Saturday Hobby, Crafts and Bodging Thread

Greetings gang. Time once again to head for the garage, basement, shop, studio, craft room or wherever it is you can go to escape, get messy and lose yourself in some creative pursuits.

NOTE: This is NOT an open thread so limit the discussion only to hobby and similar pursuits.

What are you working on, planning or just dreaming about doing?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 04:13 PM

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1 Where did the cats go ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at September 30, 2023 04:15 PM (tA1/w)

2 Might buy new rc plane today. (if my pickup is in my hands again) hahaha

Posted by: OkJohn at September 30, 2023 04:19 PM (NC/it)

3 Well, I spent three hours in the shop. Plan was to put the newly-electrified windshield wiper assembly into the '49 Ford. "Oh. Might as well put away these tools." "Oh, while I'm at it, might as well sort and toss this scrap metal. Might as well clean the workbench."

Time well spent, though. Ongoing and future projects will proceed faster.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2023 04:24 PM (/ZeBz)

4 When that 1/4" line snaps they're going to go into the lake quickly!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 04:28 PM (6Zm3x)

5 Oh, and Good afternoon J.J.S.

Thanks for the Bodging thread!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 04:29 PM (6Zm3x)

6 Slight OT: The water is back on! Workmen up the street are dealing with a mini-flood and turned off the water around eleven this morning. I was wondering how I would wash my hair without running water, and Olddog in Mo suggested applying some cornstarch -- which is bodging after a fashion, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2023 04:34 PM (omVj0)

7 My hobby now is arranging my kitchen now that the cabinets are done. Well, not totally done.Still gotta paint, put down the new flooring, put up backsplash and then paint the walls.

But hey, the cabinets are set.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, so very tired at September 30, 2023 04:36 PM (T/Lqj)

8 What are you working on

Making a homemade apple cider press. Two middle grandkids just helped me pick about 5 gallons of apples. The other 35 gallons or so grandpa is going to have to pick. I have a couple of neighbors down the road who have trees that they don't pick. I'm going to offer to trade apple cider for their apples. It takes about 3+ gallons of apples to make a gallon of cider. I figure I can make a decent one with about $40 of materials.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at September 30, 2023 04:36 PM (Z+GVF)

9 Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at September 30, 2023 04:36 PM (Z+GVF)

Soooooo, are you going to ferment any of that cider?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at September 30, 2023 04:38 PM (NJ1o7)

10 Might as well clean the workbench."

Why?? Asking for Mrs. Sock.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at September 30, 2023 04:39 PM (Z+GVF)

11 Cable car design is a disaster waiting to happen. Engineering is not a hobby, it's a talent and a profession.

So many tried-and-true best practices not implemented.

Be safe!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 30, 2023 04:41 PM (KVGVf)

12 Soooooo, are you going to ferment any of that cider?
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

Milk and coffee are my beverages of choice. My daughter made some last year. Apparently it was a tasty success. They are negotiating for more apples this year. I will make some of the cider into vinegar.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at September 30, 2023 04:42 PM (Z+GVF)

13 J.J., Thanks for including that video on how to paint a painting. It's one of the best descriptions of technique and philosophy on the matter I've seen. It was a big help when the presenter said how long it took to do the work.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2023 04:43 PM (7EjX1)

14 Well, not totally done.Still gotta paint, put down the new flooring, put up backsplash and then paint the walls.

But hey, the cabinets are set.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Piece of cake. This coming from the guy who took 2 centuries to build his house.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at September 30, 2023 04:44 PM (Z+GVF)

15 Milk and coffee are my beverages of choice. My daughter made some last year. Apparently it was a tasty success. They are negotiating for more apples this year. I will make some of the cider into vinegar.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at September 30, 2023 04:42 PM (Z+GVF)

I’m guessing that vinegar was very good. Did it have the “mother’ in it?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at September 30, 2023 04:45 PM (NJ1o7)

16 Does drinking count as a hobby? semi-serious question, as my brothers and I are planning a second meet-up in KY next year, to visit distilleries, drink, tour, etc.

we're all semi-retired, and I can see us doing this semi-annually until we kick the bucket.

Posted by: goatexchange at September 30, 2023 04:48 PM (APPN8)

17 Did it have the “mother’ in it?
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

Tough to make vinegar without bacteria.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at September 30, 2023 04:53 PM (Z+GVF)

18 The trolley reminds me of the Fenelon Place Elevator in Dubuque, IA. It was built in the late 1800's by a guy who wanted to be able to get home quickly to take a nap at lunchtime. Still running to this day.

My ambition for today is to clean out the garden and harvest the remaining basil for pesto. Or continue to lounge around reading the HQ.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at September 30, 2023 04:53 PM (anHSL)

19 What makes apple cider vs apple juice?

Posted by: PaleRider at September 30, 2023 04:55 PM (3cGpq)

20 Not exactly a hobby but I have to replace the screen on this very old vinyl window. I had to get a wide putty knife to force it against the spring clips to remove it. The screen is completely shot and it's a vinyl screen. I have replaced one screen in my life and it was an aluminum one but I wasn't able to get it as tight as I liked so I may go with vinyl again.

I have discovered that there is wool pile weather stripping and the window is old enough that it's just nasty and most of the fuzz is gone. But the vinyl is solid enough and replacing Windows is really expensive so I'm going to try to get it back into shape. I will probably have to get some help for some of these windows but it's very hard these days to find anyone who will work on relatively small jobs like that. They just want to take out the old windows and completely replace them and charge you thousands of dollars!

