any other "strange" hobby's?

new_moonshiner · Post by **new_moonshiner** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:11 pm

Repairing computers in spare time, deer hunting , turkey hunting, fishing atv riding, (hunting transportation mostly) and love picking that 5 string .. 20 Years as a HVACR service tech..and since I found this site and got interested I cant stay away from this monitor ...

Oh did I mention Im 42 .. Now im starting to feel like an Old Timer

mtnwalker2 · Post by **mtnwalker2** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:40 pm

new_moonshiner wrote:Oh did I mention Im 42 .. Now im starting to feel like an Old Timer

Hah! You're a young pup! As my grandfather continued to say at 70, then at 80, then at 90, "all my friends have died, I've got to go out and make some new ones!".

My favorite hobby, beyond this here one, is hunting poachers, 2 and 4 legged ones. Shoot the 4 legged ones, and escort the 2 legged ones up the mountain, where there is a pick and shovel waiting. Ask them to dig a hole 2' X 6' X4' deep. After a little discussion, I turn them loose. I already dug 5 about a foot deep and covered over with dirt and rocks.

I haven't had any repeat customers in 22 years.

new_moonshiner · Post by **new_moonshiner** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:14 pm

LMAO, mtnwalker2 (I haven't had any repeat customers in 22 years.)
with age comes wisdom now thats one way to convert a poacher got to hand it to ya that would do it ..hehehehe

OLD KENTUCK · Post by **OLD KENTUCK** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:31 pm

Hello, any body here into tractor restoration? My project is a 1952 Harry Furgerson TO30

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:02 pm

ive heard of massey harris and massey ferguson but never a harry ferguson. i hate to tell you this but real tractors are GREEN. LOL just kidding. ive got a 430wt john deere that i hope to restore one day. right know it sees to much work. just sold a 46 mt and im looking at a 730 right know. its on lp so im a little skiddish. as far as other hobbies i like hunting fishing camping and drag racing. 1971 dodge dart swinger with a 440. best time so far is 8.49 in 660ft. thats with 6 flat cylinders. going to rering it soon and hope for mid 7's. none of it to strange to me but they all keep me busy.

OLD KENTUCK · Post by **OLD KENTUCK** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:42 am

Harry fergerson built his tractors after a falling out with who ever was building the small fords n-8, n-9 type. here is a picture of one

I used the same paint scheme as in the photo but it has a front end loader on mine.

msrorysdad · Post by **msrorysdad** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:24 am

hunting, motorcycles, tinkering, gardening. I feel with this hobby, anyone on this board will be a more self sufficient, inclined to rebuild and or repair alot. I would venture a guess at most of us are tinkerers

hornedrhodent · Post by **hornedrhodent** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:04 am

OLD KENTUCK wrote:Harry fergerson built his tractors after a falling out with who ever was building the small fords n-8, n-9 type. here is a picture of one

I used the same paint scheme as in the photo but it has a front end loader on mine.

I thought the old grey fergys were grey - or is it a diesel I think they might have been a different colour.

OLD KENTUCK · Post by **OLD KENTUCK** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:34 am

Your are right, the to20, to30's were gray and the to35 red. I liked the red better.

goose eye · Post by **goose eye** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:35 am

think old ford was grey with red belly.
the best for small one row farmin was the old international.
100 a super a an 140s will bring more at a sale today than they cost brand new with shanks ridgers hillers an disk . alot of folks been killed on the trysickles front ends on uneven land but i still like a m
never could aford green

junkyard dawg · Post by **junkyard dawg** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:24 am

'38 farmall b and a 58 case 800. I made the farmall look new, and made the case run like new. One of these days I'll get 'em both...

hornedrhodent · Post by **hornedrhodent** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:16 am

Sold my old farmall A last year for $200 to someone who valued it for more than its scrap value.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:43 pm

Seismometers. Right now I'm working on a device that I hope to be able to detect Earth tides with. (The centre of continents move up and down with the passing of the moon too) The design is almost final, and I have all the electrical components. I just need to get the mechanical parts.

Bujapat · Post by **Bujapat** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:30 am

As I wrote on another topic, I love bowshootin' (bowhuntin'), camping, mountain bikin', skiin', playin' guitar...

I also like every selfmade thing : I built my house, some of the house furniture, I make my own bread, I cultivate some vegetables...

I also play table soccer (in a local competition).

The most strange hobby I have is... distillin'

dutch@home · Post by **dutch@home** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:12 pm

tractor!

forgot to mention that!

1 cillinder, 2 stroke diesel-engine, 12 hp

german brand, 50 jears old. about 100 made of this type.
no!: its not unimog....
search for mulag, stil existing....

junkyard dawg · Post by **junkyard dawg** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:54 pm

thats a nice machine. I've never seen anything like it.

hornedrhodent I paid 400 for mine. It was running good when I got it... mostly needed some paint and a grille.

OldManP · Post by **OldManP** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:57 am

Before my education i used to fish, hunt, camp, hike, climb, and canoe, but since then i went to school, got married and now i don't have much extra time.
Well i would if i wasn't trying to learn how to fly jets. You wouldn't believe how much work that is...well maybe y'all would, but is sure is the most stressful and hardwork i've ever tried to do.
Harder than pourin' concrete in the middle of July or diggin' up a septic tank that I wasn't sure of the 'exact' location. Sure hope i get some time to get into this hobby, cuz all the other ones are pretty much non-existent right now.

