The Weekend Hobby Thread

Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades 'The Weekend Hobby Thread'

It appears from the old In-Box here at petmorons at gmail dot com that no one was doing any hobby work these past 2 weeks or didn't want to share.

Let's leave politics at the threshold. Enter the AoS Hobby Thread.

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I thought I would share a couple of my recent projects.

Wooden oval approximately 5'' wide by 3" high. It is sitting on a 5" easel. Acrylic paint.

My other project, a new dining room clock.

Wooden oval measures approximately 14" wide by 11" high. Clock is 2.75" in diameter. Acrylic paint.

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Being *29 my memory is not as sharp as it had been. If I remember correctly the last time I dabble in water colors I was in elementary school.

My middle daughter recently took up water colors and she loves it. If you are interested in water colors here are a couple of good videos.

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Don't know how to play a musical instrument? If you have some running water you can!

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Jenkin's Green, 20/0 fan brushes and hobby ideas, tips, photos, stories to petmorons at gmail dot com.

Have a nice week.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:30 PM

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 05:29 PM (xhxe8)

2 Those wooden paintings are fantastic

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 05:30 PM (xhxe8)

3 Afternoon, hobby morons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 04, 2023 05:31 PM (9pgI4)

4 I been finishing up the few 15mm miniatures I have around, oxen for future vehicles and dogs to add to stands, think one will go to my blacksmiths

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 05:32 PM (xhxe8)

5 This nice lady does some wholesome diorama modeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeJPDTPtnao

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 04, 2023 05:33 PM (D25PY)

6 Hobby folk!

My usual thing is taking care of my car. Today I brought it to a good tire store for a front-end alignment, and I was right that it needed that. But they had to jump start it! The battery was weak. It was still under AAA warranty, so I drove quickly home and called them, and out they came to replace it. No charge. I have about 6 months left on the original warranty, and then another 36 months of "discount" warranty, you know, where you pay for the part you use.

From now on I'll have the battery checked every 6 months when the oil gets changed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 04, 2023 05:34 PM (omVj0)

7 I would watch that Allison Lyon watercolor video but...that voice. She's cute but...that voice. It's childlike. There is a Talking Tina creepiness to it. Maybe I'll mute it and turn the CC on.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 04, 2023 05:35 PM (sAmhv)

8 Thanks Skip

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2023 05:39 PM (aA3+G)

9 Nice painting, MisHum, but you forgot the jumping fish....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 04, 2023 05:39 PM (Angsy)

10 Anybody do archery? I have become fascinated with the archery skills of the Comanches, and also the ancient Turks, Mongols, and the rest. A Swedish guy named Lars Andersen has trained himself to shoot the way these guys did and it is amazing. Search YouTube.

My 16 year old grandson is interested, and might get started making his own bow. There are some good YouTube vids on how to do it using staves cut from 4 to 6 inch trees such as osage orange.

Comanche boys were known to be able to kill birds in the air, coins thrown in the air, and even insects sitting on reeds. Lars Andersen shows this level of skill in his videos.

The Texas rangers in the 1850s were no match for the Comanches until they discovered a shipment of Colt 44 revolvers in the Texas navy warehouses in Galveston, and learned to shoot them well.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 04, 2023 05:42 PM (KiBMU)

11 I'm drinking Bourbon.

It's a fucking hobby.

Said to wife several years ago. Been left alone since then.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2023 05:43 PM (Q4IgG)

12 I have gathered up pencils from a past uncle with different hardness and been watching how to draw YouTube videos.

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 05:44 PM (xhxe8)

13 9 Nice painting, MisHum, but you forgot the jumping fish....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 04, 2023 05:39 PM (Angsy

Jumpy fish require bugs, too.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 05:45 PM (5xURv)

14 I've been working on my robot, which is mostly made from parts that I've been making with my 3d printer. It's intended to twirl, so I'm naming it Rosita after Rosasharn. The main holdup has been the gearmotors, which I cannot 3d print, and which I ordered from China. They "shipped" three weeks ago, but they really shipped last Thursday. As soon as I get here, I'll see if I can't get some video.

I've also printed some bookends. I promise I'll send pictures. Just as soon as I take some.

