EC's Big Announcement
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN users recommend the Spec House series as a free, extremely detailed education in how a house is actually built.
What it is
Essential Craftsman announces the start of a spec house build on a scenic lot, kicking off a long series. The channel covers every step of building a house from the viewpoint of a general contractor.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2018 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec 0xbadcafebee · 2022-02 · on “Building a modern home in the woods”
Doesn't the author actually mean postmodern ? "Modern home" architecture is from the early-mid 20th century. If you're looking to build a home, do yourself a favor and watch Essential Craftsman's Spec House series ( [this video] ). Your eyeballs will grow wider and wider with all the considerations, but you'll be better informed for it.
Strong rec blhack · 2022-02 · on “Building a modern home in the woods”
If you're interested in this sort of thing, there is a youtuber called "Essential Craftsman" who did a lengthy (multi-year) series going through, in exquisite detail, the process of building a house. He is a general contractor who did or oversaw almost all of the work himself. It covers everything from finding land, to prepping it, goes into a tremendous amount of detail about framing, and concrete work. [this video] Seriously cannot recommend this enough. It's a treasure that he created all of this and put it onto youtube for free.
Recommends Nelkins · 2018-08 · on “Ask HN: Have you built a house?”
I have no affiliation with this YouTube channel, but here's a guy who does an entire in-depth series on how to build a house from scratch[0], from surveying the land, to getting permits, to pouring the foundation, and so on. Good way to spend a few hours on a weekend. [0] [this video]
Recommends thepasswordis · 2022-05 · on “Today’s JavaScript, from an outsider’s perspective (2020)”
Something like this: [LINK] Would be very easy to make with basic hand tools. In fact, what might be fun is to just look at the picture of that, and try to reverse engineer the parts for it. (I teach woodworking classes, and this is actually an exercise I make the students do in one of the classes). This saw would be fine: [LINK] If you can afford it, something like this will last you a very long time (probably a lifetime): [LINK] If you really want something that will definitely last you a lifetime (or two): [LINK] If you want something that is pretty good at most things, get this: [LINK] This is a handheld saw, but it's a very nice one, and could absolutely be used to make many, many thing