How Do You Best Learn About Mechanical Stuff?

[Amber H.]

I know I don’t seem like the type, but I regularly take stuff apart just to see what it does. I used to strip my old sewing machine down to do a complete service on it regularly. Boy was that fun to see my ex-mother in law freak out when she walked in on me one day while taking it apart. It was always in great shape and worked well.

Yes, I’m a closet engineer! I admit it! Just promise you won’t tell any of my artsy friends!

I also have a bonus on learning about stuff because my father is the older grouchier variety “Dean”. He’s even 5’6” with dark hair and always wears denim work clothes even though he’s retired. He was a fabricator/mechanic by trade and now invents all kinds of crazy stuff (usually just to cheese off the neighbors). He is currently working on his own old fashioned type sterling in the back yard, just to see if he can do it. It will be the size of a small room when it’s finished. I get exposure to mechanical stuff, because he insists that I and my freakishly small hands are available to reach into tight spaces for him…….MEN!