Maintenance Hacks
Repurposing & Sustainability Prowress
This goes hand in hand with the Know-How section, truthfully it is a part of it. But doing the proper maintenance also includes being able to repurpose items that aren’t necessarily initially made for what you are wanting to use them for. In the past, bale wire, duct tape, and a tack weld here and there was a great way to maintain the equipment and machinery that is needed to do the work.
THE TOOLS THAT ARE NEEDED
You need to get a bevy of those tools that will help you maintain the systems, no matter if they are metal-based, wood-based, or any other base materials. This is going to be a section of which you will be able to gleam, work from or get a blueprint for their own collection. Find out what you need to be able to have and use on a daily basis.
Maintenance Details
Being a good steward of life, includes wise management of the inorganic as well as the organic in your life. This section involves the steps and methods that we utilize to maintain those systems, tools, and commodities that we have attained, look after and are responsible for the upkeep. Take a deeper look into what you can do for yours as well.
For those items of equipment, no matter what their make and model, or their current state of being we look to detail the steps we take to keep them all in good working order. Whether it is the lubrication of the components, regular replacements of worn out joints, or whatever it may be to maintain the unit for use we are looking to be able to bring you the best practices to keep what you have for as long as you can retain it.
This may be a bit more task intensive for today’s products that are made for breaking in short order as they have been designed to do. We help you to get out of them more than what is expected of them.
Each material type has it’s own specific list for caretaking. Metals, although more resilient of a material, it does have its needs of care. Depending on where and what you have that is made of a metal substance and how it is put together will dictate the amount and length of maintenance you need to do. We will practice as we preach here at ThatAquaponicsGuy.
Your metal components can rest easy when you have your best practices on full boar.
Wood based materials have their own specific set of maintenance requirements. Because neglect can be more apparent with wood, you need to be able to have a clear way to maintain those regular-use tools, equipment and buildings. If you don’t then it becomes a more expensive enterprise to keep tools and equipment you can rely on.
My late father in law was a perfect example of this. Wood in his hands became a work of art, even if they were a chest of drawers or a book shelf. He guided me in my first steps in doing the proper things when it comes to my wood based possessions.
There are more substances than just metal and wood. That being said, we can take the right steps to keep those plastics, carbon fiber, and fiberglass with us longer than expected. We need to be able to take care of those things so that we can not only use them more often, and longer, but also perhaps pass them along to our family and friends when we are no longer needing their use.
These best practices are needed by all on the farm or in the home or in the studio apartment. It doesn’t matter, take care of it and it will take care of you.
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