, 5:46am
Got timber on the floor in the shed to build another work bench so that's good friday sorted, Got my next project about to start, Making a small sand blast cabinet out of an old Wash tub.
bill1451,
Apr 2, 6:06am
good on ya Mk3 maybe the kiwi DIY man in his shed is alive and well after all, Mind you I think the younger gen could learn a bit from us geriatrics, I am 70 yrs young.
ronaldo8,
Apr 2, 6:35am
Ditto, although mines free standing and I'm a lot further north west. Its not possible to move, I'd never be able to replace the workshop, they'll have to pry my gear and the space for it from my cold dead hands.
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/1516116802.jpg full until I got crook, sold the lot. Now I await my TX3i, when it comes back from painting it'll be on the quick lift for suspension work engine out, belts pump and clutch, get the headers perfomance coated.
gph1961,
Apr 3, 4:36am
what is that red vehicle?
reb53,
Apr 3, 5:13am
If Carjam is correct, 1967 Cortina.
kecal,
Apr 3, 5:24am
I just built a 12 x 9 shed(Total span) I've always had a garage but not enough space to park a car a have projects as well , we shifted out of Napier and went rural , it was the only way to get what we wanted , too much of a throw away life now but intend to fix up a mini we have had in parts for several years, no neighbours so no noise worries. just completing wether to get 3 phase installed as well, as electrician coming Tuesday
saki,
Apr 3, 11:36pm
1967 cortina GT 1500 precross flow
ronaldo8,
Apr 4, 4:32am
If you can, I'd get it. So many more options for machines. Think of it this way, what you will save by not doing it you will end up spending by not being able to snap up one of the many three phase bargains that pop up every time someone goes bust. Not to mention smoother power, the greater loads it makes possible and better efficiency.
esprit,
Apr 5, 7:34pm
I've got three phase, it's bloody handy. Also great for the house. means I can have instant electric on demand water heating. All the convenience of gas but without the hassles.
steve56467,
Apr 6, 9:42am
Had the same thought as the first post many times I don’t think it’s a generation thing, definitely this is a city slicker/ rural town thing. Add to that the commercial interest of locking out the end user, particularly in respect to cars technology Millennials I’ve met can’t believe I’ve done things simple like clean a lawnmower carb,, renovate my own kitchen and bathroom, adjust a motorbike chain tension, change car oil etc. Basic stuff So here’s the kicker. I’m actually a millennial myself (only just) There’s plenty of millennials around swapping gearboxes and putting lift kits on their own trucks. Maybe some posters live in the wrong place to have noticed?
gunna-1,
Apr 7, 1:03pm
I think i was 5 at the butt end of the 80s, we had a realy old telly and tiddly winks and buzzy bees, that was it, i remember dad picked up an old villiers mower from the dump without a blade when i was about 6 and let me play with it, i lernt how to start it and i think the roller stilll went on it so it still had drive, anyone who knows these things will know its amazing i didnt put it through the back fence, as they get along at a fair pace, then the 90s came and it was segas and nintendo games, the younger millennial's couldent be dragged outside for anything, it sucked and gave us early ones a bad name, as some of us could not be dragged INSIDE i was just some weird grease monkey to them.
mrfxit,
Apr 8, 2:02am
LOL " i was just some weird grease monkey to them."
Pretty much the same thing with the really smart kids (Geeks/ Nerds) who often ended up running the company you now work for as an adult.
tygertung,
Apr 8, 2:06am
I was born in '84 so I guess I count as a millennial. We had an Amiga 500+ for games, but everyone still played outside and made forts and roamed all over the hills.
gunna-1,
Aug 25, 1:00am
It was those portable gameboys that put a cog in a well oiled machine, that risky stuff parents didnt need to worry about when the kids are guled to those, all those broken bones, trips to the er, burns, and flesh wounds, those days aint coming back in a hurry.
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