While most of us don’t need too much motivation to work on do-it yourself projects, some people do. One person who certainly doesn’t is Mike Senese. You might remember Mike from the Discovery Channel when he hosted Catch It Keep It with Zach Selwyn. On that show, a team of builders competed against time to build something to protect the item up for grabs. Mike also competed, building his own contraption which had a much smaller fail rate. Mike is also a proponent of the growing do-it yourself movement.
Hopefully, there is a large contingent of readers that are already part of the do-it yourself movement. Those of us who prefer to build our own computers, or work on cars on the weekend. Those of us who know how to wire a whole house for sound or perhaps actually get a satellite dish to freaking work. The world needs more people who can work with their hands, problem solve and get things done and at the same time - save money in the process.
On his blog, Do It: Projects, Plans and How-Tos Mike encourages readers to engage in all sorts of interesting projects. From building engines, custom drum kits, gadgets and other mechanical parts to bike ramps - Mike covers a wide variety of do-it yourself projects. This year, he’s hoping that his love of building from scratch spreads faster than a viral video of the Muppets singing Queen. To step in that direction, he’s giving away a tool a month. This month is a Butane Pocket Torch. All you have to do is head over to the blog and show some support for the D.I.Y. movement through various social media means.
So like the header says - that I ripped from Mike’s site (with his permission of course) - get up and do something. You might get something free out of it if you do. And if you don’t, you are still up and doing something. Which is a positive step towards a self sufficient and handy existence.
