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General Discussion => WHATEVER => Topic started by: sexualhelon on April 24, 2016, 07:43:59 PM
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I'm curious if any of you have an ongoing DIY project outside of skateboarding? Over the past year I've been super into making my own pomade, soap, lotion, candles, after shaves, and other "apothecary" type things. The lady and I are actually working on a web store aside from just using etsy. Brewed my own beer recently and I'd like to get more into that too.
So what about you guys?
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I craft and distribute artisan slap posts from my dark lonely apartment
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I sew shit. I'm a backpack nerd.
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My wife makes soaps, balms etc.
I make fishing lures.
Its fun, and difficult. But I enjoy it
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I'm curious if any of you have an ongoing DIY project outside of skateboarding? Over the past year I've been super into making my own pomade, soap, lotion, candles, after shaves, and other "apothecary" type things. The lady and I are actually working on a web store aside from just using etsy. Brewed my own beer recently and I'd like to get more into that too.
So what about you guys?
That's my thing.
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I brew beer too. And make danedlion wine
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i do chocolate myself, but it tastes like shit
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I've been learning how to mod and restore old watches for a couple of years now. Mainly vintage Seiko's.
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Ｉ don't know if cooking is a DIY hobby but I definitely want to get into DIY gardening in the next few years.
Wish I was mechanically minded so I could just get paid to play with motorbikes all day...
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I have studied Electrical and Computer Engineering and since I dont want to go the software route, getting a job in electronics is kind of hard if you dont want to move in Asia. I am trying to set up a lab at home and I make lot of DIY electronics. I have made DIY effect pedals for a friend that plays guitar, I have also been into microcontroller systems as I had a job on them before and now I am into FPGAs since I liked digital design a lot at school. Presently I have bought an FPGA board and paired with a good book I learn how to "code" digital hardware in Verilog HDL. I still get to know the Language and the board I bought but I also try to figure out how to do a digital synthesizer all on my fpga board, with buttons and a speaker.
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i do chocolate myself, but it tastes like shit
i do that every morning, but i don't eat it.
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I have made DIY effect pedals for a friend that plays guitar
i want to give this a try one day. im waiting until i get a little bit better at playing though. ive watched a few youtube videos and basic fuzz effects and that kind of stuff dont look that difficult. id like to make a little headphone amp too.
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Weed. Duct taping surfboards
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I inherited all of my Grandmother's old leather working tools so have been doing that. youtube makes it easier but it is still a learning process. I have made and refined a wallet design 3 times. made some axe sheaths and key chain tethers. it is fun.
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I slam pussy all throughout the day.
Just kidding, I'm really into art and people watching.
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I'm super busy with crafting my life back together. If we talk tangibles, I helped with renovation of my friend's sister's place last summer. Otherwise, no, I live in an appartment. There are no crafts to engage in, other than bursting cunts mouths. I would love to do some
meth strungout hiatus era Pops furniture in the future.
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does building DIY skate spots count? i might be over that, i've grown veggies for the last 3 yrs and i've got a guy coming to till our yard out and make a bigger growing area today actually. we ordered 6 blueberry bushes, 3 yr olds so they're gonna produce fruit this yr. my strawberries thrive every june, my mother hates em like a weed but i love 'wild' food. put some garlic into the earth today and did some hoeing.
hopefully this wkend i'll finally have my bees, i've been really excited about them for a while now but they won't give em to us til they're sure mass is done frosting for the yr cause it's no refund if our girls freeze so..... i'm really looking forward to replenishing the bee population a little bit and the honey is a great ancillary benefit but not my main reason.
i've bought 4 mopeds since february [replacing one addiction w/ another perhaps?] so working on them is a new interest. there's a really unpopular guy i've bought 2 from and i'll go see him in a pinch for repairs too esoteric for my namby pamby ass but i'm trying to do most of it on my own.
learning how to edit videos on a computer is kind of neat. i only learned that last yr, before i was all the time pestering whoever 'can ya put my tricks up?'
i was lazy forever but i have finally realized it is better to do most everything on your own than be dependent on lousy people.
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I've made a few guitars from scratch, but the costs to become really good without apprenticing kind of put me off it and now I just do repairs and modifications and stuff for people I know and people they know. Mostly switching out electronics and headstock repairs, but I love refrets because I get all zen-like.
