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Many of us found ourselves with some extra time off this year coupled with the inability (or at least significantly limited ability) to do the things we enjoy. Anybody pick up any new hobbies? Discover any good new series/movies/books/etc?

 

[dchz]

it's not even a year old and you're avoiding the new baby already?

 

[abolt18]

Many of us found ourselves with some extra time off this year coupled with the inability (or at least significantly limited ability) to do the things we enjoy. Anybody pick up any new hobbies? Discover any good new series/movies/books/etc?

After It being recommended many times, I'm finally watching, and loving, Brooklyn 99. Funny from the first episode. Totally ridiculous.

 

[deleted162650]

it's not even a year old and you're avoiding the new baby already?

With each one you care a little bit less.






She is currently my favorite however.

 

[ZzzPlz]

After It being recommended many times, I'm finally watching, and loving, Brooklyn 99. Funny from the first episode. Totally ridiculous.

The service animal episode is laugh out loud funny pretty much the whole episode

I’m finally watching parks and rec... I assume you’ve seen that already

 

[2Fast2Des]

I got into wood working, slowly turned my garage into a workshop and kept Home Depot\Lowes\Harbor Freight in business. Built some nice stuff and learning along the way. Don't know how people who live in cities and\or apartments deal, thankfully we have a home so we can actually move around and do things

 

[deleted162650]

I got into wood working, slowly turned my garage into a workshop and kept Home Depot\Lowes\Harbor Freight in business. Built some nice stuff and learning along the way. Don't know how people who live in cities and\or apartments deal, thankfully we have a home so we can actually move around and do things

Very Cool. Let’s see some pieces.

 

[2Fast2Des]

Very Cool. Let’s see some pieces.

Will have to PM you, don't want my identity exposed to those others who have seen my stuff hehe

 

[Consigliere]

Watched "The Boys" on Amazon Prime. Great series!

 

[ZzzPlz]

Watched "The Boys" on Amazon Prime. Great series!

Can’t wait for season 2 One more month to wait

 

[Lecithin5]

Jigsaw puzzles. 20 min a day- quite relaxing and therapeutic.

 

[Volatile]

Just finished Upload on amazon prime, pretty entertaining ‍♂️

 

[triggermaster]

Smoking meat. (It’s more of an old hobby revisited.)

I’ve been listening to ‘Philosophize This’ podcast on Spotify.

Mindfulness meditation.

We did puzzles and rode bikes all the time for a few weeks at the beginning of the pandemic.

 

[surgndoc]

Second woodworking. I’m totally hooked, found a great online instructional series and have been having loads of fun and building good looking and useful things.
Know my way around Home Depot very well at this point.

 

[riztime]

Can you post the online instructional series you are using. I’m interested in getting started but don’t have a clue on how... there is a wealth of info out there and I just need to focus.

 

[Lecithin5]

Second woodworking. I’m totally hooked, found a great online instructional series and have been having loads of fun and building good looking and useful things.
Know my way around Home Depot very well at this point.

What instructional series are you using?

 

[abolt18]

Smoking meat. (It’s more of an old hobby revisited.)

I’ve been listening to ‘Philosophize This’ podcast on Spotify.

Mindfulness meditation.

We did puzzles and rode bikes all the time for a few weeks at the beginning of the pandemic.

Also started that podcast a few months ago. Very eye opening for me (as "philosophy" was a black box to me before).

And many many big jigsaw puzzle and card games with the kids.

 

[2Fast2Des]

Second woodworking. I’m totally hooked, found a great online instructional series and have been having loads of fun and building good looking and useful things.
Know my way around Home Depot very well at this point.

I just used YouTube videos on projects I wanted to make and would follow the diy steps people make, buy the required tools, rinse and repeat for new projects and your shop slowly builds up with everything you need. I want a planer\jointer though but don't want to pay through my nose

 

[dhb]

don't want my identity exposed to those others who have seen my stuff

Wood!

 

[dhb]

Smoking meat. (It’s more of an old hobby revisited.)

I’ve been listening to ‘Philosophize This’ podcast on Spotify.

Mindfulness meditation.

We did puzzles and rode bikes all the time for a few weeks at the beginning of the pandemic.

What do you smoke and how long does it keep?

 

[triggermaster]

What do you smoke and how long does it keep?

Brisket, Boston butts, and pork ribs- the classics. I’d say it keeps for a week but it’s a lot of meat with the brisket and Boston butt so I put about 3 servings in the fridge and freeze the rest in as many quart bags as it takes.
I’ve also done Salmon that turned out great, but not in a good while. I should probably do that again. I’d also like to try tri-tip, shoulder clod, and beef ribs sometime.

