Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 2:27 am
Hmm, for cheap customization oportunities, your best bet is cars. You don't have to go the rice route. Buy some beat up, old, piece of crap that barely runs and rebuild engine, transmission, etc. You'll learn a lot, it'll impress more people than any computer, and it can be done cheaply if you're flexible. I can't do it now, because I don't have a garage, but someday I'd like to try rebuilding an engine.Peijen wrote:I should find something I can customize hell out of it and call it a hobby. Something other than computer(no money), car(i think it's stupid), or gun(taken).
If you're still against cars, consider other things with engines. Motorcycles, boats, ATVs, hovercraft, experimental aircraft (if you're suicidal), etc. Engines are kind of the quintessential tinkering item. The problem is that anything other than cars, and maybe motorcycles will be expensive.
There are lots of other hobbies that don't exactly involve customization, but can involve lots of accessories, which may be acceptable as well. Fishing, golf, hunting, bicycling, astronomy, home theater, photography, amateur radio, hobby electronics, any type of collecting, sewing, meteorology, archery, painting or sculpting, machine shop, carpentry, and furniture-making. I'm sure there are others, but that's as many as I could think of off the top of my head.
Actually, the nice thing about a machine shop is that you can build most of you tools yourself once you have a couple basics. Half of what you do with the shop is just build more tools. My dad has a milling machine he inherited from his father, and he's just recently gotten into playing around with his shop in general.