There are, of course, exceptions. The most frequent is that you need "X" now; it will take 30 minutes to make it , and 2 hours to try and find one to buy.
Making hand tools for yourself is fun, for a while. If you are like me and have to make the shop pay for itself, you find there is a cost/benefit analysis that you do sub-consciously. It comes down to "never make something you can buy, cheaper." Your time is money, after all.
Re: tying shoelaces - on the first part of the knot I take the left string around the right one twice, like tying a surgeon's square knot. That helps keep it in place better when doing the second part of the knot. To keep the knot from coming loose, I simply take the extra step of tying a knot with the two bows. I'll have to try the clockwise vs. counterclockwise tip to see how it works for me.
There are, of course, exceptions. The most frequent is that you need "X" now; it will take 30 minutes to make it , and 2 hours to try and find one to buy.
Making hand tools for yourself is fun, for a while. If you are like me and have to make the shop pay for itself, you find there is a cost/benefit analysis that you do sub-consciously. It comes down to "never make something you can buy, cheaper." Your time is money, after all.
For sure. Good point. I think a lot of this is relative to pro shop vs. a hobbyist.
Re: tying shoelaces - on the first part of the knot I take the left string around the right one twice, like tying a surgeon's square knot. That helps keep it in place better when doing the second part of the knot. To keep the knot from coming loose, I simply take the extra step of tying a knot with the two bows. I'll have to try the clockwise vs. counterclockwise tip to see how it works for me.
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