What I've spent most of my energy on in the last couple of weeks is building this computer. I think the video card was bad, which is why I was having trouble. Right now, I'm just waiting and seeing if this new one drops off the bus like the other one did.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 04, 2023 05:45 PM (iZEhM)

15 I'm about a month away from getting my new place. I can't wait to get my hobby room set back up. Haven't been able to do any hobbies for a year now.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 05:46 PM (5xURv)

16 Jumpy fish require bugs, too.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 05:45 PM (5xURv)

Yeah, but no bugs for me! Got it, Klaus?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 04, 2023 05:46 PM (Angsy)

17 Pretty!!!
The clock looks like the moon over the mountains

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 04, 2023 05:47 PM (fUnHJ)

18 *She's cute but...that voice.*

Ditto.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 04, 2023 05:47 PM (zhZ2R)

19 I was into archery at age 11 with a couple neighborhood guys. We made all our own arrows and hunted cottontail rabbits. We made arrows with what we called fu fu fletching for firing at squirrels and birds up in trees.

The nasty neighbor lady saw me come through the backyard one late afternoon in the snow, holding a bunny full of arrows, and called the cops the next day when I was in school, and told them where I was. She knew they would go to the school.

Cops came and called me to the hall for questioning, never notifying my mom or dad, who got told by the school principal, Sister so and so, after the cops left.

I caught hell for that.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 04, 2023 05:47 PM (KiBMU)

20 I love your projects MisHum. Somewhere around the house I have a rock with an eagle painted on it. I need to find it.

Posted by: N.Lurker at February 04, 2023 05:48 PM (eGTCV)

21 MisHum, did you mask off the clock painting, or just paint to a line to get the effect?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 04, 2023 05:48 PM (Angsy)

22 Her voice is very child like.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 05:48 PM (5xURv)

23 I found out that the public library card gives me access to creativebug, which is basically a bunch of craft how to videos.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 04, 2023 05:49 PM (fUnHJ)

24 It's not easy to draw a YouTube video...

Posted by: Just Sayin' at February 04, 2023 05:49 PM (zhZ2R)

25 My latest is making bartender ice. Crystal clear no fog ice for cocktails. One large cube with 95 proof rye is nice.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 04, 2023 05:49 PM (KiBMU)

26 Is writing stories a hobby? I guess it is if you don't get paid for them, right?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 04, 2023 05:50 PM (Angsy)

27 MisHum,you should do a video of yourself painting those happy little trees!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 04, 2023 05:50 PM (fUnHJ)

28 26 Is writing stories a hobby? I guess it is if you don't get paid for them, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 04, 2023 05:50 PM (Angsy

Sure it is.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 05:51 PM (5xURv)

29 26 Is writing stories a hobby? I guess it is if you don't get paid for them, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I think even if you get paid, as long as it's less than $600

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 04, 2023 05:51 PM (fUnHJ)

30 That Water Organ Thingee sounds like the death throes of some wild creature.

Pretty cool...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 04, 2023 05:52 PM (R/m4+)

31 27 MisHum,you should do a video of yourself painting those happy little trees!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 04, 2023 05:50 PM (fUnHJ)

Lol. The grumpy Bob Ross.

Damn trees. Oh, paint a tree, they said. Where my damn fan brush. Who took my GD fan brush?!? I work with morons.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 05:52 PM (5xURv)

32 I cut crown mold and chair mold and painted it for the downstairs bathroom today. Nobody showed up to paint the bathroom even after I offered $300 and free beer.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2023 05:53 PM (iayUP)

33 That water organ is horrendous. Clever - but the noise that it makes is awful.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at February 04, 2023 05:54 PM (xnmPy)

34 Trying to design the hand tool wall in the woodshop. Way to much shit to fit. I'm trying to not take up another wall, but it might be the case. Its like moving pieces around in a giant jigsaw puzzle trying to fit everything I can in a good laid out space, have it organized, and have easy access and not encroach on the power tool side of the room. The hand planes and old molding planes are the gross offenders, they are serious real estate hogs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2023 05:54 PM (VwHCD)

35 I have pub friends who have a hobby of growing marijuana (legally) and making stuff with it. My hobby is testing my tolerance for cannabis infused chocolate chip cookies.