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motorcycles and beer
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playing guitar and sometimes other instruments
messing around with cubase
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I have made DIY effect pedals for a friend that plays guitar
i want to give this a try one day. im waiting until i get a little bit better at playing though. ive watched a few youtube videos and basic fuzz effects and that kind of stuff dont look that difficult. id like to make a little headphone amp too.
It's not actually engineering. It is just making a puzzle, the schematics floating around the net are very thorough. Good soldering skills are essential. After making two pedals, with my friend watching and asking questions, he figured out how to do them himself.
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For a while I was learning tube amp/vintage audio equipment repair, and at one point was about to build my tube first amp from scratch. I hadn't taken any circuits or electronics classes yet, so it was pretty DIY.
That's when I was working and going to school part time doing easy general ed classes, so I could actually do things I enjoyed. Now that I'm in school full time for mechanical engineering, all outside interests and hobbies have gone out the window entirely. It's completely sucked the soul out of me and now I'm a hollow shell of my former self, so even when I maybe get a free four hours on Sunday afternoon once a month, I'd rather just not think about anything and skate. I look forward to graduating so I can enjoy my hobbies again- that is, if I'm still capable of enjoying anything.
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It's lame but I love baking, building PCs and water cooling them, restoring vintage road bikes and fixing up old stand mixers.
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I have studied Electrical and Computer Engineering and since I dont want to go the software route, getting a job in electronics is kind of hard if you dont want to move in Asia. I am trying to set up a lab at home and I make lot of DIY electronics. I have made DIY effect pedals for a friend that plays guitar, I have also been into microcontroller systems as I had a job on them before and now I am into FPGAs since I liked digital design a lot at school. Presently I have bought an FPGA board and paired with a good book I learn how to "code" digital hardware in Verilog HDL. I still get to know the Language and the board I bought but I also try to figure out how to do a digital synthesizer all on my fpga board, with buttons and a speaker.
have you tried designing modular/analog synths? there's a pretty big scene around it these days.
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growing cannabis. everything from cloning, sprouting seeds, flower and veg cycles. Its a long patient process but I love it.
heres a bruce banner plant I grew last year
(http://i67.tinypic.com/10enhx2.jpg)
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I have studied Electrical and Computer Engineering and since I dont want to go the software route, getting a job in electronics is kind of hard if you dont want to move in Asia. I am trying to set up a lab at home and I make lot of DIY electronics. I have made DIY effect pedals for a friend that plays guitar, I have also been into microcontroller systems as I had a job on them before and now I am into FPGAs since I liked digital design a lot at school. Presently I have bought an FPGA board and paired with a good book I learn how to "code" digital hardware in Verilog HDL. I still get to know the Language and the board I bought but I also try to figure out how to do a digital synthesizer all on my fpga board, with buttons and a speaker.
have you tried designing modular/analog synths? there's a pretty big scene around it these days.
Not really. Complicated analog stuff require lab equipment that would worth at least 1000$ or euros. I dont have the money right now and we are talking about bulky equipment that I cant move around in case I move (which will happen soon as I am job hunting , for a job related on my DIY hobbies). I would love to mess with complicated analog stuff, but right now I want my hobby to help me get a proper job, Analog design is pretty much dead there are only R&D places doing it and require Phds most of the times and I am not in the mood to go for one. For now I stick to digital stuff and embedded systems.
For a while I was learning tube amp/vintage audio equipment repair, and at one point was about to build my tube first amp from scratch. I hadn't taken any circuits or electronics classes yet, so it was pretty DIY.
That's when I was working and going to school part time doing easy general ed classes, so I could actually do things I enjoyed. Now that I'm in school full time for mechanical engineering, all outside interests and hobbies have gone out the window entirely. It's completely sucked the soul out of me and now I'm a hollow shell of my former self, so even when I maybe get a free four hours on Sunday afternoon once a month, I'd rather just not think about anything and skate. I look forward to graduating so I can enjoy my hobbies again- that is, if I'm still capable of enjoying anything.
