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What have you made with your own two hands?

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  • P patbob

    photography, chain mail, woodworking, auto repair, old house repair, ... I think I enjoy photography the most because I can do it as pure creativity at the click of a button. Chain mail's pretty fun too because of the three dimensional puzzle aspect. I've also tried my hand at drawing and sculpture, and while I've done some passable stuff with both, I didn't enjoy them as much as photography as a creative outlet.

    We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.

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    Mark_Wallace
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    patbob wrote:

    photography

    heh. I haven't been without a camera for at least 20 years. I think I've taken, on average, about half a photo a year.

    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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    • M Mark Miller

      I have a small non-cnc milling machine and lathe from Sherline[^] and I make latches, handles, car parts, etc. out of metal. I also work on cars as needed - have a 4-wheel brake and rotor job to do this weekend. My favorite non-computer work is cutting, trimming and felling trees. It is hard and sometimes dangerous work that I have enjoyed for years, and can make some good money at as well.

      Sincerely, -Mark mamiller@rhsnet.org

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      So you do milling, and I construct and knock down walls... Should I start believing in numerology, or something?

      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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      • M Mark_Wallace

        That's a new one on me. I'll have to google it.

        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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        Lilith C
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        There are various versions of such a thing. Many of them are designed to activate only when the AC is running, either by a relay attached to the 24 volt flow to the AC control mechanism or a device that trips a switch when the flow of air out the top of the AC blows up a paddle. Mine is a simple PVC structure with strategically placed misting nozzles and a constant water supply. Yes, I know a waste. Which is why I discontinued using it until I automate the water flow. Efficient? Dunno. I haven't worked on any figures for it since Texas summers are so variable.

        I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office

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        • P Pete OHanlon

          Music, and occasionally paintings.

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          Leng Vang
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          Tried with a saxophone, but the German Shepherd keeps wanting to join the band. :-D

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          • F FIorian Schneidereit

            I used to build tall bikes (and other strange ones) when I lived in France. Would still do it but don't have the resources at the moment to run my own workshop back here in Germany.

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            Leng Vang
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            I in the middle of building a tadpole. Trying to figure out how to do lean-able with individual suspensions is not easy with just muscle powered.

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            • M Mark_Wallace

              So you do milling, and I construct and knock down walls... Should I start believing in numerology, or something?

              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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              Mark Miller
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              I don't know about the numerology part, but you may have something there... :)

              Sincerely, -Mark mamiller@rhsnet.org

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                Andy Brummer wrote:

                I'm making Halloween costumes for my son and myself.

                My mother was a tailoress, and my daughter is studying all that fashion-designy malarkey. All I can do with needles is make holes in my fingers. The gene must have skipped a generation (unless there's another possible reason I'm missing).

                Andy Brummer wrote:

                Also, I put together an android app that gives the user x-ray vision to look to the other side of the Earth.

                Can't find it! Where is it? I desperately need to see the antipodes!

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                Andy Brummer
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                I've only tested it on my phone. I guess I'll have to look into getting it into one of the app stores.

                Curvature of the Mind now with 3D

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                • M Mark_Wallace

                  OK, so John takes dead cars and turns them into super-cars, I take wood and make houses/furniture/absolutely anything out of it, and DD takes suckers and makes money out of them (tres tory); but we're extremes, and this place is full of analytical brains that should be able to turn their associated hands to anything, so what is it that you actually, physically make, when not sitting at a computer?

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  snorkie
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                  I made a 20 foot carbon fiber canoe and raced it 340 miles down the Missouri River... It wasn't pretty, but it did pass the finish line! Never want to build another boat, it was tough! Hogan

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                    I made a 20 foot carbon fiber canoe and raced it 340 miles down the Missouri River... It wasn't pretty, but it did pass the finish line! Never want to build another boat, it was tough! Hogan

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                    Mark_Wallace
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                    heh. It's like a lot of things: it looks really simple until you actually have to do it.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    • M Mark_Wallace

                      Simon O'Riordan from UK wrote:

                      A 1:72 scale trio of V-Bombers

                      Cool birds! The three different ones?

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      Simon ORiordan from UK
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                      Of course! Plus a couple of rare ones: a Fairey Delta 2 and a Saunders Roe SR 53. On the mantelpiece in the same room, a 1:48 TSR2 and a 1:48 Tornado. :-D

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                      • M Mark_Wallace

                        OK, so John takes dead cars and turns them into super-cars, I take wood and make houses/furniture/absolutely anything out of it, and DD takes suckers and makes money out of them (tres tory); but we're extremes, and this place is full of analytical brains that should be able to turn their associated hands to anything, so what is it that you actually, physically make, when not sitting at a computer?

                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                        KP Lee
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                        A motorized merry-go-round using washing machine parts, a giraffe unicycle from a bicycle, remodeled our home (with a lot of help), some lathe work, wood toys, furniture, nothing recently.

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                        • K KP Lee

                          A motorized merry-go-round using washing machine parts, a giraffe unicycle from a bicycle, remodeled our home (with a lot of help), some lathe work, wood toys, furniture, nothing recently.

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                          Mark_Wallace
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                          KP Lee wrote:

                          a giraffe unicycle from a bicycle

                          You should put a clip of the giraffe riding it on youtube!

                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                          • A Andy Brummer

                            I've only tested it on my phone. I guess I'll have to look into getting it into one of the app stores.

                            Curvature of the Mind now with 3D

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                            Mark_Wallace
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                            Just a thought... You didn't invent this to look up Australian girls' skirts, did you?

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                            • B BillWoodruff

                              Whoopee, hanky-panky, and mayhem.

                              « There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. » Salvador Dali

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                              Gary R Wheeler
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                              My surprise ranges spectrally from infra-dig to ultra-violent at your response, Sir W. I expected something that at least made me consult my dictionary once :-D.

                              Software Zen: delete this;

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                              • M Mark_Wallace

                                Member 9694337 wrote:

                                It must be in the family 'coz my 13 yo daughter asked me the other day if she could borrow a roll of 36-Gauge copper sheet I had laying around.

                                Wanna swap kids?

                                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                Member 9694337
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                                When my wife was expecting we had a 400 euro bet with her whether we were going to have a boy or a girl. I lost the bet but my daughter still likes everything I do ... action movies, basketball, football (that's soccer for some), etc etc. The only thing my wife gets to do is shop for teenage clothes.

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