Posted by: N.Lurker at February 04, 2023 05:55 PM (eGTCV)

36 My 16 year old grandson is interested, and might get started making his own bow. There are some good YouTube vids on how to do it using staves cut from 4 to 6 inch trees such as osage orange.

[ . . . ]
Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 04, 2023 05:42 PM (KiBMU)

I am trying to sprout some Osage orange seeds in the planters right now. It looks like we will be getting Emerald Ash Borers any year now, and I want some tough wood to work with if all the Ash are going to die off.

Osage is not native to the area, but there are a few hedges left from where one of the early settlers planted Osage around his horse pastures. I figure if it can reproduce for 150 years it is as good as a native tree.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2023 05:55 PM (xhaym)

37 Nobody showed up to paint the bathroom even after I offered $300 and free beer.
Posted by: fd at February 04, 2023 05:53 PM (iayUP)

One afternoon. Two coats!

Posted by: A Schicklgruber at February 04, 2023 05:55 PM (tkR6S)

38 So, here's something "different."

My brother bought an "Ice fishing hut" last year. It's like a tent, insulated pop-up thing. He didn't care for it. It's now my smoke shack (inside) my garage. I have WiFi, heat, access to adult beverages and a fairly comfortable chair.

Inside the garage you say?

The other day the "inside" temperature in that garage was 17 degrease.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2023 05:55 PM (Q4IgG)

39 Sure it is.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 05:51 PM (5xURv)

I think even if you get paid, as long as it's less than $600

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 04, 2023 05:51 PM (fUnHJ)

Probably no danger in that....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 04, 2023 05:56 PM (Angsy)

40 34 Trying to design the hand tool wall in the woodshop. Way to much shit to fit. I'm trying to not take up another wall, but it might be the case. Its like moving pieces around in a giant jigsaw puzzle trying to fit everything I can in a good laid out space, have it organized, and have easy access and not encroach on the power tool side of the room. The hand planes and old molding planes are the gross offenders, they are serious real estate hogs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2023 05:54 PM (VwHCD

Make a pot rack contraption to hang from the ceiling. Hang those planers from that.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 05:57 PM (5xURv)

41 36 My 16 year old grandson is interested, and might get started making his own bow. There are some good YouTube vids on how to do it using staves cut from 4 to 6 inch trees such as osage orange.

I thought the Osage were an Indian tribe.

Posted by: N.Lurker at February 04, 2023 05:58 PM (eGTCV)

42 I have been playing a lot of chess. I guess that's hobbyish.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 05:59 PM (5xURv)

43 I thought the Osage were an Indian tribe.

Posted by: N.Lurker at February 04, 2023 05:58 PM (eGTCV)

Isn't Osage a brand of mop?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 04, 2023 05:59 PM (Angsy)

44 MisHum I assume but not sure if you have to prime the wood areas to paint with acrylic and how do paints come in? I use them for my miniatures from little bottles

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 05:59 PM (xhxe8)

45 43 I thought the Osage were an Indian tribe.

Posted by: N.Lurker at February 04, 2023 05:58 PM (eGTCV)

Isn't Osage a brand of mop?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 04, 2023 05:59 PM (Angsy

I think it's a city in Japan.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 04, 2023 06:00 PM (5xURv)

46 Went to two different U-pull-It type junkyards today, looking for 2008 Suburban parts. Nada, although the one yard had a complete vehicle for $9500. Maybe I ought to repair the hail damage on mine, drive it down here, and sell it.

Went to a "military surplus" store in Mesa that had practically no identifiable actual .milsurp, but lots of "tacticool" clothing, and civvy street type MRE's. Expensive, too.

Posted by: A Schicklgruber at February 04, 2023 06:01 PM (tkR6S)

47 Finished a Team Yankee 15mm British Airmobile Company during our mandatory lock down from the ice storm. 4 days and I painted and based two full platoons with Command and an 8 team Milan platoon.

