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Kris you are doing the kind of photography I wanted to do but just didn't have the business sense to make a career of it. Best I ever did was get published in a couple of the R/C magazines and shot an image for Balsa USA that they used for adverts for a couple of years. Now I don't do a whole lot of photography at all any more.
 
Kris you are doing the kind of photography I wanted to do but just didn't have the business sense to make a career of it. Best I ever did was get published in a couple of the R/C magazines and shot an image for Balsa USA that they used for adverts for a couple of years. Now I don't do a whole lot of photography at all any more.

I've had my photos published in countless publications globally, but not enough to make it pay for itself, or to become my full time job. Thus, I still have a day job, but at least I get to play with aircraft there! The Spirit of St Louis project is one that really has the potential to turn some heads once it is completed, and the owner allows me to publish all the photos of the build that I have taken. It will be a real head turning aircraft when it flies later this year!
 
I thought this was an interesting thread so I am resurrecting it.

I combined my woodworking hobby with my board game hobby and made a carrying case for my Tanks game. Randy at eRockets lets WSR club members use his laser cutter. One of the other club members used it to design and cut the trays out of heavy cardboard. We also used it to etch the tanks into the wood.

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I had wonderful tour in this post! the hobbies are really eye-candy. Unfortunately, I have nothing significant to share that are as interesting as these. But, I had great ideas because of the stuff I've seen.
 
Built this not to long ago.

I call it the "One Eyed One Horned Flyin' Purple People Eater"

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I designed several 3D printed parts on this kwad.

It's a blast to fly :D
 
Leo, you need to make a decal of your artwork and put it on the drone.
 
Love the painting. But my eyes drift over to that engine. Really? It looks cleaner than when it came off the factory. How often do you wash that puppy?
 
Not exactly eye candy but a fairly unusual hobby. These are parts of a 10.5" swing x 20" centers metal lathe I started building back in 1982, finished in 1988. Would have been much sooner but was kinda busy: quit one job, moved, had a daughter, got a Ph.D., found another job, and moved again during that time.

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Clockwise from top left: headstock with bearing caps; tailstock; countershaft; carriage/cross slide/compound slide assembly; large faceplate; feet for bed. At center is the spindle with bronze bearings, smaller faceplace, homemade pulley. Sadly, photos of the completed lathe are lost in antiquity. The bed, not seen here, was not a casting but was 3 feet of square steel tubing, filed flat and topped with 1/2 x 4" cold-rolled steel for the ways. After I got some spare change I was able to buy an old 13" South Bend. The homemade one sat unused until a fellow bought the parts you see here.

All the castings are aluminum from a homemade furnace and foundry setup. The lathe worked pretty well, I was able to machine the faceplates, the pulley on the spindle, and several other items. But it didn't have thread cutting capability, and getting it to that point would have taken years --- build milling machine, then dividing head, then machine gears and other parts. Still, I had a lot of fun.

(Word of advice: if you want to have fun, build a metal lathe. But if you want a lathe, don't build, buy one.)

Best,
Terry
 
Not exactly eye candy but a fairly unusual hobby. These are parts of a 10.5" swing x 20" centers metal lathe I started building back in 1982, finished in 1988. Would have been much sooner but was kinda busy: quit one job, moved, had a daughter, got a Ph.D., found another job, and moved again during that time.

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Clockwise from top left: headstock with bearing caps; tailstock; countershaft; carriage/cross slide/compound slide assembly; large faceplate; feet for bed. At center is the spindle with bronze bearings, smaller faceplace, homemade pulley. Sadly, photos of the completed lathe are lost in antiquity. The bed, not seen here, was not a casting but was 3 feet of square steel tubing, filed flat and topped with 1/2 x 4" cold-rolled steel for the ways. After I got some spare change I was able to buy an old 13" South Bend. The homemade one sat unused until a fellow bought the parts you see here.

All the castings are aluminum from a homemade furnace and foundry setup. The lathe worked pretty well, I was able to machine the faceplates, the pulley on the spindle, and several other items. But it didn't have thread cutting capability, and getting it to that point would have taken years --- build milling machine, then dividing head, then machine gears and other parts. Still, I had a lot of fun.

(Word of advice: if you want to have fun, build a metal lathe. But if you want a lathe, don't build, buy one.)

Best,
Terry

Very cool, Terry!
 
Well, I'm into a few things other than rocketry.
Weather, plane spotting & backpacking.


Weather, or really meteorology has been an interest for a long time!
I'm currently a NWS weather spotter.
I've never seen a tornado, but I've seen several super cool severe thunderstorms before!
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Plane spotting has been a super cool & fun filled hobby that I've been into since January.
I started by taking pictures off my porch (I live 20 minutes from an international airport, and planes are around 6-10K near my house) And for the first time, (last week) I was able to go to a special area for plane spotters at my local international airport.
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Well, I'm into a few things other than rocketry.
Weather, plane spotting & backpacking.


Weather, or really meteorology has been an interest for a long time!
I'm currently a NWS weather spotter.
I've never seen a tornado, but I've seen several super cool severe thunderstorms before!
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Plane spotting has been a super cool & fun filled hobby that I've been into since January.
I started by taking pictures off my porch (I live 20 minutes from an international airport, and planes are around 6-10K near my house) And for the first time, (last week) I was able to go to a special area for plane spotters at my local international airport.
Here are some of my best shots, (some of taken by my older brother)
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Part 2 coming soon!




