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Wooden keepsake boxes with hand carved floral inlays for the top.
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That's something I haven't done much of. I've done a bit of marquetry, but not so much carving.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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We have a toddler at home, so I have to take anything and turn it into... well anything! 
Now when she's passed the 2.5 years mark and have a bit more patience we'll pick up on the Arduino and Android powered robot again soon, which never passed the breadboard stage and so far only been used to create 'art'.
I used to program PLCs, industry automation is awesome. Still programming but it affects the real world directly. Damn I miss those days! Well, one couldn't waste time online back then of course.....
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I assume that gunk is turning into beer?
I stopped drinking alcohol some 15 years ago, but back then some mates tried to brew their own beer too. The results they achieved encouraged the rest of us to stick to moon-shine! This was up in the barren north of Sweden, so almost legal!
I wish you better luck than those guys!
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You assume right ... and what a great beer it turned into !
Last year I tried to brew a clone of Carnegie Porter 3,5% and it turned out well. Now it is all gone. I tend to like low alcohol beers.
I'm getting really nice beers with little effort. Thanks !
Moon-shine is evil. I don't touch it... and also, never drunk alcohol 
j/k
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I used to write fiction when I was only a student.
Now that I'm actually working as a programmer I rather knit stuff.  I love to hand knit scarves and pullovers~
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When civilisation collapses, that'll be a damned good skill to have.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: John takes dead cars and turns them into super-cars
Not exactly. He takes perfectly good cars and turns them into fire breathing monsters.
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I don't have a lot of artistic creativity, so I haven't really "created" much. I did build some model cars, but only to put the zillions of parts together. Never made them.
I've always found that I was better at destroying disassembling things, not creating them.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
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Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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You're right. Most developers I know are 'makers'..those that love to build something.
My latest is a 500 sq ft garage apartment that is ultra efficient. It's really nice to go out after a day at the office and pound some nails.
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stevev6 wrote: My latest is a 500 sq ft garage apartment
For a moment there, I thought "Whoa! That's bigger than my house!", but then it clicked that it was feet, not metres.
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I built my own Cedar Strip Canoe.
I built my own Geodesic Home from the ground up.
Anyone interested in a picture I'll post a link.
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Roger165 wrote: Anyone interested in a picture I'll post a link.
The dome? Hell yes!
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My favorite is aimlessly whittling sticks by the campfire.
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Almost a lost art. Shame, that.
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Apart from the usual Cooking, DIY, car maintenance, model aircraft/helicopters from scratch etc, I have a lathe and milling machine with keeps me happy in the basement. My biggest problem in life is normally how I can find a local source for inconel 713 and shape it without trashing my bits. When I was 8 years old I also learnt to mind read. When my dad's hand appeared out from under a car I always had to predict the correct tool before any colourful language would appear. 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. Though still not sure if she wants to be a lawyer, a dentist, an engineer or a physicist. Oh crap! Don't tell me she's going to be an artist.
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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?
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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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No single type of thing in particular but definitely enjoy making physical things in the real world vs. just software. So, metalwork, woodwork, auto repair and any other equipment (garden and farm tractors, attachments, etc), home remodeling stuff (tiling, wiring) and landscaping. I find though it's mostly just thinking about and designing in past years as with having small children there isn't too much time. . .but getting better. Wish I had more time!
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Kent K wrote: I find though it's mostly just thinking about and designing
That's the big similarity between carpentry and software development: the more time you spend working out what to do and how to do it, the easier and quicker the actual work is.
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A misting frame to help (I think) help to dissipate the heat from my AC unit more efficiently.
I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office
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That's a new one on me. I'll have to google it.
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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.
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