They will join my British Team Yankee Mechanized Company.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 04, 2023 06:01 PM (uNylN)

48 I would watch that Allison Lyon watercolor video but...that voice. She's cute but...that voice. It's childlike. There is a Talking Tina creepiness to it. Maybe I'll mute it and turn the CC on.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 04, 2023 05:35 PM (sAmhv)

**visions of school girl plaid skirt rushing through brain**

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 04, 2023 06:03 PM (Zvtjl)

49 The hand planes and old molding planes are the gross offenders, they are serious real estate hogs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2023 05:54 PM (VwHCD

There's a lot of old, moldy planes at Davis-Monthan AFB near Tucson.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2023 06:03 PM (tkR6S)

50 Now, Imma go outside, sit in the Sun, and drink beer. Qualifies as a hobby.

75 degrees, bishes!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2023 06:06 PM (tkR6S)

51 They shot down the Chinese ballon. I hope they didn’t break a nail.

Posted by: Louis Renault at February 04, 2023 06:06 PM (glGDV)

52 Osage is a TH55, or Hughes 269A Model, si?

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2023 06:06 PM (0G42s)

53 Spending this cold Saturday doing some detail and rewiring work on my train layout. Looking to free up some
"real-estate" for a possible movie drive-in. Hmm, let's see....if I take out that wall over there........

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 04, 2023 06:07 PM (Zvtjl)

54 Oh, the other thing I did was figure out how to search for "busty" in acecomments.mu.nu so that I could find Joe Mannix's comments that I couldn't click on because I had been at work.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 04, 2023 06:07 PM (iZEhM)

55 fd, would it be an imposition for you to call Me? Iput your number in a really safe place.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 06:08 PM (CT6DJ)

56 Lovely paintings Mis-Hum. I took the back off a recliner today to be able to move it downstairs. I had to resort to a hacksaw to get the last small bolt out. The screw heads on the bolts were invisible even when I tried to use a mirror. Two of the wood bushings had come off and one was loose enough I could just unthread it but that last sucker almost won but I'm a stubborn redheaded redneck. The spacing was tight for using the hacksaw and digging out a grinder was tempting but I didn't want to risk a fire. Now I still need to use an angle grinder to get the rest of the cut bolt out of the bracket thing to eventually get the chair back together but no fire risk now its removed from the chair. It was beer-thirty after wresting with that for a couple of hours.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 04, 2023 06:10 PM (3cGpq)

57 Now, Imma go outside, sit in the Sun, and drink beer. Qualifies as a hobby.

75 degrees, bishes!
___________
Respectively.... fuck you.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2023 06:11 PM (Q4IgG)

58 AOP, Good for you!

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 06:14 PM (CT6DJ)

59 I've purchased some of the materials for making my own wall clock: not that I need one, just wanted to see if I could do it. Maybe it'll make a nice Mother's Day gift or something.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 04, 2023 06:15 PM (Dzby1)

60 It got quite warm today but the ground still has snow on it. We had our taste of the polar vortex cold 4 or 5 days ago. Down to -5 F a couple mornings in a row. Thank goodness for trough heaters for those cold snaps.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 04, 2023 06:19 PM (3cGpq)

61 Oops, have to do the post and run thing. Time to feed the critters.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 04, 2023 06:20 PM (3cGpq)

62 There's a lot of old, moldy planes at Davis-Monthan AFB near Tucson.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2023 06:03 PM (tkR6S)

I would love to have one and park it in the yard.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2023 06:22 PM (VwHCD)

63 Love the blue lake in the painting MisHum. Really striking.

Posted by: Javems at February 04, 2023 06:23 PM (N7atI)

64 The thing I like best about Mis Hum's paintings is they look like some place you would really enjoy time spent there

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 06:25 PM (CT6DJ)

65 The thing I like best about Mis Hum's paintings is they look like some place you would really enjoy time spent there
Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 06:25 PM (CT6DJ)

True, dat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2023 06:27 PM (tkR6S)

66 As a hobby, i have drifted into writing.

I write better with (a) a drink at hand, and (b) music playing. Presently I have (a) a Kentucky Mule, and (b) Songs from the Vietnam War (before my time, buy not by much).

It occurs to me, that the Vietnam War is to someone born after 9/11, as the Great War is to me.

Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it. That is all.

Posted by: goatexchange at February 04, 2023 06:28 PM (APPN8)

67 12 cont and found at least 3 packs of drawing pencil lead but need to find the A.W.Farber holder that goes with them. Will start at craft store, maybe look on line now.

