Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions

Hello and welcome back to Switch & Lever!
As this channel has been growing steadily over the last few years there are some questions
that are being asked time and time again.
So it's about time for a top ten questions asked.
Let's dive right into it with hands down the most asked question:
Shoo!
Shoo!
Get out of here!
Sorry about that.
Yes, I am Swedish.
Next question.
That's a great excuse for not doing anything!
In reality, most tools can be replaced with other tools, and all power tools can definitely
be replaced with hand tools.
Power tools don't enable you to do anything magical, but it will in most cases enable
you to do what you want quicker.
If you're still hell bent on using tools and machines that you don't personally own there
are still several routes to go by it.
At the very least there are Maker Spaces, Tech Shops, Fablabs and whatever they're called
scattered around much of the world already.
For a small monthly fee you get access to their machines.
Otherwise you can befriend people with workshops, look into community colleges or schools, or
other companies which may be persuaded to share their workshops.
But again, most importantly, the tool do not make the project.
Use your ingenuity and the vast resources of YouTube and Google to find alternative
routes to your end goal!
I don't know, try it, what's the worst that could happen?
You get experience of what works by trying and failing, not worrying about doing things
correctly to the point of not even starting.
Failure is one of the most important things in the workshop, it's what you learn the most
from, and it teaches you how to rescue your projects when you make that inevitable mistake.
I cannot even begin to mention how many of my projects have taken an unexpected turn
halfway through the project.
Failure is not the end, it's just one part of the process going forward!
Safety third, at the least when it comes to safety-gear.
In my book there are two far more important things, focus on what you're doing, and knowledge
about the machine you're working with.
All you need is a moment of lapsed focus and you can lose a hand, or doing blatantly dangerous
things simply because you don't understand your machine.
Safety-gear is important, no doubt, but no amount of safeguards can prevent an unfocused
person with limited knowledge of what they're doing from hurting themselves.
Hell could open up behind you and you should still have the focus to turn off your machine
safely before turning around.
In most cases, no.
The time, energy and material cost that goes into what I make would make most things ridiculously
expensive, even without considering making a profit from one offs, and I have no plans
of going into serial production.
However, speaking about plans, there are other plans in the works of making some small items
for sale through the Switch & Lever online store, as well as more in depth written instructions
to go with many of my videos.
Keep watching this space!
You could indeed, but where is the fun in that?
In most cases you're going to end up with a low quality object that you have no personal
attachment to.
I'm a huge opponent to the use and throw mentality that is so common around the world, and is
a huge cause of our environmental pollution.
Beside that there is again the joy of making something with your own two hands.
The process of making is many cases much more interesting and fun than holding the final
object in my hand, why would I want to replace that with a box shipped in from China, or
elsewhere in the world?
I very rarely take comissions, so the answer is most likely no.
Most of what I make it make for myself, to fill a need or to teach myself something new,
or simply as gifts for family and friends.
Still, feel free to get in touch!
Whatever software does the job.
The reason I never mention software in my videos is because there are so many different
software packages that do the same job.
For CAD work I mainly use Solidworks, but now teaching myself Autodesk Fusion 360, because
of its very handy cam integration.
I use a lot of other 3d softwares as well, for visualization purposes.
Video and audio editing is mainly done with software from Adobe, but there are many many
different options to them out there.
I'm not going to start listing them, as that would make for a long and boring video.
It's listed in the description.
I only use Creative Commons music, or music placed in the public domain.
Probably because you were acting way out of line.
Abusive comments go down the drain directly, so does comments with a massive amount of
profanities or sexual content, misogyny, hate speech or racism.
I'm trying to promote an open and welcoming environment in my comment field.
If you came here thinking it's like much of the rest of YouTube, you're mistaken.
This leads me to my final point of this video though, trolls:

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