Strange hobby or pastime?

[BackPackHunter]

main hobby is sheep hunting
but over the next few months im getting back into salt water reef tanks

[Fisherpeak]

Originally Posted by alacringa

Dragonflies. Catch them, identify them, release them (most of the time), photograph them.

Catch them,rough them up a bit,get info on what the horseflies are up to.....I get you.

[Fisherpeak]

Originally Posted by Steven Noel

Besides from all my outdoor passions, I write. My major is biological sciences, but my minor is creative writing. I enjoy writing poetry, fiction and non-fiction is my spare time.

{A poem for you}
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Some things rhyme
And some things don`t.

You are welcome.
P.M. me if you need inspiration,I`m full of it.

[Taco]

I see none of AO's amateur proctologists have checked in yet.

[Refrmek]

Knife making

[Fisherpeak]

Originally Posted by Taco

I see none of AO's amateur proctologists have checked in yet.

Now that`s kinda creepy.Are you lonely?

[Taco]

Originally Posted by Fisherpeak

Now that`s kinda creepy.Are you lonely?

Na, I ain't as anal as some bad poets who claim to be full of it.

[Steven Noel]

Originally Posted by Fisherpeak

{A poem for you}
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Some things rhyme
And some things don`t.

You are welcome.
P.M. me if you need inspiration,I`m full of it.

I'll be sure to use that one (with proper citation); my prof will unquestionably be impressed.

[leo]

I play with guns year round. I buy a gun that could use some TLC, refurbish and refinish it, get it to shoot MOA or better. Then I get bored with it, sell it and start over again. Also reload, sharpen and accumulate older knives.

[pseelk]

I like to play my Gretch or Strat guitar ,However dont seem to get the time to do it enough.Mostly a motivation thing.

[Sneeze]

I teach dogs to fetch things I shoot.

Takes more time than you think!

[1000yards]

Photography, I make little clay things with sculpey, and shoot things.

[mudbug]

Camp stove and lantern collecting and repairing. Also collect some different knives, camping equipment, enamel cookware and gardening/pond keeping during the summer

[Redfrog]

Originally Posted by Taco

I see none of AO's amateur proctologists have checked in yet.

Odd really when you think about the plethora of targets here.

[alacringa]

Originally Posted by Redfrog

Odd really when you think about the plethora of targets here.

Now ^THAT is FUNNY! Good one, Redfrog.

[Roughneck12]

Shaving has kind of turned into a hobby for me. I have about twenty modern DE razors, some straights, some old Gillettes, brushes, soaps.. I get to play with my hobby everyday and like shaving because it's fun.

[Taco]

Originally Posted by redfrog

odd really when you think about the plethora of targets here.

**lmao**

[cody c]

Originally Posted by chad66

So I am interested in a number of different hobbies. Some are traditional others not so much. Right now I am in the process of setting up a pottery club which will start in about a month. I currently get clay and glazes from Plainsman's Pottery in Edmonton. I would very much like to be able to source and refine local clay to use and will start prospecting clay this spring. I am also interested in using natural sources of feldspar, shale, limestone and granite which can be further refined into glazes to cover the pottery. What's your odd pastime?

I'd be interested to hear if you find a spot for natural clay's. I seen a cool thing on pinterest where someone made their own chiminea with wire mesh and a yoga ball to help form it, then some additives and fired it, was thinking that would be a neat project.

As for me, why do one or two things really well well you can do a whole bunch half-assedly, but here's some projects I'm doing that I think are really neat:

my ongoing truck project: 89 japan imported 4 door hilux, landcuiser drivetrain, compound turbo 3.4 diesel, working on a one off dual transmission setup:



AutoCAD and have someone waterjet winchester levers, working on some savage bolt handles now:



house stuff: stained glass backsplash with inserts for spice jars in the wall, in progress:



built a stock for a 45-70 converted enfield out of zebra wood the other year, gonna change the shape of the stock a bit when I get it back from the smith who is mounting a NECG front site right now:



one for another rifle out of boxelder I havent finished, made some barrel bands out of SS as well, the rear one with a sling loop, hard to see in the picture:



make knifes, well actually just knife handles, buy the blanks cheap off ebay and get some brass rivots from lee valley:



made a coffee bar the other week, painted steel and purple heart wood, gonna do a stained glass backsplash someday for it too:



How's that?

[Roughneck12]

Beautiful woodworking skills you have.

[cody c]

Originally Posted by Roughneck12

Beautiful woodworking skills you have.

Not hard to make something pretty out of something that's already pretty. The boxelder burl wood I used I actually cut a slice off the neighbors tree to put the fence in, but it's an incredible looking wood with a few coats of tru oil. I dont think anyone will ever see a piece of furniture like that on another rifle anywhere which makes it interesting. Plan is to sand blast the action, swap the barrel for a 30-30 one I have and get it all nickel coated sometime this year. Might be too pretty to hunt with though.

[chad66]

Originally Posted by cody c

I'd be interested to hear if you find a spot for natural clay's. I seen a cool thing on pinterest where someone made their own chiminea with wire mesh and a yoga ball to help form it, then some additives and fired it, was thinking that would be a neat project.