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 06:29 PM (xhxe8)

68 The hand planes and old molding planes are the gross offenders, they are serious real estate hogs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2023 05:54 PM (VwHCD)

We have a few molding planes and hand planes we inherited from my father-in-law. One is really complicated, has its own box. Finding someone to sharpen them has become difficult.

Posted by: Javems at February 04, 2023 06:32 PM (N7atI)

69 Jumpy fish require bugs, too.

Posted by: AlaBAMA

The bugs ain't from MY birdbath !

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 06:33 PM (T4tVD)

70 We have a few molding planes and hand planes we inherited from my father-in-law. One is really complicated, has its own box.

That would be a Stanley #45 or #55? Complete examples are very collectable.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 04, 2023 06:35 PM (nfrXX)

71 goatexchange, guys who fought WWW II (like Pappy Eromero) had grandfathers in The War Between The States. The guys who enlisted during Vietnam (me and others here) served with guys who fought WW II. We are none of us far removed from history.

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2023 06:35 PM (0G42s)

72

Well, strangling animals, golf and masturbating.

Posted by: Harry Baggot at February 04, 2023 06:36 PM (fkuu7)

73 James I have a stone made for sharpening clipper blades and I would bet it would work on a plane blade.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 06:36 PM (CT6DJ)

74 My latest is making bartender ice. Crystal clear no fog ice for cocktails. One large cube with 95 proof rye is nice.
Posted by: Mr Gaga

I've got a 5 gal block of ice you can have !

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 06:41 PM (T4tVD)

75 Also to sharpen there are honing stones on a handle that are round for curved blades

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 06:42 PM (xhxe8)

76 I've got some nice hand planes and use them all. Hundred year old cast iron Stanleys, and a really nice wooden try plane made in Glasgow in 1872 by A. Mattheissen & Sons.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 04, 2023 06:42 PM (KiBMU)

77 Very nice paintings MisHum.

I played tractor operator today.
I have no idea how you get a John Deere to make a level area in a ditch.
I'm in luck because the ditch will level itself in the next good rainstorm.
I'm not so lucky in that I need to level an area for a bocce ball court, 70x10 feet. Then I'll buy an install pressure treated 6x8s for the sides, and finally 6 tons of 'topping' which will need to be tamped down and level.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 04, 2023 06:43 PM (rTAb+)

78 Mis Hum,

Love those mountain scenes you painted and I'm envious. My attempts at such landscapes have been less than successful and I'm being kind.

Thanks for sharing. I'll look at those watercolor videos later tonight.

Posted by: JTB at February 04, 2023 06:44 PM (7EjX1)

79 73 James I have a stone made for sharpening clipper blades and I would bet it would work on a plane blade.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Stoning is the better way to sharpen blades like for a planer but I advise the newer waterstone types as the older types get messy because they use oil.

Watergrinding wheels are the best but a PITA to setup and use.

Myself, I have to reset the teeth on some backsaws so having to look for a sawset tool. Most of them are for regular handsaws which I seldom use anymore except for special projects.

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2023 06:47 PM (RI49d)

80 JTB, Good evening to you and your lovely Mrs.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 06:47 PM (CT6DJ)

81 BZ, we used a flat Arkansas stone for plane blades, and for knives. I use a Dremel for pruning shears, shovels, axes and hatchets.

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2023 06:48 PM (0G42s)

82 Mis Hum,

Has your daughter tried using watercolor pencils? I have a set which I haven't used yet. I imagine they would be convenient to use outside. A couple of brushes, a small water supply and the pencils wouldn't take much room.

Posted by: JTB at February 04, 2023 06:48 PM (7EjX1)

83 Wife has taken up diamond painting....

I have taken up pain management, and evidently Madden 23.

Posted by: sven at February 04, 2023 06:50 PM (Lzpvj)

84 10 ... Osage orange wood has been used for bows for centuries. Another name for it is bois d'arc. I've read it is hard to work but makes excellent bows.

Posted by: JTB at February 04, 2023 06:51 PM (7EjX1)

85 Its gonna be warmer tomorrow, right ?

If that's not in The Constitution, it SHOULD be !

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 06:51 PM (T4tVD)

86 85 Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 06:51 PM (T4tVD)

A certain figure descended from his Gulfstream V and saw a weather balloons' shadow so sixteen more years of derp and tundra sorry.

