Weekend Hobby and Bodging Thread

Hey, kids. Hope your weekend so far is going well. It's time once again to head for your garage, basement, spare room or other studio space and get creative! As always please use all power tools or hazardous materials with respect and caution. Walk away from a cut or operation that doesn't feel right and figure out an alternate way to do it. And always wear proper eye, ear and lung protection.

First up, I am already planning my new garage wood shop and have been leaning towards either the DeWalt or Skil 10" job site/contractor saws and integrating it into a workbench/outfeed table. Of all the designs that are on YouTube, I really like the construction and layout of this one. That said, I'd never glue down the top or bottom as this fellow did because of wood movement as well as replacing the top if it gets too beat up.

This gentleman up in British Columbia is an outstanding model railroader and fine artist. I believe he worked in film as a special effects model maker. Anyway, his current layout features a car float with extensive waterways, and his method to create them without using epoxy resin looks like a great alternative. Scroll through his other videos for other great model railroad constrcution and design tutorials.

Jeff Reiten is an incredibly talented modeler, and here he shows you how to create chipped and cracked paint effects using AK Interactive pencils. Another channel you should bookmark if you're into dioramas or model railways. His videography and editing are also beautifully done.

Now that you have a workbench, how about this cool modern coffee table? These guys are really talented. Not a big fan of epoxy tables (which they have done quite a few of) but they're masters of bent wood laminations.

Sewing is a skill that I wish I took up. Before my dad became an art teacher he worked as a textile designer and he knew his way around both a loom as well as a sewing machine. I had my chances. Oh well. Here's a tutorial on how to make patterns from your favorite items so you can recreate them.

Step by step in building a RC P-40 Warhwawk, mostly out of EPS foam. I'm a stick-and-tissue man, myself, but there are some great techniques here.

Artist and instructor Ian Roberts with some good insights in how to paint "alla prima." Lots of other good videos on painting techniques that artists will find interesting. Very knowledgeable guy.

Lastly, a really nice diorama depicting the Daily Bugle from the world of Spiderman made out of the most basic materials like cardboard, wood and air-dry-clay.

Have fun and enjoy!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 05:00 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:01 PM (2JoB8)

2 J.J. doing weekend duty? Well done sir.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 05:02 PM (nxdel)

3 My weekend hobby is my old truck. Its a 1972 Dodge D100 Adventurer Sport. I'm putting a dual plane intake and a 4-barrel on the 318.

Posted by: Eskimo at January 22, 2022 05:04 PM (zIRb+)

4 Watched a couple Remote control aircraft today, a F-14 and a A-10, both excellent looking models that flew well, the F-14 had workable gear and swing wings, the A-10 had flares and a sound like gun fire.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:04 PM (2JoB8)

5 I need a hobby.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:05 PM (eGTCV)

6 I've heard that raising alpacas can be a rewarding hobby and a lucrative side gig. How much land do you need?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2022 05:06 PM (gUt1u)

7 I'm pretty sure reading AoS is my hobby.

Talk about a boring you tube channel.

Posted by: weirdflunky at January 22, 2022 05:07 PM (cknjq)

8 I have been scouring the internet in search of an alternate chess/dress thread. Tough to find.

Oh well. Bodging it is.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 22, 2022 05:07 PM (vlXMQ)

9 The closest thing I have to a hobby is roasting coffee.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:07 PM (eGTCV)

10 Drive your enemies before you and hear the laminations of their women!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at January 22, 2022 05:07 PM (Qv0Mi)

11 I read it as paint Allan Prima

Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 05:08 PM (arJlL)

12 Betty Davis !

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 05:08 PM (V13WU)

13 Hiya JJ !

Great Thread !

Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 05:08 PM (arJlL)

14 He who bodges last, bodges best.

-- Sun Tzu

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2022 05:08 PM (gUt1u)

15 Indoor alpaca ranches are the wave of the future.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2022 05:09 PM (gUt1u)

16 Hiya Bodgers !

Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 05:10 PM (arJlL)

17 Indoor alpaca ranches are the wave of the future.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2022 05:09 PM (gUt1u)

I heard content farming is a thing.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 05:10 PM (V13WU)

18 Thank you for stepping into the breach JJ. It is much appreciated.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:11 PM (eGTCV)

19
Is "bodging" Yiddish?

I thought we decided we weren't doing any Yiddish.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:11 PM (W+vQq)

20 I am fascinated with bent wood. (out of the gutter, gang). I tried to do some when I was making my library table style desk but I never could get it to work.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 22, 2022 05:12 PM (uGA8n)

21 I feel an emptiness that I can't explain - like something is missing.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at January 22, 2022 05:14 PM (tA1/w)

22 I am fascinated with bent wood.

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Heh. How you doin'?

Posted by: Peyronie at January 22, 2022 05:14 PM (gUt1u)

23 Here is a old game board I did on Gettysburg
Looking atop Cemetery ridge with Meade's Hq behind, the Round Tops in far left background, right background is the peach orchard hill
https://tinyurl.com/2p8jz9jb

Second is above Little Round Top Looking to Devils Den
https://tinyurl.com/mw99zjx6

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:14 PM (2JoB8)

24 Some people are so talented.

If I tried to paint that river it would look like that R/C P-40.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 22, 2022 05:14 PM (R/m4+)

25 I am fascinated with bent wood. (out of the gutter, gang).

Why whatever do you mean? Us, minds in the gutter? No way. This is a classy place doncha know.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 05:14 PM (nxdel)

26
It's not very exciting, but there's a guy on Youtube who is an expert at Vinyl Repair. He makes an art of repairing vinyl and leather.

https://youtu.be/G_5qU6Nwh6M

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:15 PM (W+vQq)

27 Thanks for stepping up with a post, JJ. I'm still melancholy about OM.

Posted by: IC - Joe Biden has shit for brains at January 22, 2022 05:16 PM (Nyumu)

28 Do want to reset that game board up and try Day 3 July 3rd Pickett's Charge some day.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:16 PM (2JoB8)

29 Thank you JJ. Still crying.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 22, 2022 05:17 PM (45fpk)

30 A protractor.... a fucking protractor. Who even knows how to...

Never mind... y'all got this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2022 05:17 PM (BFigT)

