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  • nheng
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2002
    • 2708

    Multiple home shops, too many hobbies ?

    Do any of you suffer from the problem of too many home shops (or areas) (i.e. metal, wood, electronics and more) and try to split your scarce hours to get some joy out of each ?
  • ckelloug
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 1052

    #2
    I think that the horrible affliction that you describe is the thread that binds the "us" on this board.

    Between trying to build my metal shop, making my own cabinets for the house, remodeling, and working on epoxy granite formulations along with my day job, I'm not sure where I find the time to do any of it.

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    • tattoomike68

      #3
      too many hobbies ? No way!!!

      I have a garden , it makes food for next to nothing all summer.

      Model engines, Im on my 3rd one, its going to run so no worries there.

      Wood, I like to do some wood work and thats easy stuff. -/+ .015" is way mellow. I love to run a sanding block and round my parts off just how I like them. Hand crafted parts look the best to me.

      Webmaster, no problem, I do just the tech work and have other admins to be police. I can do PHP code and java script that makes a web site kick ass.

      I am learning electronics and mainly want to de-rust metal and electroplate.

      I also want a small aluminum / brass foundry. Im working on that.

      When I quit doing that stuff I will turn up my toes and die.
      Last edited by Guest; 08-29-2007, 09:24 PM.

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      • justforfun
        Junior Member
        • Aug 2007
        • 17

        #4
        IMHO, I think I have more hobbies than I can handle, only when 12 months has gone by without progress on any one project.

        OK, another gage is, when I run out of money and or time or storage space to avidly follow the hobbies I want.

        OK, hobbies are hobbies, need I say more.

        Roy

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        • john hobdeclipe
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2005
          • 1721

          #5
          I have precisely the right number of hobbies and interests...I just don't have enough TIME.

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          • Doc Nickel
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2003
            • 5774

            #6
            Yep. Jack of al trades, master of none.

            I have a decent machine shop, a largish auto shop, a fair number of woodworking tools, a growing supply of blacksmithing hardware, an extensive photography setup, a considerable artist's studio (pencil/ink, paint, computer) a pretty nice taxidermy setup, plus all the horse tack and hunting gear...

            Time is, indeed, an issue.

            Doc.
            Doc's Machine. (Probably not what you expect.)

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            • J Tiers
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2004
              • 44281

              #7
              I think I am up to about 9 hobbies. A friend and I were comparing notes, he had at least 8, many of which were languishing, that's why I counted them up.

              I can assure you that 9 is too many.
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              • justforfun
                Junior Member
                • Aug 2007
                • 17

                #8
                Sorry, never learned to count up to nine.

                I lost count at $8,000,000.00 USD spent on my interests/hobbies.

                Hobbies are that, hobbies, let the staff count the money. If you have to keep count, do not call it a hobby. LOL

                Roy

                Originally posted by J Tiers
                I think I am up to about 9 hobbies. A friend and I were comparing notes, he had at least 8, many of which were languishing, that's why I counted them up.

                I can assure you that 9 is too many.

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                • hornluv
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 899

                  #9
                  justforfun wrote:

                  "I lost count at $8,000,000.00 USD spent on my interests/hobbies."

                  Hi Roy,

                  Would you be interested in spending a million or so on mine?

                  Stuart
                  Stuart de Haro

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                  • justforfun
                    Junior Member
                    • Aug 2007
                    • 17

                    #10
                    Maybe, submit your request to, IDONOTCARE.com

                    What I have and or have not done does not effect anything that you may or may not do.

                    It all depends on, OK so it does not depend, but maybe it does.

                    Roy

                    Originally posted by hornluv
                    justforfun wrote:

                    "I lost count at $8,000,000.00 USD spent on my interests/hobbies."

                    Hi Roy,

                    Would you be interested in spending a million or so on mine?

                    Stuart

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                    • TECHSHOP
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 1123

                      #11
                      Simplicity?

                      In the metal shop I make t'ings for the wood shop.
                      In the wood shop I make t'ings for the metal shop.

                      Between the two, I "waste" most of my time and money aquiring new t'ings that I "really needed" (and according to SWMBO will never use again) on the last project.

                      I think I spotted the welder when I spent about 2 hours looking for a 18 foot piece of Hickory, that I knew I had "somewhere" to use as a "rub rail" on a work(shelf)bench near the heat treatment area (fireplace) before I clutter the bench with uncompleted projects (again).

                      The new stand for the 4x6 bandsaw is almost to the point that I can use it to cut the steel for the lathe bench and vert mill stand. Seems that some projects never end, just sit there waiting for more time or money.
                      Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there no sweeter words than "I told you so."

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                      • old-biker-uk
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2006
                        • 264

                        #12
                        Here's a few of mine.
                        This does not include the 'normal' workshop stuff like models & tool making or the bikes, garden, feeble attempts at Bonsai and my job as unpaid Church Warden's Odd Job Man.

                        Mark
                        What you say & what people hear is not always the same thing.
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                        • Davek0974
                          Senior Member
                          • Aug 2007
                          • 1463

                          #13
                          I tend to be a one track hobbyist, its all or nothing.

                          I am now heavily into engineering, previously photography, tesla coils, electronics, rc cars, rc helicopters, biking, it goes on and on.

                          I hate to think of how much i have spent over the last 30 years on hobbies!
                          If it does'nt fit, hit it.
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                          http://www.davekearley.co.uk

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                          • Evan
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2003
                            • 41977

                            #14
                            I susbscribe to a couple of bumper sticker ideals:

                            One can never have too many toys!

                            He who dies with the most toys wins!


                            My hobbies include astronomy, astrophysics, languages, metal fabrication, machining, jewelry making, model making, electronics, computer programming and nearly anything at all related to computers, stained glass, photography, graphics design, wilderness canoeing (kaput hobby now), web page design and hosting and a fascination with anything that has an excess of lights and knobs on it.

                            As it says in my profile, my interests are "Anything except proctology".

                            I forgot to mention formal shop areas. Machine shop, fabrication shop, computer room/library, electronics shop and a semi-grinding shop. I didn't get a chance to set up an aluminum foundry as I had planned this year. Maybe Next Year. I also never got the anodizing line set up.
                            Last edited by Evan; 08-30-2007, 07:37 AM.
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                            • Your Old Dog
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 7269

                              #15
                              I've been through several interest myself. Reads something like fishing, varmint hunting, fly tying, gun engraving, knife making, motorcycling, cabinet/furniture maker, machining, ATV'ing and photography. The last two are on hold until my ankle is more trustworthy. The others are pretty much retired hobbies over the years.

                              I think back on how accomplished and further ahead I could have been had I stayed with only one hobby. But then I come to my senses and realize these varying interest sort of define who I am.
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