Posted by: sven at February 04, 2023 06:53 PM (Lzpvj)

87 Eromero, I have to use a stone, diamond file and a burnishing wheel to sharpen my hoof knife

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 06:53 PM (CT6DJ)

88 80 ... Good evening Ben Had. Hope you are doing well and not too iced in. We are doing fine.

Posted by: JTB at February 04, 2023 06:54 PM (7EjX1)

89 Two from Mr Chickadee on hand planes

https://youtu.be/FI7GYrwBKPU
https://youtu.be/kiPFlAQUGHw

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2023 06:54 PM (4IUUf)

90
Spent $163.00 at Lowe's this morning on my hobby of spending less on electricity. Deep metal box, wire, GFI, copper pipe, sharkbite fittings, etc. If my math skills are still in the range of proficient, this new system, and the two I've already installed, next year I break even, then for the next decade save $1,200 to $3,000 a year.

Unless the socialists keep stealing elections. In which case the return becomes exponentially ( and necessarily, per Barack Obama ) greater every year.

I'm thinking the 'safe bet' is betting on them to keep stealing elections. If 80% of people think the nation is in the wrong direction but elections are decided 51% to 49%, then ''Houston, we have a problem''.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 04, 2023 06:56 PM (enJYY)

91 Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 06:51 PM (T4tVD)

A certain figure descended from his Gulfstream V and saw a weather balloons' shadow so sixteen more years of derp and tundra sorry.
Posted by: sven

Well, that stinks !

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 06:57 PM (T4tVD)

92 On the archery thing-- I have a straight bow with carved deer horn tips for stringing gifted to me from a relative of Churchill. I would bet if you tried to sting it, it would snap like a matchstick

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 06:58 PM (CT6DJ)

93 Eromero, I have to use a stone, diamond file and a burnishing wheel to sharpen my hoof knife
Posted by: Ben Had

Can't ya build a GIANT belt sander and have the horse stand there ?

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 06:59 PM (T4tVD)

94 We had a Weeping Willow take a hit a couple years ago during an ice storm. The wood from that tree has been cut, laying down in some woods for about 2 years.

My question is... is Willow worth burning outside? (No wood burning fireplace.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2023 06:59 PM (Q4IgG)

95 JTB in the 70's today.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 07:01 PM (CT6DJ)

96 Mis Hum, I really love that clock!

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 04, 2023 07:01 PM (aBJcM)

97 Hiya Screamie !

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 07:02 PM (T4tVD)

98 94 Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2023 06:59 PM (Q4IgG)

Any wood is worth burning outside if you are dying of exposure.....Grok the caveman told me.

All kidding aside it is a good soft wood, the issue is it gets brittle. If you cure it some it would be better to burn it in a firering outside. When I move from this urban dwelling I plan on using a fire ring when I go home for the outside and having a fireplace assuming they are not outlawed by then for the inside.

They are not kidding about their goals.

Posted by: sven at February 04, 2023 07:02 PM (Lzpvj)

99 Unless the socialists keep stealing elections. In which case the return becomes exponentially ( and necessarily, per Barack Obama ) greater every year.

I'm thinking the 'safe bet' is betting on them to keep stealing elections. If 80% of people think the nation is in the wrong direction but elections are decided 51% to 49%, then ''Houston, we have a problem''.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Psssst... Moose out front shoulda told you about the Let's leave politics at the threshold. Enter the AoS Hobby Thread.

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Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 07:04 PM (T4tVD)

100 Tap-Tap-Tap....is this thing on .....?

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 07:09 PM (T4tVD)

101 67 ... Skip,

Those drawing pencil leads you mentioned, are they the thin kind for mechanical pencils? Or are they thicker? You might just need a lead holder. Staedtler and Koh-i-Noor are common (there are many others) and can be found at Michaels, Blick Art Supplies and Amazon. The thicker kinds can vary in diameter and need an appropriate size lead holder.

Posted by: JTB at February 04, 2023 07:09 PM (7EjX1)

102 A neat hobby to take up might be backyard metalworking and foundry work. There is a certain power in being able to craft your own axe and hammer. I suspect once we are all involuntarily subscribed to "cave living" we will all get new hobbies.