31 My stepson got a Japanese saw for Christmas but had wanted an adze. Since he picked up presents late, I got him an adze. He got me a Craftsman circular saw/drill combo. I need to put electric brakes on the trailer first but am tenatively planning to buy lumber for the trailer project next month.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 22, 2022 05:18 PM (YynYJ)

32 Anyone know what the best smellin' kind of glue is? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Old Man Biden at January 22, 2022 05:19 PM (/4vtq)

33 I'm really enjoying these hobby threads, J.J. Thanks for posting them.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at January 22, 2022 05:19 PM (2nS7m)

34
Here's a guy who collects beautiful old cars from the 60's and 70's.

Most of you are old enough to remember this 1966 Pontiac from your youth:

https://youtu.be/_eiuSfwZOKE?t=137

*I cued it up at the Lucite steering wheel. Gorgeous.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:19 PM (W+vQq)

35 32 Anyone know what the best smellin' kind of glue is? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Old Man Biden at January 22, 2022 05:19 PM (/4vtq)

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Have you tried gold paint?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2022 05:19 PM (gUt1u)

36 My favorite DIY: 'How To Take A Nap'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 05:19 PM (pbStR)

37 My next project is to make a replica pontoon bridge. I have boats so need to make the beams and planking out of craft wood.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:20 PM (2JoB8)

38 I trimmed and shaped my beard today. Not exactly a hobby, but involved some degree of fine motor control and eye-hand coordination...

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 05:21 PM (II3Gr)

39
Wood tops for workbenches are lousy.

Steel tops are the way to go, for obvious reasons.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:22 PM (W+vQq)

40 Bent wood like they are doing, to make this yurt?

https://youtu.be/YikFc0INaMg

Or bent wood like some plywood furniture?

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 22, 2022 05:22 PM (YynYJ)

41 Did just get a new cordless Dremel so that will be very useful in lots of projects.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:22 PM (2JoB8)

42 38 I trimmed and shaped my beard today. Not exactly a hobby, but involved some degree of fine motor control and eye-hand coordination...
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 05:21 PM (II3Gr)

I went from a beard to a chin mullet. I look a little less like a hobo.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:23 PM (eGTCV)

43 Bent wood like they are doing, to make this yurt?

If you bend your wood, it's gonna yurt. A lot.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at January 22, 2022 05:23 PM (II3Gr)

44 My BIL is heavily into RC planes. He and his cronies meet once a week to fly the things. Some are astounding. A Super-scale A-10 is a thing to behold.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 05:23 PM (pbStR)

45 That is more like an end table than a coffee table because of how small it is. My husband has a nice 3 car garage wood shop... has the Saw Stop table saw, powermatic jointer and band saw, miter saw, plainer, etc, etc... his Christmas present to himself was that festool domino tool. He is supposed to build a walnut coffee table next...

Posted by: lin-duh at January 22, 2022 05:24 PM (UUBmN)

46 Most of you are old enough to remember this 1966 Pontiac from your youth:

https://youtu.be/_eiuSfwZOKE?t=137

*I cued it up at the Lucite steering wheel. Gorgeous.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:19 PM (W+vQq)

That's a nice car Sooth.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 22, 2022 05:24 PM (45fpk)

47 If you bend your wood, it's gonna yurt. A lot.
Posted by: Insomniac
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Yeah, that's true.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 22, 2022 05:24 PM (pbStR)

48 Nice work, Skip. I'm slowly painting up some 6mm Cold War figs for Cold War Gone Hot games. I'm about to start work on a regiments worth of WARPAC infantry at a platoon per stand scale.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at January 22, 2022 05:25 PM (2nS7m)

49 10 Drive your enemies before you and hear the laminations of their women!
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Those laminations could be painful.
Lamentations could just be annoying.
LOL

Posted by: Ciampino at January 22, 2022 05:26 PM (qfLjt)

50 Subzero temps and generally crappy weather are a good opportunity to catch up on the hobby backlog a bit. I've been working on my layout (n-scale), ballasting a few track sidings and starting some more trees. I also need to do some track cleaning, as it's been a couple months and things are running a bit herky-jerky.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at January 22, 2022 05:26 PM (lNHqD)

51 I read it as paint Allan Prima
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Louie's little brother I believe.

Posted by: dartist at January 22, 2022 05:27 PM (+ya+t)

52 Thing 2 came over this afternoon and put the hobby plates on our old '63 T-bird. Ten years old and knows everything there is to know about stuff. Except schoolwork.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 22, 2022 05:27 PM (45fpk)

53 I don't really have a hobby. What started as a hobby turned into a business. I would love a hobby but honestly at this point even though I'm retired I'm ridiculously busy. Silver sneakers classes, Shep's, keeping up with my biz I probably wouldn't really have time. But I HAVE been doing some brainstorming and may run it by you all at some point.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 05:28 PM (nxdel)

54 Most of you are old enough to remember this 1966 Pontiac from your youth:
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What are those crank handles on the inside of the doors for?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 05:29 PM (pbStR)

55
grammie winger and IC, I'm glad you're both here.
Saturday evenings will never be the same, but it's nice that we can still can gather and make the best of it.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:29 PM (W+vQq)

56
I bought my granddaughter a modest set of HO trains for Christmas. The possibility for future expenditures of more tracks, crossings, lights, villages, and other enhancements for the next decade was behind the decision. Then she'll discover the opposite sex and it will all be put away.

Until she has her own children.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 22, 2022 05:29 PM (dQvv7)

57 My problem at the moment is getting a project finished. I've got four things in various stages and none of them are done.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 22, 2022 05:30 PM (uGA8n)

58 Saturday evenings will never be the same, but it's nice that we can still can gather and make the best of it.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:29 PM (W+vQq)

Yes, you're right.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 22, 2022 05:30 PM (45fpk)

59
What are those crank handles on the inside of the doors for?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Hard to believe we used to live in the Stone Age, isn't it?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:30 PM (W+vQq)

60 My problem at the moment is getting a project finished. I've got four things in various stages and none of them are done.

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...which in itself can be sort of a hobby....

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 05:31 PM (V13WU)

61 Wife got me an 1/700 scale IJN aircraft carrier for Christmas. She is the Chitose and she started life as a sea plane carrier before being converted into a light carrier with a full runway deck but no superstructure. Her sister was the Chiyoda.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 22, 2022 05:31 PM (sHUTO)

62 I am fascinated with bent wood.
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I always loved bent wood willow furniture. Knew a couple in Arizona who grew it for that use. Beautiful stuff.

