Hey @esgaunt! We've manually upvoted this post. On behalf of the steem ecosystem and Build-it.io, we deeply appreciate the time and effort you put towards this exceptional masterpiece.
As a matter of interest, there's a tribe on the steem platform known as Build-it that accommodates all DIY, How-to tutorials, and lifehacks respectively.
That being said, your DIY/how-to tutorials get rewarded with the tribe's token known as Build upon posting via our website or at least one of the recommended tags; #diy, #how-to, #build-it, #build, and #doityourself. Our curation account @build-it.curator will curate every valid and reasonable posts/projects.