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What are your niche hobbies you’d like to share with other people? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Collecting & restoring mechanical calculators, slide rules and old electronic calcs. I sucked hard at math in school btw. Today I love it. Weird life, eh?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Can you repair Curtas? I think there's a niche market demand for that. I'd certainly want it if mine ever broke.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Curta's are a special case, I'm not a watchmaker and I wouldn't dare to try at this point in my skill progress, but for example I had some sprocket wheel ones for which I made new cogwheels, pouring rain with powder in it or casting it in brass and filing it down. But Curta's - I don't know. Maybe if it's the last chance, but what kind of insane SOB brakes a curta? :)

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