Otherwise, most of my skills, such as they are, are car or computer games related.
Each time anyone asks for help or information about something that really doesn't have anything to do with 7s, it seems that there are people
here who know about the subject in question.
I thought it would be interesting to provide an opportunity for people to mention skills that they have, whether or not those skills would be likely
to be called upon in the building of our sort of car.
I'll start the ball rolling, and mention that I seem to know quite a lot about-
1) making and repairing of electric guitars,
2) woodworking machinery, and the design and construction of kitchens
So, what about you lot? Any interesting, or maybe even non-interesting skill?
John
I'm pretty sure I can change an electricity meter better than anyone else on here. But only because I think I'm the only one who has that
job. Otherwise, most of my skills, such as they are, are car or computer games related.
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Originally posted by mr henderson
1) making and repairing of electric guitars,
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Originally posted by Benzine
I've got a book about guitar building but I haven't built any yet. I've got some really nice mahogany lying around so maybe could use that
erm....
DJing (proper beat matching, club style DJing using vinyl, far from just playing one song after anoother at a wedding)
errr...
can't think of a lot else unrelated to the cars
Designing the roads, rather than just driving on them.
Spent 5 years as a highway designer, worked on M6 toll, A2/M2, A13, plus some big foreign jobs (£600m+)
Then spent the next 3 years working as a Diving Instructor in Lanzarote
Sean
im a very hard worker thats good at taking orders oh and i like to build stuff, like cars for instance
Couple of hundred views, and not many replies!
Must be a lot of shy ones out there, I reckon.
John
Most home DIY stuff, electrics plumbing etc....
Restoring vintage juke boxes - havent done one for a few years but I thing the bug might just have bitten again.
Building and repairing Valve Amplifiers - Marshall, Vox, Fender etc...
Built a couple of electric guitars, - well, assembled and finished them from bought in components.
Karting
In live theater...
Stage management
Props and scenery making and moving
Lighting design and operation
Cheers
Fred W B
As a degree qualified automobile engineer , i feel , to offer impartial advice on anything else would be simply foolish !!
im pretty good with my middle wicket
i like the sound of building a guitar tho .
they have courses at a local school , ive always wanted to enrol on
I am very good at coaching shot and discus, and have coached a number of junior athletes who have represented Wales and Great Britain.
I am also pretty good at inspecting and repairing large aboveground oil storage tanks, like at oil refineries.
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General municipal engineering - ex Town Engineer so planning, designing, building and maintaining all Municipal services; Dinghy racing - ex National
Champion; abiding interest in anything automotive; excellent husband and all round grump 
Did an engineering aprenticeship milling ,fitting and turning, carpet fitting for a couple of years, done a lot of wood turning and woodwork, carving
etc made17 large victorian style rocking horses , made a kit car 17 yrs ago will tackle most things diy, in my "spare" time have been a
copper for the last 21 years
Another guitar tech here, used to tour as a backline tech, FOH and monitor sound engineer, and tour management. Built a few guitars and valve amps, effects, custom cabs, and used to assemble PA systems for touring and festivals as well. Now work in engineering and construction, mainly large industrial projects, so most areas of steel bashing covered there.
This thread is depressing.
I can string a few words together but other than that I appear to be without talent.
bugger
cheers
Chris
I'm a mechanic by trade so pretty much covers most car related subjects.
In my spare time I enjoy photography and also I'm pretty nifty with photoshop. Comes in handy for when people what colour changes or wheel swaps
on their cars.
Some of my work below, Technically they're not great but the diference from how they started is massive.
I try not to do too many cars, I mainly use it for touching in my photo's but 'shopping' cars is good practice.
Spent the first year after school doing general engineering from metal work to detailed drawings, went on to be a sparks which lasted for about 4
years now I work with fibre optic installs from work in our network sites to customer installs (don't touch the underground stuff).
