Looking for online community of Indian DIYers.

While redddit's r/DIY has 18 million members, r/diyindia has less than 60. Are there any online communities of Indian DIYers/makers?

While most of the knowledge is universal and can be gained from any worldwide forum, you need a group of local people to find local suppliers, deals, set up real world meetings etc. and I haven't found any.

Perhaps contribute more to that subreddit and perhaps you could attract more users.

*www.reddit.com/r/Jugaad/

There u go, found u 1.1k members

Æsoteric Positron said:
*www.reddit.com/r/Jugaad/

There u go, found u 1.1k members

Thanks, but that's not a lot of people.

How is it that there is no DIY forum in a nation of 1.3 billion people? Assuming that only 20% are middle class and above, that 's still more than half of US' pop. I've seen some Youtube channels from Indian makers, shame their viewers aren't consolidated in one place. Guess I'll have to try it.

Desmond David said:
Perhaps contribute more to that subreddit and perhaps you could attract more users.

I wanted to be a lazy leech, not an active worker.

Chetan1991 said:
How is it that there is no DIY forum in a nation of 1.3 billion people?

You answered your own question:

Chetan1991 said:
I wanted to be a lazy leech, not an active worker.

But seriously, if there are none, then you will have to take initiative.

Desmond David said:
You answered your own question:

rekt

Chetan1991 said:
Thanks, but that's not a lot of people.

N.P

Yeah its less but, something better than nothing............

Chetan1991 said:
ow is it that there is no DIY forum in a nation of 1.3 billion people? Assuming that only 20% are middle class and above, that 's still more than half of US' pop. I've seen some Youtube channels from Indian makers, shame their viewers aren't consolidated in one place. Guess I'll have to try it.

Well, the problem is Indian people are not too involved in their own communities, like geek.digit.in has certainly less gross Indian members than reddit, and how people regularly link reddit posts even in here.

I think in general Indians don't have much time or luxury to explore things outside of traditional boundaries. That is why such communities are more of a fringe here.

Desmond David said:
I think in general Indians don't have much time or luxury to explore things outside of traditional boundaries. That is why such communities are more of a fringe here.

And those who do have that luxury see the shallow communities and just flock to well established worldwide one, which I ain't saying is bad. Anyway, time is not a factor at all (imo) as Indians on spend hours on Facebook, or offline chatting.

Æsoteric Positron said:
Indians on spend hours on Facebook, or offline chatting

And thanks to Facebook and other social media, it's unlikely for people to take interest. I stand by my statement though, for people to take interest in things like DIYing stuff, you have to generate interest first.

Extra curricular activities in school such as simple workshop activities can help generate such interest that can carry on into adulthood. But most schools are focused more on studies and extra curricular is mostly sports.

Edit: My point is that people don't know what they like until you make them do it. It might stick for some people and then might help grow the communities around such activities.

Desmond David said:
I think in general Indians don't have much time or luxury to explore things outside of traditional boundaries. That is why such communities are more of a fringe here.

If you look up Indian DIY, Most of them is fake, and consist of fake tutorials, for views.

How can one person generate electricity by injecting needle into a candle?

RumbaMon19 said:
How can one person generate electricity by injecting needle into a candle?

Wow. Who did that? Does that even qualify as DIY project?

Desmond David said:
And thanks to Facebook and other social media, it's unlikely for people to take interest. I stand by my statement though, for people to take interest in things like DIYing stuff, you have to generate interest first.

Extra curricular activities in school such as simple workshop activities can help generate such interest that can carry on into adulthood. But most schools are focused more on studies and extra curricular is mostly sports.

Yeah, I think we all agree that Indian educational system is horrendous on every degree.

Desmond David said:
Edit: My point is that people don't know what they like until you make them do it. It might stick for some people and then might help grow the communities around such activities.

Oho, boy, don't let CBSE hear it, they already make students study ever single subject till 10th using that logic.

RumbaMon19 said:
Most of them is fake, and consist of fake tutorials, for views.

5 minute crafts and its subsidiaries come to mind.

Desmond David said:
Wow. Who did that? Does that even qualify as DIY project?

Well, generate ur own electricity, GIY.

Æsoteric Positron said:
Yeah, I think we all agree that Indian educational system is horrendous on every degree.

Education system is to blame but only partially.

Æsoteric Positron said:
Oho, boy, don't let CBSE hear it, they already make students study ever single subject till 10th using that logic.

But CBSE also has elective subjects IIRC around class 8th I think.

RumbaMon19 said:
If you look up Indian DIY, Most of them is fake, and consist of fake tutorials, for views.

How can one person generate electricity by injecting needle into a candle?

