cropped Banging Toolbox
Menu
  • Home
    • Latest content
  • Tools
    • Tool guides
      • Power tools
        • Different types of saws
        • How to use a circular saw
        • Miter saw vs Table saw
        • Circular Saw vs Miter saw
        • Brad nailer vs. Finishing nailer
        • How to change a circular saw blade
        • 6 vs 8 Inch bench grinder
        • How to use an angle grinder
        • Jigsaw vs Circular saw
      • Hand tools
        • How to use a hand planer
        • How to sharpen chisels
        • How to use a laser level
    • All tool reviews
    • Our tool list
    • Power tools
      • Wood
        • Dremel engraver
          • Dremel Engraver bits
        • Thickness planer
          • Dewalt thickness planers
        • Cabinet table saw
        • Portable table saw
        • Oscillating tool
        • Belt sander
        • Finger sander
        • Detail sander
        • Finishing sander
        • Jigsaw tool
        • Miter saw
        • Biscuit joiner
        • Circular saw
        • Electric planer
        • Wood router
        • Heat gun
        • Square hole drill bits
      • Metal
        • Bench grinder
        • Chop saw
        • Angle grinder
        • Nibbler tool
        • Electric metal shears
        • Reciprocating saw
        • Brazing torch
        • Portable oxy acetylene torch kit
    • Air tools
      • Portable air compressor
      • Air nibbler
      • Air orbital palm sander
      • Air brad nailer
      • Air finishing nailer
    • Hand tools
      • Framing hammer
        • Stilletto framing hammer
        • Estwing framing hammer
      • Tool belt
      • Wood chisel sets
      • Carving chisel sets
      • Woodworking apron
      • Clamps
      • Tin snips (+ Electric shears)
      • Manual hand drill
      • Ball peen hammers
    • Measuring
      • Laser level
      • Laser measure
      • Stud finder
    • Tool storage
      • Rolling tool bag
      • Tool backpack
    • Landscaping tools
      • Cordless chainsaw
      • Wood splitting axes
      • String trimmers
      • Gas chainsaw
      • Alaskan mill
    • Wear
      • Heated Socks
  • Cordless
    • Wood
      • Cordless multi-tool
      • Cordless dremel engraver
      • Cordless miter saw
      • Cordless circular saw
      • Cordless wood planer
      • Cordless wood router
      • Orbital palm sander
      • Cordless finishing sander
      • Cordless file sander
      • Cordless jigsaw
      • Cordless heat gun
    • Metal
      • Cordless impact wrench
        • 1/2 impact socket sets
        • 3/8 impact socket sets
        • Impact socket set [Combo kits]
      • Cordless angle grinder
      • Cordless nibbler + Drill attachment
      • Cordless metal shears
      • Drill attachment electric shears
      • Drill bits
    • Fixing tools
      • Cordless drill
      • Cordless impact wrenchs
      • Cordless biscuit joiner
      • Finishing nailer
      • Brad nailer
    • Landscaping
      • Cordless chainsaw
      • Cordless line trimmer
    • Jobsite radio
  • DIY
    • Building guides
      • Metal
        • Cut metal without power tools
        • How to cut metal roofing
        • 6 vs 8 Inch bench grinder
      • Concrete
        • How to sand concrete
      • Joinary
        • How to mount a TV
        • How to fix a jamming door
      • Painting
        • How to remove paint
    • Landscaping
      • How to level ground
      • How to cut & trim trees
      • Sharpen lawn mower blades
    • Woodwork
      • Build a table straight from a tree
      • How to cut perfect circles
      • How to cut a square hole
    • Craft & art ideas
      • How to make copper art
  • Design
    • Tiny house
      • How to design a tiny house
      • What height to put a door handle
    • Products
      • Portable home safe
      • Keyless door locks
      • Portable TV stand
      • Ceiling TV mount
      • Longest Tv wall mount
      • Motorized ceiling TV mount
      • Fireplace TV mount
    • When to replace your roof
  • Blog
    • Tool yarns
      • Dewalt vs Makita
      • Makita vs Milwaukee
      • Dewalt or Milwaukee
    • Woodworking projects to sell
    • Productive ideas to do at home
    • Increase your property value
  • Classes
  • Contact
    • About
Menu
What men can do when bored at home

How men can be productive when bored or stuck at home

Posted on March 16, 2020January 6, 2021 by Aaron Barnett
Share Tweet
5
(2)

Last Updated on January 6, 2021 by builder Aaron Barnett

Author intro

If stuck at home for too long you could start to feel bored and unproductive, the best thing to do is always have a man-project to do around the house, that you can continue with whenever you have your next bit of free time.

