Other hobbies and interests?

[D Fresh]

Making another blade. This one is AEB-L steel (what you shave with in the morning) heat treated at HRC 60.5. I've set up the scales in this picture for the next step, epoxy for structural fastening. I use the screws & then small clamps to press things flat & let the bond cure with a slow setting mix. The wood on this one is called Bocote, it's a hard, dense central American hardwood. Not an endangered species, it's very available & very tough stuff, a bit oily, like teak almost.

Next will be the shaping of the scales for profiling, rounding corners on the router table & finish sanding for an oil finish. Typically I take the wood up to about 600 grit to get a nice feel & look. Thanks for looking.

Very cool.

I'm an avid Forged In Fire fan, such a remarkable skill.

 

[ROBERTECOX]

The Birds...from my backyard
https://youtu.be/ZE9kLtO-4Lo
https://youtu.be/_5PJkFxGgkc
https://youtu.be/RwUe6oL-dYE

 

[GTGallop]

Looks like the wife and I are adding CERT to our list of hobbies / volunteer work.

We passed background and got officially fingerprinted, took al of the mandatory Fire Department HR training. First meeting is next week.

The nice part is that our other interests like hiking and ham radio (more mine than hers) fold nicely into this one too. It's all complimentary.

 

[TN Ranger]

Well the the family really enjoys camping and hiking to find waterfalls and great overlooks. That being said I found a way to find them without all the exercise haha. Bought our first SxS and a few months later bought a second so the wife could drive also. Now it's become more of an obsession lately. We are having a blast and she's getting a lot more confident in her offroad driving skills.

 

[Synfulz]

So was combing through some old links and I found my YT video of my Hill Climb race in my 2007 Shelby GT. I used to do Hill Climbs with this car and my 2014 Focus ST. I don't have any videos in the ST. I wish I had, that was a fun and well handling car.

 

[yamahaSHO]

Well the the family really enjoys camping and hiking to find waterfalls and great overlooks. That being said I found a way to find them without all the exercise haha. Bought our first SxS and a few months later bought a second so the wife could drive also. Now it's become more of an obsession lately. We are having a blast and she's getting a lot more confident in her offroad driving skills.

Also a SxS guy here!

And a race car guy!

My car:

Me driving a customer car:

Customer/friend car... 8 second Taurus that we were on Netflix with:

More track time in another friends car:








Otherwise, I'm normally the guy behind the laptop

 

[D Fresh]

Also a SxS guy here!

And a race car guy!

My car:

Me driving a customer car:

Customer/friend car... 8 second Taurus that we were on Netflix with:

More track time in another friends car:








Otherwise, I'm normally the guy behind the laptop

Highplains is so very nice compared to what we used to have. It's a bit of a drive, but Second Creek was a shithole in comparison.

Weird that it's almost all houses now. Just checked and you can still see the outline on Google.

 

[yamahaSHO]

Highplains is so very nice compared to what we used to have. It's a bit of a drive, but Second Creek was a shithole in comparison.

Weird that it's almost all houses now. Just checked and you can still see the outline on Google.

Second Creek was the track I first started at. I happen to drive by when they were actually pulling up the track, probably 8 years ago.

 

[D Fresh]

Second Creek was the track I first started at. I happen to drive by when they were actually pulling up the track, probably 8 years ago.

Very cool.

It was my first track too.

I've only been on track at HPR once as track prepped passenger cars went away when the kids came around. When I was still Karting we were trying to get HPR to allow a Kart day or afternoon. They declined due to "insurance."

My youngest only has about 6-8 years left in the house. I'll go back to my track rat roots on of these days.

 

[9zero1790]

So was combing through some old links and I found my YT video of my Hill Climb race in my 2007 Shelby GT. I used to do Hill Climbs with this car and my 2014 Focus ST. I don't have any videos in the ST. I wish I had, that was a fun and well handling car.

i was not expecting to see the cones i would have taken several of them out lol.

 

[Colo_Ranger]

Second Creek was the track I first started at. I happen to drive by when they were actually pulling up the track, probably 8 years ago.

I almost ran my old Mustang off the track at Second Creek. I live just north of there now. Sad the track was closed. People move next to it and complain about the noise. Bandimere is closing too.

 

[yamahaSHO]

I almost ran my old Mustang off the track at Second Creek. I live just north of there now. Sad the track was closed. People move next to it and complain about the noise. Bandimere is closing too.

When running CCW, I lost brakes on the front straight... Thought I was going to send it through the house. I threw the car sideways and made it through. Wish I had video. My buddy riding with me was laughing through the whole drift/slide, but told me afterwards, he was wondering when I was going to brake... I told him I was braking the whole time!

The guy that was riding with me. He spun my car in the dirt pretty good later in the day. Decided he didn't want to drive his next session. This is what he does now....

 

[MountainGoat]

Saltwater aquariums and motorcycles are a dynamic duo right there. Taking care of marine life and hitting the open road, you've got the best of both worlds! As for me, I've got a bit of a musical streak going on. I picked up the bodhran not too long ago, and it's become a real passion. The rhythm and vibes it brings into my life are something else. It's like my little escape from the daily hustle. But hey, there's always room for more on the hobby list. What other cool stuff are you all into? Let's swap stories and get some inspiration flowing!

@RedlandRanger

 

[RedlandRanger]

@RedlandRanger

Thanks for the heads up - these two have been removed. They are pretty tricky...

 

[brroberts]

Astronomy, hiking, sailing, traveling, audio, and eventually a 1930 Model A Tudor. Probably not until after I sell the boat though. It’s hard to find enough time to do all of this.