I feel you man. It was exactly the same for me. Engineering school is tough and there are a lot of hard classes that you hate and just absorb your energy. Not to mention professor politics non sense beraucratic assignements and projects... I hated most of the CS stuff from my EE&CS degree and even though I wanted to do DIY electronics then I just psychologically couldnt. I d rather skate and party in my free time. Dont worry you will find yourself after graduating and start having hobbies, however you will always have the love/hate memories for your school time. Love because it actually gave you the basis to do things that you otherwise couldnt and hate because some things there were a complete waste of time and not in lazy way but rather in a hard working for nothing manner.
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yelling at birds.
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I build modular synthesizers. My most recent was the TTSH, which is an ARP 2600 clone.
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I have studied Electrical and Computer Engineering and since I dont want to go the software route, getting a job in electronics is kind of hard if you dont want to move in Asia. I am trying to set up a lab at home and I make lot of DIY electronics. I have made DIY effect pedals for a friend that plays guitar, I have also been into microcontroller systems as I had a job on them before and now I am into FPGAs since I liked digital design a lot at school. Presently I have bought an FPGA board and paired with a good book I learn how to "code" digital hardware in Verilog HDL. I still get to know the Language and the board I bought but I also try to figure out how to do a digital synthesizer all on my fpga board, with buttons and a speaker.
have you tried designing modular/analog synths? there's a pretty big scene around it these days.
Not really. Complicated analog stuff require lab equipment that would worth at least 1000$ or euros. I dont have the money right now and we are talking about bulky equipment that I cant move around in case I move (which will happen soon as I am job hunting , for a job related on my DIY hobbies). I would love to mess with complicated analog stuff, but right now I want my hobby to help me get a proper job, Analog design is pretty much dead there are only R&D places doing it and require Phds most of the times and I am not in the mood to go for one. For now I stick to digital stuff and embedded systems.
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For a while I was learning tube amp/vintage audio equipment repair, and at one point was about to build my tube first amp from scratch. I hadn't taken any circuits or electronics classes yet, so it was pretty DIY.
That's when I was working and going to school part time doing easy general ed classes, so I could actually do things I enjoyed. Now that I'm in school full time for mechanical engineering, all outside interests and hobbies have gone out the window entirely. It's completely sucked the soul out of me and now I'm a hollow shell of my former self, so even when I maybe get a free four hours on Sunday afternoon once a month, I'd rather just not think about anything and skate. I look forward to graduating so I can enjoy my hobbies again- that is, if I'm still capable of enjoying anything.
I feel you man. It was exactly the same for me. Engineering school is tough and there are a lot of hard classes that you hate and just absorb your energy. Not to mention professor politics non sense beraucratic assignements and projects... I hated most of the CS stuff from my EE&CS degree and even though I wanted to do DIY electronics then I just psychologically couldnt. I d rather skate and party in my free time. Dont worry you will find yourself after graduating and start having hobbies, however you will always have the love/hate memories for your school time. Love because it actually gave you the basis to do things that you otherwise couldnt and hate because some things there were a complete waste of time and not in lazy way but rather in a hard working for nothing manner.
Accounting Masters here. I know that my bitch-ass classes barely qualify as an "education" compared with you guys. Still, they take a whole bunch of time and are even more depressing, nobody choses this field. I mean, how many kids wanted to become CPA's? If any, they must have been super weird and probably engage Dexter-esque activities by night.
Anyway, when I got out of my last rehabilitation center, I thought that I'd lose the passion for my former hobbies. Not true at all, accounting did that for me.
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Recently got into building DIY spots with cement.
It's really fun and since I'm kinda a perfectionist, it's therapeutic. Building around where I live is somewhat demotivating though because the city always ends up tearing it down within a month. Makes me wanna build more stuff, not necessarily spots, but furniture, seating, campfire pits etc. I'm going to try and build a shelf and see how I like that.
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Minty, where do you live? Check out these guys ... I've wanted to go to one of their courses for a bit now but haven't had the time ...
https://www.instagram.com/hardgoodsco/ (https://www.instagram.com/hardgoodsco/)
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Yo minty aren't you in PHX? If so I have s spot you need to use your skills
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Minty, where do you live? Check out these guys ... I've wanted to go to one of their courses for a bit now but haven't had the time ...
https://www.instagram.com/hardgoodsco/ (https://www.instagram.com/hardgoodsco/)
Yeah, that looks rad, I'll have to try and sign up one of these days
Yo minty aren't you in PHX? If so I have s spot you need to use your skills
Yeah! I wouldn't say I'm the best at DIY'ing though, wouldn't want to let anyone down lol
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I like restoring antique furniture. Mostly pine. I keep original paint where I can.
