OT: Share your hobbies beyond being an audiophile

[markf31]

The recent thread discussing the costs of photography equipment, and some posts about cycling as a hobby, got me to thinking about hobbies that board members here have beyond being audiophiles.

As for myself, I am a part-time/hobby woodworker. The majority of my projects are for myself or friend and family. I do accept commissions all as a result of word-of-mouth referrals, but I do not make much money on any of them and it usually serves to supplement my woodworking hobby further as more often than not any profits I make with a project get turned right back into tools or upgrades to the shop. A few examples of my work are attached here for your viewing enjoyment.

 

Close to 95% of my work is all done with traditional hand tools. The 4th picture is of my work bench as I was in the middle of flattening a white oak panel for my last project. Only about 5% of the work on a particular project is done with power tools, and usually just my 14" bandsaw for breaking down rough stock and my 16" planer.

 

 

[89reksal]

Those are some beautiful pieces. Very, very nice.

[mordante]

Indoor bouldering (noob level)

Concerts

Cooking if I can get my lazy ass into action

I play squash and go to the gym (I'm too fat, 18%)

Watching anime

DnD

Computer Games

[mav52]

Photography, Fishing, Kayak fishing,

[Ralf11]

photography, home repair (which could become woodworking if I ever get caught up...), old sports car driving & rebuilding/repair, suing the govt. (End. species), drinking, hiking, dawg wraslin'...

 

bicycling & climbing is out due to a hit & run

[wgscott]

Anarchosyndicalism, and birding.

[#Yoda#]

Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll! ?

[mansr]

17 minutes ago, #Yoda# said:

Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll! ?

Very good indeed.

[mansr]

34 minutes ago, wgscott said:

Anarchosyndicalism

How do you practise that as a hobby?

[NOMBEDES]

Collecting physical media, so my daughter can toss it in the dumpster.

[Panelhead]

Hiking (walking), old Jaguar, Audi, and BMW maintenance and driving. Expert now on active dampening and air suspension. Some of the engine work has surprised me, still like new running years later. All three have the same ZF  6 speed, must be bulletproof. 

  Love tree climbing, pulling up is a full body workout. From hands to feet. Done 500 sit-ups and a 100 push-ups everyday for 40+ years. Never been in gym since high school. 

  Used to listen to more music and build diy audio equipment. Maybe the next time I retire. 

[Musicophile]

Blogging (about music), and photography. Trying to pick up cooking again but hard to compete with my wife. 

[GUTB]

My favorite fragrance:

https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/MDCI-Parfums/Invasion-Barbare-5937.html

[Mshenay]

I cook, tempted to start collecting knives like I do headphones >.> I already have 12-13 from my days as a professional 

[mordante]

3 hours ago, Panelhead said:

Hiking (walking), old Jaguar, Audi, and BMW maintenance and driving. Expert now on active dampening and air suspension. Some of the engine work has surprised me, still like new running years later. All three have the same ZF  6 speed, must be bulletproof. 

  Love tree climbing, pulling up is a full body workout. From hands to feet. Done 500 sit-ups and a 100 push-ups everyday for 40+ years. Never been in gym since high school. 

  Used to listen to more music and build diy audio equipment. Maybe the next time I retire. 

 

I just bought my first BMW ever. My 3rd car in my life. I will pick it up 05 February 2018. Any tips.

[beancounter]

Re-enactor, American Civil War (Federal infantry); bandsman (OTS Bb soprano saxhorn - aka cornet) and field musician (bugle). 

 

Would love to find the time to play in a community band.

 

I dabble in film photography (old Leica M and screw mount).  I really miss the look of Kodachrome with those old Leitz lenses.

 

Keeping up with the family and a big yard out in the country, at the edge of suburbia.  That's what takes all my time.

[pkane2001]

Astronomy and astrophotography. When not listening to music I'm outside in the cold of the US North East winter, in the dead of the night with a telescope and a CCD camera, collecting ancient photons. Sometimes I do both at the same time

 

[realhifi]

Golf, skiing, cooking, cycling, hiking and back in film days I loved photography.  I still may get back into that someday.  Thinking of doing one off very large prints and paint, manipulate images.

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

Making rugged cardboard furniture for my cats. Otherwise some cooking, boxing as a spectator (though these days there are less qualitiy matches) and practicioner for the past 15 years, movies, reading, walking, etc... 

[wgscott]

I used to have reef aquariums.  That involved a lot of work and expense.  I tried to restrict it to captively-propagated corals and the few saltwater fish species that can be bred in captivity.  Even then, the amount of electricity I used for lighting and water circulation was pretty extreme.

 

I look at cycling more as an activity than a hobby, but if it counts, I do a fair amount of riding both on and off-road.

 

We have two golden retrievers.  I kind of hesitate to call that a hobby, but it does consume a fair amount of time and money, so in that sense probably it qualifies.

 

As a scientist, I'm kind of in a fortunate position in the sense that I get paid to pursue that as a hobby.

 

 

[mourip]

I have had a number of hobbies with audio being the longest running. Had a long run with just headphone listening but now have a basement and an indulgent wife and so have been slowly building up a speaker system. I have scratch built a number of amps, both tube and SS. Currently using Linear Tube Audio gear designed by David Berning.

 

Had aquariums including reef tanks but the my best effort was best was a heavily planted freshwater tank that ran for about 5 years.

Astronomy. Lots of different scopes but gave it up due to lack of time and living in an urban area.

Photography. At one point was selling enough photos to pay for about half my hobby. Wish I could say that about audio! Currently have a couple of Sony cameras and like to use legacy manual focus lenses with them.

 

Still enjoy hiking, snorkeling, and red wine but not at the same time...

[Ralf11]

4 hours ago, wgscott said:

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I look at cycling more as an activity than a hobby, but if it counts, I do a fair amount of riding both on and off-road.

 

We have two golden retrievers.  I kind of hesitate to call that a hobby, but it does consume a fair amount of time and money, so in that sense probably it qualifies.

 

As a scientist, I'm kind of in a fortunate position in the sense that I get paid to pursue that as a hobby.

 

 

 

 

I left off 2 of those 3 as I also don't consider them hobbies; same with some other things

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby

 

I am not sure where to put the 'gentlemen scientists' of the Victorian era, or related groups in France, Italy and no doubt ancient China...

[wgscott]

1 minute ago, Ralf11 said:

 

 

I left off 2 of those 3 as I also don't consider them hobbies; same with some other things

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby

 

I am not sure where to put the 'gentlemen scientists' of the Victorian era, or related groups in France, Italy and no doubt ancient China...

 

OK, I guess I should have included my urinal cake decorating class.

[Ralf11]

you and Andres Serrano both...

[sandyk]

5 hours ago, wgscott said:

I used to have reef aquariums.  That involved a lot of work and expense.  I tried to restrict it to captively-propagated corals and the few saltwater fish species that can be bred in captivity.  Even then, the amount of electricity I used for lighting and water circulation was pretty extreme.

 

I look at cycling more as an activity than a hobby, but if it counts, I do a fair amount of riding both on and off-road.

 

We have two golden retrievers.  I kind of hesitate to call that a hobby, but it does consume a fair amount of time and money, so in that sense probably it qualifies.

 

As a scientist, I'm kind of in a fortunate position in the sense that I get paid to pursue that as a hobby.

 

 

Bill

 Where do you find the time for all these diverse interests ? I am assuming here that some of them  are climate related as well.

Do your dogs run along with you when keeping fit on your bicycle ?