Posted by: Beverly at September 30, 2023 04:56 PM (Epeb0)

21 Lent my car to a friend for probably a month, so half the garage is empty. In my shed, I have a '75 Honda CB200 I bought coming on twenty years ago thinking I'd 'fix it up'. Been leaning (indoors) on one wall or another ever since. Over the years I've bought gasket packages, carburetor parts and stuff, that has got to be somewhere in the house.
I'm thinking of getting to it. The one thing I learned growing up in a car dealership family is I'm a lousy mechanic, but hey, it's sunk costs already.

Posted by: From about that Time at September 30, 2023 04:56 PM (4780s)

22 Way early, Welcome Hobbiests

Finished my British Union Brigade of Dragoons, The Royals, Inniskilling and touched up my 40 year old Scots Grey's.
Will post a picture next week.
Been cleaning up a 50 cal black powder flintlock that I gave my dad about 38 years ago and today he gave it back to me.
More on all that tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 04:57 PM (fwDg9)

23 Slight OT: The water is back on! Workmen up the street are dealing with a mini-flood and turned off the water around eleven this morning. I was wondering how I would wash my hair without running water, and Olddog in Mo suggested applying some cornstarch -- which is bodging after a fashion, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2023 04:34 PM (omVj0)

One of my favorite hobbies is not washing my hair (or anything else) on a Saturday.

Alas, I'm getting my hair cut today, so I guess I have to wash it first. Which seems like a waste, all those clean hairs ending up in the trash.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 30, 2023 05:03 PM (U0PO9)

24 Beverly

Any small hardware stores near you ? Ask them for a price !

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 05:03 PM (T4tVD)

25 Been cleaning up a 50 cal black powder flintlock that I gave my dad about 38 years ago and today he gave it back to me.
More on all that tomorrow
Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 04:57 PM (fwDg9)

I guess that will be on the gub thread. looking forward to that, always had a interest in a building a Bo rifle form a kit. best to you Skip.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at September 30, 2023 05:04 PM (NJ1o7)

26 Drat it, managed to sleep through the Pet Thread. Got ot sleep at midnight and woke at 3am. Went back to sleep around 9am. See, when you're 29 and retired, you can keep to crazy sleep schedules.

Posted by: Ciampino - "Criminal Lawyer" is a redundancy at September 30, 2023 05:06 PM (qfLjt)

27 I have 2 new watercolor books to recommend. First is Transparent Watercolor Wheel by Jim Kosvanec. Excellent book on the pigment charcteristics of paint. I intend to play with this a bit tomorrow.

Second is Art of the Limited Palette by Hazel Soan. Still trying to take this one in. There is just so much info here. I have another watercolor class starting but the job is eating up so much time. I'll try and pick up what I can.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 30, 2023 05:06 PM (Ds/Wi)

28 What makes apple cider vs apple juice?
Posted by: PaleRider

Apple juice is more heavily filtered and generally pasteurized (heat treated) for shelf life.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at September 30, 2023 05:07 PM (Z+GVF)

29 I have to go find something to eat but have to see this guy make his own cannons

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 05:09 PM (fwDg9)

30 This rifle been cleaning up was a kit someone made and through a friend bought it finished. When done will send a picture to Weasel

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 05:11 PM (fwDg9)

31 More animation done. Part two finished. On to part three.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 30, 2023 05:12 PM (CHHv1)

32 Oh, the other thing picked up were 2 scrap books from my grandparents who were collecting news clipping from war events in Europe starting around 1936. Maybe a few pictures will send in to hobby thread.

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 05:15 PM (fwDg9)

33 My doctor said the best thing I could do for my health was to go outside more. He told me to pick a fun outdoor hobby to motivate me to get out of the house. So I started smoking.

Posted by: Ciampino - One of my hobbies is time travel, I do it from time to time. at September 30, 2023 05:16 PM (qfLjt)

34 BeconingChasm can't wait to see.

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 05:18 PM (fwDg9)

35 Spent parts of the last week cutting foam for my hard side pistol case.

Cutting foam to a certain depth (as opposed to cutting all the way through) is just not cool. I have yet to find a way to make things even and neat along the bottom.

When I get back from my trip, I'm going to use multiple layers - cutting through the thick layer, then gluing it on top of a thinner layer - to get the same effect. That will also include putting a layer of rigid plastic underneath with some parachute strap or similar attached, so I can more easily lift out each layer of equipment.

Hot knife doesn't work on the polyurethane open cell foam. It goes in the drawer with other not-right-for-this-job tools.

Posted by: GWB at September 30, 2023 05:22 PM (69JzL)

36 A couple of weeks ago the topic of pipe smoking came up. Anybody investigated that a little bit? I'm sipping some Sir Walter Raleigh in a Missouri Meerschaum corncob pipe. Normally I use briar pipes, but I have this one, and I thought I'd try it for the first time in a while. Going well. Cobs are good all-around pipes. I just have this image of myself as a doctor/engineer/writer, and a briar pipe goes with that. A cob is much more the Hooterville sort of thing.

(Yeah, I know about Gen. Macarthur's cob pipe. Still it's a hard image to shake.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2023 05:23 PM (omVj0)

37 Any morons whose hobby involves wildlife? This morning after checking the mail I was heading back to the house and saw a fuzzy ball on top of the gable of our very tall, very pitched roof. Had to get the binoculars out to see what it was. Me, Husband, his sister, and her husband (who happen to be visiting with us) all concluded that it was a porcupine. What??!!