Posted by: dartist at January 22, 2022 05:31 PM (+ya+t)

63 55: so true.

Posted by: IC - Joe Biden has shit for brains at January 22, 2022 05:31 PM (Nyumu)

64
Thing 2 came over this afternoon and put the hobby plates on our old '63 T-bird.
Posted by: grammie winger

Was it nice enough to take it out for a spin?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:31 PM (W+vQq)

65 Jewells as long as the business is fun your doing fine.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:32 PM (2JoB8)

66 My problem at the moment is getting a project finished. I've got four things in various stages and none of them are done.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Four?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, with a dozen projects gone dormant at January 22, 2022 05:32 PM (pbStR)

67 Saturday evenings will never be the same, but it's nice that we can still can gather and make the best of it.

Indeed. OM will be missed forever but thanks to the Cobs for stepping in.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 05:33 PM (nxdel)

68 Was it nice enough to take it out for a spin?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:31 PM (W+vQq)

Nope. Too much salt on the roadways. Probably not till April. Or May. It's Wisconsin.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 22, 2022 05:33 PM (45fpk)

69 Hard to believe we used to live in the Stone Age, isn't it?
Posted by: Soothsayer
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[recalls vent windows]

*sigh*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 05:34 PM (ELgVT)

70
Jewells, I hear that Kickboxing Classes and serving Margaritas is all the rage.

/pstupid psaki reference, in case I need to explain it

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:34 PM (W+vQq)

71
[recalls vent windows]

*sigh*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

And drip rails, dammit!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 05:34 PM (ELgVT)

72 [recalls vent windows]

Those are my grandchildrens' favorite things.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 22, 2022 05:34 PM (45fpk)

73 Pennsyltucky are you making your own trees?

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:36 PM (2JoB8)

74 No need to explain Sooth. She's a disaster.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 05:36 PM (nxdel)

75 8 I have been scouring the internet in search of an alternate chess/dress thread. Tough to find.

Oh well. Bodging it is.
Posted by: No Name Today at January 22, 2022 05:07 PM (vlXMQ)
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For Chess there is: You tube: agadmator chess really good.

R.I.P. Oregon Muse, you will be missed.

Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at January 22, 2022 05:36 PM (9BID/)

76 Skip, wow.

On the table saw front: As part of our move from Austin to east TX I'm looking forward to, hopefully, either a three car garage and/or eventually an actual work shop.

I've started to think that I might really prefer a track saw to a table saw. I haven't used one yet but for large cuts the idea of moving the saw rather than the work makes a lot of sense both in terms of space and in maneuvering the work--it takes away the need for the kind of setup being built in that video. And that guy's table, as nice as it is, wouldn't really work on full size sheets very well, and wouldn't hold them square etc.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 22, 2022 05:36 PM (z9npv)

77
"wing windows"

Really nice when we had no A/C.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:36 PM (W+vQq)

78 My dad (?) tried to get me into stamp collection. It never took off.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 05:37 PM (V13WU)

79 My only project at the moment is getting a pipe stem to fit properly. I bought a very nice French estate pipe last year, and it's a good smoker. But the stem, the part you actually put into your mouth, is of horn. Usually that is no trouble. But this one is very tight. I have to put a dish towel around the stem and use a pair of pliers (!) to get it turning properly for removal and cleaning.

I'm sanding the tenon, the small cylinder that actually inserts into the briar wood, w/ 800 grit sandpaper, first wet and then dry. An hour's work last night got it feeling even smoother and willing to slide into the pipe with less trouble at first. It still is tight. Perhaps another couple of sessions will do it.

You can't use a power tool on this sort of thing, even if I had one. If you take off too much material, you're out of luck. A loose stem is worse than a tight one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 22, 2022 05:37 PM (c6xtn)

80 /pstupid psaki reference, in case I need to explain it

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:34 PM

Stupid and Psaki in the same sentence is redundant. Didn't Joe know that she's a person of Clinton heritage and would make him look stupid? Or stupider?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 22, 2022 05:38 PM (dQvv7)

81 Our family car was a 65 Pontiac Star Chief. The color of that Catalina brings it right back.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 22, 2022 05:38 PM (z9npv)

82 I feel an emptiness that I can't explain - like something is missing.
Posted by: Next2Nothing

Are you wearing underwear ?

Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 05:38 PM (arJlL)

83 On the table saw front: As part of our move from Austin to east TX I'm looking forward to, hopefully, either a three car garage and/or eventually an actual work shop.

I've started to think that I might really prefer a track saw to a table saw. I haven't used one yet but for large cuts the idea of moving the saw rather than the work makes a lot of sense both in terms of space and in maneuvering the work--it takes away the need for the kind of setup being built in that video. And that guy's table, as nice as it is, wouldn't really work on full size sheets very well, and wouldn't hold them square etc.
Posted by: TexasDan
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Or you can have both! They each have their place in the workshop!

Posted by: lin-duh at January 22, 2022 05:39 PM (UUBmN)

84 Mesquite is a gorgeous wood and works well. The grain gives pieces a lot of character and it has warmth to it. Another of my projects is making cat trees out of real trees.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 22, 2022 05:40 PM (uGA8n)

85 The only other hobby I had was crocheting. That was several years ago. I have a friend who crochets. We actually met at a craft show 4 or 5 years ago. She's an absolute genius and can follow any pattern. I've never seen such talent. We have remained friends. Very nice lady.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 05:41 PM (nxdel)

86 Seen them but never used a track saw, my uncle until couple years now had a large table sawthat cutting anything but a full sheet of plywood was easy. Actually at work on a smaller portable table saw have cut full sheets but it's tricky.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:41 PM (2JoB8)

87 The draft was perfect on those wing windows for smokers too. Probably designed with smokers in mind because who didn't smoke in those days.

Posted by: dartist at January 22, 2022 05:41 PM (+ya+t)

88 @52...I was good at schoolwork but never any good at stuff.
Thing #2 will be a more useful man than I ever was.

Posted by: yep at January 22, 2022 05:41 PM (4XlIB)

89 Job site saws are rarely accurate enough to make fine furniture...ask me how I know, go on...

Posted by: lin-duh at January 22, 2022 05:41 PM (UUBmN)

90 Hi lin-duh!

How are you feeling today?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 22, 2022 05:42 PM (U2p+3)

91 weirdwife has a pretty good hobby. SHe's started buying raffle tickets from the state DNR.

