DIY

DIY or Do it yourself is a method of home improvement, where the home owner gets materials and tools for themself, then does the work on their own, without professional help.

DIY can also mean using any skill to do work or a hobby for fun and not hire help. An example is an activity in arts and crafts. A DIY culture is also used in the alternative rock, punk rock, and indie rock music scenes; and in the zine community.

DIY Media

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  Boy building a model airplane, Texas, 1942 (photograph by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration)

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  Shelves attached to a toy vehicle

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  Fiberglass dome house, California, in style of the Whole Earth Catalog building techniques

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  Electronics World 1959, home assembled amplifier

• A high dust level example.

• Video: An angle grinder is used for cutting through a steel chain. The chain is kept under tension by a second person to avoid a blockade of the grinder. Large amounts of potentially harmful particulates (metal dust) are being generated.)

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  Mennonite woman dressmaking (1942)

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  DIY vehicle at Maker Faire, San Mateo, 2016

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  A photo taken of some of the zines we bought from the London Zine Symposium (on that day).

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  A drink making robot at the Hackerspace,NYC Resistor.