Comments on: The garage http://am.paulukonisstudio.com/archives/791 Combining simplicity, frugality, and environmentalism Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: My Adventures in Simple Living » Blog Archive » Workshops http://am.paulukonisstudio.com/archives/791#comment-52033 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:08:28 +0000 http://am.paulukonisstudio.com/archives/791#comment-52033 [...] My brother is correct, the workshop in the back of the garage doesn’t actually need electricity to function as a workshop. Perhaps I should have also added that there are no windows and hence no light except that which comes in from the doors. That, actually, is far worse than the lack of electricity for a workshop, to me. [...] […] My brother is correct, the workshop in the back of the garage doesn’t actually need electricity to function as a workshop. Perhaps I should have also added that there are no windows and hence no light except that which comes in from the doors. That, actually, is far worse than the lack of electricity for a workshop, to me. […]

]]> by: string can phone » Workshop without electrical outlets is non-functional?!? Perish the thought. http://am.paulukonisstudio.com/archives/791#comment-51964 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:08:12 +0000 http://am.paulukonisstudio.com/archives/791#comment-51964 [...] My sister likes to live simply, but sometimes she still msses the forest for the trees. “Although it enters from the workshop, there is no electricity in the workshop itself. IE, it couldn’t actually function as a workshop, despite it’s name.” [...] […] My sister likes to live simply, but sometimes she still msses the forest for the trees. “Although it enters from the workshop, there is no electricity in the workshop itself. IE, it couldn’t actually function as a workshop, despite it’s name.” […]

]]> by: OtherMichael http://am.paulukonisstudio.com/archives/791#comment-51962 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:04:41 +0000 http://am.paulukonisstudio.com/archives/791#comment-51962 "Although it enters from the workshop, there is no electricity in the workshop itself. IE, it couldn’t actually function as a workshop, despite it’s name." ContrarianBrother would like to point out that there are plenty of non-electrically-powered hand-tools that still work in this day and age. First and foremost is the hand-saw. But a rotary hand-crank drill is not hard to find nor use. And if you're REALLY hard-core, you can do it the opposite way -- <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/12/hand_crank_dril.html" rel="nofollow">turn your power tools into hand-cranked generators!</a> “Although it enters from the workshop, there is no electricity in the workshop itself. IE, it couldn’t actually function as a workshop, despite it’s name.”

ContrarianBrother would like to point out that there are plenty of non-electrically-powered hand-tools that still work in this day and age. First and foremost is the hand-saw. But a rotary hand-crank drill is not hard to find nor use.

And if you’re REALLY hard-core, you can do it the opposite way — turn your power tools into hand-cranked generators!

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