Other Hobbies

[Don O]

Just wondering----Anyone in this group interested in other than iron? I also do woodturning. Takes a second shop, sawdust doesn't help engine work! Would like to hear from you if you turn.

Don

[Matt]

Any kind of wood working does not go well for me. I do some fishing, mostly bass, and take a salmon trip in the fall. Haven't been out much this year though.

[S_Kyle]

I am trying to get into metal casting but haven't found the time to build my furnace. Hopefully we will finish with the 17 hour days soon so I can get some free time again. I'm with Matt on the wood working, I have built some stuff that turned out nice but it generally doesn't go well.

[ChickenRat]

My dad was a school teacher, we did carpentry projects in the summers. I always had a summer job whether I wanted one or not. It has rubbed off on me however. I flipped a couple of houses when the market was still good and I am now doing a complete remodeling or our cabin. Probably going to take about 2-3 years to complete. I'm about one year into it.

Robb

[pjr]

My regular job here of running my engineering/manufacturing performance business in a sagging economy is stressful enough, where I need a "break" from the daily grind to keep my sanity... Soooooo, anything that gives me that "break" is always welcomed- whatever it is!

As an example~
I dis-assembled my first vertical-shaft 3.5hp Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engine at the age of 7, (my dad was plenty pizzed about that) rebuilt my first mini-bike 4hp horizontal-shaft Tecumseh engine at the age of 9 and started my own lawn mower/small engine repair business in an old renovated chicken-coop my mom let me use on the farm, at the age of 13...

I was "the fix-it guy" amongst all my ATV, motorcycle and snowmobile riding buddies during our teen years, where I caught the "car bug" when I turned 16. In fact, I made my first pass down the drag strip in my souped-up 1976 Chevy Truck at the now closed-down Avilla Dragway before the ink even dried on my freshly minted Ohio driver's license back then! That led to a professional career in automotive repair and performance throughout my 20's, then on to professional Corvette racing in the late 90's-early millennium while in my early 30's and then finally on to automotive engineering performance with my business I have now.


Even after all of that, I still find myself gravitating back to my roots of working on small engines that started it all; so for me, my "hobby" is working on and restoring old, vintage small engines of any kind, as that brings me a great deal of enjoyment, satisfaction and relaxation. It's my "respit" away from the stresses of daily life and I truly enjoy taking something that someone else sees as "junk" and making it look/run better than new!

PJ

[kreechur]

Another one of my hobbies is home beer brewing and wine making. Otherwise i try to get out fishing, vehicle repair, and small engine tinkering.

[Cabindweller]

I got into Woodworking about 5 years ago. I build Turkey calls. I only make box calls right now so I don't do any turning so to speek. I built myself a shop to do this, and sell them and enter them in competitions.

Jerry