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I build modular synthesizers. My most recent was the TTSH, which is an ARP 2600 clone.
whoa, how long did it take you?
i wanted to learn to solder just to build this, but then reality set in. wouldn't mind building some DIY stuff, but i need to start really small.
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Awesome thread! I'm a huge diy fan with wayyy too many projects. I would love to see pictures of other posters projects!
I love working on vintage guitars (mostly basses), modifying instruments, making instruments and amplifiers, and diy photography equipment, like modifying old flashes, diy lighting, macro rails, etc.
Here's the last amp I made. I wanted something better than a pignose for outdoor jams. Wanted it to be full featured with different tone options, loud, and work on a 9v battery. Also wanted it to be able to open my beers.
(http://i.imgur.com/BEhbnPj.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/0VD8Ikl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vpr6ZMW.jpg)
Here's an acoustic bass I made from the body of an old eko guitar:
(http://i.imgur.com/qBKJlTG.jpg)
I'm a huge Jefferson Airplane fan and Jack Casady is my favorite bass player ever. Here's one of my latest projects, inspired by Jack Casady's Guild Starfire bass that he used in the late 60's with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZlLJ9UC.jpg)
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Awesome thread! I'm a huge diy fan with wayyy too many projects. I would love to see pictures of other posters projects!
I love working on vintage guitars (mostly basses), modifying instruments, making instruments and amplifiers, and diy photography equipment, like modifying old flashes, diy lighting, macro rails, etc.
Here's the last amp I made. I wanted something better than a pignose for outdoor jams. Wanted it to be full featured with different tone options, loud, and work on a 9v battery. Also wanted it to be able to open my beers.
(http://i.imgur.com/0VD8Ikl.jpg)
This is fucking cool. Would love to have a crack at something like this.
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I build modular synthesizers. My most recent was the TTSH, which is an ARP 2600 clone.
whoa, how long did it take you?
i wanted to learn to solder just to build this, but then reality set in. wouldn't mind building some DIY stuff, but i need to start really small.
It's actually going into a year now - I have it fully completed except for the ring mod, which I'm going to debug this weekend. I usually only work on it for about 2-3 hours a week on top of around 50 hrs / week of work. I went into it having a lot of experience building smaller modular synths, but with this, it was a whole other level, especially the first time through. One suggestion I would make - do lots of other projects first, learn how to read schematics, and learn how to test diodes/transistors/resistors with a multimeter.
My insta is @crsynths if you wanted to take a look at some of my work. If you have any questions about starting out/diy stuff feel free to PM me.
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Awesome thread! I'm a huge diy fan with wayyy too many projects. I would love to see pictures of other posters projects!
I love working on vintage guitars (mostly basses), modifying instruments, making instruments and amplifiers, and diy photography equipment, like modifying old flashes, diy lighting, macro rails, etc.
Here's the last amp I made. I wanted something better than a pignose for outdoor jams. Wanted it to be full featured with different tone options, loud, and work on a 9v battery. Also wanted it to be able to open my beers.
(http://i.imgur.com/0VD8Ikl.jpg)
This is fucking cool. Would love to have a crack at something like this.
i agree. great job winecarb. you should do a demo video to show what it sounds like.
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Awesome thread! I'm a huge diy fan with wayyy too many projects. I would love to see pictures of other posters projects!
I love working on vintage guitars (mostly basses), modifying instruments, making instruments and amplifiers, and diy photography equipment, like modifying old flashes, diy lighting, macro rails, etc.
Here's the last amp I made. I wanted something better than a pignose for outdoor jams. Wanted it to be full featured with different tone options, loud, and work on a 9v battery. Also wanted it to be able to open my beers.
(http://i.imgur.com/0VD8Ikl.jpg)
This is fucking cool. Would love to have a crack at something like this.
i agree. great job winecarb. you should do a demo video to show what it sounds like.
Great idea. Demo video please. Preferably shredding Purple Rain just to tie it all together.
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Thanks, I'll post a demo when I get a chance.
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Hey Winecrab, what's up with that massive PCB attached to your Jack Casady bass? Built in effects rig?
