The Smart Home Handyman

Time has a way of changing definitions.  At a point in time, a person who was not a tradesperson,  such as being in or having gone through an apprenticeship as a carpenter, plumber, etc... but made their living fixing and mending things.  Perhaps making anything from pots and pans, sharpening knives, etc...  That was a "Tinker".   Back in a time when society was even more class conscious,  it was considered to be a very low class job in some places where status was important.  In other places, the Tinker role was more respectable and appreciated.  Or at least not disdained and disrespected.  Most of history though remembers the Tinker as a low class, disreputable, and unskilled worker.  Even to thus day, people use the phrase, "to tinker with" as to not competently or successfully mess around with something.  Enter the modern "Handyman."   Still considered a "jack-of-all-trades" and not a "skilled" tradesperson.  Unfortunately,  still o

The Review I've discussed this tool, the Worx "Pegasus", in other articles and videos but not really in the context I think they need to be seen in. This post is going to discuss it from a more comprehensive work support tool perspective. Keep in mind that as i am a professional handyman, I'm going to do almost all of this from that perspective.  I've been using these in both formats, sawhorses and worktables, for at least 4 years or more now. That's given me plenty of time and opportunity to see how durable, usable, and useful they can really be. Sawhorses So because I use sawhorses to support a lot of my larger assemblies and repairs, the first thing I wanted the Worx Pegasus for was this format.  As a sawhorse, they are rated to hold up to 500 pounds per sawhorse.  Having 2 of them, they can supposedly support up to 1,000 pounds, that's half a ton, of weight on the pair. In most of my projects, I don't really need to support that much weight.  Most

Technology is great, it does so many things quickly and behind the scenes that it makes things seem simple. That is a great thing.  Take the new smart thermostats.  About 60% of the time they can take a single controller device and connect it to any of who knows how many different types of furnaces, AC units, heat pumps, etc... that range over at least the past 20 years or more.  The potential for errors is astronomical. By all rights, you should almost never get the combination to work, but in the majority of cases, not only do they work, they do it with a few simple or no errors. That is incredible.   It's mind blowing.  It's very underappreciated.  And it's a lie.  It makes  people think that it's a "simple" installation because it works so well, so often, so few apparent or obvious problems. Oh but when there are errors and problems,  it's hard for people to comprehend.   Devices malfunction.   Devices don't get charged before installation.