I think they are nocturnal but as best we can tell it hasn't moved all day on a hot, sunny day. I think it may be a former porcupine.

Anyone have anything to contribute?

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at September 30, 2023 05:28 PM (fTtFy)

38
Tomorrow is supposed to be Day 1 of 5 days of 'Return to Summer' temperatures in this SE PA area. After 8 days of off/on rain I'm definitely up for some outdoor time.

No hobby stuff to report. That requires something something that Joe something something won't let us something something.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 30, 2023 05:33 PM (enJYY)

39 37
Assuming it's dead, do you have large birds of prey in the area? It may have been killed and then abandoned there or left to 'cook' for later.

Posted by: Ciampino - Procrastination was my favourite hobby but I kept putting it off till later at September 30, 2023 05:37 PM (qfLjt)

40 Ontario Man Eats 50 Carolina Reaper Peppers In Record Time

Before trying to set a Guinness World Record by eating 50 of the hottest chile [sic] peppers on the planet, Mike Jack set up a picture frame featuring two photos atop a table at a brewery in London, Ontario. One was of Terry Fox, the Canadian activist who in 1980 ran more than 3,300 miles on an artificial leg to raise money for cancer research. The other was of Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist monk who doused himself in gasoline and set himself ablaze to protest the Vietnamese government’s alleged persecution of Buddhists.

“I just look at these two people who have done these incredible feats, and it just makes what I’m doing kind of smaller and more manageable,” Jack told The Washington Post.

Then, Jack turned his attention to 50 Carolina Reapers, which themselves hold a Guinness record for being the hottest peppers on the planet. His goal: to eat them as fast as possible.

When the plate was empty, six minutes and 49 seconds had elapsed, Guinness World Records announced this week.
https://tinyurl.com/mr36bbdt

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 30, 2023 05:38 PM (krqg6)

41 Got my 3 liter flask with a T/S 24/40 joint from China. *Sigh*.

I already have the 3L heating mantle and magnetic stirrer unit to put the flask in. I will put my Vigreux column on the flask, and prepare oil of cedar from the extracted fluid.

I have no water fixtures in the shed, so I am using a submersible pump in a big water bath to cool the vapors with a Claisen head and a Liebig condenser prior to solvent reaching the take-off round-bottomed flask. I recycle the distilled solvent. I do have a repurposed vacuum pump if needed, but not the big lab model.

An $8,000 Rotary Evaporator system would make this a lot easier. Alas, married. My sweat equity is still mine to use.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2023 05:41 PM (u82oZ)

42 Then, Jack turned his attention to 50 Carolina Reapers, which themselves hold a Guinness record for being the hottest peppers on the planet. His goal: to eat them as fast as possible.

When the plate was empty, six minutes and 49 seconds had elapsed, Guinness World Records announced this week.
https://tinyurl.com/mr36bbdt
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 30, 2023 05:38 PM (krqg6)

Did he set a record for taking the hottest shit the next day ?

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 05:41 PM (T4tVD)

43 andycanuck (krqg6)

That's a hell of a way to accomplish anal bleaching.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2023 05:42 PM (u82oZ)

44 JT

Horde mind and all that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2023 05:44 PM (u82oZ)

45 The cable car trolley looks cool.
I'd just put in a ski lift, LOL.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 30, 2023 05:44 PM (MeG8a)

46
Did he set a record for taking the hottest shit the next day ?
Posted by: JT

Wouldn't want to be in charge of cleaning any of the bathrooms in his house for the next 72hrs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 05:45 PM (iRT5g)

47 Art Rondelet of Malmsey

I have turkey vultures on the roof that can help.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2023 05:45 PM (u82oZ)

48 Did he set a record for taking the hottest shit the next day ?

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 05:41 PM (T4tVD)
----
He probably keptthe toilet paper roll in the refrigerator.

Posted by: Ciampino - Procrastination was my favourite hobby but I kept putting it off till later. at September 30, 2023 05:50 PM (qfLjt)

49 Art,
Wildlife viewing is a lovely hobby. My mom and dad, when they were living in the cabin on Vashon Island, were birders. They had a bird book and field glasses by the door so they could readily identify the winter ducks off the deck. So many of them!

I love the buffleheads most of all.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at September 30, 2023 05:50 PM (OtD4R)

50 I'm not an engineer but ANYTHING built of wood has a fairly short shelf life exposed to the elements.
And that pulley on the tree just makes me shake my head.
My new hobby is making mead. I'm told I should have a drinkable wine in 3 months. A good wine in one year.
Not exactly instant gratification...
Also making creamed honey. Just ordered a temperature controller for the #2 refrigerator, cause 57 degrees seems to be the magic number.

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2023 05:50 PM (cPGH3)

51 JT

Horde mind and all that.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2023 05:44 PM (u82oZ)

"What was that noise ? It sounded like a wounded animal !"

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 05:50 PM (T4tVD)

52 This week on my Sidebander VI project I managed to get memory channel programming and scanning to work. Figured out one method to get the scan to pause when the squelch is broken. It's... not optimal, but it does the job for now.

Also, got offsets put in for upper and lower sideband so they can shoved through the same filter (not at the same time).

