Thread: other DIY hobbies

ok, so all of us that straight razor shave seem to be DIYists of some sort or another. what else do you guys dabble in? i enjoy the fine art of creating an ale from scratch, making things that blow-up, and any sort of woodworking. i build fly rods and tie flies as well, but i can't fly fish worth a damn (i can cast well, but i can't catch a trout to save my life).

-Max

I'm getting the toold together to make my first knife in the Stock Removal method. I'm very excited about it. I should be able to start on it next week or so and I'll also be doing the steel hardening myself.

Originally Posted by smz84763

ok, so all of us that straight razor shave seem to be DIYists of some sort or another. what else do you guys dabble in? i enjoy the fine art of creating an ale from scratch, making things that blow-up, and any sort of woodworking. i build fly rods and tie flies as well, but i can't fly fish worth a damn (i can cast well, but i can't catch a trout to save my life).

-Max

I have make fly-rods, I tied commercially for while, I'll tie now if I can't find the pattern I want. I am a certified fly-casting instructor. I catch a lot of fish. I do wood working.

Small chores in and around the house and gardening.

A friend and I used to have a small leather business. I had to stop when I moved to Wales though and as the tools were all his and I don't currently have the £££ to buy any tools, it's on hold for a while.

He trained me in Saddlery techniques, though we didn't do Tack or Saddles. We made Guitar straps, tobacco pouches, all sizes of coin purses and belt pouches. Made a set of saddle bags for a Harley once, oh yeah and Archey Quivers and arm guards.

Other than that I do like general tinkering as well as usual girly stuff like x-stitch. I'll see if I can dig up some pic's of the leather stuff.

I'm into graphic design, woodworking (a personal wood shop and a few additional tools would be nice) and some gardening aswell, but since I have a wild garden there's not so much maintenance to do. Recently I started my 'dream house project', which I would like to build when someday a huge pot of gold will fall from the sky. I intent to design and build every little detail myself. The house will be in Modernism and Art Nouveau style combined with my own. A life project.

Originally Posted by Joelski78

I'm into graphic design, woodworking (a personal wood shop and a few additional tools would be nice) and some gardening aswell, but since I have a wild garden there's not so much maintenance to do. Recently I started my 'dream house project', which I would like to build when someday a huge pot of gold will fall from the sky. I intent to design and build every little detail myself. The house will be in Modernism and Art Nouveau style combined with my own. A life project.

What would life be without dreams?

I love off road bike riding. Here is one of a few trails I ride. Me going over a log. Hey I know it ain't much but not bad for a 60 year old guy.

My main hobby, aside from straights, is computers. I build my own, I build them for friends, I'm an avid overclocker, and I have a ton of hardware all over my apartment.

I'm running an overclocked Q6600, XFX8800 GTX, and 2 x 2 gigs of RAM (those are the highlights) on my gaming computer. The processor is under watercooling, but the rest is on air.

My server runs a 939 X2 3800 with 510 megs or RAM, 2 x 250, 2 x 400 and 3 x 500 gig hard drives. Yea...she's a file server.

Both are in a custom Duality case, which I had MountainMods fabricate.

DIY stuff? Well, I've just pioneered a cheap way to make plastic parts at home for under $20- it opens up a new horizon for projects for me.

I also build PC's and I'm always tinkering with mine. I too have a ton of parts (hey, you never know) laying around, and I have to resist the urge to spend tons of money on new parts like hard drives or processors or ram.

One can typically find me doing something to my truck as well. I'm slowly fixing or replacing everything that needs replaced and searching for the next project. The shocks are going to be coming out sometime in the next few weeks, with possible ball joints (upper and lower). Hurrah for project gas guzzlers