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And then, last but not least, is backpacking!

Sorry, no pictures, but it's pretty cool!
It's a camping trip, just everything's stuffed in a backpack.
It weighs around 45 LBS.

And that's all! :)



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And then, last but not least, is backpacking!

Sorry, no pictures, but it's pretty cool!
It's a camping trip, just everything's stuffed in a backpack.
It weighs around 45 LBS.

Backpacking is my other biggest hobby. I usually do weekend trips close to home, like Zaleski and Shawnee State Forests in southern Ohio, or Huron-Manistee National Forest in northern Michigan. Once or twice a year I'll get to do something a little more adventurous. Last April I went up Guadalupe Peak in west Texas:

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Last month I ventured down Bullet Canyon in the Grand Gulch/Cedar Mesa region of southeast Utah:

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One of my favorite trips to this day however was four days I wandered Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior:

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Up until a couple years ago when I finally sold it, my biggest hobby for almost 20 years in terms of time and money was off-roading and upgrading my 97 Jeep Wrangler Sport. Aside from the obvious tires, rims, and lift, I replaced the transfer case, driveshafts, axles, clutch, bumpers/recovery shackles, skid plates, and brakes to beef them up. The stock I6 and manual transmission were still rock-solid. I still kind of regret selling it, but someone made me a great offer.

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Yup. I corresponded with Dave Gingery ("not like the spice but like ding-a-ling" in his words) a few times during the initial work. He even sent me some samples of homemade molding sands that he'd tried.

Like so many others who've read his books, I decided to scale up the lathe from 7x12". That was a mistake --- at least, for the first try.

Think propellant-making is hazardous to your health? Try lifting an iron pot holding over two quarts of molten aluminum. By yourself. Now THAT caused sweat to pop out...everywhere.:)

Best -- Terry
 
My other hobby is mountain biking. I could share pictures of expensive bikes or beautiful scenery but since “eye candy” was specifically requested....... This the result of a small unscheduled cerebral lithobraking experiment on Saturday...

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Spent Memorial Day Weekend in West Texas. I live in Dallas, and the Breckenridge Airshow, in Breckenridge TX (135 miles west of Dallas) was resurrected last year. So my friends and myself rent a lake house at Possum Kingdom Lake (100 miles west of Dallas) so we won't have to drive three hours and relax at a beautiful lake. This year I put on a firework show. So airshow, photography and fireworks are some of my non rocket hobbies. The 50 shot mortar rack was 1/3 of my 9 minute show!ARC_8803rCROPpsCR.jpgARC_8950rCRpsCR.jpgARC_8963rCRcr.jpg418_0003r.jpg
 

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I was into building hot rods until we moved to Colorado, now we're into hiking. Still have 3 of the cars but thinking about thinning out the herd.

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Here's a Taiwanese coin that I cut as a gift. It's a form of scrimshaw.



Not my best work, but I never had worked with brass before, and managed to break more than half my 61 teeth/inch blades. I also wasn't familiar with the design prior to attempting to cut it. Next time I'll remember to bring a magnifying glass with me, and a 2nd coin to compare it with.

Actual size is about an inch in diameter.

Several years ago I received a slightly modified 1999 year US 25 cent coin in my change. The front was unchanged, but the reverse side had a durable paint applied by some kind of stencil method. I had never seen this before so it remained in a drawer until I photographed it today.

Someone went through some trouble to do this. But the result was interesting.

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I just finished up a quilt for my younger kid, based on the Pillars of Creation image from Hubble. Making the pattern was fairly straightforward: bring the image into CAD, trace polygons, offset for seam allowance, and go. Finding the fabric was a little rougher, especially the red. As a finishing touch, I traced out an outline of Hubble in CAD and gave that to the longarm quilting service I used to do the quilting stitches. They could import a DXF and program the NC longarm sewing machine to follow the lines.
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I like doing a few different things.

Painting RC bodies is something I do as a small side business.

I also keep a freshwater aquarium, I enjoy playing guitar, mountain biking, flying RC planes, RC quads, and fishing. Too many hobbies, really! Rockets and fishing have taken the majority of my fun-time this year.
 

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I am very hobby heavy. I guess my main one would be engraving. I mainly make guitar picks from quarters and engrave them.
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I also draw and paint
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And play and collect guitars

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To be continued...
 

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I also hunt and shoot competitively some

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And of course I can’t forget the Harley’s.

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Also I’m into astronomy and have a 10” dobsonian but no pictures. Also a 125 gallon reef tank but it crashed. I collect coins and military memorabilia as well.
 
I enjoy shooting firearms, s&w 460 shown, collecting odd ammo- the one on my thumbnail i actually have a gun to shoot it, its a .14 flea ;-) also really enjoy repairing fishing reels, penn 130 i was doing for a local tuna guy..
 

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I enjoy shooting firearms, s&w 460 shown, collecting odd ammo- the one on my thumbnail i actually have a gun to shoot it, its a .14 flea ;-) also really enjoy repairing fishing reels, penn 130 i was doing for a local tuna guy..

I love the baby Sabot round.
 
The one on my thumbnail? Thats a .14 flea, a 32 acp necked down to a .14 cal, shot from a 10" contender.

The big round, i cant remember the model number but i think was fired from a bushmaster and i believe was a 20 or 25mm . There is a cap that should go over the penetrator tip but i dont have it..
 
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