This keeps you always busy and occupied, a simple idea can keep you busy for hours or years on a single DIY project.

This means to always have 2 or 3 DIY projects on-the-go this will give you something to always think about and work towards. If you’re finding you have too much spare time, its because you don’t have enough DIY projects going on.

Here is a list of DIY ideas to keep busy and productive at home.

Table Of Contents show
1. Pull-apart your motorbike
2. Think of a woodworking project that will sell
3. Re-paint the house
4. Build a table straight from a tree
5. Organize the boat
6. Build a chicken cage
7. Build an internal wall
8. Sound insulate a wall
9. Mount your tv on the wall
10. Clean the garage
11. Find new tools
12. Do some landscaping work
Conclusion

1. Pull-apart your motorbike

Fast Suzki Scooter

If you have a motorbike and are stuck at home, there is always work that can be done on it. Give your 2 stroke, or 4 stroke motorbike the love that it finally needs for once. That being said it is more fun to ride it.

Yahama 2 Stroke Motorbike

2. Think of a woodworking project that will sell

So you are already a keen DIY’er or woodworker. Maybe it has been on the back of your mind to build something so that you can make money from woodworking.

If you want to make a decent profit from woodworking or a DIY project, you need to first pick a good design. Keep the design simple, unique, and practical, then start mass-producing it.

Something that might take a day or a week to build and design for the first time, could instead be reproduced much faster if you make templates and cutting lists. And switch to the most efficient tool set-up and further optimize by tweaking the design to be easier.

When you have a good idea and have simplified it you can sell it for a profit or as a gift for the family for when it comes around to Christmas.

3. Re-paint the house

In your house emergency kit, you should have enough paint to keep yourself going for days. If stuck at home for a long period of time, why not re-paint the house, its low physical effort, and it can keep you busy while getting a practical job done.

First, have a read on my guide “how to remove paint” and make sure to have a good orbital sander ready to go.

4. Build a table straight from a tree

Solid Wood Table And Chairs

If you haven’t built a table yet, it is a must-do DIY project. S, why not build a table straight from a tree using a gas chainsaw, cut some timber slabs freehand or use an Alaskan mill to guide your chainsaw, then run the chucks of timber through the best thickness planer and start putting your tree-top-table together.

Read more on how to build a table straight from a tree here.

Forestry Suppliers Alaskan Saw Mill For 36 Inch Chainsaw

 

5. Organize the boat

Will if you have a boat it should already be clean right… but you could optimize the setup, reposition or add some rod holders, think of a new seating arrangement, or think of a DIY project that could really help the next fishing trip to reach the next level.

You could give the boat a maintenance check, for any holes, while checking that the wiring, for the trailer is all working.

Aluminium Boat In Workshop

6. Build a chicken cage

Building Chicken Coop e1551741290386

If you haven’t yet got chickens, and have been thinking of eating free-range eggs for a while now, for the weekend pancakes, building a chicken cage is the first step.

You can build a nice place for chickens to go when they are laying, this makes the collection of eggs an easy quick process.

When building the nesting box, make sure to build it to the right dimensions otherwise the chickens won’t use it.

Inside Chicken Coop

7. Build an internal wall

Internal walls are an easy project because you are not changing or removing any part of a wall, instead, you are only adding a new internal partition wall and not affecting a building’s structure. You could turn a room into two, or partition off part of the garage to keep the workshop and tools more secure.

This shouldn’t require any building consents or design (check with the local council) as old linings, could be a bracing element and cant be cut.

Of course, an experienced DIY’er can check up in the ceiling space anyway to see if an existing wall is “load-bearing” or not. A Load-bearing wall is a wall that supports part of the roofing structure or any other part of the house.

