k so I've been making my own juice for years and now I'm homebrewing my own beer. what else should i be making? soap perhaps. sorry if its off topic but this sub is full of crafty guys and i want more diy hobbies .thanks guys some really good ideas. Love you all but the amout of pro meth comments has me worried for a few of you. I grow a few herbs in my kitchen and could up that game. Ive had a hydro kit im my amazon basket for a while now too. Good luck to you all on all your endeavours
Cocaine production, of course.
Ah,. But coca leaves are sometimes difficult to source.
Maybe if he started with something simple, like meth?
Seeds perhaps. Although cold medicine is easier to source lol
Not anymore, psuedoephedrine is tightly regulated and is being phased out with Nexaphed, containing Impede which makes it all but impossible to convert to methamphetamine. There's still other sources of ephedra(ine) like cat tails(the plant) or certain chicken feed, and Crystal Meth is grown (it's a fungus) from Nitromethane which is still easily available but it's a trickier process and can take up to a month. Better to get into Shroom/Weed growing or Research Chemical synthesis.
Depending on where you are, grow your own weed maybe?
Came here to say this. It’s extremely satisfying to put your love and care in a plant, and in the end you get some great weed. The initial cost is up there, but you can make your money back quick if you smoke or sell.
Cannabis cultivation and the DIY ejuice thing can dovetail off of each other quite nicely.
Get a still from Amazon, and you can extract your own concentrates to make a THC or CBD infused vape. There are some other, lower cost methods, but the still method makes really pure, clean tasting concentrates.
Diy mods. Not too hard, but regulated ones can be tricky.
i saw those vids on youtube but mods are so cheap now.. dna chip for me would be so expensive.
I’m assuming you also make your own coils? You can fall into a pretty deep rabbit hole with all the different coil designs you can craft.
For sure. I bought a corded drill and a couple other little things. It's really fun and rewarding when you get it perfect.
Can confirm. I went through an obsession where I just kept making them for no reason lol. Just the satisfaction of getting another one perfect (or not and then I scream)
I was totally into this for a while, but having tried some of the new mesh coils... I don't think I can go back. They are like the best chain-link coil I ever wrapped but way more power efficient and no compromise between flavor and volume, plus feels like less\no hot spots so carmelizing and stuff is less of an issue.
This is interesting to read. I got into vaping heavily over the last month, and I already have heaps of different tanks, most of them being mesh.
I recently got a cheap clone Hadaly RDA clone off FastTech and its nice, but not spectacular. I find it mostly useful for testing mixes.
I thought I would be pining to move to RDAs and winding my own coils but honestly the mesh tanks seem pretty damn great to me. Power and juice hungry, sure, but juice being so cheap it doesn't bother me. It basically means my only cost is replacement coils, but when you buy them in 20 packs it comes down to like 2 bucks a piece.
Can I ask which you have enjoyed?
Just got a freemax mesh pro I believe it is, and can't imagine a better experience existing. If anything, it's a little too flavorful. And yeah, relative to a smaller coil\tank it's power hungry, but in terms of what you get out of it and what you would need to wrap to get the same outout it's really efficient. (with a lot more actual metal, more power to reach temp, slower ramp up and down, all kinds of downsides with that, like accidental dry hits often being a death sentence for the wick...)
Also the coils in it are really clean out of the box, first firing tastes perfect, no taste at all of the coil. Flavor switches also seem to be handled by it pretty gracefully, so it wouldn't be terrible for testing mixes in either, and seeing as my main complaint was too flavorful (off the shelf juices, jeeeezhs the sweetness...) you could use a bit less flavoring or sweeteners, all a good thing, IMO, if only for cost savings.
I spend a lot of time cooking. I get the same satisfaction from making a great meal for my family as I do from coming up with a great e-liquid recipe. There's a never-ending supply of new recipes and techniques to keep things interesting.
It's crazy how making ejuice has changed how I cook. It feels far more free-form than before. I'm more willing to make silly changes to see what'll happen.
Also bread making, tea blends, brewing IPA's and especially Kombucha!
Kombucha is a fermented tea drink using a thing called a SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast) that produces a drink that's at most 0.5% ABV. You can add fruit, spices and herbs after the initial fermentation to give it some fantastic flavour. The best I've made was a lemongrass one, second best was a mango one. The sky's the limit!
I've been brewing beer, kombucha and making bread also. Such fun stuff. I can't remember the last time I didn't have something fermenting at home. Fermented hot sauces have become my current obsession.
been a chef for the last 20 years.. gf cant cook to save her life. she looks in the kitchen and says that there is nothing there. i pop in and in ten minutes we have a meal.. everyone should have a few good cheep meals under their belt, not everything has to be food porno
Perhaps a bit too far off topic, but 3D printers can be had in kit form for next to nothing these days. Then it all goes full circle and you will be printing atty stands and cup holder adaptors to put your mod in the car....
Where does one find such things? This sounds fun!