$20 per ticket. She's won an AR and a 9mm in the last year. A different gun is raffled each month. Looking forward to her winning the Barrett.

Posted by: weirdflunky at January 22, 2022 05:42 PM (cknjq)

92 Omg JJ on a weekend!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2022 05:42 PM (lCui1)

93 I need a hobby.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:05 PM (eGTCV)

I need more money for the hobby I've got.

It's only N scale, I said. That's half the size of HO, I said.
That's half the money, right? I said. So I'm saving 50%, I said.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I said.

Posted by: jakee308 at January 22, 2022 05:42 PM (ZHNfk)

94 Walnut wood is nice. Grain, color.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 05:42 PM (V13WU)

95 That top cartoon could be here, wife has said often about now my considerable size army she never sees them come in. I usually get mail order now days and am at the mail box the day I know their here.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:43 PM (2JoB8)

96 Most of you are old enough to remember this 1966 Pontiac from your youth:

https://youtu.be/_eiuSfwZOKE?t=137

*I cued it up at the Lucite steering wheel. Gorgeous.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022

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Beautiful car, and a lot of the dash layout reminds me of my father's '66 Chevy Impala Super Sport. But -- this Pontiac has no air conditioning???? I know that was a relatively expensive option then. But a car like this would never have sold in Da Swamp even then without A/C.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 22, 2022 05:43 PM (c6xtn)

97 Hard to believe we used to live in the Stone Age, isn't it?
Posted by: Soothsayer
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[recalls vent windows]

*sigh*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

I once tried to explain to a yute about pay toilets.

He looked at me like I had 3 heads.

Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 05:44 PM (arJlL)

98 Not well-known fact re Pontiac, they only ever made *one* V8 engine. Different displacements, of course, but they were all the same block dimensions/geometry.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 05:44 PM (1vynn)

99
Beautiful sunset in Pennsylvania tonight. Grammy Winger should see it in another hour or two.

I never realized how long a time zone was until I visited my daughter who is at the end of a time zone and I'm only in the middle of one. Yikes!

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 22, 2022 05:44 PM (dQvv7)

100 I have never figured out how much I have spent in nearly 40 years, it's alot I know.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:44 PM (2JoB8)

101 Last week I got back into working on Warhammer 40k Chaos Marine force. I use a hodgepodge of figures and play only the one true edition (2nd).

For Chaos and Orks like to do pure kit-bashing rather than buy formal kits. For the better part of a decade (at least) I've had a 1/35 Merkava kit that I bought to be a super-heavy tank but then decided to use it for something else. Finally, I bit the bullet and sawed the lower hull in half. This will become the upper hull of a Chaos Rhino.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 22, 2022 05:44 PM (llXky)

102 Posted by: weirdflunky at January 22, 2022 05:42 PM (cknjq)

Geez.

Cut to the chase and have her go for the National Lottery, man!

Posted by: jakee308 at January 22, 2022 05:44 PM (ZHNfk)

103 I am wrapping up distilling for the day.

Sugar source: Texas Wildflower Honey.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at January 22, 2022 05:45 PM (hrRsI)

104 Coffee roasting it is. Then.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:45 PM (eGTCV)

105 I'm ok nurse. Just very lazy. Start to feel a bit dizzy if I try to do much so I've been lounging around again.
Walnut is beautiful! I prefer it to oak.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 22, 2022 05:45 PM (UUBmN)

106 I am fascinated with bent wood.
Posted by: Ben Had

Ya know, I've always admired you !

Posted by: JT at January 22, 2022 05:45 PM (arJlL)

107 Cut to the chase and have her go for the National Lottery, man!
Posted by: jakee308 at January 22, 2022 05:44 PM (ZHNfk)

heh

No kidding

Posted by: weirdflunky at January 22, 2022 05:45 PM (cknjq)

108 I've been restoring my 1960 VW Westfalia for nearly a year. Camper interior, bodywork and paint including the chassis. Have the engine out to paint engine bay, took the doghouse and engine tin apart to paint this weekend. Had to heat garage to do it, as we had a snowstorm last night with temps down to 16 tonight, which is very unusual for coastal NC. It's a subhatch Westy, has a metal sunroof that flips open. I can pretend to be a U-Boat captain. This is about as arty as I get.

Posted by: Patient X at January 22, 2022 05:46 PM (snngm)

109 I've been doing pottery for some time now, probably 20 plus years. I'm trying to keep it at hobby level but you end up with so much stuff you end up selling some. Relatives have a lot.

It is stoneware, wheel thrown and slab built. Here are a couple of pics of my early work. Mostly utilitarian stuff, except the tea pots.

https://tinyurl.com/2y29f75t

https://tinyurl.com/7hb6r5xu

Posted by: Javems at January 22, 2022 05:46 PM (AmoqO)

110 It's only N scale, I said. That's half the size of HO, I said.
That's half the money, right? I said. So I'm saving 50%, I said.

Posted by: jakee308 at January 22, 2022 05:42 PM (ZHNfk)
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A friend of mine who is very into railroading said it's a buyers market these days. They do a show/swap meet a couple of times a year and he says it's mostly older guys selling off their stuff.

Your results may vary.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 22, 2022 05:46 PM (llXky)

111 I wonder if push in lighters will make a comeback in cars so kids can snort their roaches now that weed is legal.

Posted by: dartist at January 22, 2022 05:47 PM (+ya+t)

112 Very nice, J.J. Something for everyone.

Posted by: Lola at January 22, 2022 05:47 PM (xjz83)

113 As fas as hobbies now, buying and trying new shaving soaps and creams, and vintage razors, is a kind of hobby. I don't have much interest right now in shopping for razors; I have 10 already, 8 vintage. Trying different aftershaves and colognes, and sometimes soaps that match them, is fun.