Other uses: I have an engineers mind and enjoy designing and building anything from my paddle shift to gutting and rebuilding my house, which is still
ongoing and as the wife would tell you will be forever ongoing
YQUSTA
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Originally posted by chrisg
I can string a few words together but other than that I appear to be without talent.
Im an engine fitter for rolls royce (Aerospace) and have done some of the same for grumman in the US.
Other than that I build cars lol
... I guess we're all claiming parking the pony as a skill
Well I'm a jack of all trades when it comes to hobbies / non-work related stuff (same as my job actually!!!)....
- Electronics, microprocessors, making gadgets with maximum LED count...
- Crashing radio controlled aeroplanes (current world champion 
)
- Growing organic vegetables
- Brewing all grain homebrew
- Digital video editing
- Moderately large DIY stuff
- A bit handy in the kitchen
- Building computers and seeing how hard I can work (overclock) them before they pop
- Spotting (+ identifying) various little flying animals (birdwatching- extremely un-cool but hey)...
Now if only I was good at just one rather than moderately poor at all of them!!!
... and then there's my most practised skill:
- inventing reasons not to go into my messy and cold garage and get the hell on with doing my EFi conversion (with my shiny new Innovate LC-1 my bro
gave me for Christmas)....
I like this thread, its very "feel good" and I'm hugely impressed with the range of skills everyone has!
I am a trained commerical tailor (I can measure, pin and recommend cuts and shapes but I can't do any alterations myself!)
I also have a degree in Human genetics (although the less said about this the better )
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Originally posted by mr henderson
quote:
Originally posted by chrisg
I can string a few words together but other than that I appear to be without talent.
Oh come on, there must be something (other than self effacement)
John
Software testing (yawn) - but glad to test Locosters' software projects.
Documentation (yawn) - but glad to document Locosters' software projects (if I'm interested in the project).
Mucking around with micro-controllers (PIC processors).
Hate DIY.
Small-scale engineering (involving lathes, drill press, shaper)
Hate DIY.
Cooking.
Hate DIY.
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Originally posted by cd.thomson
I like this thread, its very "feel good" and I'm hugely impressed with the range of skills everyone has!
I am a trained commerical tailor (I can measure, pin and recommend cuts and shapes but I can't do any alterations myself!)
I also have a degree in Human genetics (although the less said about this the better
I have an ology from school.
Other than that, 20 years as a carpenter desiging and building bespoke kitchens staicasses and other furniture, hardwood doors windows and
conservetories.
Also if you want to get fit i was British number 1 indoors at 800m and number 2 outdoors back in the very late 90s.
Oh , i have also built my own sports car, He He He.
IMI qualified mechanic
NVQ level 5 customer service
First Aider (now out of date)
BTEC engineering
Post Gradute Degree in how NOT to chat up girls
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Originally posted by mr henderson
quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
I like this thread, its very "feel good" and I'm hugely impressed with the range of skills everyone has!
I am a trained commerical tailor (I can measure, pin and recommend cuts and shapes but I can't do any alterations myself!)
I also have a degree in Human genetics (although the less said about this the better
Seems quite a move, from genetics to tailoring. Does a tale hang thereby?
I'm quite a good carp angler!
I'm a terrible racer, but I try hard, don't crash into (too many) people and bloody enjoy every minute!
Other than that, I know a little bit about an awful lot! Dangerous stuff! If I ever offer advice, don't take it!
I know a lot about lungs - but increasing little about everything else!
Chris
I joined the Forces at 17, did an apprenticeship and BTEC in engineering and aircraft engineering including tin bashing etc......Then spent 13 years
in CSI including 7 specialising in fire and arson investigation..............I've now moved sideways but still work for a Police force.
I'm completely renovating our house which allows me to include toys like home cinema (projector/screen etc) network, surround sound.
I build computers, like cooking, hate gardening and after 3 Alfa's I am very good with car wiring!!!