The most popular one is called an “Anet A8”. GearBest sells them. It is a kit so you have to put it all together, and it needs things to make it work well, but aside from a couple of cheap mosfets and some soldering, all the other stuff it needs, you can print with it.
There is a massive community for them. Very active Facebook groups and forums. There are better options if you just want to have a reliable machine, but they cost 3-4 tines as much. If you like to fiddle with stuff, these cheap ones are great fun, and they work well enough out of the box, and frankly really well once you print all the braces and tensioners for it.
Sourdough bread! That's a deep rabbit-hole to go down. Really, fermenting in general, I've got a batch of kimchi going, for example.
Fermenting is really interesting.
NOMA has just published a book on it around 2 weeks ago. (Nr 1 restaurant in the world for a couple of times)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37590384-foundations-of-flavor
NOMA has its own lab for fermentation experiments :D
I make my own scented lotion and perfume/cologne for my husband and I.. my Mom sometimes too. She comes up with CRAZY idea's though, and I am like.. um, no.. just because you like all those doesn't mean you should mix them LOL.
Its a tad bit more expensive start up wise, essential oils and all.. but it last FOREVER. I have a 10ml roller that I made months ago and I've barely used half. Check out Snagshout.com for deals on oils (and other stuff) via Amazon. There are also some really great websites like mountainroseherbs...
You can also used them for dry sheets - we have those wool balls and I drip on a blend I like, clothes smell fantastic.
I also have one of those diffusers that is kinda like a humidifier that keeps my house smelling wonderful!
For inspiration I go to fragrantica and look up my favorite perfume and or cologne and see what their scent profile is and go from there... obviously it doesn't have to be spot on.. but just like DIY juice, its 100x cheaper.
I also make mouthwash.. my parents were told to use biotene or whatever, for dry mouth because of all their meds. All it is is Xylitol and peppermint and spearmint essential oil.. 8 bucks in the store!... make it for like a buck at home.
So what we have learned is that I am an essential oil freak. LOL
Edit - Bread making is another good one. Like sourdough.. mmmmm
OMG this sounds so cool. How did you get into this? Can you recommend a good youtube beginner series? Thanks for sharing and all the info!
I just love smell good stuff Lol but have sensitive skin.. and a lot of perfumes and such make me itch. There are some "starter boxes" on Amazon, but they come with ones you wont likely use a bunch, like Eucalyptus and mints - although a few drops in the corner of the shower when you have a cold do wonders to open the sinuses.
I recommend as a start set up cedar, pine or balsam fir something like that, vanilla, bergamot, lemon, orange, lavender, jasmine (if you like it, its meh for me) and vetiver (which smells like ass alone but just one drop gives a scent its funk/earth/musk note... along with all the "incense" oils, sandalwood, patchouli, frankincense and myrrh.
Flowers, ylang ylang is delightful.. there is also rose, geranium etc.. and spicy notes, cloves, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom..
With 15 or so oils you can make 100 different things, and still have 90% of the bottle left. They're very powerful.
I have a favorite I make in the fall/winter - it reminds me of flannel if it had a smell lol.. its sandalwood dominant note, cardamon and cedar. It smells like a cabin with the fireplace going.. so good! Sometimes I drop in vanilla or bergamont.
www.fragrantica.com is a great place to start in all honesty.. look up your favorite perfume and you quickly learn your likes and dislikes..
There is one youtube video you might like - this guy is at level 1000 and I am like a 7. Lol but /shrug he knows his stuff.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X6xJVy_fwM&list=PLcel35jt4oR0S4GxXu_8CBWesf3JHWS8l
Beard oil is an easy one on the hair/skin care side of things. A couple of carrier oils and an essential oil or two. Mix it all together and done. Been a while since I did the math but it was like 10:1 on what I was paying for commercial stuff.
>I make my own scented lotion and perfume/cologne for my husband and I.. my Mom sometimes too. She comes up with CRAZY idea's though, and I am like.. um, no.. just because you like all those doesn't mean you should mix them LOL.
This right here is the best natural step imo. Very similar it seems.
I always thought making babies was kind of fun. :D
I got super into sourdough and pastry baking. Downside is I'm fatter than I've ever been.
Pickling is dope, yo. Pickled pears, apples, cucumbers, peppers (bonus:roasted), the list is endless.
Making beer seems cool, something I’d really like to get into.
Candles seem like the obvious jump. Can probably recycle some of the same concs, just need jars, wax, and wicks. Any of us who have fiddled with label making, useful here, too.
Like you said, soaps, bath bombs.
Seconding candles. It's a pretty simple hobby to get started in and has a good chance to make you some money if you have a local farmer's market. My better half and I took a few dozen of our candles to one once and made back our initial investment selling around half the product we brought.
I use my juice scale to weight candle wax and sawdust. I make my own fire starters for my Weber charcoal grill. I also am quite deep into making essential oil mixes. I also shave with a safety razor. I’m broke so anytime I can pick up a hobby to save money is an easy sell to the wife.
when you said sawdust and wax i thought you were making bombs for a second
Lol. Weber keeps jacking the cost of their wax starter cubes. I got mad a few years ago and decided to just make my own. I bought 10 lbs of candle wax off amazon and got a 40 gal trash bag of sawdust from a local cabinet making company for free
Lozenges of course.