Sometime this week I need to do a parts order so I can begin integrating all of this into the radio.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 30, 2023 05:50 PM (Bd6X8)

53 Speaking of MO Meerschaum, does anyone have a recipe or a source for pipe mud?

Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2023 05:53 PM (rj6Yv)

54 Did he set a record for taking the hottest shit the next day ?

Judge for yourself:

https://tinyurl.com/4uv3v2yc

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 30, 2023 05:54 PM (Bd6X8)

55 Did he set a record for taking the hottest shit the next day ?

Judge for yourself:

https://tinyurl.com/4uv3v2yc
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 30, 2023 05:54 PM (Bd6X

LOL !!!

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 05:56 PM (T4tVD)

56 Did he set a record for taking the hottest shit the next day ?

Judge for yourself:

https://tinyurl.com/4uv3v2yc
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 30, 2023 05:54 PM (Bd6X

Speaking of that, anybody here ever light a fart ?

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 05:58 PM (T4tVD)

57 Judge for yourself:

https://tinyurl.com/4uv3v2yc
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 30, 2023 05:54 PM (Bd6X

That’s funny. LOL !

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at September 30, 2023 05:58 PM (NJ1o7)

58 Anyone into 3-D printing? I'm curious... but not "that curious." about it. Seems sorta' expensive. Not looking for anything specific to build, but was wondering on it's possible use for "normal" household usage.

And, of course, out of household bandwidth usages...

I realize a semi-competent knowledge of CAD is useful if not required. I can deal with that part.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2023 05:58 PM (Q4IgG)

59 We used to light farts when I was a teen camping with other Boy Scouts. Farts definitely ignite.
My advice, wear pants.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 30, 2023 06:01 PM (MeG8a)

60 Art,
Wildlife viewing is a lovely hobby. My mom and dad, when they were living in the cabin on Vashon Island, were birders. They had a bird book and field glasses by the door so they could readily identify the winter ducks off the deck. So many of them!

I love the buffleheads most of all.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan, she's still free! at September 30, 2023 05:50 PM

I feed da boids here at Casa JT.

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 06:01 PM (T4tVD)

61 My shed is part of my LLC. But my wifes' definition is the one to use:

If you put money into it, it is a hobby.

If you take money out of it, it is a business.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 30, 2023 06:02 PM (u82oZ)

62 What's 3D painting?

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 06:04 PM (fwDg9)

63 Porcupine update. Well, if the vultures got the porcupine, they took him away whole--which seems unlikely--because he's now gone after 7 hours. We looked all around the yard to see if a carcass had fallen off or been dropped but nothing. Dog came in from the back yard with no quills, so I think our guest departed under his own power. Hope so anyway.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at September 30, 2023 06:04 PM (fTtFy)

64 What's 3D painting?
Posted by: Skip

Dis, Dat and De Udder.

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 06:05 PM (T4tVD)

65 My new hobby is making mead. I'm told I should have a drinkable wine in 3 months. A good wine in one year.
Not exactly instant gratification...
Posted by: MkY

Flavored or honey?
Are you going for a sweet mead or a dry mead?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 06:07 PM (iRT5g)

66 Anyone into 3-D printing? I'm curious... but not "that curious." about it. Seems sorta' expensive. Not looking for anything specific to build, but was wondering on it's possible use for "normal" household usage.

And, of course, out of household bandwidth usages...

I realize a semi-competent knowledge of CAD is useful if not required. I can deal with that part.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Local public library has a 3D printer available for use.
I haven't gone it to see what model and what size object you can make yet.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 06:08 PM (iRT5g)

67 >>> 63 Porcupine update. Well, if the vultures got the porcupine, they took him away whole--which seems unlikely--because he's now gone after 7 hours. We looked all around the yard to see if a carcass had fallen off or been dropped but nothing. Dog came in from the back yard with no quills, so I think our guest departed under his own power. Hope so anyway.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at September 30, 2023 06:04 PM (fTtFy)

It hasn't rolled down into a gutter, or maybe bushes by the house? and you don't have a chimney it could sneak into?

Yeah, I'd be having fun if something were perched up on my roof....

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 30, 2023 06:09 PM (llON8)

68 My parents could really use a funicular. They love their house but the driveway is dangerous at their age. I wonder what it would cost.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at September 30, 2023 06:09 PM (3AR13)

69 27 Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 30, 2023 05:06 PM (Ds/Wi)

I can heartily recommend "Watercolor the Whitney Way."

My dad of blessed memory was a disciple of Edgar Whitney, one of the most influential American watercolorists of the last century.

I met the man and sat in on a demo as a teenager. Oh if I only had a video camera back then!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 30, 2023 06:10 PM (x0n13)

70 >>> 66 Anyone into 3-D printing? I'm curious... but not "that curious." about it. Seems sorta' expensive. Not looking for anything specific to build, but was wondering on it's possible use for "normal" household usage.

And, of course, out of household bandwidth usages...

I realize a semi-competent knowledge of CAD is useful if not required. I can deal with that part.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Local public library has a 3D printer available for use.
I haven't gone it to see what model and what size object you can make yet.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 06:08 PM (iRT5g)

iirc blaster was having fun trying out some items on a 3D printer not long ago.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 30, 2023 06:11 PM (llON8)

71 Rock and wood makes a very nice stylish bench.
I really like how he attaches the wood to the rocks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 06:12 PM (iRT5g)

72
iirc blaster was having fun trying out some items on a 3D printer not long ago.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Good memory!
I wonder if there are any restrictions on what type of objects you print!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 06:13 PM (iRT5g)

73 27 ... Notsothoreau,

Thanks for mentioning those two art books. They both look interesting. Not cheap but interesting. I suspect that limited palette book will find its way onto my shelf soon.

I've been learning about the Zorn palette, basically three colors and white. The results from so few colors is astonishing.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2023 06:14 PM (7EjX1)

74 By a quick count this is a 32 gun frigate he is makjng

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 06:16 PM (fwDg9)

75 Flavored or honey?
Are you going for a sweet mead or a dry mead?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

This one is starting out a medium dry, but I'll probably back sweeten it. No additional flavoring. We had an early honey that was very floral and very dry (meaning it crystalized almost immediately).

I want to make a metheglin for next Christmas. Better start now, eh?

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2023 06:17 PM (cPGH3)

76 Didn't watch the rock/ wood bench easily could drill into stones and mount wood to it

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 06:18 PM (fwDg9)

77 36 ... "I'm sipping some Sir Walter Raleigh in a Missouri Meerschaum corncob pipe."

Wolfus,
Do you know which model MM cob? I'm a fan of their Mark Twain model and, especially, their Cobbit series. I think the 'codger' blends and aromatics generally go great in a corncob pipe.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2023 06:19 PM (7EjX1)

78 > Local public library has a 3D printer available for use.
I haven't gone it to see what model and what size object you can make yet.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
____________

More like.... what can "I" make. Not necessarily what's canned for the unwashed. I'm not interested in toys, bobbles or other useless shit. Not interested in lowers, uppers or other bang-stick stuff... yet. Just, basic usefulness.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2023 06:20 PM (Q4IgG)

79
I want to make a metheglin for next Christmas. Better start now, eh?
Posted by: MkY

Heh, yeah, you might want to already have started!
Make enough so you can break out a bottle every Christmas for a couple years.
Spices are funny, they might be too strong in a year and mellow to a fine taste after a couple more years.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 06:20 PM (iRT5g)

80 Just, basic usefulness.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

That's why I have to go see what they have and allow. You're correct, if it is just toy cars, dragons, and vases it will not interest me.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 06:22 PM (iRT5g)

81 Yeah that's how he did it, I always go small then increase bit sizes when making big holes

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 06:23 PM (fwDg9)

82 58 AutoCad will let one use fusion360 (CAD program) for free, lots of tutorials available. One can export the object for 3D print from Fusion360. 3D printers come in all price ranges. The main choices are FDM (fusion deposition modeling, uses a filament and a hotend to deposit model in layers) and resin printing (good for making figures). Matterhackers, Amazon have a bewildering array of 3D printer choices. The first step would be to master basic CAD skills and in the meantime look at intro tutorials on 3D printing.

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at September 30, 2023 06:23 PM (D7u0p)

83 Weather report: sunny with gusty winds up to 24+mph so far.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 06:24 PM (iRT5g)

84 Heh, yeah, you might want to already have started!
Make enough so you can break out a bottle every Christmas for a couple years.
Spices are funny, they might be too strong in a year and mellow to a fine taste after a couple more years.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

First batch is 5 gallons. Go big or go home!
This one I think I'll just do 1 gallon.

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2023 06:27 PM (cPGH3)

85 Guess everybody went off to light their farts.....

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 06:38 PM (T4tVD)

86 Helena Handbasket--

Good point but there is a guard on the chimney and covers on the gutters. No bushes within the trajectory of a falling rodent either. I think he's truly gone.

Of course he'll probably turn up tomorrow morning at 5:00 am when I let the dog out.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at September 30, 2023 06:39 PM (fTtFy)

87 Looking at the 2 beginning WWII scrapbooks, I use to look at these when I was a young kid, seeing them again 50 or so years later.

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 06:41 PM (fwDg9)

88 There are hundreds of newspaper clippings in thses

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 06:42 PM (fwDg9)

89 What's 3D painting?
Posted by: Skip

Dis, Dat and De Udder.
Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 06:05 PM

Dindo, Dinsee, Dono.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2023 06:43 PM (aQy7p)

90 Looking at the 2 beginning WWII scrapbooks, I use to look at these when I was a young kid, seeing them again 50 or so years later.
Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 06:41 PM (fwDg9)

So, you're not really 29 ?

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 06:43 PM (T4tVD)

91 My Wolverines crushed Nebraska, 45-7.

Go Blue!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 30, 2023 06:43 PM (xTRSc)

92 Rock and wood makes a very nice stylish bench.
I really like how he attaches the wood to the rocks.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 06:12 PM (iRT5g)

Well, who knows?

Posted by: Gorilla Glue at September 30, 2023 06:47 PM (NJ1o7)

93

My hobby this afternoon is attending a Filipino wedding. After that my hobby will be stuffing myself on crispy lechon and an endless stream of Filipino goodies.

Then I believe my hobby this evening will be laying around and groaning because I ate too much.

Oh, and thank you for everyone's prayers for my kitty. Never could get into the vet so I opened and drained and cleaned the wound myself and started him on antibiotics. He's feeling better today.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at September 30, 2023 06:48 PM (hY5Cg)

94 As figured he drilled hole in top of rock, didn't follow through but one way was epoxy a bolt into wood then epoxy bolts into holes in stone. No anchor point would be seen.

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 06:55 PM (fwDg9)

95 Making a homemade apple cider press. Two middle grandkids just helped me pick about 5 gallons of apples. The other 35 gallons or so grandpa is going to have to pick. I have a couple of neighbors down the road who have trees that they don't pick. I'm going to offer to trade apple cider for their apples. It takes about 3+ gallons of apples to make a gallon of cider. I figure I can make a decent one with about $40 of materials.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ne Obliviscaris at September 30, 2023 04:36 PM (Z+GVF)

I have found the pressing goes easier if you use a good grinder to make the pulp. After a lot of tries and advice from Notsothoreau, I finally broke down and bought a 1/2 hp insink-erator garbage dispose-all, and it is a glorious thing to use and it makes pulp that squeezes down very easily. It mounts in a sink I salvaged and have mounted on scrap 2x4's

I had a neighbor weld some angle iron onto a 3-1/2 ton tongue jack for me, and I use an arbor made from 4x4's and 2x4s mostly. I bolted it on the side of a platform I had salvaged, and I use a pressing basket made from 2x4s and perforated plumbers tape. I made a tray from plywood and UHMW cutting mats.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2023 06:55 PM (xhaym)

96 Grinding the apples is the important thing. I have used an Ideal chopper, and the shredder from my Kitchenaid mixer, and someone's apple chitter, but the garbage disposal is the bomb. Don't let it run too long and don't let it get jammed or unbalanced or it will overheat and trip the breaker. Then you have to let it cool down.
You can also use it to make pear juice too.

Then you will need to find lots and lots of jars or buckets to keep your juice in because it will make juice really fast.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2023 06:58 PM (xhaym)

97 Didn't intend for it to become a hobby.
At a garage sale I bought an AFX slot car race track for the grands. Set it up only to have them insist I use every piece of track.
They love it and today discovered my unopened *sniff*1984 Tyco track I've had for 20 or so years.
Well Papa is a sucker and I now have both (well over 150 feet) slotcar tracks taped down to an 8 foot by 8 foot cardboard box on a bed in the spare room. Banked curves, loops, 3 high horizontal loops, it's pretty awesome. Two separate tracks that can be used at the same time.

I go looking for a couple more cars and a controller to replace the one the youngest grand yanked the wire out of and DAMN! Those cars start at about $30 each, some in the $90 range. I had probably 40 or so cars and at least 8 tracks when I was a pup, got at least one a year on B-days and Christmas from about 8 until 14. I sold the whole shebang for $20 when I left for the Army.

Posted by: Reforger at September 30, 2023 06:58 PM (B705c)

98 Oh, and thank you for everyone's prayers for my kitty. Never could get into the vet so I opened and drained and cleaned the wound myself and started him on antibiotics. He's feeling better today.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at September 30, 2023 06:48 PM (hY5Cg)

On an incipient abscess you could try smearing antibiotic ointment on it as first aid. Cats have thinish skin and it will often transport on its own.
I had a kitty who wound up being shaved and sewn up like a baseball due to multiple bites turning into abscesses, the poor thing. He is still with me, but it was touch and go for a while

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2023 07:00 PM (xhaym)

99 MM Corncobs ... I ordered a Diplomat today and then came across this interesting YT video on a neat mod for extending the pipe's life. Also, do you guys smoke your cob pipes with a filter or without?

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2p99mps2

Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2023 07:02 PM (rj6Yv)

100 My Wolverines crushed Nebraska, 45-7.

Go Blue!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 30, 2023 06:43 PM (xTRSc)

I was born in the University of Michigan Medical Center. I guess that makes me a life-long Wolverine fan.

Posted by: mrp at September 30, 2023 07:04 PM (rj6Yv)

101 The accidental hobby of collecting unbuilt model kits continues apace.

In other news, Sprue Brothers is having another sale this weekend.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2023 07:05 PM (gVV9B)

102 In other news, Sprue Brothers is having another sale this weekend.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2023 07:05 PM (gVV9B)

Did they already sell the C from Spruce ?

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 07:06 PM (T4tVD)

103 Anna have tried the explosion on any models?
Been seeing them all over YouTube lately, smoke, flames crashed aircraft

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 07:08 PM (fwDg9)

104 Anna Puma

Got yer ticket ?

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 07:09 PM (T4tVD)

105 Not exactly a hobby but it is certainly creative.

https://tinyurl.com/47ezx6pj

Posted by: lost in space at September 30, 2023 07:09 PM (kmEPs)

106 I also spent most of today picking grapes, grinding and pressing them in my cider press, and canning the juice. Four gallons or so today. I am out of shelf space.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 30, 2023 07:15 PM (xhaym)

107 Sprue refers to the plastic runner all the parts are attached to.

Yep.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 30, 2023 07:16 PM (gVV9B)

108 When that 1/4" line snaps they're going to go into the lake quickly!

Which is why he needs to build a jump at the end. To protect him from a sudden stop!

Posted by: t-bird at September 30, 2023 07:16 PM (ptElO)

109 It's flash on metal miniature

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 07:18 PM (fwDg9)

110 APPLE JUICE SURPLUS?
Gently simmer down to apple jelly (no pectin or sugar needed) ... Combine with pineapple preserves and horseradish to make Jezebel Sauce ... Jezebel poured over a block of cream cheese and served with sturdy crackers (like Triscuts) makes an addictive party snack.

Posted by: Kathy at September 30, 2023 07:24 PM (XUe78)

111 That video about making sailing ship cannons ain't nothing. My Dad and Grandfather got their mitts on a bronze ship propeller shaft that was about 6" in diameter and about 10 feet long. Two days later of shop time they had perfect man-o-war ship's cannons about 4' long with 3/4" bores, iron wood frames and brass ringed wheels.

We shot my Dad's copy off over the 4th a few times on year, and about 30 minutes later a police helicopter showed over the house with patrol cars driving around setting up surveillance posts. We were mightily amused.

My Grandfather met up with a bunch of his pals one fall at a cabin in northern Minnesota to go deer hunting. Remarkably nobody had a gun but we did have one cannon. After a certain amount of drinking these goof balls set the cannon under the neighbors cabin (they had post foundations) and waited around for the the neighbors to come home. My stoic and most responsible GF lit the fuse. I had no idea a 65 yo could move that quick. After a moment dead silence in that cabin everyone ran out of it screaming and yelling. I have never seen six guys in their 60s happier as those six were.

Posted by: lost in space at September 30, 2023 07:27 PM (kmEPs)

112 > Didn't intend for it to become a hobby.
At a garage sale I bought an AFX slot car race track for the grands. Set it up only to have them insist I use every piece of track.
__________

This... is particularly awesome. On several levels.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2023 07:29 PM (Q4IgG)

113 Guy ran into work said his dad made a smoothbore cannon,
Fired it often but got arrested by police and locked up a few months.
You can own a cannon, it's in the Constitution

Posted by: Skip at September 30, 2023 07:31 PM (fwDg9)

114 Janr Blundell has this site: https://janeblundellart.blogspot.com/?m=1
And also has a book on triads. It's on online download, I think from her main site (remove the blogspot)

That's what got me interested. That Hazel Soan book, she has you making shadow colors that are from the same colors the main drawing is from. I'll check the Whitney book too. I have to be careful because I seem to buy paint with every book!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 30, 2023 07:35 PM (Ds/Wi)

115 Back from my hobby of pulling weeds and vine out of the shubbery.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2023 07:37 PM (XeU6L)

116 I can tell these cannon stories because the statue of limitations expired decades ago.

On another occasion my dad and his best pal were at the best pal's house drinking a few beers out the carport. For reasons that were never disclosed these two knuckle heads had the cannon. Of course, a few beers later, it made perfect sense to set it off in carport of this suburban home. They made one mistake: they left the door leading to the house open and the concussion blew into the house and blew out the front windows. My Dad's pal's wife was not amused when she came home. Not at all. We were but not her.

Posted by: lost in space at September 30, 2023 07:39 PM (kmEPs)

117 I am going to direct my first film: Flaming Slow Moving Trolley Car Of Death. There will be much alcohol involved, the gnashing of teeth and a cameo appearance by Congressman Jamal Bowman pulling the fire alarm...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 30, 2023 07:41 PM (TGPs7)

118 Should have been no great trick for Mr. Trolley to connect the cable via an Otis ratchet, a hook underneath that engages the cross-ties if the pressure on the cable is suddenly relieved. That would make a good start. Just imagine having to grab for the "brake" lever as the thrill ride started -- and then having it engage nothing but a derailer device. Any thought given to where that aircraft cable's end is headed after it parts? They get going pretty good. Dang.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 30, 2023 07:41 PM (4PZHB)

119 But seriously, that trolley was a DIY amazement. One flaw I see, is the wooden tracks. Can't believe they won't be weathered, eroded, eaten by termites and other pests in two years.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 30, 2023 07:43 PM (TGPs7)

120 That trolley wasn't built with magnetic levitation?! Lame.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2023 07:44 PM (RIvkX)

121 100 mrp, we’ll accept you. Welcome to the club!

Posted by: Dog Show Math and Chemistry Nerds at September 30, 2023 07:45 PM (xTRSc)

122 117 No boobs?

Posted by: Dog Show Math and Chemistry Nerds at September 30, 2023 07:46 PM (xTRSc)

123 Good grief, off ancient sock!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 30, 2023 07:48 PM (xTRSc)

124 Good grief, off ancient sock!
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Thought you were trying to goad Hadrian into a comment.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 07:49 PM (iRT5g)

125 Another week without a music or movie thread?

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 30, 2023 07:49 PM (xPl2J)

126 I never graduated from potato gun...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 30, 2023 07:50 PM (MeG8a)

127 Most of my "hobby" this weekend was doing the monthly off-line backup and disk imaging. Plus drinking.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 30, 2023 07:52 PM (CHHv1)

128 124 I think that was a sock in response to something Hadrian posted. On Thursday or Friday.

Honestly, socks should not be allowed to carry over from one thread to another, much less one day to another.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 30, 2023 07:53 PM (xTRSc)

129 Honestly, socks should not be allowed to carry over from one thread to another, much less one day to another.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

What fun would that be for those of us who rarely use them; but, get to comment on them!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 30, 2023 07:54 PM (iRT5g)

130 Watched the painting video - it's no secret that I universally hate this "pick up a brush and get started" stuff.

I taught myself to draw and then paint the old fashion way, long hours of training, failure, more training. You built a real painting by first drawing the painting you intend, correcting mistakes, etc. and thus making the image that you need before transferring the cartoon (funny, but that is what it is called) usually using a light velum and charcoal laid over a canvas that has already been layered in gesso and then sanded fine and then painted over again in lead white (not easy to get these days) before your transfer the image. It's like building a fine piece of furniture - you have to do the work to get a fine piece.

Once the cartoon is transferred, you get to proceed to an underpainting (usually done in umber) and then proceed to layer on color, usually two or three coats allowing each coat to dry first for a week, then scrape down, correct problems - and reapply - then let the oil paint dry for 3 months or more before coating the painting with a clear damar varnish.

