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Here's are few of my machines.I have 8 at the moment

Hi Alwil,Lovely instruments,Are the upright 5 banjo ukuleles?The one in the foreground a Mandolin.Some of the players in my Ukulele group have the banjo version,they sound great

Hi sb
Four are banjo ukuleles , the centre one standing upright is a banjo mandolin which normally has eight strings but I have strung this as a uke ,GCEA, sounds great.
I do not have any of these anymore , they are very popular and sought after in a few uke groups that I belong to so have been sold along with another five that I restored .
Most of them I have imported from USA.

Is that drum like body what gives them their unique sound and where were they invented?
Do they sound like a drum if you strike them?

Here are my collection of Bus, Truck, Coach and trailer hubbos. I even attached one to my 1989 Laser Ghia.

I collect shaving mugs:-



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Jack

Hi mowerfreak and all ,
Yes the vellum , (goat skin that I get from Pakistan ), sounds like a drum when it is stretched properly.
I have never searched for where or when they were invented.
Cheers
Al .

G'day all
What a complex and eclectic mix of interests?

I wish SB30inch had a lawn bowls pinball machine...

I have a question for Mowerfreak.
The Hubodometers are fantastic. I guess their function is really for tyre
or axle maintenance? Do they still use these today?

Bill Bailey - what an amazing character!
Musical instruments as an art form!
Old tools reveal how much the human mind thinks about 'doing things easier'.
Petrol products memorabilia and bottles!

I wonder how much more diversity will come out of this post?

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Jack

G'day all
Jack , a question,
Does anyone use a shaving mug nowadays ?

In answer to Cyberjack, hubodometers used to be a common sight on the rear wheel of private bus fleets and many trucks and trailers as a low cost reliable method to track distance for maintenance purposes, be it mechanical or for tyres.
A lot of buses I used to catch had non functioning speedometers, so I presume they were fitted to over come that as well.
Nowadays they are still used a lot on truck trailers but not so much on vehicles themselves as they now employ sophisticated computerised dashes that have a reliable odometer in them.
Great memories setting them mounted on the old Leyland and Bedford buses and many trucks when Is little.
Glass you appreciated my collection. Of only I had some trucks and buses to mount them on!!

G'day Mowerfreak

It must be such a fascinating hobby.
I guess, the mechanisms were quite sophisticated on some.

The poignant bit is your recollection of them on Leylands and
Bedfords as a young one ... Most kids probably never noticed ...

I not only appreciate your collection, but also appreciate
the hubodometers' association with your early memories.

It is magic!
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Jack

alwil, I still use a shaving mug and double sided razor blades, tried all the other rubbish over the years and eventually went back to the old fashioned way because it works. Last time I wanted blades I got 200 for $10 delivered. I will never have to buy razor blades ever again

G'day Al & Norm

I'm with Norm.
That's a loaded question Al.
There is a renaissance of interests against everything disposable.

I stopped using disposable shavers a decade ago.
With this came the desire for shavers, shaving brushes and mugs.

I'm not a purist - I have no 'cutthroats', but use a safety razor.
Mugs are pretty much gone, but there are plenty on eBay (new & old).
I use a shaving bowl instead of a mug.

I do love the heated (scuttle) mugs though - where hot water was poured
separate to the lathering bowl.

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Jack

For what it's worth my dad still uses his shaving mug which is just an old mug and when I shave (not for a few years now) I use a cut throat but use cream in a can (if it's still in the cupboard?)

Hi IanOZ and Cyberjack.Did you know Edwin Budding is credited with inventing the adjustable spanner.That and the cylinder mower have had quite an impact

Hello sb30inch and Ian
Yes, I knew that - he died before seeing any fame though.

The Budding Foundation is the place about Budding inventions.
[He also patented a pistol more advanced (apparently) than the Colt ...


http://www.thebuddingfoundation.co.uk/edwin-budding-a-brief-history/

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Jack

Here is a London Transport 1:24 scale Routemaster Bus from Sunstar I bought many years ago.
It even has the AEC AV590 9.6 litre inline six diesel under the "hood". I also installed a miniature hubodometer on the rear wheel for extra realism, not that it needed it.

G'day Mowerfreak

WOW! That looks incredible... and so real.

I sometimes visit the make-believe world of Elgin Park, just
to see how realistic model vehicles can look.

http://www.visitelginpark.com/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2013/10/04/crafting-scenes-of-iconic-americana/

Cheers
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Jack

Nice site you found there. His forced perspective photography had me 100% fooled. And the models are die cast!!
Amazing what a well finished background can do.

Hey CyberJack,
There is one hold out bus company a short distance from my area still using hubodometers on all their vehicles.
They were mostly using more modern electronic ones which I don't like but have switched back to the tried and tested mechanical type I collect.

I took this the other day.

G'day Mowerfreak
This must be a great hobby!

Cheers
Jack

Hello CyberJack, It's given me massive joy and endless fascination to the extent it's made me glad to have been born. Here is one I got recently and installed in earnest to my trusty Laser. I just can't help myself. It's an obsession -or a disease. The second pic is one made in 1978 I got on Gumtree recently and applied clear to the Hubodometer crystal to make it extra clear to see though. Looks great.

G'day Mowerfreak

Brilliant!
You sum-up the enthusiasm of the collector with great verve!

ODK is greater for this enthusiasm.

Cheers
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Jack

Hello all.. My 2nd hobby I guess you can call it is making you tube videos of my other passion Adventure.Any type of outdoor Adventure.
I have a you tube channel called Gizmo's Adventures. this keeps me pretty busy these days.
https://www.youtube.com/c/GizmosAdventures

Hello everyone, I generally enjoy tinkering with anything I can get my hands on, though most of my success (and occasionally blowing up) has been with electronics, including stereos, old computer systems (mainly commodore 64 and Amiga computers) and anything else with a circuit board. Another hobby I dive into regularly is scale modelling, usually military subjects which stemmed from both a love of war history and a stint in the Army from 96 to 08. My main subjects I enjoy building and painting include aircraft, army vehicles and the odd ship. Occasionally I construct a diorama or vignette for them to go into. My scales I build range from 1/76 up to 1/35. Very relaxing, and I have been doing this since I was a kid. I used to also do a lot of canyoning though since having an ever increasing family, this has become a distant memory, along with playing cricket and soccer haha.

hey Sapper i guess that being from Penrith you spent some time in the canyons of the blue mountains. one of my ultimate favourite things to do.Alas i now live too far away. 👍😎

Hey Gizmo, Yeah, the blue mountains were my main stomping ground. So many great places to explore up there, and so many I never got around to doing, perhaps when some of the rugrats get older I can interest them in it. I can dream...

Ironic that Gizmo responds after showing my wheel gizmos. Love the caricature. Well done.

Yeah Mowerfreak those hubodometers are super cool. ive only ever noticed those on big truck wheels when your'e stuck in traffic and there's nowhere else to look 😎😎😎👍

Even one of the mowers has one installed.