What else do you like to do?

[norton]

I suspect that building cars aren't the only diy journeys of discovery the forum members have embarked on so I was wondering, what else have you guys tackled in the past?

To start things off here's some other projects of mine.

My gaming pc.



A dining table I made from a really old barn door.



My previous 300b tube amp. This is the second tube amp I've built, the first using KT88 tubes. I've also made a tube based point to point wired phono stage which is sublime.



My turntable, I made the tone arm!



There's more but photobucket went into meltdown. I've got some pics of my old Capri somewhere with a 4.0 rv8 with itb's + nitrous which later went to a carbon plenum, twin throttle body setup but with nitrous again.

Now, show me yours!

[vmax1974]

My only projects on at the moment are bodywòrk bodywork oh and bodywork

Would love to get other projects but i dont have the time of the stamina T the moment

[Rosco]

Very nice projects mate, nice idea for a thread to

built by self a bbq smoker from an old compresser tank





Just working on an Arduino to open and close the vent and keep the temp rock solid for overnight smokes

[Rosco]

Built myself a racing drone with bits from china



Also at bit of sewing, made some garden screens

[jps]

I've always wanted to get into an 'engineering' hobby but didn't have the space or stability of where I lived (between 18 and 28 I changed addresses 11 times...!)

Once I got married (and the prep for our wedding was 18 months of DIY hobby I can tell you!) "can I build a car" was one of the first asks. Hence: marrried 26th May 2012, bought a part built Haynes on eBay 21st July 2012!

There have been plenty of DIY jobs that ran in parallel - but mostly unskilled and basically just doing my own labouring - I reckon I must have hand dug and barrowed 30 tonnes of topsoil and rubble in the last few years on and off - i'm fairly competent with a Kango - I got tennis elbow pulling out old wiring - I reinstated my suspended floors after the plumber had ripped them up well enough for them to be tiled over - I built retaining walls in the garden from sleepers - set on concreted rebar posts which I reckon would take a Challenger tank parking on the lawn. I also did the hard work in designing the layout of our house on Sketchup - our architect got an easy £800 I think because I gave him dimensions of every room, wall and doorway - he just made it look pretty for the planners!

My best work has been fitting out my garage I think so - it's SO tidy now!

Funnily enough - with all of the above - progress on the car has been disappointingly slow!

[norton]

That's a pretty amazing smoker you have there! Glad to see someone else who's taken on sewing. I'm looking to make the soft bits for my car myself and I'm on the look out for a reasonable machine that's local to me.

jps, you've opened the flood gates for years of pent up creativity. I did the same!

[vmax1974]

Are you planning on making a pleated man skirt too lol

One of my other projects is so geeky i couldn't possibly admit to it

Originally Posted by norton

That's a pretty amazing smoker you have there! Glad to see someone else who's taken on sewing. I'm looking to make the soft bits for my car myself and I'm on the look out for a reasonable machine that's local to me.

jps, you've opened the flood gates for years of pent up creativity. I did the same!

[garyout]

Gotta tell us now Dave





Gary

[Bonzo]

Me ?
Boats, boats & more boats.

Been helping to get this one ready for this season.



Looks a lot better now shes had a refit & back in the water.

Rosco

That is a kick ass smoker.
Certainly could have done with that last summer when we were inundated with Mackerel & white fish.

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by garyout

Gotta tell us now Dave





Gary

Yes Dave, gotta spill the beans now.