My other buying habit is tobacco pipes, esp. vintage. Though I did buy a new Peterson pot-bowl for Christmas. Etsy has sellers with good vintage pipes; I see 2 I'd like to snap up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 22, 2022 05:47 PM (c6xtn)

114 I never had space for model trains, or the like. I did get into these tiny 1/285th scale "Micro Armor" pieces that are kin to the various tabletop pieces used in wargaming.

ghqmodels dot com

I have some dioramas that are pretty detailed for being so small.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (BFigT)

115 I always tell people doing fantasy figures it has to fun creativity not to have this be exactly this color or that color

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (2JoB8)

116 I am jealous of people with hobbies.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (eGTCV)

117 very unusual for coastal NC
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We were through with it here in WNC, sent it over to you folk. Whereabouts are you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (1vynn)

118 Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:44 PM (2JoB

OH NO. No, no, no.

Never try and figure out how much you spent/spend on your hobby.

It will make you weep. And then think about selling it and then think about all the work to selling it. And the weeping again at the thought of selling it.

And then to feel better you'll go and buy some more stuff.

It gets expensive to think about how much you spend on your hobby.

Posted by: jakee308 at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (ZHNfk)

119 Posted by: Javems at January 22, 2022 05:46 PM (AmoqO)

That's wonderful. You're very talented, Javems!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (k49Sx)

120 Wow Javems. That's really something.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 22, 2022 05:49 PM (z9npv)

121 Close enough to five o'clock for government work.

Posted by: Javems at January 22, 2022 05:49 PM (AmoqO)

122 lin-duh, tell hubby if he wants any mesquite we can rough cut it here. Cedar too.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 22, 2022 05:49 PM (uGA8n)

123 I am jealous of people with hobbies.
Posted by: N.L. Urker
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I'm envious of the energy and the time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 05:49 PM (ELgVT)

124 I'm feeling vaguely lethargic or perhaps LETHirgic. I don't know which.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:50 PM (eGTCV)

125 I have never figured out how much I have spent in nearly 40 years, it's alot I know.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:44 PM (2JoB

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About 15 years ago, having made my mind up to stay 'retro," I decided to purge my 40k collection of almost all of the actual GW model kits and convert new ones out of historical models, which were 1/3 the price.

Since then the really old (90s era) plastics are moving into the price range where the items are cheaper than the shipping, so whatever I've spent, it's not that much.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 22, 2022 05:50 PM (llXky)

126 It gets expensive to think about how much you spend on your hobby.
Posted by: jakee308 at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (ZHNfk)

...

I'm pretty sure guys are actually more expensive than women because of our hobbies.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 22, 2022 05:50 PM (z9npv)

127 Ben had,

What size boards can you get from mesquite?

Posted by: lin-duh at January 22, 2022 05:50 PM (UUBmN)

128 I need a hobby.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:05 PM (eGTCV)

The answer is close at hand and costs nothing.

Posted by: Phuk Ho Le Channeling Masturbatin Petr at January 22, 2022 05:50 PM (kxT/t)

129 I love those teapots!

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (YynYJ)

130 I have an update on redc1c4:

Some of you may remember littleoldlady from the old LGF days where many of us populated the late night threads with red. She's still active with some of the folks from back then and received this update today. She asked that I pass it along here:

"Sorry to say it is true. He slipped and didn't survive a fall. We looked and looked and didn't find a death notice or Obit. A member got a hold of his wife. Copy of his reply: I'm of course very saddened to confirm the passing of my friend, Mr. Red Seewun. I had to verify with his significant other, "Resident Evil". He DID NOT die from anything "Covid". He slipped and fell right before Thanksgiving last year, and he had absolutely NO contacts on his phone, or she would have called/text. Anyway, his head bounced against a concrete wall, and floor and that was it. I'm grateful that he went quickly and without suffering. If you are as I am, maybe say a quick prayer to God thanking him for giving us Red, for the time we had with us."

Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (T823z)

131 I am wrapping up distilling for the day.

Sugar source: Texas Wildflower Honey.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at January 22, 2022 05:45 PM (hrRsI)
***
Two Christmas' in a row was asked what iI wanted.

A fruit distiller.

Nada.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (axyOa)

132 I have some walnut wood... small branch sized maybe 6".

What's it good for?

Asking because I've got a shit ton of walnut trees. Always cutting the dead wood out of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (BFigT)

133 114 I never had space for model trains, or the like. I did get into these tiny 1/285th scale "Micro Armor" pieces that are kin to the various tabletop pieces used in wargaming.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (BFigT)
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I have a small collection of Operation Crusader period British tanks. I find the early war armor interesting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (llXky)

134 Posted by: Javems

Beautiful teapots.
I have some hand thrown pottery as well. Unfortunately, after 30 years of continuous use, most of my plates are chipped or cracked.

Even our artist markets don't have stuff that's nearly as nice. And what they do have sells for 50 bucks a plate.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (U2p+3)

135 I'm pretty sure guys are actually more expensive than women because of our hobbies.
Posted by: TexasDan at January 22, 2022 05:50 PM (z9npv)

Some guys' hobby is womens, then it really gets out of hand.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 05:52 PM (V13WU)

136 114 I never had space for model trains, or the like. I did get into these tiny 1/285th scale "Micro Armor" pieces that are kin to the various tabletop pieces used in wargaming.

ghqmodels dot com

I have some dioramas that are pretty detailed for being so small.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (BFigT)

Depending on obviously the scale as well as the prototype you want to model, you can build a nice compact layout. Industrial switching, narrow gauge or even trolley/traction. Something to consider. Lots of great plans out there. Even a couple of FREEMO modules that can connect to a group layout.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2022 05:52 PM (s2VJv)

137 115 I always tell people doing fantasy figures it has to fun creativity not to have this be exactly this color or that color
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:48 PM (2JoB

But for a lot of people, getting it exactly right IS the fun. I can stand these people a lot more than those who want to do flaming pink gay space marines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD, requiem in pacem Tami, OM, redc1c4 at January 22, 2022 05:52 PM (f4mjo)

138 Nice work, Skip. I'm slowly painting up some 6mm Cold War figs for Cold War Gone Hot games.
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In the before-times of the never-never-wuflu, I went to Historicon and the same year to Fall-In. [2005??]

I've got 1/300 Heroics & Ros Marlburians that'll be set up for the Volley & Bayonet grand tactical rules. I've got some SYW ones too but not nearly as many because the equipment looks too much of a PITA to paint that I intend using for a boardgame that has about 1" hexes.

