MakersHourQuestions3d ago

Q1: Hello fellow dishcloths*! Tell us what you’ve been doing this week.

*The new term of endearment for us all.
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@[email protected] I read that as "Hello dishcloths!" and wondered if that was a new term of endearment for us makers! 😂 #MakersHour

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Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)
@MakersHour Hello #DishclothHour, Footleg here. This week has been dominated by having to completely empty my office/makers den so it could be painted after the crack repairs were done on the walls. A lot of stuff to move, and now I have a bright clean empty room I have to make the difficult decisions about what is not going to be allowed back into the room as it was way too cluttered. #MakersHour
Mar 26 at 8:22pmWeb
Show threadMakersHourQuestions3d ago

@drfootleg
Sometimes, having your workspace completey emptied is a great way to reassess what you really need in there, and where.
A fresh start to it all.

Good luck with it.

#MakersHour

Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)2d ago
@MakersHour Such a deep and challenging question: What do I need in there? Maybe a good one for a future #MakersHour?
I try to apply the 5 year rule. If I've not touched it for 5 years, do I really need to keep it? I try to only put things in the attic that will not end up violating the 5 year rule. Exceptions are archive materials (old maps, publications which featured my work, some of my Dad's tools I inherited last year). I struggle to let go of electronics products I paid for but never used.
Show threadQuixoticgeek2d ago
@drfootleg @MakersHour I have projects I've been working on for longer than 5 years...
Show threadTheolodian2d ago
@quixoticgeek @drfootleg @MakersHour I admit NOTHING! 🤪
Show threadQuixoticgeek2d ago
@theolodian @drfootleg @MakersHour i have projects that are old enough to vote...
Show threadTheolodian2d ago
@quixoticgeek @drfootleg @MakersHour I don’t think that I can match that, but many of mine do feel as if they are from a previous life.
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)2d ago
@theolodian @quixoticgeek @MakersHour Ah, letting go of past projects (whether finished or unfinished) is an even harder level question then just parts and stuff I've bought or acquired. That would be Q3, if Q2 was what stuff do you really need.
Show threadAlfred Chow - Maker of Things2d ago

@drfootleg
I am gratefully waiting for your set of questions, when you have them ready.
Thank you.

@theolodian @quixoticgeek @MakersHour

Show threadJanet3d ago
@drfootleg @MakersHour welcome to the world of walls! They need celebrating 🥳 . Ours look like this ⬇️ so too soon to put things back in the room.
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)3d ago
@Janet_52square @MakersHour My freshly painted study/maker den.
Show threadJanet2d ago
@drfootleg @MakersHour I see the temptation right there … empty shelves are so alluring…