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Music and making a bunch of crap art and crafts
https://www.instagram.com/glitch.fungus/ (https://www.instagram.com/glitch.fungus/)
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I smoke weed
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I smoke weed
Beagle-Baker has a deathwish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yafF3-j81yk#)
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I paint. Whether it is actual painting or clothes or vases, I love to paint. I know it might sound strange, but I do it the best while I'm camping. My parents and I go camping at least once a month. We already have a list of spots inspired by the reviews on https://www.brightcamping.com (https://www.brightcamping.com). We try to visit as many as the time allows us. During quarantine, it was impossible to camp. It was a rough time for me since being in the middle of nature makes me happy and wild. My imagination has no limits while I'm there.
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Cooking and baking, I make a pretty decent Focaccia bread.
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dirtbikes
I always wanted an early 80's RM125... i found one for 2000 yen at a junk shop (it was/is junk) so I bought it.... (maybe not the best decision ever.... but it had lots of usable parts worth more than what I paid so that is how I justified my purchase)
I spent the last year finding lots of NOS parts to complete the engine, which I finally got done last week (i know it is supposed to be burnt bronze... but its my bike and I think the 84 colour... gloss black... looks better)
https://imgur.com/3yBzQcA
I got another parts bike last week so I complete the rest of it (i am going to aim for sooner rather than later to get this done... but I have another bike to finish first so we will see
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In 2010 I tried to build a shack for my wife‘s guinea pigs. It became a shabby death trap with nails protruding and the wife refused to let the guinea pigs use it. That‘s my DIY curriculum.
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I make custom bikes/parts and build cars when time allows.
(https://i.postimg.cc/4yrj1zQn/2007-01-01-12-19-11.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/V0W7f0Tc)
(https://i.postimg.cc/brMcJYj6/613-ECDE2-A6-CD-43-E9-97-CA-58275084-E685.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8fhnXScW)
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I build tube amp’s, tiny computers, make chip tune sids.
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the past 6 months I've been learning all about 1.9 L Volkswagen water boxer engines. Repairing and keeping up with a 36year old engine that came with unknown mileage and no repair history is not for the faint of heart. ha ha ha ha
all I do in the spare time is skate and mess with the van
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dirtbikes
I always wanted an early 80's RM125... i found one for 2000 yen at a junk shop (it was/is junk) so I bought it.... (maybe not the best decision ever.... but it had lots of usable parts worth more than what I paid so that is how I justified my purchase)
I spent the last year finding lots of NOS parts to complete the engine, which I finally got done last week (i know it is supposed to be burnt bronze... but its my bike and I think the 84 colour... gloss black... looks better)
https://imgur.com/3yBzQcA
I got another parts bike last week so I complete the rest of it (i am going to aim for sooner rather than later to get this done... but I have another bike to finish first so we will see
Nice rebuild! Agreed that black looks better.
Dirt bikes is also my other hobby. I do my engine work myself but sadly I don't put a lot of effort into keeping things pretty b/c I am quite hard on my bikes and they don't stay nice very long.
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Fly tying (many of which go to friends) and I started trying out woodblock prints which I thought was going to be easy but my first two have been really basic with a steep learning curve (the negative space idea was messing with my head).
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Awesome thread! I'm a huge diy fan with wayyy too many projects. I would love to see pictures of other posters projects!
I love working on vintage guitars (mostly basses), modifying instruments, making instruments and amplifiers, and diy photography equipment, like modifying old flashes, diy lighting, macro rails, etc.
Here's the last amp I made. I wanted something better than a pignose for outdoor jams. Wanted it to be full featured with different tone options, loud, and work on a 9v battery. Also wanted it to be able to open my beers.
(http://i.imgur.com/BEhbnPj.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/0VD8Ikl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vpr6ZMW.jpg)
Here's an acoustic bass I made from the body of an old eko guitar:
(http://i.imgur.com/qBKJlTG.jpg)
I'm a huge Jefferson Airplane fan and Jack Casady is my favorite bass player ever. Here's one of my latest projects, inspired by Jack Casady's Guild Starfire bass that he used in the late 60's with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZlLJ9UC.jpg)
Beautiful bass.
I think I’ve seen you playing online before? Do you play zeppelin?