I had a painted Nap 1809+ Austrian Corps; unpainted blue-primed Duchy of Warsaw troops I sold to a Polish guy who joined the group; and a partially-painted Corps that I called the Corps of the North with a Russian, Swedish, and Prussian 1813+ Divisions but I sold it to another guy in the group too. I eventually left the group, selling the Austrians to the GM but keeping the 1809 Brunswick Black Horde brigade for sentimental reasons.

No moderns but I do have the old WRG 1950-1985 rules!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 05:52 PM (UHVv4)

139 Javems, that's quite a hobby. Lovely work there!

Posted by: Lola at January 22, 2022 05:53 PM (xjz83)

140 lin-duh, up to 10'' wide, varying lengths.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 22, 2022 05:53 PM (uGA8n)

141 Almost pulled the trigger on a micro armor set for a little game of Girls und Panzer, few sides of 6 tanks each and think What a Tanker will be a good rule set. And yes want a gold color M-3 Lee and a Stug with sashimono banners

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:53 PM (2JoB8)

142 Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (T823z)

How very sad.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 05:54 PM (V13WU)

143 I have some walnut wood... small branch sized maybe 6".

What's it good for?

Asking because I've got a shit ton of walnut trees. Always cutting the dead wood out of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (BFigT)

...

My dad turns bowls out of stuff like that. Glues up wedges to make larger pieces.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 22, 2022 05:54 PM (z9npv)

144 Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (T823z)

Thank you for sharing that information about red. So sad.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 22, 2022 05:54 PM (45fpk)

145 In terms of painting, I've learned so many things from James Gurney that if I met him in person, I'd be star struck as if I'd met a legit movie or music star.

https://tinyurl.com/bdcursj2

He and Thomas Kinkade were best friends and they legit rode the rails across the country and taught themselves how to paint.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 22, 2022 05:55 PM (qY6lV)

146 Wife got me an 1/700 scale IJN ~~aircraft carrier~~ helicopter ship for Christmas.
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Fixed!

Posted by: the japan self-defence forces at January 22, 2022 05:55 PM (UHVv4)

147 The warmest wood, in my humble opinion is whatever's crackling in the fireplace.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 22, 2022 05:56 PM (4fSQf)

148 Some guys' hobby is womens, then it really gets out of hand.
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 05:52 PM (V13WU)

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When you're ordering them five at a time from Eastern Europe you need to step back and take stock of your life.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2022 05:56 PM (VxC1e)

149
He slipped and didn't survive a fall.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones

Awww [ censored ].

Rest in peace, Red.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 05:56 PM (W+vQq)

150 Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (T823z)

Thanks for letting us know. He was a kind man with a good sense of humor and I do thank God for him. Prayers for his family and others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2022 05:56 PM (k49Sx)

151 Ed Jenkins from yarntools.com has made a lot of his spindles from wood folks have sold or given to him. The lilac spindle were very nice. There are a lot of fiber tools that can be made with smaller pieces of wood. Walnut makes nice buttons too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 22, 2022 05:56 PM (YynYJ)

152 Javems, Your pottery is really beautiful, I wish that you had a shop so I could buy some! lin-duh, so glad that you are feeling better.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 22, 2022 05:57 PM (a4EWo)

153 Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 05:54 PM

Thank you for sharing that information about red. So sad.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 22, 2022 05:54 PM

Red was one of the original crew and such an interesting man. We have lost so much these last months.

Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:57 PM (T823z)

154 Walnut makes beautiful furniture. The smaller pieces are good for cutting boards, butcher blocks, bowls, etc.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 22, 2022 05:57 PM (UUBmN)

155 Depending on obviously the scale as well as the prototype you want to model, you can build a nice compact layout. Industrial switching, narrow gauge or even trolley/traction. Something to consider. Lots of great plans out there. Even a couple of FREEMO modules that can connect to a group layout.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2022 05:52 PM (s2VJv)

I think I will do just this. I love the artistic aspects of modeling. Finding space might require I build my "own space" which will be an unmitigated disaster.

Yet, I persevere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2022 05:57 PM (BFigT)

156 But for a lot of people, getting it exactly right IS the fun. I can stand these people a lot more than those who want to do flaming pink gay space marines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD, requiem in pacem Tami, OM, redc1c4 at January 22, 2022 05:52 PM (f4mjo)
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I like to do both. My historicals look historic, but I also enjoy coming up with bizarre camo schemes for the Chaos Marines.

Plus there's the steampunk aspect of absurdly improbable weapons systems.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 22, 2022 05:57 PM (llXky)

157 Making money would be a good hobby. Sadly I lack the gift.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 05:58 PM (eGTCV)

158 Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM

Thank you very much, so sad a accident is cause. I said he was a fellow daily commenter at Legalinsurrection.com as well.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:58 PM (2JoB8)

159 Smash got me this ( https://is.gd/dQgSp0 ) for Chrisrmas. it's a 3d metal willys overland jeep in ww2 army kit. never tried one of these types of models before. already stymied with teeny tiny part and failing eyes. need to break out my hobby tweezers and old man magnifying glasses.

link goes to Amazon so you can see it, and myabe order it yourself if you like it.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 22, 2022 05:58 PM (IJES/)

160 I have an update on redc1c4:
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Ah. Dammit.

I certainly do miss red, but that story is a bit close to home, and very sobering.

Remember folks, whatever you may have in mind for tomorrow may not be what tomorrow has in mind for you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 05:58 PM (DMQdU)

161 When you're ordering them five at a time from Eastern Europe you need to step back and take stock of your life.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2022 05:56 PM (VxC1e)
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Cheaper to buy in bulk?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 22, 2022 05:59 PM (llXky)

162 I have a quilt top I finished right before dad got sick and passed. I really need to put a back on it and get it quilted. Oh, it's red, white and blue. It's been in a drawer for over 2 years.

Posted by: Infidel at January 22, 2022 05:59 PM (qpolg)

163 Prayers for Red Seewun.

Posted by: CN at January 22, 2022 06:00 PM (ONvIw)

164 That's horrible news about Red.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 22, 2022 06:00 PM (4fSQf)

165 Not really a hobby but we finished our master bath project today (started Thanksgiving). Venetian plaster of the walls and ceiling. Came out wonderful. Practiced on a wall in my closet, which looks like crap, except for the far right side, which is where I started to get the hang of it. Next is an accent wall in the morning room.

