Maybe I was too literal in how I answered the question because I do use VLANs in my home network, but just to segregate my guest wifi which I also use for IoT things that I don’t need on my main network.
I don’t think of this as “home lab” because all my services run on my primary network VLAN and my secondary VLAN only exists at my router, switch and wifi APs.
I haven’t found a need for a “no access” VLAN as if I wanted to keep something from going outbound I would just create a firewall rule. I’ve also found my PiHole to be very effective at blocking telemetry traffic from things.



There are lots of good videos on YouTube which I know is not a helpful answer without some links but remember there is no one correct way to do it.
What I wanted to add was once you’ve watched some stuff practice on a knife you’re not precious about is the best thing to do. Using one of the little plastic wedge blocks to get an ideo of what angle is in your hands is really helpful at first, then eventually you won’t need it.
The good thing to remember is you basically cannot ruin the knife. The first couple times you try to sharpen you’ll probably end up with a pretty dull knife, don’t get discouraged. Just try again, you can always bring the edge back. You’ll learn a technique that works for you and eventually you’ll get it.