Copperhed · Post by **Copperhed** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:42 am

I collect Betty Boop memorabilia.

I love to garden and incubate eggs in the spring/summer.

I also do lots of canning during harvest time,
My first post....so hello to you all.

Copper

Still_Tinkerin · Post by **Still_Tinkerin** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:14 am

Weird other stuff I do:
I'm gonna provide links to the pics, okay? (I don't know 'bout most people, but I hate long-loading images from some newbie!)

I cast mostly aluminum,
(here's a video of a pour, on YOUTUBE) = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cq0PbLAXJQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/ ... stings.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
some brass. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/ ... pmyhre.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Tried my hand at EGE a couple months ago, seems like it werks good...I had some cool results
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/ ... CT0049.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

I also do CNC homebuilt apparatus, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/ ... WSCREW.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

and most recently, am trying to figure out how to re-wire a tiny FPC
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/ ... nerFFC.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
in my LCD TV, so I can use it in my projector,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/ ... erMess.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
so I can watch movies out in the shop, where I plan on werking on this Distilling hobby!

Yeah, I'm THAT new!

Post by **blanikdog** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:30 pm

I used to skydive and fly gliders. As I got old I realised that a broken leg would be a bit of a problem so now just make booze and go fishing.

Monster Mash · Post by **Monster Mash** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:54 pm

I am an avid cave diver with over 500 safe cave dives.

dixiedrifter · Post by **dixiedrifter** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:39 am

Chemistry is my hobby.

Lets say I do some rather interesting expiriments and keep it at that.

To give you an idea of what I like to play with and am capable of doing, I have over 6 pounds of pure sodium metal out in my garage, and better glassware and apparatus than a local university.

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:51 am

Thats worth about $300 bucks up around these parts DD. Obviously working in a climate controlled area. We'll have to compare lab setups some time

stoker · Post by **stoker** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:58 am

dixiedrifter wrote:Chemistry is my hobby.

Lets say I do some rather interesting expiriments and keep it at that.

To give you an idea of what I like to play with and am capable of doing, I have over 6 pounds of pure sodium metal out in my garage, and better glassware and apparatus than a local university.

did you make the sodium?

dixiedrifter · Post by **dixiedrifter** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:15 am

stoker wrote:
dixiedrifter wrote:Chemistry is my hobby.

Lets say I do some rather interesting expiriments and keep it at that.

To give you an idea of what I like to play with and am capable of doing, I have over 6 pounds of pure sodium metal out in my garage, and better glassware and apparatus than a local university.
did you make the sodium?

Hahaha, I don't have enough $$$,$$$ for a decent alkali metal manufacturing setup... so I just bought it.

I'm going to clean up my lab today, need to update my MSDS sheets, dust my glassware, and all that good stuff. Haven't done anything in it since last November since its not climate controlled.

I'm getting ready to do some free radical chlorinations and perhaps manufacture some sodium cyanide over the next coupla weeks.

Still need to get a special gas dispersion tube to 24/40 adapter... thats the only thing holding me back right now.

I'm hoping UPS will crap out that refrigerated vacuum trap within the next hour or so.

Oh, BTW, I have some extra 24/40 teflon joint sleeves for sale if anyone is interested. They will keep your joints from seizing up, vaccum tight down to 1 torr, will keep your expensive glassware from getting a coating of joint grease and your product contaminated, and best of all, they are reusable. $20 for a pack of 10.

aj · Post by aj » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:27 am

I play Go, and know how to cast and press my own bullets, even though I don't have a firearm at current. I enjoy programming microcontrollers and creating projects with them. Soon, I'll be extracting my own essential oils for various projects. I know a bit about glasswork.

I desperately want to learn how to weld. High-temp brazing is as far as I've gotten.

Post by **Husker** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:22 am

aj wrote:I desperately want to learn how to weld. High-temp brazing is as far as I've gotten.

I just recently "learned" myself (have a hell of a long way to go, but have made a start).

Find yourself a weekend class at a local "community college". I went to 8 weekend classes (4 hours each). The class was a an overview corse to "all" kinds of welding (oxy brazing and welding, mig, stick, tig, cutting, grinding, and plasma cutting). Was a good overview. I spent most of my time oxy brazing and welding. I tried to get as good at that as I could, using sheet material. The instructor emphasized that getting a good handle on oxy was pretty much needed to weld anything else. Learn the puddle control there, and you can better control it on other materials / forms of welding.

Went out and have bought myself an oxy rig, and a set of bottles. They work SO much better than the simple propane torches I had used before, and can do so much more

I am VERY glad to have taken the class. It has opened up many additional projects for me to be able to do, as a home "hobby enthusiast" to be able to do.

H.

Post by **blanikdog** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:36 pm

Oh, BTW, I have some extra 24/40 teflon joint sleeves for sale if anyone is interested. They will keep your joints from seizing up,

Nothing worse than a seized up joint, dixie

hornedrhodent · Post by **hornedrhodent** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:42 am

dixiedrifter wrote:
I have over 6 pounds of pure sodium metal out in my garage,

Hope your roof doesn't leak!
or
Hope you dont live in flood prone area!
or
Make sure you post the piccies when you decide to drop it in a bucket of water!

dixiedrifter · Post by **dixiedrifter** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:29 am

I threw a small lump bout the size of a nickel in my coolant resevoir (old hot tub with busted contoller) and after several minutes it blew up rather unimpressively with a small "pop" and cloud of sodium hydroxide smoke.

No way in hell I'd throw anythin much bigger in...

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