Posted by: Russkilitlover at January 22, 2022 06:01 PM (iyVGU)

166 Javems very exquisite

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 06:02 PM (2JoB8)

167 161 When you're ordering them five at a time from Eastern Europe you need to step back and take stock of your life.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2022 05:56 PM (VxC1e)

This national distribution problem is really messing with my dating life. It's like a month now to receive a package. Feel bad for those ladies in transit.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 22, 2022 06:02 PM (4fSQf)

168 I'm speaking in church tomorrow. Since i won't get paid i I suppose that qualifies as a hobby

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 06:02 PM (eGTCV)

169
Some of you may remember littleoldlady from the old LGF days where many of us populated the late night threads with red.

Not sure I remember her but I still see some names from back then here. I change my nic with regularity here, and probably mama/granny winger remembers. All I have to do is type in ec m___ and I think she'll remember.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 22, 2022 06:02 PM (dQvv7)

170 I have a bunch of hobbies that I've started and gotten tired of

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2022 06:02 PM (lCui1)

171 I am already planning my new garage wood shop

One of the few nice things about our house is the extra-deep garage. Not only can we fit my small car in it, but a storage room, Mr's F150 and our planned-for wood shop. Going to be construction and carving. Plus furniture makeovers, lamp repair, you name it.

Right now we're in the midst of having a masonry heater put in. Mason's been here since first of December. Wasn't bad in December, only the basement was torn up. Now he's moved to the upstairs portion of the build, and EVERYTHING's torn up. Dust and grit everywhere. oy.

During the day I'm limited to the private parts of the house, so I've been spending a lot of time in the office. It is also a mess, because it's storing stuff from the living room area (which is swathed in plastic sheeting) and now has a side-table's worth of my embroidery supplies on it. So that's really my hobby, I like to hand embroider. It's been fun to sew every day, I must admit, but it's getting tiresome, too. Other things I like to do is plan out a a hoped-for kitchen redo (oh please please please) that is desperately needed...but infrastructure on the farm comes first. This year: fences! kaching

Posted by: Flyover, increasingly disgusted by 2022. at January 22, 2022 06:03 PM (Rbu5d)

172 73 Pennsyltucky are you making your own trees?

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2022 05:36 PM (2JoB

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Yes, I'm using the bulk SuperTree material from Woodland Scenics to make armatures, and mostly Noch foliage since their fall colors are more accurate for this area. There are also a few wire-wrapped armatures I made, but they are ridiculously time-intensive. I have a fairly small layout this time around (30"x80"), so I can take the time to do all the trees individually rather than having large swaths of foam or puffballs.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at January 22, 2022 06:03 PM (lNHqD)

173 I thought of someone perfect to help with the book thread. Since JJ is here, maybe he can pass it on. Bandersnatch.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2022 06:03 PM (V13WU)

174 168 I'm speaking in church tomorrow. Since i won't get paid i I suppose that qualifies as a hobby
Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 06:02 PM (eGTCV)

Matter of Faith?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2022 06:04 PM (f4mjo)

175 Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (T823z)

Oh God how sad. This is why as I get older I am so very damn careful where I walk and HOW I walk. God Bless him.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 06:04 PM (nxdel)

176 Next house I buy will be a custom job.

I will design the garage and tell them to build a house around it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 22, 2022 06:05 PM (4fSQf)

177 Matter of Faith?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work

Yes

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 06:05 PM (eGTCV)

178 Memorial chess hotness up.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2022 06:05 PM (Dc2NZ)

179 Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (T823z)

Thanks for passing that alomg.
Sad.
Prayers for Mrs redc

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 22, 2022 06:05 PM (lCui1)

180 I used to watch Wendy the sewist, but her channel got whacked from my list in a purge. glad to have a tute on making a pattern from clothes, because I HATE shopping and I need some new clothes. I have some pieces I'd like to have dupes of.

thanks for the link, JJ

Posted by: Flyover, increasingly disgusted by 2022. at January 22, 2022 06:05 PM (Rbu5d)

181 Yes
Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 06:05 PM (eGTCV)

Then you ARE paid- just not in coin.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2022 06:06 PM (f4mjo)

182 Yes
Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 06:05 PM (eGTCV)

Then you ARE paid- just not in coin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 22, 2022 06:06 PM (f4mjo)

You are right.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 22, 2022 06:06 PM (eGTCV)

183 Oh God how sad. This is why as I get older I am so very damn careful where I walk and HOW I walk. God Bless him.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 06:04 PM (nxdel)
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Taking down Halloween decorations a few years ago I lost my balance and was about to do a header onto the sidewalk. Managed to twist in mid-fall and catch myself on my hands, but my back was still messed up for weeks.

Everytime I do stuff, I see all the ways it can go wrong. I try to be careful, but I also give my trust to God, because ultimately He decides when I'm done with this life.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 22, 2022 06:07 PM (llXky)

184 I'm doing Mark Rober's Creative Engineering course.

First thing I put together was a push button that opens a chest containing a dog treat. Trying to encourage abstract thought in the pooches. Heh.

Now we're doing something electronic and artistic, so that should be fun. I haven't decided what I'm going to do yet.

Posted by: moviegique at January 22, 2022 06:07 PM (asXVI)

185 I need to fiind a new hobby, thinking about RC sailboats. My buddy had a carpenter in his boat shop that did woodwork on boats and he as a hobby he built RC sailboats from scratch. Way more advanced than I could do, I'll stick with a kit.

My last hobby was building a 23 foot center console. I didn't intend it to be a hobby but the company I was buying the boat from went belly up after I had put down my deposit and they molded the parts. So I took the pieces and put it together with my buddy who owns the boat shop and some of his guys. Sadly, we had no plans or instructions so we had to wing it.

Fun project but once was enough. A lot more work than it sounds.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2022 06:08 PM (ZLI7S)

186 Next house I buy will be a custom job.

I will design the garage and tell them to build a house around it.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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I was thinking a luxury barndominium myself.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 22, 2022 06:08 PM (UUBmN)

187 Everytime I do stuff, I see all the ways it can go wrong. I try to be careful, but I also give my trust to God, because ultimately He decides when I'm done with this life.

Indeed. Well said.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 06:09 PM (nxdel)

188 Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (T823z)

RIP Red.

Posted by: Russkilitlover at January 22, 2022 06:09 PM (iyVGU)

189 RIP redc1c4

Posted by: dartist at January 22, 2022 06:09 PM (+ya+t)

190 Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 05:51 PM (T823z)

Don't know which is worse for the survivors, a quick death or a lingering one. I guess none of the above. Falls are a concern for all my age.

