Trade Secrets

qdrone

qdrone

Music is my mistress
If you care to share a secret of your trade that makes a task easier,faster or achieves a better result fire away.
I've done custodial work and when you wash dirty walls you start from the bottom of the wall and go up NOT at the top and work your way down. Washing from the top to the bottom will create streaks.
 
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When you drill a hole, never fail to center punch it and start it with a spotting drill, combined drill and countersink or just a smaller drill. The minute you take a shortcut, the hole will wander off position, invariably to a place that will cause the most trouble.

When working on "stuff", audio or otherwise, always pass your tools around, never over. If you don't, sooner or later you'll drop a tool. It will land where it can do the most damage and cost the most money.

Fine tune your brain to hear the quiet little voice that says, "This is going to cause trouble, don't do it."
 
1. When changing caps and transistors, look at the original vs the silkscreen before removing it. If the silk screen is wrong or missing, MARK the board with a sharpie.
2. Do one board at a time and test afterwards.
 
When using heat to remove a frozen pipe plug (such as an oil gallery or block drain on an engine), heat the plug itself, not the area around it. The plug is on a taper and when it gets VERY hot, it gets longer as opposed to fatter. When it cools off it is no longer tight.
 
Design and in art. I don't have any secrets. I try and tell eveyone how I do stuff. They don't listen and often screw things up, fail or end up paying extra before getting me to do it.
 
In the computer system administration world (Unix/Linux) *BEFORE* you make a change to a configuration file, make a backup copy, preferably in the same directory. I used to append the date to the file name.

You could probaly do the same in the windoze world, but the file to back up wouldn't be so obvious. You could always backup the entire registry.... ;-})>
 
If you work with corrosive liquids never forget to was your hands before using the toilet.

If you are working in an elevator shaft always start at the top of the shaft and work your way down.

If you are working around propeller aircraft never stand in the plane-of-rotation.

Cheers,
James
 
I once worked for a custom home builder. He was the only person in the company, and hired the help he needed for each job. He probably only built 3 homes a year, but they were expensive and lovely homes. He showed me quite a few tricks from laying and cutting brick, to finishing trim. The one I have used many times over is the one of using a damp sponge to smooth out drywall joints instead of the dry sanding method. And that was over 45 years ago. The man was a true artist\perfectionist when it came to building a home.
 
Hand a drink of water to a screaming/crying child. Many times they throw fits when they are thirsty. stops the crying even if they aren't thirsty because it grabs their attention when you hand it to them and they forget what they where crying about. This trick really works. Works even better on other people's children.
 
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