Posted by: sven at February 04, 2023 07:11 PM (Lzpvj)

103 JTB yes mechanical pencil lead, was looking at their website but didn't see them so tried Farber Mechanical pencil and found results elsewhere like Amazon and Ebay

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 07:13 PM (xhxe8)

104 How about collecting fonts??

𝔐𝔞𝔵 𝔦𝔪𝔲𝔰 𝔇𝔢𝔠𝔦 𝔪𝔲𝔰 𝔐𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔡 𝔦𝔲𝔰

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 04, 2023 07:15 PM (Vwz3I)

105 If going to craft store will take 1 stick to make sure will fit, they seem thicher than any mechanical pencil I ever had which are very thin.
Would guess the lead ( granite really I think) is like a wood pencil diameter

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 07:16 PM (xhxe8)

106 My question is... is Willow worth burning outside? (No wood burning fireplace.)

It dries and burns fine, but not with spectacular heat. It's easy to cut and split, though, so you might consider that a fair trade. (I had two giants go down and was swimming in the stuff for a while).

Posted by: t-bird at February 04, 2023 07:16 PM (CaJIi)

107 Sven watched some time ago a guy connects 2 axe heads into 1 tool to split logs.

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 07:17 PM (xhxe8)

108 I think I am going to start a balloon collection.

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2023 07:18 PM (V13WU)

109 Still not ready for primetime but my drawing is improving with practice. And it is seriously therapeutic. I start drawing, time stops, and I am in a pleasant world of my own. It's actually better than getting lost in a good book. (Never thought that would happen.)

Posted by: JTB at February 04, 2023 07:20 PM (7EjX1)

110 Eromero, I have to use a stone, diamond file and a burnishing wheel to sharpen my hoof knife
Posted by: Ben Had

Can't ya build a GIANT belt sander and have the horse stand there ?
Posted by: JT

I guess it was ixnay on atthay !

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 07:21 PM (T4tVD)

111 sven, you would really like my propane forge. You can make knives and axes out of used hosreshoeing rasps. The forge takes up almost no room and you can also do some smelting with it.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 07:21 PM (CT6DJ)

112 A neat hobby to take up might be backyard metalworking and foundry work. There is a certain power in being able to craft your own axe and hammer.

Blacksmithing, too.

Posted by: t-bird at February 04, 2023 07:22 PM (CaJIi)

113 I start drawing, time stops, and I am in a pleasant world of my own.
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Churchill painted; and laid bricks [even getting his bricklayer union card] for the same reason.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 04, 2023 07:23 PM (Vwz3I)

114 JT, not feasible.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 07:23 PM (CT6DJ)

115 I can make a squirrel out of a balloon. It's funny as hell to watch people's reactions.

Posted by: Chairman Xi at February 04, 2023 07:24 PM (08CnU)

116 Sven it's pretty easy to put together a coal forge, and if you can also round up a piece of railroad track and a hammer you can start playing yourself.

I found my forge for sale for $25 on the side of the road years ago. It took several more years to find a real anvil, but I had a piece of track and and another big hunk of iron to use until I did.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2023 07:24 PM (iayUP)

117 I tried a self portrait to start cold, not too bad, but working on a shako ( Napoleonic head gear) to try shading

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 07:25 PM (xhxe8)

118 111 Ben Had, sounds neat I may front capital to a hobbyist

107 Skip, I think there are a lot of specialty tools that died out with power tools that may get popular again given the grim reaper coming for two strokes

Posted by: Sven at February 04, 2023 07:25 PM (Lzpvj)

119 Got a link for Blocked emag today:

https://tinyurl.com/bjkkw7vc

This is free and covers some of the politics in the knitting community. Interesting.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2023 07:25 PM (4IUUf)

120 So scratch one balloon?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2023 07:26 PM (Irn0L)

121 For forge work the biggest expense should be a really good turning hammer

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 07:27 PM (CT6DJ)

122 116 FD, grok grok hit glory bar!

One nice side effect of deindustrialization will be the rebirth of crafting...or famine one or the other.

Posted by: Sven at February 04, 2023 07:27 PM (Lzpvj)

123 105 ... "f going to craft store will take 1 stick to make sure will fit, they seem thicker than any mechanical pencil I ever had which are very thin."