Posted by: Javems at January 22, 2022 06:10 PM (AmoqO)

191 109 Posted by: Javems at January 22, 2022 05:46 PM (AmoqO)

Gorgeous pieces!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2022 06:11 PM (s2VJv)

192
re: slips and falls

There's an old chinese saying that goes it's better to break a bone than tear a tendon.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 06:13 PM (W+vQq)

193
I've been restoring my 1960 VW Westfalia for nearly a year...It's a subhatch Westy, has a metal sunroof that flips open. I can pretend to be a U-Boat captain.
Posted by: Patient X

Yes, a German U-boat captain.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 06:14 PM (W+vQq)

194 Thanks for the good words on the pottery. We used to do some shows but it is just too hard now. There are a lot of accomplished potters out there who are lot more serious than I.

Posted by: Javems at January 22, 2022 06:16 PM (AmoqO)

195
Um, nood.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 22, 2022 06:17 PM (W+vQq)

196 My old wargaming group went down the tubes do to family deaths even before the two years of WuFlu but we hope to get back together this Spring doing 25/28mm Ancients using the To The Strongest TtS fastplay rule-set.

I've got painted Romans -- mainly EIR; and painted Celtic types I intend using as any Briton, Gaul, or Iberian Celtic types that I bought at an Ottawa convention, almost all 25mm Foundry, for a song, about the same price as unpainted Foundry with shipping nowadays, quite-well painted. I've also got a Foundry generic Greek City State force [although officially mainly Athenian types] that's half painted [by Fernando's painting service in Sri Lanka] and half in the boxes bought on sale from a gaming shop that was remaindering their stock. I might give it a try painting them myself as most of them are unarmoured light types without fancy shields and cavalry without shields either.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 06:19 PM (UHVv4)

197 Smash got me this ( https://is.gd/dQgSp0 ) for Chrisrmas. it's a 3d metal willys overland jeep in ww2 army kit. never tried one of these types of models before. already stymied with teeny tiny part and failing eyes. need to break out my hobby tweezers and old man magnifying glasses.

link goes to Amazon so you can see it, and myabe order it yourself if you like it.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 22, 2022

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That's remarkable. Can you paint it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 22, 2022 06:19 PM (c6xtn)

198 69 Hard to believe we used to live in the Stone Age, isn't it?
Posted by: Soothsayer
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[recalls vent windows]

*sigh*
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Those were car thieves best friends as they were really easy to force open.

Posted by: Ciampino at January 22, 2022 06:19 PM (qfLjt)

199 The Mrs is working on setting up her Macomber 48" loom that we rescued from a yard shed. All polished and rigged up an today is the first day of actually weaving. I have showed he the video of Excellent Horselike Lady from the DPRK.

I have too many buildings to maintain for much hobby time. But I am getting ready for the sawmill over the next year or so.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 22, 2022 06:22 PM (wZxsP)

200 198
[recalls vent windows]
*sigh*
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Those were car thieves best friends as they were really easy to force open.

Posted by: Ciampino at January 22, 2022 06:19 PM (qfLjt)
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Great for cigarette smokers, too. Every car I had as a yute that didn't have vent windows, had at least a few cigarette burns on the back seat.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at January 22, 2022 06:22 PM (lNHqD)

201 Figures, I write something before the herd moves on.....

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 22, 2022 06:24 PM (wZxsP)

202 91 weirdwife has a pretty good hobby. SHe's started buying raffle tickets from the state DNR.

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Is that 'Do Not Resuscitate' ?
If it was my State (IL) I definitely would not resuscitate it if it got in trouble.

Posted by: Ciampino at January 22, 2022 06:25 PM (qfLjt)

203 Afieldguidetoneedlework.com has some interesting stuff on weaving. Sarah Swett is a tapestry weaver but does other work too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at January 22, 2022 06:28 PM (YynYJ)

204 Thanks, I'll pass that on.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 22, 2022 06:30 PM (wZxsP)

205 Will you (or your wife?) be making serapes, Jinx, like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 06:31 PM (UHVv4)

206 Oh God how sad. This is why as I get older I am so very damn careful where I walk and HOW I walk. God Bless him.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at January 22, 2022 06:04 PM (nxdel)

Wife took a tumble a few months back. Skinned her hand but hit hard on herb hip. She is on blood thinners. She bled so much internally that we thought she might need blood to keep her blood pressure up. Her left side, from hip to lower left leg, was black.

Posted by: Javems at January 22, 2022 06:32 PM (AmoqO)

207 Oh God how sad. This is why as I get older I am so very damn careful where I walk and HOW I walk. God Bless him.
Posted by: Jewells45
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And it happens far more quickly than one can react. Conscious caution is the only preventative.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 06:35 PM (vOGqy)

208 No weaving for me, Andy!

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 22, 2022 06:41 PM (wZxsP)

209 And it happens far more quickly than one can react. Conscious caution is the only preventative.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 06:35 PM

I got tangled up in the dogs' leashes (and the dogs) a few months back and went down - free-fall - onto both knees and then one hip. It happened in the blink of an eye. The pain was so intense I screamed for a few minutes w/o even almost realizing I was. I just knew my knees were seriously damaged but xrays showed them to be ok, albeit very very painful and sore for weeks. I've never fallen before as an adult but this fall left no doubt that everything can change in the blink of eye.

Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 22, 2022 06:41 PM (T823z)

210 No weaving for me, Andy!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 22, 2022 06:44 PM (UHVv4)

211 Thank you, one of the quiet ones. Rest well, redc1c4.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at January 22, 2022 06:46 PM (0cQ8W)

212 Thank s for the videos, J.J. Bookmarked for later perusal.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at January 22, 2022 06:47 PM (0cQ8W)

213 Thanks for the news about red. So sorry to hear, he was a kind soul.he tried to help me out when my home IP got banned a few yrs back.
RIP red.

Posted by: Farmer at January 22, 2022 06:49 PM (55Qr6)

214 Korean model - Park Da Hyun

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2022 06:53 PM (1vynn)

215 I fell a few months ago, smacked my head. Gave me vertigo. Haven't been the same since.

Posted by: Ronster at January 22, 2022 07:14 PM (ZKak0)

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