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I looked around for a general hobby/interest thread and didn't find one, so here we are.

How do you guys spend your time? Does anyone have any hobbies?

I forage a good bit. I love nature, but walks can get...boring so I started reading up on foraging and tracking and really got into it a couple of years back.

I'm a very poor tracker, but I'm getting better at foraging. I could survive off of prickly pears and pecans if I need to, but a little variety never hurt anyone so I've been focusing on wild herbs in my area. Wild onions grow like mad.

I've also been shooting crossbows for about a year. I have a bow, but for whatever reason really took to crossbows.

What are you guys doing in your down time?
 
Theoretically my other hobbies are hiking. I don't generally find it boring, but...seem to have a lack of places for a good outdoor walk/hike in Central Indiana. (99% of the trees having been removed in favor of endless acres of corn.)

I used to enjoy photography, but mainly landscapes, and I lost a bit of interest in that when I moved to Indiana.

Mostly spend time staring at the TV watching YouTube or other mindless streaming. Unfortunately.
 
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I scuba dive, fish, hunt and travel abroad a few times a year. I own a scuba dive shop here in Idaho that I do part time which allows me to take groups on dive trips around the world.
Where's your favorite spot to dive so far? I was in Bora Bora 6 years ago and ended up talking to an underwater welder who preferred Cozumel to French Polynesia for the diving. Just curious as to what people with more experience than me think.


I'm in to my alltrac (obvs), family life, travel, non-harley motorcycles, knife making, cooking, Arduino projects, bicycling, camping, a never ending list of welding projects, and occasional beer brewing and kayaking.
We don't have a lot of great nature here in the Midwest, but leaving it to go explore places like the Andes, SE Asia, United Kingdom has never been an issue for myself and my family.

I really want to drag my kayak and hammock up to the boundary waters this or next summer and disappear for a few weeks. That'll hop to the top of my alltrac/life balance.
 
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Where's your favorite spot to dive so far? I was in Bora Bora 6 years ago and ended up talking to an underwater welder who preferred Cozumel to French Polynesia for the diving. Just curious as to what people with more experience than me think.


I'm in to my alltrac (obvs), family life, travel, non-harley motorcycles, knife making, cooking, Arduino projects, bicycling, camping, a never ending list of welding projects, and occasional beer brewing and kayaking.
We don't have a lot of great nature here in the Midwest, but leaving it to go explore places like the Andes, SE Asia, United Kingdom has never been an issue for myself and my family.

I really want to drag my kayak and hammock up to the boundary waters this or next summer and disappear for a few weeks. That's cost to the top of my alltrac/life balance.


Cozumel is probably my favorite as well followed by Bonaire then Roatan. Cozumel is an amazing reef with drift diving which is my cup of tea.
 
Cozumel is probably my favorite as well followed by Bonaire then Roatan. Cozumel is an amazing reef with drift diving which is my cup of tea.
Aruba has been in my vacation long list for a while. I'll have to move it up! We normally hit a few places when we are out... Should be easy to add Roatan to the list. Thanks !
 
I spent a stupid amount of time designing and modeling random things. Right now Im doing Halo Reach armor and 3D printing it. I also rockclimb and game! All fun stuff all and all

Are you doing full size armor? Any pics? That's pretty awesome.
 
Are you doing full size armor? Any pics? That's pretty awesome.
Yes I am, I dont have any good pics yet as I have only printed so many pieces, I left some of them here. I am going to vacuum bag carbon fiber over it to make sure its super strong too. Helmets the farthest piece, hindsight 20/20 should have vacuum bagged it instead out wet layup. Carbon is not fun to work with, gets in your skin, carcinogen...whole 9 meters. A lot of "failed" attempts exist just getting the sizing right, asian genes didnt do me justice on my big super solider proportions I wont bore you with the details but I'm making the armor functional. Thermal imaging in the helmet, radar, gps, HUD, armor will have lights etc. I'm going to CNC mill out a BR55 and put an airsoft gearbox in it too. Functional bolt, ammo count etc. **** you do when your an ME student and a nerd. Very much a slow burn project though. School and 3 jobs ruins you. Once this project gets farther I'll maybe post the final stuff!

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Yes I am, I dont have any good pics yet as I have only printed so many pieces, I left some of them here. I am going to vacuum bag carbon fiber over it to make sure its super strong too. Helmets the farthest piece, hindsight 20/20 should have vacuum bagged it instead out wet layup. Carbon is not fun to work with, gets in your skin, carcinogen...whole 9 meters. A lot of "failed" attempts exist just getting the sizing right, asian genes didnt do me justice on my big super solider proportions I wont bore you with the details but I'm making the armor functional. Thermal imaging in the helmet, radar, gps, HUD, armor will have lights etc. I'm going to CNC mill out a BR55 and put an airsoft gearbox in it too. Functional bolt, ammo count etc. **** you do when your an ME student and a nerd. Very much a slow burn project though. School and 3 jobs ruins you. Once this project gets farther I'll maybe post the final stuff!

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Looks pretty cool so far. I look forward to seeing more.

Anyone else have any interests they want to post?
 
My hobbies kinda intersect with my work.

I make things: art, sculpture, custom toys, etc... You can see some of those things on my other works page: https://www.coldironworks.com/otherworks/
Mind the dust, I am trying to update my portfolio in the other sections.

Some of you know I do a YouTube and IG dedicated to trying to use my car to get attention from the community in hopes of raising awareness of the car and also getting more parts made for us. What you may not know is I also used to have a toy shop but still collect robots, build model kits, and review toys. Once I finish learning some 3d skills, I may expand the channel to some of my other projects.
https://www.youtube.com/@NoriToy

Other than that, I have an interest in philosophy, learning, and raising my kids.
 
My hobbies kinda intersect with my work.

I make things: art, sculpture, custom toys, etc... You can see some of those things on my other works page: https://www.coldironworks.com/otherworks/
Mind the dust, I am trying to update my portfolio in the other sections.

Some of you know I do a YouTube and IG dedicated to trying to use my car to get attention from the community in hopes of raising awareness of the car and also getting more parts made for us. What you may not know is I also used to have a toy shop but still collect robots, build model kits, and review toys. Once I finish learning some 3d skills, I may expand the channel to some of my other projects.
https://www.youtube.com/@NoriToy

Other than that, I have an interest in philosophy, learning, and raising my kids.
I love gundams, I have like 30-40. Still have a real grade i gotta get to
 
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