[davesa]

Yes, it does require some specialty tools - I have quite a bit invested, but you can start and build your collection. I have a 1929 South Bend lathe, a Grizzly tabletop mill, a 2x72 belt grinder as well as a variety of hand tools ( files, sanding blocks, 1/2" battery powered drill, hack saw ). You will also need something to help you measure - like a digital caliper, steel ruler, etc..

Once you get some experience you can create a bunch of fun stuff - similar to woodworking. I really enjoy looking at the headphone cable beads I did when pop on my headphones. Might be time to do a couple more as I might need to make a few more cables.

 

[ScornDefeat]

Yes, it does require some specialty tools - I have quite a bit invested, but you can start and build your collection. I have a 1929 South Bend lathe, a Grizzly tabletop mill, a 2x72 belt grinder as well as a variety of hand tools ( files, sanding blocks, 1/2" battery powered drill, hack saw ). You will also need something to help you measure - like a digital caliper, steel ruler, etc..

Once you get some experience you can create a bunch of fun stuff - similar to woodworking. I really enjoy looking at the headphone cable beads I did when pop on my headphones. Might be time to do a couple more as I might need to make a few more cables.

Certainly looks like you need a hell of a work bench to get rolling on this! But the results speak for themselves...gorgeous!

Those headphone beads/splitters are beautiful, and it must feel so much better knowing you constructed them yourself (my favorite aspect of doing DIY work).

It will take me a few years, but I'm certainly interested in getting involved in metal work at some point!

 

[Malevolent]

I'm a casual on-off player since the mid-90s. I haven't participated in any tournaments, but I have a collection of 15 decks that I have painstakingly assembled over the years.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

I cook

https://www.instagram.com/p/CC8TR74Ho-G/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Right down to curing meat, like pork cheeks for carbonara/Amatriciana

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBp9i9pHiFF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link



Also photography
https://flic.kr/p/2hNyQZD

https://www.flickr.com/photos/15966715@N06/albums/72157711868785128

 

[ScornDefeat]

I cook

https://www.instagram.com/p/CC8TR74Ho-G/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Right down to curing meat, like pork cheeks for carbonara/Amatriciana

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBp9i9pHiFF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link



Also photography
https://flic.kr/p/2hNyQZD

https://www.flickr.com/photos/15966715@N06/albums/72157711868785128

Looks tremendous! I also love to cook...but always wanted to cure meats/dry age and never had room. Jealous!

 

[ProtegeManiac]

Looks tremendous! I also love to cook...but always wanted to cure meats/dry age and never had room. Jealous!

I just do this in my fridge, the real problem is clearing enough room for initial cure where you have raw meat in salt in there (what I do now is any veg I'll eat raw I'll only buy the same day, otherwise they're kimchi and pickles in sealed containers).

And what prompted it a few years ago was how much real corned beef/pastrami and guanciale/pancetta cost in Manila. My reuben, carbonara, and Amatriciana habit was getting too expensive.