Although you can check for this in the ceiling you won’t know if an existing wall is a bracing element or not until you look at your original house plans.

So don’t remove a wall that is designed to brace the house for horizontal movement. But a new internal wall can just be added without thinking about it too much.

Building Walls

8. Sound insulate a wall

Have you got a room or a wall that you wish had some sound insulation? Maybe you are learning to play an instrument, or you are just wanting better sound insulation between rooms? This is a DIY project you could start working on.

Just like above adding on to an existing wall shouldn’t be a problem, of course, leave the existing linings in case it is part of a bracing element, and add some additional layers of lining particleboard and plasterboard.

Or create a second wall with an air gap, and seal the edges with a sound seal silicone for beter results.

9. Mount your tv on the wall

A good DIY project is to install your TV on the wall. Using a flexible and extendable TV bracket you can hang and secure an LCD to the wall and move it to face any direction within the limits of the extendable arm, for multiple viewing positions within a room.

Good for a gaming or work computer monitor set up, small spaces, and in the kitchen if you rely on videos to cook your meals.

Extendable TV Wall Mount Installed On Plywood Wall

10. Clean the garage

Still, don’t know what to do Then yea I don’t really need to say much more about this. You know your garage could do with a re-organize.

Install some new shelves, and get a new tool cabinet that can organize your gear. Or even looking at some lightweight overhead racks, to free up some floor space.

Organising Garage And Building Products

11. Find new tools

For the people that want the best tools and are willing to go with a different tool brand from time-to-time to get the best current option, value for money, and performance.

Browse bangingtoolbox.com more and find what tools are missing from your collection. 

12. Do some landscaping work

My Makita String Trimmer

Get your Line Trimmer, and your cordless chainsaw out, and tackle your yards landscaping jobs. Overgrown branches and invasive weeds are a mission to keep on top of, keeping your backyard under control requires the assistance of the best tools.

Having both a weed eater and a chainsaw ready to go means having something to do if when stuck at home.

Me Holding Makita Cordless Chainsaw

Conclusion

There you go plenty of ideas to stay busy at home now, make a decision on what to do, build a table straight from a tree, or order the tools required for your next project.

How helpful was this?

Click to rate it!

Glad to hear this helped you! Please dont forget to follow Banging Toolbox on

Facebook or Pinterest

Feedback required:

Sounds like this can be improved for the next reader.

Please share how this article can be improved?

Share Tweet Share Share Share Email
Aaron Barnett at BangingToolbox
Aaron Barnett

My name is Aaron, and welcome to Bangingtoolbox.

As a qualified builder and DIY’er, my goal with Banging Toolbox is to provide the #1 building and DIY resource on the internet for my readers.

I’m here to show people how to start DIY, and to help qualified professionals take building to the next level.

Feel free to have a look around, and don’t hesitate to ask me any questions, you can find out more about me here.

You may also like:

  • How to build a table straight from a treeHow to build a table straight from a tree
  • How to make money from woodworking | Ideas with examples from youtubeHow to make money from woodworking | Ideas with…
  • How to level a yard perfectly  | Lawn leveling tipsHow to level a yard perfectly | Lawn leveling tips
  • How to design a tiny house [Recommended free design software]How to design a tiny house [Recommended free design…
  • How to make copper wall art [With examples]How to make copper wall art [With examples]
  • How to sharpen lawn mower blades using a bench grinderHow to sharpen lawn mower blades using a bench grinder
Subscribe
Connect with
I allow to create an account
When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website. Once your account is created, you'll be logged-in to this account.
DisagreeAgree
Notify of
guest
Connect with
I allow to create an account
When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website. Once your account is created, you'll be logged-in to this account.
DisagreeAgree
guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Banging Toolbox footer logo

Don’t be the best builder, be the informed DIY’er, and build on your own goddamn projects.

Find out more

Follow on social media:
 
Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow View
 

Building guides Tool guides Blog Ask for help?

 

 

  • About
  • Contact
  • Shipping details
  • Safety
  • Terms and conditions
  • Affiliate disclaimer
  • Privacy policy

Office number: (323) 553 5452
Support: [email protected]

DMCA.com Protection Status

Copyright © 2020 by Banging Toolbox
wpDiscuz

Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy