Thread: Other hobbies

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Originally Posted by Mike P

Very nice Coyote, I used to do that as a kid, in the 60's but kind of lost intrest in it. I still have a couple of unbuilt ones sitting around that I might see if the grandkids are interested in at some point.



".....Well, as part of diversification... maybe in a couple years... just consider it... you might think of working on a motor bike.. or even a bicycle!


I know.. I know.. I'm just gettin' silly now!....."


I don't know how silly that is, with the 2 beautiful granddaughters Dave has, if either one of them starts showing any interest in spending much time out in the shop, I wouldn't be too surprised to see a part of the garage set aside for some downsized projects like what has happened at my place.


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Probably going to be a couple pedal cars ready for Christmas.......

I work on many different things sharing most everyone above's interest. Mainly for me it's woodworking, acumulating old tools and using them. My favorite is the 1874 cast iron apple press, that gets used seasonally for homebrewing. I do have a couple of vintage bicycles to tackle after the truck!

Originally Posted by Old Coyote

I build model cars ........ mostly race cars, but every once in a while I will do a street vehicle ......... have been doing this since the late '50's

I think you set new standards of model building! Those are beautiful! My model car buiding never came out like those.. They weren't terrible but they didn't look as nice as those!! Thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by Mike P

I don't know how silly that is, with the 2 beautiful granddaughters Dave has, if either one of them starts showing any interest in spending much time out in the shop, I wouldn't be too surprised to see a part of the garage set aside for some downsized projects like what has happened at my place..

That's very true isn't it! Maybe my words are prophetic! Grandpa Dave could soon be building and painting bicycles and then a few years after that there could be motorcycles buzzin' around! Or how about a quarter scale midget or duece coupe!

Grandpa Dave ....How about motorized dollbuggies.

Just a quick update, I spent the last week visiting family back in Illinois. After a bit of arm twisting , I have another project to put on the list.

Dad originally acquired and restored this little 2 HP Waterloo Boy around 50 years ago. Dad stopped running it about 25 years ago when the igniter quit working and it has been sitting ever since.

The good news is it turns over and is complete, the bad ...it has no compression and will probably need to be torn down.





I am definately looking forward to hearing this one run again


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That is so cool Mike! Maybe you'll get lucky and find the rings only stuck.. well... it could happen! 8-)

I have ho, 1/32nd and 1/24th slot cars. I build model cars and now when I have a chance to work on them, I usually turn all the cars into stock cars. As a kid, my dad taught me how to build cardboard cars which is what he did as a kid because he had a large family and didn't spend money on stuff like models. The frames are made of balsa wood and the bodies are from cereal boxes. Now we use motors and wheels from models but back then, dad built everything out of wood. I collect anything race related with my favorite stock car stuff being dirt related. My wife and I enjoy antiquing and I refinish furniture that we find. I also enjoy building ponds with waterfalls which I blame on my mom. I helped build 5 for her and dad over the last 30 or so years and have done 3 at houses we have lived at.

I'm a pilit, I gather stuff around me and pilit here and pilit there. I find so many things interesting that I don't spend any serious time with anything much. Got my automotive stuff, my wood working equipment, a slew of train stuff in O gauge Lionel, 027 American Flyer, and a mess of HO., and the one other thing that I have continued to do all my life besides cars, my guns, complete with reloading and smithing stuff. Since we have moved to a much smaller place, I need to figure out what I want to pursue, and get shut of the rest. Sold my '59 Chevy in the moving, and doubt I'll get another car; too d^&*d broken to do much crawling around under and over anymore.

Thanks Pastor, Thanks Rrumbler! Thanks for sharing. I still have my old train set from when I was a kid! Made by Marx, but I don't know the gauge... it has the most amazing crane car too, all metal and 2 cranks on the side. 1 raises/lowers the boom and the other raises/lowers the hook! plus the crane swivels on the car. It has fascinated me for years and every couple years I take it out of the box just to operate it 1 more time! LOL...

My wife is the pilit in our household! She comes home with "Stuff" and piles it on top of piles! That's why we move every few years.. just to get away from the piles!!
LOL.. Just kidding! Actually, I've gathered to much stuff this past couple years and am realizing some of it has to go! 5 Tractors that just sit, the coupe, and 3 or 4 projects waiting in the wings.. plus 2 customer tractors to go through.. not to mention the house that's supposed to get refurbished.. sigh.. 8-)

Thanks,guys..You all have different pastimes,all good stuff,and I gotta say,I enjoyed the models,NTFDAY..I havent done one for years..
I must be related to Granpa Dave..All I seem to do is work,producing T bucket bodies,(had a run on them recently),coupe bodies,or repairing a truck front,or associated bits and pieces that have been broken and need my touch..
My wife,Lynda,recently got made redundant,after 17 years in the same job,,so she has a bit of cash we can spend on her Customline..(yahoo),so,just for a change,I can start playing with real steel again,between fiberglass jobs,and get this beast rolling..(yes,Have asked her to collect what pix she has,so i can start a build thread).So,anyway,,it looks like the only other interest I have is this thing I am playin with right now,,and mowing the lawns,and fixing stuff around the house..Wow..

So sorry to hear about Lynda being made redundant as I believe she really enjoyed that job. My other hobby would be classed as strange in this modern society we have now excluding my many friends here. I enjoy doing Bible study twice a week with an elder from the congregation and finally after reading my Bible twice from cover to cover, I'm starting to understand the prophesies and the parables God inspired 40 men over a period of 16 centuries to record as Gods instructions to us. It still amazes me how the Bible flows together so well . My only other hobby is being on this computer.

I am into a bunch of stuff also. Was big time into model cars for a long time.
Built this one in '89-'90
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Started a model parts business I ran for 15 years (Machined Aluminum Specialties) before the real world and job moves drove me out of it. Made turned aluminum and photo etched parts.
I am into a bit of woodworking and I have gathered my fair share of old tools and fixed 'em up.
Mark

Astro, that model is BADASS! WOW!

Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful work and detail went int that model. Love to build planes and ships. My net task will be a wooden hull!