Topics: cigars, cigar, zippo lighters, zippo lighter, humidor, cigar humidors, cigar humidor, cigar box, cigar
Everybody has had that one friend: the guy who always, no matter what the inconvenience to himself or the implications for the cleanness of his floors, rolled his own cigarettes. Even if reasonably-priced ones were available, this friend just liked to […]
Topics: speedboat, boats
Are you one of those people who have always dreamed about having the wind in your hair while enjoying the sounds sights and smell of the big waters as you flash pass sailboats or other slower vessels? If so then you are probably thinking about a speed boat. Before you make your purchase […]
Topics: boats, fishing boats, boat shopping
If you enjoy fishing, on today’s market there is a large variety of fishing boats available for you to buy. A fishing boat can be something as small as a canoe where you dangle basic bait over the side in a river stream or it can be a powerful cabin […]
Topics: submarines, model submarines, building model submarines
Perhaps you’ve always had an interest in history. You may be a model boat builder looking for a new change of pace. With the growing number of model boats out there, you may not realize that submarines are part of that family. For the history buff or those interested […]
Topics: boats, boat storage, storing your boat
After the summer is over and all the summer fun has been had, its time to put your boat away for the winter. Some people choose to leave their boat docked in the water while others will find a warm comfortable place to keep their boat away from the […]
Topics: jewelry, custom jewelry
If you have a great sense of style and creativity, getting involved in constructing quality custom jewelry for individual clients would be the right thing to do. You will soon be flooded with phone calls asking you to construct special pieces for them or as gifts for others.
Making custom jewelry is […]
Topics: model sailboat, modeling, sailboat, model sailboats
Through the model sailboat, we can see just how important the simple cloth sail is to world history.
From the days of the ancient mariners, the simple sail has been used to harness the power of the wind. For thousands of years, sailing vessels have traversed the great oceans of […]
Topics: Hobby, Recreation, Traveling
If a hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit, could you count the number of hobbies you have practiced over the past or you are still pursuing now and then that have given you some kind of return apart from the psychological one? In case you can identify even one, then you probably […]
Topics: thoroughbred horse racing, horse racing handicapping, horse racing tip, horse racing game, thoroughbred
Many sports rival it, but you’d be hard pressed to name any competitive human activity harder than being a jockey. There’s the food deprivation - the constant training - the danger, even likelihood, of bone-crushing accidents. No wonder that of all athletes, […]
Topics: telescopes, astronomy
There are several factors you will need to think about when you buy that first telescope. The salesperson will no doubt cover for you all the advantages of having the biggest aperture and all the accessories you will ever need. However, there are a few considerations the salesperson might miss that […]
Topics: hobbies, models, rc boats, radio controlled boats
When I was a kid growing up here in Florida I went through a period of time when I wanted a radio controlled boat more than anything on earth. I have always loved the water and the idea of being able to race an RC boat on the […]
Topics: puzzles, games
I’m a crossword puzzle junkie, descended from a long line of family members with the same addiction. My parents would spend Sunday mornings, doing ones in various newspapers and my dad bought me my first crossword puzzle book when I was in the first grade.
Recently, some buddies and I decided to take a […]
Topics: telescopes, astronomy, refractor telescope, reflector telescope
Telescopes can help you to see far off objects. The distance is determined by the type and quality of your telescope. Of course, a toy store telescope will not be able to put into view the same objects as the Hubble Telescope can. Somewhere in the […]
Topics: telescopes, astronomy
If there were one kind of telescope that was the only kind of telescope worth getting, there would be no market for any others. Yet, there are many different kinds of telescopes being sold. This leads to the fact that not all telescopes are right for all people. When you […]
Topics: free woodcarving pattern, wood working equipment, woodcarving
For the sculptor wood is only one of the media in which he works. Stone, cement, plaster, wax, metals, and in recent years plastics, are some of the diverse materials that come under his hand. He is likely to have a bias towards certain media, a liking for […]
Topics: mechanical drawing tips, drafting paper, drafting stool
For the draftsman, the protractor is a very useful implement. The protractor is used to measure angles just as the ruler is used to measure lengths. With a little practice, you will be able to use a protractor accurately.
Most protractors are in the form of a semicircle, […]
Topics: how to make a movie, movie script
Once you have mastered the basics of the structure of the sequence, the mechanics of smoothness, coherence, and camera logic you are ready for something that relies on your “feel” for motion pictures, on that intuitive extra something that can set your work apart.
We have studied pictorial continuity […]
Topics: free furniture plan, furniture, furniture plan
The identification and selection of woods for use in the cabinet shop is not a subject that can easily be learned from books. Colored illustrations would help, but you need to become acquainted with woods by actually handling them, and having someone, expert on the subject, identify them for […]
Topics: billiard tip, billiard tips, billiards, billiard, billiard table
The average amateur really wants to know two things about his billiards; first, what he can do; secondly, what he cannot do. Perhaps my meaning would be better expressed if I said that it will pay the average amateur if he knows what it will profit him […]
Topics: model air plane kit, model plane
Starting in the dawn of recorded history and continuing to this present day, man has patterned his construction pastimes and artistic ability basically on the precise image of objects and persons known to him. The primitive cave man scratched crude drawings on the walls of his house, using as […]