You?

 

[shepardsun]

My lady got me a Traeger for graduation and it's pretty much changed my life. Obviously doesn't have the "soul" or craftsmanship of painstakingly tending an old fashion smoker using your great-grandfather's brisket recipe but for someone who didn't do a lot of cooking before, to suddenly be able to easily do all kinds of barbecue, wood-fired pizza, jerky etc etc it's been pretty amazing.

 

[Nivens]

Hauled my guitar rig out of storage. It’s been great.

 

[deleted162650]

This guy’s smoker game is on point:

 

[surgndoc]

What instructional series are you using?

i bought steve Ramsey’s the weekend woodworker. It has very thorough instructional videos for 6 main projects plus a lot of other extras and smaller projects. It’s only $150. There’s a lot of free samples of the videos out there too, check out the one about building “the basic mobile workbench” to get an idea of the flavor.

He also has tons of other free content on YouTube, everything is geared for beginners and people with limited knowledge, experience, tools etc. Talks abouthow to start building a workshop, what tools to start buying, how the tools work - just lots of good video content on the answers to basic questions. For the absolute beginner he has the best content I’ve found but there really is a lot out there on any woodworking topic you could imagine.

 

[B-Bone]

I mountain biked 700 miles. Also got my guitar rig tuned up and did an 83-part YouTube concert series. Definitely kept me busy

 

[dhb]

Brisket, Boston butts, and pork ribs- the classics. I’d say it keeps for a week but it’s a lot of meat with the brisket and Boston butt so I put about 3 servings in the fridge and freeze the rest in as many quart bags as it takes.
I’ve also done Salmon that turned out great, but not in a good while. I should probably do that again. I’d also like to try tri-tip, shoulder clod, and beef ribs sometime.

You?

I was thinking more of jerkeys when you said smoking...
Me i've been working on my pizza game on the BGE

 

[2Fast2Des]

I was thinking more of jerkeys when you said smoking...
Me i've been working on my pizza game on the BGEView attachment 314935View attachment 314936

Need a little more cheese there

 

[deleted162650]

Movies:

Extraction (Good bang bang shoot ‘em up action flick with a deeper side. Big budget Netflix original)

Ready or Not (Pour yourself an extra tall cocktail and don’t take it too seriously. Good mix of Slasher/Suspense/Humor)



Shows:

Dead to Me (Netflix original dark comedy - very bingable)

Santa Clarita Diet (Drew Barrymore as a Zombie realtor in the suburbs - need I say more?)



Books:

LOL. Do I look like an F’in nerd?



Activities:

Been trying to spend as much time offshore as possible. 22’ of fiberglass and 30+ miles of saline between me and the nearest bull***t.

Except for these clowns. “Hey, 6ft away a**holes!”

 

[killerleaf]

Extraction was a great movie!

 

[vector2]

Exploring some of the finer things in life vis a vis my new sous vide machine and this:

 

[pjl]

International travel and stays have been super cheap lately.

I have actually been checking out every hiking trail and campsite within 500 miles that look interesting.

 

[pgg]

I bought a CNC mill. Looking for a CNC lathe. If this medicine thing doesn't work out I could get by as a mediocre machinist.

 

[deleted162650]

I bought a CNC mill. Looking for a CNC lathe. If this medicine thing doesn't work out I could get by as a mediocre machinist.

What kinda stuff have you been making?

 

[pgg]

What kinda stuff have you been making?

So far mostly scrap metal and a few broken end mills.

I turned a mostly square block of aluminum into a smaller perfectly square block of aluminum as a learning exercise.

Project #1 when I connect all the dots between CAD, G code, tooling, etc is a fixture device for testing rifle barrels. I have a neck turning lathe for rifle brass that I don't like very much, think I can make a better one. Naturally some AR15 receivers at some point, just because. I don't need any more, but it makes certain kinds of people anxious, which is its own reward. From now on every time I think "I wish I had a 3D printer" I'll be able to make that idea 7x as slowly, but in metal, therefore cooler.

To tell the truth I figured the ideas of what to do with it would come after I figured out how to use it.

 

[deleted162650]

So far mostly scrap metal and a few broken end mills.

"I wish I had a 3D printer" I'll be able to make that idea 7x as slowly, but in metal, therefore cooler.

You really just need a 3D scanner that talks to your CNC.

 

[secretasianman]

How much does one cost?

I bought a CNC mill. Looking for a CNC lathe. If this medicine thing doesn't work out I could get by as a mediocre machinist.

 

[secretasianman]

I bought a bunch of stuff I don’t need... here’s some of it.