As for me, why do one or two things really well well you can do a whole bunch half-assedly, but here's some projects I'm doing that I think are really neat:

my ongoing truck project: 89 japan imported 4 door hilux, landcuiser drivetrain, compound turbo 3.4 diesel, working on a one off dual transmission setup:



AutoCAD and have someone waterjet winchester levers, working on some savage bolt handles now:



house stuff: stained glass backsplash with inserts for spice jars in the wall, in progress:



built a stock for a 45-70 converted enfield out of zebra wood the other year, gonna change the shape of the stock a bit when I get it back from the smith who is mounting a NECG front site right now:



one for another rifle out of boxelder I havent finished, made some barrel bands out of SS as well, the rear one with a sling loop, hard to see in the picture:



make knifes, well actually just knife handles, buy the blanks cheap off ebay and get some brass rivots from lee valley:



made a coffee bar the other week, painted steel and purple heart wood, gonna do a stained glass backsplash someday for it too:



How's that?

Nice work! You are a handy fellow.

[Forest Techer]

Originally Posted by cody c

I'd be interested to hear if you find a spot for natural clay's. I seen a cool thing on pinterest where someone made their own chiminea with wire mesh and a yoga ball to help form it, then some additives and fired it, was thinking that would be a neat project.

As for me, why do one or two things really well well you can do a whole bunch half-assedly, but here's some projects I'm doing that I think are really neat:

my ongoing truck project: 89 japan imported 4 door hilux, landcuiser drivetrain, compound turbo 3.4 diesel, working on a one off dual transmission setup:


AutoCAD and have someone waterjet winchester levers, working on some savage bolt handles

house stuff: stained glass backsplash with inserts for spice jars in the wall, in progress:
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built a stock for a 45-70 converted enfield out of zebra wood the other year, gonna change the shape of the stock a bit when I get it back from the smith who is mounting a NECG front site right now:

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one for another rifle out of boxelder I havent finished, made some barrel bands out of SS as well, the rear one with a sling loop, hard to see in the picture:
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made a coffee bar the other week, painted steel and purple heart wood, gonna do a stained glass backsplash someday for it too:

How's that?

GET A JOB HIPPY!

Joking. Beautiful work.

[just_dave]

I like some of these hobbies. Nice skills for sure.

I've taken up painting/art. I've ruined about 15 perfectly good canvases now but I think I'm beginning to get the hang of it.

Here are a couple of the most recent attempts. For the painting in the first photo I used only a foam brush method and in the second photo I'm back to brushes. I'll stick to brushes.

The second is less than half finished. So there's plenty of opportunity for me to completely ruin it.

[cody c]

Originally Posted by Forest Techer

GET A JOB HIPPY!

Joking. Beautiful work.

Haha, haven't been called a hippy for a while, but some friends say I'm a hybrid hippy/redneck, but for every project I finish there's about 4 I start and forget somewhere in my garage or basement, and I do got a job, 50 hours a week right now to bank some time off for my hilux project in the summer!

Anyway, it's someone else's turn for show and tell I think, let's see some pic's!

Edit: Dave, I like the pictures, the first one makes me think of that movie "fire in the sky", kinda spooky in a way.

[Ken07AOVette]

Night photography

Teaching myself metalwork on my lathe, mig, tig, plasma, break, shears, gave up on the cnc mill and turret punch, took up too much room while not being used.

[just_dave]

Originally Posted by cody c

Dave, I like the pictures, the first one makes me think of that movie "fire in the sky", kinda spooky in a way.

Thanks!

And yep, don't go to the light. Get back in the truck or get left behind.

[Dynamic]

Placekicking a football. It's cheap, easy, and relaxing. Nothing beats nailing a 40 yard feild goal in a still crosswind. My wife thinks I'm weird.

[rwm1273]

Originally Posted by cody c

AutoCAD and have someone waterjet winchester levers, working on some savage bolt handles now:



house stuff: stained glass backsplash with inserts for spice jars in the wall, in progress:



built a stock for a 45-70 converted enfield out of zebra wood the other year, gonna change the shape of the stock a bit when I get it back from the smith who is mounting a NECG front site right now:



one for another rifle out of boxelder I havent finished, made some barrel bands out of SS as well, the rear one with a sling loop, hard to see in the picture:



make knifes, well actually just knife handles, buy the blanks cheap off ebay and get some brass rivots from lee valley:



made a coffee bar the other week, painted steel and purple heart wood, gonna do a stained glass backsplash someday for it too:



How's that?

That's some amazing stuff. I love the stained glass back splash.

[Paintedblac]

Astrophotograpy and just started to learn the Bagpipes ( yes i live on an acerage)

[Iron Brew]

Originally Posted by Paintedblac

Astrophotograpy and just started to learn the Bagpipes ( yes i live on an acerage)

Loons (well, in Ontario anyway) seem to come for miles around to watch a piper on the waters edge...

Oh - I am talking the birds here...