Other hobbies?
#1
03-06-2018, 09:08 PM
Other hobbies?
it seems a lot of the members here like to work on cars. I wish I had the know how to do more myself, but I don’t Instead I sew, read, and make stuff. What do you do?
#2
03-07-2018, 12:42 PM
1) Co-Lead for my Neighborhood Nexdoor Neighborhood (550 people). Nextdoor is ok as long as everyone is politish and plays by the rules.
It's the neighborhoods where the leads don't keep the peace and delete the personal attacks where it degenerates into a name calling, obscenity laden cespool.
2) Collect Antique pocket watches.
Oldest I have is from 1883. Span about 1880's to 1930s. None are terribly valuable. My collection consists of watches that are all of good quality, can keep time, and are physically intact (no cracks on face, no broken crystals, etc)
I have about 20. All of them run and at one time all of them kept proper time. The key is to wind them all up and run them monthly to keep the oil on the gears from drying out or running off the gears. I went a few years without doing so; most are now slow, a few are fast. They have an external adjustment but it only works so far. Most need to be disassembled, cleaned, re oiled, and timed.
Very difficult to find watchmakers to service them as it is becoming a lost art, and the folks that do learn the trade charge half as much as most of my watches are worth to clean them.
3) Searching fo0r a job. Don't get me started
4) Die hard Philadelphia Flyers fan. Love ice hockey, can't skate.
5) other stuff
It's the neighborhoods where the leads don't keep the peace and delete the personal attacks where it degenerates into a name calling, obscenity laden cespool.
2) Collect Antique pocket watches.
Oldest I have is from 1883. Span about 1880's to 1930s. None are terribly valuable. My collection consists of watches that are all of good quality, can keep time, and are physically intact (no cracks on face, no broken crystals, etc)
I have about 20. All of them run and at one time all of them kept proper time. The key is to wind them all up and run them monthly to keep the oil on the gears from drying out or running off the gears. I went a few years without doing so; most are now slow, a few are fast. They have an external adjustment but it only works so far. Most need to be disassembled, cleaned, re oiled, and timed.
Very difficult to find watchmakers to service them as it is becoming a lost art, and the folks that do learn the trade charge half as much as most of my watches are worth to clean them.
3) Searching fo0r a job. Don't get me started
4) Die hard Philadelphia Flyers fan. Love ice hockey, can't skate.
5) other stuff
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