You guys have a common creating streak with all of this musical talent. I can't play a note but will listen to anything.
Hope santa was good to you all
Steve
I know a suspiciosly large amount about drugs!?
I can produce suprisingly nice home brew beer and wine (fruit makes better wine than vegetables)
diving is almost as good as driving for another pasttime
I am a signwriter, yes the old school way with a brush, gold leave work and gilding (not many of us left)
Play the drums (semi professional)
Have restored old drumkits, done PA hire and sound mixing, play the bass.
Been a pimp
...only joking (pimp that is)
errm, funny one this!
digger driving, 360 and backhoe,
tractor driving on most jobs
blocklaying
concreting
domestic wiring (though not qualified)
industrial wiring (done install up to 800amp, and cabling to 120xsqmm, though again not qualified)
prototype test rig design for agricultural machinery
design of agricultural machinery
general fabrication including:
mig, tig, gas and stick welding plus brazing and hard soldering
oxy fuel cutting and gouging
roll forming
guillotine and non-cnc pressbrake
turning and milling
soft soldering
wiring loom manufacture
off-road vehicle design and manufacture
general fitting work on farm machinery, quarry machinery, and most industrial stuff from steel rolling mill to injection moulding machinery.
Design layout and build of epdm rubber extrusion equipment, and currently also plastics (polypropylene, TPO and PVC) extrusion line, for automotive
market products.
Basic carpentry (though I do this as little as possible!!!! )
Basic animal husbandry for poultry, sheep, cattle and goats
Rebuilding garden/horticultural machinery
Gardening
Brewing (wine, champagnes and beers)
Home butchering of deer and sheep
Pit crewing for various racers, though only caterham superlight team as of late.
Pastimes then include mountain biking (but not much lately and I'm getting fatter!!! ) radio control nitro buggy thrashing and crashing, walking
and camping, watching motorsport, growing my own food, home butchering again, drinking too much, going to as many gigs as possible when not doing the
above, driving the locost, messing with the locost, building the autograss car..................
Building autograss racing cars (very slowly due to the above!! LOL )
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[Edited on 28/12/08 by NS Dev]
OOOH, just remembered:
Play 'Cello, (distinction @ grade 8)
Grade 1 piano (pretty rubbish at that! )
Cooking, do most of that as I rather like it as well! (just made 3 kg of lovely venison liver pate from some fallow deer shot by a mate, was a good
extra pressie for my mum at christmas! )
[Edited on 28/12/08 by NS Dev]
And what do you do in the afternoons?
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Originally posted by NS Dev
Basic animal husbandry for poultry, sheep, cattle and goats
lol
I guess they should but its not as much fun
afternoons, what are they???
My neighbour has just been round, I now have a chargecooler on his turbo kadett to pipe up, another engine management loom to make for an Omex ecu
I've never used before and a turbo exhaust manifold to make and somehow find room for a 60mm wastegate...........
need more hours
Spent 13 yrs as a fridge/aircon engineer did electrical engineering course as a pup before moving to telecoms, installing/programming and wiring phone
systems/data networks/cctv repairing telecoms/electronic equipment.
Used to be a werewolf but I'm alright nooowwwooooo.
Cheers,
Bob
[Edited on 29/12/08 by splitrivet]
Nothing too unusual.
Repairing and upgrading electrical and electronic equipment - mainly stereo equipment, but also TVs and computer stuff. Building and fixing peoples
computers.
2D and 3D CAD design/modelling
Photography - 35mm and digital
Tattoo design
And a few other things which shall remain secret
David
quote:
Originally posted by flak monkey
Tattoo design
David
should have come to locost first!
Piano playing and teaching for me. I also write music but spend more time working on cars nowadays.
I can lay my hand to Mixing a live band, video editing from filming to production.
I can advise people about arranging finance.
I'm not very good at building an MK though.................it seems to be taking ages. Must get my arse into gear.
Pete.