Posted by: Boswell at September 30, 2023 07:56 PM (K+UlC)

131 The fantastic AL West division race is done to its last two nights. As of tonight they stand as follows: Texas, Houston 1 game back and Seattle 2 games back.

Tonight Texas and Seattle are playing each other and Houston is playing Arizona. If Seattle wins and Houston wins they will stand Texas and Houston tied and Seattle 1 gb.

This means tomorrow nothing is getting down in my house.

Posted by: lost in space at September 30, 2023 07:56 PM (kmEPs)

132 Good evening all you wonderfully talented people

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2023 07:59 PM (OdTw6)

133 This means tomorrow nothing is getting down in my house.
Posted by: lost in space at September 30, 2023 07:56 PM (kmEPs)

Don’t know who you’re pulling for, but is there a cannon involved?

Posted by: Gorilla Glue at September 30, 2023 07:59 PM (NJ1o7)

134 This means tomorrow nothing is getting down in my house.
Posted by: lost in space at September 30, 2023 07:56 PM (kmEPs)

Don’t know who you’re pulling for, but is there a cannon involved?
Posted by: Gorilla Glue

Seattle. They have tormented by since 1977. Why stop now? As for a cannon, sadly no; I have the sads especially if the win the division. Probably a good thing that I don't.

Posted by: lost in space at September 30, 2023 08:01 PM (kmEPs)

135 Lost in space, could it end up an all Texas WS? (Not a baseball guy).

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2023 08:02 PM (NxC5+)

136 Off glue sock. I hope this fixes iit.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at September 30, 2023 08:03 PM (NJ1o7)

137 This means tomorrow nothing is getting down in my house.
Posted by: lost in space

Well, mine neither, but cause of the Ryder Cup.
Then golf.
Then eat.
Then drink.
Then nap.

Posted by: MkY at September 30, 2023 08:05 PM (cPGH3)

138 Good evening all you wonderfully talented people
Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2023 07:59 PM (OdTw6)

Awww......lighting a fart doesn't really require talent.

Posted by: JT at September 30, 2023 08:06 PM (T4tVD)

139 If they get fluid buildup on an ear, always drain those! I didn't do it with Jack, the best cat ever, and he wound up with a hard area at the top. Always felt bad about that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 30, 2023 08:07 PM (Ds/Wi)

140 I really just need to sketch but I love playing with color.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 30, 2023 08:08 PM (Ds/Wi)

141 53 ... "Speaking of MO Meerschaum, does anyone have a recipe or a source for pipe mud?"

Don't use the stuff in my corncobs but I know there are a few videos on YT about making and applying it.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2023 08:09 PM (7EjX1)

142 Lost in space, could it end up an all Texas WS? (Not a baseball guy).
Posted by: Eromero

No. Both teams are in the American League and the World Series is all about the National and American Leagues squaring off against each other. The playoffs, that could happen.

The ideal outcome as a Seattle sufferer is Seattle beats Texas today and Houston loses to Arizona. That leaves Texas in 1st and Houston and Seattle 1 game back. That creates the possibly of all three ending up with the same record after Sundays's games.

Posted by: lost in space at September 30, 2023 08:11 PM (kmEPs)

143 130 ... Boswell,

Thanks for that great description for producing a painting. I'm not at that point yet but enjoy learning about the process.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2023 08:12 PM (7EjX1)

144 JT, there is a wonderful book by Ferrol Sam's and his depiction of when a young boy lights the fart of a mule.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2023 08:13 PM (nOR7T)

145 99 ... "Also, do you guys smoke your cob pipes with a filter or without?"

mrp,
I never use filters in my pipes, corncob or briar. Don't like what it does to the draw.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2023 08:16 PM (7EjX1)

146 A question for pipe smokers-- left or right side of your mouth?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2023 08:22 PM (nOR7T)

147 Welp, my AL West fever dream has broken. Seattle's best pitcher has been yanked in the 3rd inning with the bases loaded, 2 outs and 4 runs in. And my long baseball nightmare is shaping up to continue for another year.

Posted by: lost in space at September 30, 2023 08:24 PM (kmEPs)

148 146 ... "A question for pipe smokers-- left or right side of your mouth?"

Hi Ben Had,

It's both. Just not at the same time. :-)

Actually, it's just how the bit feels. When using a churchwarden I hold it in the left hand so the stem goes to the left side.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2023 08:26 PM (7EjX1)

149 Following up on my radio post earlier in the thread. Dug through a couple bags of ICs I've had sitting around for 20+ years. Turns out I had what I needed to cobble together a D-type flip flop, so my divide by two circuit is done and it worked on the first try.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 30, 2023 08:34 PM (Bd6X8)

150 JTB, as a cigarette smoker I use my left hand but go to the right side of the mouth. Interesting

Posted by: Ben Had at September 30, 2023 08:34 PM (YZGzJ)

151 What I like about Liz Steel's classes are the exercises. And you get to see how other people work them. I really have learned a lot. She was an architect so I thought the Buildings one would really help me. I tend to draw pretty wonky buildings. I like Danny Gregory's Sketchbook Skool to keep me from getting discouraged with my progress.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 30, 2023 08:57 PM (Ds/Wi)

152 JJ thank you for the thread. I watch almost all the posted videos and have zero desire to do any of them as a hobby but I am fascinated by them!

I am an amateur painter of landscapes and still art. One day I will send in a few pics.

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