1951 Father S/Sgt in Air Force transferred to Hickam AFB, had four kids, moved into off base housing but couldn’t afford furniture so he made a sofa out of a roll-a-way bed that was borrowed from the AF. Looked pretty darn good! fixed everything with duct tape if he couldn’t afford the part.
Our dad would find discarded lawn mowers by the side of the road, fix them up, sharpen the blades to surgical standards and resell them. Often they were made from parts of several different brands...as long as it had a Briggs & Stratton motor, he’d salvage it.
Ah yes, The Handyman's secret weapon. I used to use it to keep the bumper on my Plymouth horizon. I remember once buying seven rolls at one time and the Walmart checker asking if I had a big night planned.