 

[B-Bone]

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Nice PRS action you got there! My setup has gotten a little out of control, but it’s been a blast!

 

[secretasianman]

Looks like you can do a bit of everything! I have a soft spot for double bound guitars. Pretty..

Nice PRS action you got there! My setup has gotten a little out of control, but it’s been a blast!

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[pgg]

How much does one cost?

It's like racing cars, how fast do you want to go spend? Figure anywhere from $3K for a toy to $100K and up for something a business could earn money with.


There are a few desktop sized ones out there for a few thousand $ but their work areas are so small that they're pretty limited. The materials they can handle are also limited. They're not very rigid so precision isn't so great.

About the cheapest you'll find out there, aside from the do-it-yourself hobby CNC setups, would be a Carbide 3D Nomad for about $2500.

Nomad 883 Pro (Discontinued)

Nomad 883 Pro has been discontinued. Check out the Nomad 3 to see the latest version. It includes: Nomad 883 Pro MeshCAM 3D CAM software Carbide Create 2D CAD/CAM software Power supply USB Cable MDF Wasteboard 1/8" ER-11 Collet and wrenches 1/8" Ball endmill 1/8" Flat endmill Double Sided Tape...

shop.carbide3d.com

More serious machines start in the $15-20K range and the first production quality ones are probably $40K+, and the sky's the limit from there.


I bought a used PCNC 1100 with a 4th axis. It's no longer in production or on their web site (except support docs), but its successor is this one:

1100MX CNC Mill

The Tormach 1100MX is designed for prototyping, production, and education and with it's higher spindle speed and servo motors it has the power to cut through aluminum, titanium, hardened steels and alloys.

tormach.com

The base machine is about $20K. It's about the same as mine, although the newer 1100MX has better/bigger motors and a faster/bigger spindle. Work area is about the same, 18" x 9.5" x 16.25".

The previous owner was upgrading to a larger machine. Including tooling and various other accessories and home improvements to house it, I'm into it about $15K. A comparable new package might be $30K. Mills seem to be like cars, lots of resale value lost after you drive it off the lot.

 

[secretasianman]

There is a spine surgeon I know who has a cnc and makes his own cad drawings from scratch for guitar bodies and necks. All this as a hobby. It’s really quite impressive.

Anyways can you make a miller 9 for me?

It's like racing cars, how fast do you want to go spend? Figure anywhere from $3K for a toy to $100K and up for something a business could earn money with.


There are a few desktop sized ones out there for a few thousand $ but their work areas are so small that they're pretty limited. The materials they can handle are also limited. They're not very rigid so precision isn't so great.

About the cheapest you'll find out there, aside from the do-it-yourself hobby CNC setups, would be a Carbide 3D Nomad for about $2500.

Nomad 883 Pro (Discontinued)

Nomad 883 Pro has been discontinued. Check out the Nomad 3 to see the latest version. It includes: Nomad 883 Pro MeshCAM 3D CAM software Carbide Create 2D CAD/CAM software Power supply USB Cable MDF Wasteboard 1/8" ER-11 Collet and wrenches 1/8" Ball endmill 1/8" Flat endmill Double Sided Tape...

shop.carbide3d.com

More serious machines start in the $15-20K range and the first production quality ones are probably $40K+, and the sky's the limit from there.


I bought a used PCNC 1100 with a 4th axis. It's no longer in production or on their web site (except support docs), but its successor is this one:

1100MX CNC Mill

The Tormach 1100MX is designed for prototyping, production, and education and with it's higher spindle speed and servo motors it has the power to cut through aluminum, titanium, hardened steels and alloys.

tormach.com

The base machine is about $20K. It's about the same as mine, although the newer 1100MX has better/bigger motors and a faster/bigger spindle. Work area is about the same, 18" x 9.5" x 16.25".

The previous owner was upgrading to a larger machine. Including tooling and various other accessories and home improvements to house it, I'm into it about $15K. A comparable new package might be $30K. Mills seem to be like cars, lots of resale value lost after you drive it off the lot.

 

[deleted697127]

Exploring some of the finer things in life vis a vis my new sous vide machine and this:

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Nice. How’d you prepare and cook this?

 

[Direct Laryngoscopy]

Lots of golfing and I bought a nice mountain/touring bike.

 

[vector2]

Nice. How’d you prepare and cook this?

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Vacuum seal and sous vide at 132.5f for about 1.5hr. Paper towel dab dry the surface and sear on rippin hot cast iron for ~1 min per side with a little bit of a Kerrygold butter baste toward the end. Serve on a warmed plate.

 

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