If you can get the lead (graphite) diameter with a micrometer, it will help.

Posted by: JTB at February 04, 2023 07:28 PM (7EjX1)

124 JT, not feasible.
Posted by: Ben Had

oh.

Posted by: JT at February 04, 2023 07:29 PM (T4tVD)

125 I've wanted to try melting some metal and casting something sometime. I know I can get the heat. Did you know that steel really will burn?

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2023 07:30 PM (iayUP)

126 I have bunch of hand cutting tools, planes, spoke shaves, chisels

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 07:31 PM (xhxe8)

127 MUSIC THREAD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 07:32 PM (xhxe8)

128 111 sven, you would really like my propane forge. You can make knives and axes out of used hosreshoeing rasps. The forge takes up almost no room and you can also do some smelting with it.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2023 07:21 PM (CT6DJ)

How about some photos Ben Had?
That would be a fun and interesting Hobby THread.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at February 04, 2023 07:32 PM (aA3+G)

129 125 fd,

The compressability of heated metal obviates the need for fahr melted steel...

Babylonian out front told me.

Posted by: Sven at February 04, 2023 07:32 PM (Lzpvj)

130 Is a 'turning hammer' what this guy is using at this point in his video? (he's forging some big chisels)

https://youtu.be/jb38mYbbiCA?t=261

Posted by: t-bird at February 04, 2023 07:32 PM (Sv58p)

131 I spent some time this morning playing "By Stealth and Sea," which is a solo war game about Italian naval commandos in WW2. I have a couple other games lined up - sometimes, I think my hobby is collecting things related to hobbies instead of actually engaging in the hobby itself (see: ham radio equipment). For now, I'm engaging in my other two dominant pastimes: drinking rusty nails, and cooking dinner.

Posted by: PabloD at February 04, 2023 07:34 PM (56oEv)

132 I limit to lead, it melts easy, pondered aluminum but not sure can get a fire that hot

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 07:35 PM (xhxe8)

133 If anybody needs a gate latch in the burning times, I've got that covered. I did try to make a hatchet once. It's functional, but ugly. I could probably make a decent one after a few dozen tries.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2023 07:35 PM (iayUP)

134 132 skip,

People use concrete kilns to melt down cans...

I am intrigued by aluminum flechettes.

Posted by: Sven at February 04, 2023 07:42 PM (Lzpvj)

135 I have hundreds of pounds of aluminum and led each

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2023 07:51 PM (xhxe8)

136 Winter Field Day was a load of fun, even if the temp never got above 12 degrees! Operating from inside the car was fun, setting up & taking down the antenna outside ... not so much.
People scoff (I do too, sometimes) at wind chill, but it is a real thing nonetheless!

Warmish weather in the forecast, maybe I'll do a quick POTA activation this week.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 04, 2023 07:52 PM (XzIdt)

137 What's the saddest song you know?
Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 04, 2023 07:52 PM (KiBMU)

Minstrel Boy

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2023 07:55 PM (xhaym)

138 Well, just did some bodging. Fitted the chair and upright column from an old "breakfast nook" swivel chair (no casters) to the base of a defunct secretary chair (casters). After sawing the bases off the former, it slipped nicely into the tube of the latter, once a plastic bushing was removed. A few beads with the wire-feed welder, and Voila! a new swivel stool for my workbench.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2023 08:00 PM (tkR6S)

139 #3 son just asked if I wanted to see Todo, a taiko ensemble. Although I consider music more to be a religion than a hobby, I'll still list it as a hobby. This ought to be fun, although it might possibly be more drum work than even I can deal with -- and I really, really, REALLY love a good drum line.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at February 04, 2023 08:02 PM (SckW+)

140 I've put off learning watercolors for 45+ years, I think it's about time I give it a try.

Posted by: Corona at February 04, 2023 09:52 PM (nakGR)

141 Ugggg I have been meaning to send in some photos of my paintings...I promise I will take pics tomorrow and email them to you.

Meanwhile, I love your wood block paintings!

And, I do love this weekly posting! The linked videos are always good. May I suggest one? Wristwatch_Revival on YouTube. The guy is a hobbyist and is very soothing and relaxing in his videos--great way to unwind :-)

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