Some of them put so much effort into faking their inventions they could actually make something decent if they had a moral compass. Watch this:

Chetan1991 said:
Some of them put so much effort into faking their inventions they could actually make something decent if they had a moral compass. Watch this:

Honestly this isn't a big deal. Those guys were just having fun.

Desmond David said:
Honestly this isn't a big deal. Those guys were just having fun.

What isn't a big deal? The issue that the channel Amazing maker isn't took down or the video?

Desmond David said:
Honestly this isn't a big deal. Those guys were just having fun.

Yes it is, fraud is a big deal. Watch the first video where Mark Rober says why it is not right.

Relevant:

^ Are u also ElectroBOOM fan? I am :twisted:

Maybe because I spent half my childhood breaking electrical things and other half getting shocked, Or Blowing MCBs and fuses in my house. (But I DID MAKE SOME CIRCUITS AND ALL)

Anyways here is another recommendation

Also, Yes many fraud children like the one in the video, with support of there parents, are getting famous.

RumbaMon19 said:
Maybe because I spent half my childhood breaking electrical things and other half getting shocked, Or Blowing MCBs and fuses in my house. (But I DID MAKE SOME CIRCUITS AND ALL)

Wew low, what did you played with then? I mean I cannot even think so anything electrical to have fun with as a kid. Electrical/technological devices, sure but things like MCB and fuses, how?

Æsoteric Positron said:
Wew low, what did you played with then? I mean I cannot even think so anything electrical to have fun with as a kid. Electrical/technological devices, sure but things like MCB and fuses, how?

Actually, I used to play with electronics. It was in 1st-2nd That i got a shock, from a AC toy, Or basically a musical keyboard (F*** Chinese products, NO Ground protection :-x

) After that in next 2-3 years I did many Short Circuits, Burnt a few sockets ( I was Scolded a lot due to wastage of money LoL) I made my fist circuit when i was 11-12 years old, It was a basic inverter circuit, ( I did it in guidance of my grandpa who was retd. Physics lecturer). And yes it worked. After that, I devoted most of the time in electronics. Till now.

Also I remember plugging in a Analog telephone into a AC socket and the Caps in it go puffff. (Interestingly, Capacitor are a good source of smoke grenades, which emits poisonous sulfur oxides)

But one thing, I did not liked the Indian DIY community, since long, cause most of them were fake. Neither I see any good electrical engineer, making DIY videos on YT from India. But one of the good one is DDelectroTech, who again does not have any community.

Otherwise, GreatScott, ElectroBOOM, Diodesgonewild, and my favorite, PHOTONICINDUCTION. These are must watch for electrical fans.

RumbaMon19 said:
Actually, I used to play with electronics. It was in 1st-2nd That i got a shock, from a AC toy, Or basically a musical keyboard. I made my first circuit when i was 11-12 years old, It was a basic inverter circuit ( I did it in guidance of my grandpa who was retd. Physics lecturer). And yes it worked. After that, I devoted most of the time in electronics. Till now.
Also I remember plugging in a Analog telephone into a AC socket and the Caps in it go puffff. (Interestingly, Capacitor are a good source of smoke grenades,
which emits poisonous sulfur oxides) --> TIL
But one thing, I did not liked the Indian DIY community, since long, cause most of them were fake. Neither I see any good electrical engineer, making DIY videos on YT from India. But one of the good one is DDelectroTech, who again does not have any community.
Otherwise, GreatScott, ElectroBOOM, Diodesgonewild, and my favorite, PHOTONICINDUCTION. These are must watch for electrical fans.

Wew, cool journey. I also used to like playing with electronics as a kid but had no guidance and I was not ever allowed to play with any electronics, at last I took to breaking my own toys though, just to see how they worked, but later I stopped doing that.

I still have a small part of that passion inside me though, but I try to take apart and play with dead hardware instead

@RumbaMon19 those kids should be introduced to the power of a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!
Seriously, the lack of moral compass is an even bigger issue of not having a DIY community. You don't get ANYTHING that requires trust with such rampant fraud.

Its nice to see more desi diyers here. I am just a 'minor' diy'er. As a kid. used to open anything I could find. Hands down the most fun was opening a printer! . Its a such a intricate mechanical heaven. Still love it. Recently got a old printer from a relative just so I can open it. The ultimate challenge is to open a printer and then close it. Now I have actually managed to make some things: LED panel light, tensigrity structure etc.
Maybe we all could start something ?

Fav diyers:
Jared Owen - how stuff works, detailed animations
DIY Perks - diy guides. Such an awesome guy
NightHawkInLight - search his channel for starlight
Latheman's crazy machines - crazy machines
Elonics - Electronics Projects on Breadboard - electronic projects on breadboard. Clear simple learning resource. Indian guy.