Extra hobbies besides MM

[Claudiu]

Hi guys,
While I´m waiting for the different parts to arrive I enjoy motorbike riding with my son and my friends. We are doing Enduro trails in a near mountain area where I live.

This is a little misshap from our last tour when Alex ( my son ) got also into diving experiences.

[PEU]

I made some and I collect flashlights, my page about my creations: www.neoca.com.ar

[Gerald D]

I did make sundials years ago - that was one of my hobbies that made get an interest in CNC. You can see one here: http://www.meltonwold.co.za/index.html

[Doug_Ford]

Gerald, I could only catch a glimpse of your sundial. Was it cast in bronze or brass?

I've got too many hobbies. Currently restoring an old army jeep and I enjoy machining and anything to do with metalwork. I also hope to build an airplane one day.

[Kobus_Joubert]

Doug, build that plane and come and visit....I am sure you will find a place to touch down over here somewhere

[Gerald D]

The dial was etched brass, while the gnomon was a 1/4" thick brass plate, extending through the dial into the concrete plinth below. That gnomon has not been vandalised in over 20 years.

[Doug_Ford]

Kobus: I don't like to fly. I just like to build things.

Over the last couple of days, I've been getting interested in model rocketry. This is a picture of the world's largest model rocket. The picture is real and here is a link where you can read about it:

http://www.rocketryplanet.com/conten...ategory/35/76/

The article said he spent $13,000 on rocket fuel.

[domino11]

Hobbies, Ok well I have a few myself, woodworking, electronics, building and revovations, model airplanes, computers, playing guitar, and I have left out a bunch.

[Kobus_Joubert]

Hobbies...well I have enough to keep me out of bars and those little houses with red lights

I am so busy I don't fish because I cannot sit still for too long

[Claudiu]

Originally Posted by Kobus_Joubert

I don't fish because I cannot sit still for too long

Thats exactly the point.

[Claudiu]

Originally Posted by PEU

I made some and I collect flashlights, my page about my creations: www.neoca.com.ar

Very nice wooden finish, I really like the polished ones ... Nice hobby

[javeria]

Ah I used to build hovercrafts

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http://www.geocities.com/sevclub/

hope yahoo geocities don't take these sites down

[hennie]

My hobby became my bread & butter and I enjoy evey moment of it.I also do the HO scale model trains (old Lima SA ,blue train and some Marklin).

[Kobus_Joubert]

That reminds me. I have a big collection of N-scale Minitrix type trains. Just needs some new locomotives with digital drives.

[Jan de Ruyter]

Hi Doug,
And you guys are scared of the North Koreans?
Jan

[hennie]

Kobus there is a swopmeet in Boksburg I think once a month where you can spend a fortune if you need info call me.

[Doug_Ford]

Jan,

Yeah. I think we need to give that rocket builder a percentage of our defense budget so he can continue his research.

[Doug_Ford]

Is anyone else interested in stereo systems?

I just bought 2 of these Klipsch LaScala speakers from a guy in Canton, Mississippi. He had stored them in a chicken house for the past 1 1/2 years so they need a lot of cleaning. Yesterday, I cleaned two large wasp mud nests out of each of the mid-range horns which were completely stopped up. I plan to hang them in my garage. Right now, I'm "testing" them in the dining room on a "temporary" basis. My wife is elated.

These Klipsch speakers were made here in Arkansas in the 70s and are fully horn loaded. They are approximately 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide and deep and weigh more than 100 lbs each. Oh yeah, and they are REALLY loud which is something else my wife loves about them.

[domino11]

Doug,
You really lucked out with those. I have a buddy that has a similar pair that I have been trying to get him to sell to me for years (to no avail). I have built many sets of speakers in my day, but have not done a horn loaded design. I hope maybe with the MM, it might be a bit easier. Did you get a good deal?
drool , drool.

[lumberjack_jeff]

I've always thought that building some translaminated speakers would be cool


http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthr...5&page=3&pp=35

[Alan_c]

That looks wicked, I think I can hear them over here...

For the uninitiated, what is a "horn loaded design" (sounds like a Rhino with a large one, - horn that is!)

[domino11]

Alan,
Check This
out for a small reference.

[Doug_Ford]

Thanks Alan and Heath. I paid $800 for the pair which is a fair deal but not exceptional. Since I'd dreamed of owning them since I was about 16 years old, I jumped on them when this set became available so closely. Klipsch still makes them but they sell for $3000 each!!! Of course, the new ones have a walnut veneer and look a little better than mine.

Thanks for the link Heath. Those are sharp Jeff. Our machines ought to easily make one of those.

PS. The discolored parts of my speaker are either dust\dirt or water from just being wiped down. The finish is a fairly decent coat of spray can black paint.

[Claudiu]

Between Enduro, Horn Speakers and MM, there´s always time to...

[domino11]

Claus,
Is that an alcohol still? You must be popular with your buddies.

[Leko]

Hey Sean....ROADTRIP!

Man, that is sexy.

[isladelobos]

the density of alchool is calculate temperature between the flotation level?

Nice steel !!!

[Gerald D]

82%!!

What is your sugar? Fruit?

[Jan de Ruyter]

You have my son's undivided attention. At 19 years old, anything with alcohol, wheels, speakers and anything that remotely resembles a female has his immediate attention.

(Not necessarily in that order and occasionally interrupted by a need to feed)

[Claudiu]

This time I prepared plums! I cant wait to get pears by the end of Sept.
This is a perfume machine...