If only someone would tell us how
How good are you at metalworking? Build your own still. Process that homebrew into something special..
Home forging(metal working, come on guys...) and knife making are relatively simple and cheap for a minimal set up. A cheap anvil can be had at harbor freight(I know, I know... but an anvil is an anvil to start) for like $15USD. And firebricks, different than red brick and cinderblock, are cheap at most shops similar Home Depot or Lowe’s. Firebrick, an air supply(even a thrift store hairdryer can be used), anvil, and a basic tool set can get you started making anything from hunting knives to wall art to Picasso-esque yard art.
Moonshine.
Hot sauce is pretty addictive. Especially if you grow the peppers to make it.
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Can confirm. Growing any plant in general is fantastic. Really dialing in an organic soil mix gets my rocks off.
yeh i have a few herbs in the kitchen.. think tomatoes grow well indoors where i am. used to do my own hot sauce. i would just roast the chillies then pass them through a sieve to remove the skins and add garlic seasoning and a bit of oil.. i dont see much need to f about doing any more than that.
Thc ejuice
does it not take months and months to infuse your bud into the vg? also if i dont grow its a lot of money for something to be sitting for months. like i could be high for a week of a kg of weed or wait.. i dont think i could wait
Get yourself a soda stream for carbonating water and make your own soda flavors.
Are you using the same flavorings you'd use in e-liquid? Any simple recipes you can recommend? I don't even know where to get started, but I imagine making a simple Italian style soda would be similar.
i think using the pg concentrates are quite expensive.. carbonating say apples or lemons with honey sounds like a nice treat.. shit fresh orange is the bomb if you can get really good oranges
This. The PG-suspended artificial flavors are unnecessary because you don't need heat-stable flavorings.
Any edible flavoring is suitable, if it would taste good mixed with carbonated water anyway. The main concern is that powdered ingredients can cause a Mentos-like chain reaction, so you need to dissolve your ingredients in water first.
I haven't done much myself, but Mio drink mixes work nicely, as do fruit juices.
Mainly I start with the Soda Stream drink mixes and add flavor shots to make them "Cherry Dr. Pete" or "Vanilla Root Beer" etc.
Compounding. I make vit C serum with some additives:
- 10% LAA
- 7% Tyrosine (can go NALT)
- 3% Zinc Sulfate
- 1% Ferulic Acid
- 1% Jojoba Oil (or more)
- drops of Frankincense essential oil
- other essence / emulsifier
Can jack it up to 20% LAA but pH can go nuts. Should be <3 pH but not below 2.
Distilled water or some filtered green tea work well as a base. Cobalt blue glass dropper bottle.
Candy making. Lollypops and lozenges use the same flavor concentrates that we use. You will of course need sugar, corn syrup, a pan, candy thermometer, molds, sticks and a stove. If you want to get into sour candy then you will need citric acid also. There are plenty of candy making videos on youtube to show the process.
Building a PC is always a fun project, and can keep you busy for years as you tweak it out. If you are super into it, mechanical keyboards is the next step.
If you are into firearms. Check out reloading. Especially if you shoot expensive rounds, reloading is way more cheap. Also if you are handy with tools, you could build an AR they are like lego for adults.
Reloading was way more rewarding than I thought it would be. Weigh everything, throw out the odds, and you have some scary accurate match rounds.
i have the little pc that could.. i still dont know how it still runs or hasnt caught fire. thinking of going from fx6300 to ryzen 2600 since everything else is ok. need new cpu before getting another gpu since its starting to bottleneck with a 1050ti i think
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cheese, charcuterie, kombucha, vinegar, wine, rimming, tables & cabinets, candles, cosmetics, hunting, diving
Dude, get yourself a copper alembic for a couple of hundred $ and make some essential oils out of lavender, lemon myrtle, lemongrass, whatever fragrant plants you have around.
Even though the yield of oil is generally tiny (depending on the plant), it's super fun to do. Plus you can also use the leftover hydrosol (water with suspended oil) for all sorts of other shit, including soaps.
I've made yarn, been an audio engineer, amateur chef, booze mixologist....
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I mean, I find the most relevant way to 'teach' someone how to REALLY make juice is to make them play shuffeboard against themselves for a while, and instead of trying to use your brain to use the right amount of force to get the puck where you want it, your brain tells your hands how much force to use.
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you myfriend are on another levle
i mean i could tell you all the steps in between, but until you got that shuffleboard CONCEPT down?
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you just cookin recipes
you doodlin
you ain't MAKING recipes, imo
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feels?
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what appeals to you? all of life can be art if you want. breakfast, sex, drugs, painting....
I've found that exploring the world of coffee is truly rewarding. Trying different brewing methods and roasts... And why not roasting by yourself?
Not a good specific question to ask. You should learn and do what you have a passion for. You can do almost anything if you put enough effort into it.