Hobbies · Crafts
Technical & maker
Electronics, code, 3D printing and machines built for the joy of building them.
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Geocaching
Using GPS coordinates to find containers hidden by other people, in places you would never otherwise stop.
Free or near-free to start · outdoors · moderate effort
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Model railways
Building and operating a miniature railway — part modelmaking, part electronics, part landscape painting in three dimensions.
£300–£1,000 to start · indoors · sedentary
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3D printing
Making physical objects layer by layer from a digital model — a manufacturing process that became a domestic hobby, with all the calibration that implies.
£100–£300 to start · indoors · sedentary
Music production
HobbyCraftRecording, arranging and mixing music on a computer — a craft with a very low entry cost and a famously steep middle.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
Campervan conversion
CraftHobbyTurning a panel van into somewhere you can sleep, cook and sit out the rain — carpentry, wiring and plumbing in a space that moves.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
CNC routing
CraftHobbyCutting parts from a digital design on a computer-controlled router — a workshop machine that is genuinely powerful and genuinely unforgiving.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
Bicycle maintenance
HobbyCraftServicing and rebuilding bicycles, from a puncture to a full wheel build — the rare craft that pays for itself.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
Prop making
CraftBuilding replica objects from foam, resin and 3D prints for stage, film or shelf — a craft defined by making things look like what they are not.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
Automotive detailing
CraftHobbyCleaning, correcting and protecting vehicle paint as a craft — where the order of operations matters far more than the products.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
Home machining
CraftTurning and milling metal to close tolerances on a lathe or mill in a garage workshop — the craft that makes every other workshop craft possible.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
Robotics
HobbyBuilding machines that sense and move — from a line follower on a kitchen table to a combat robot in an arena.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
Home automation
HobbyMaking a house respond to sensors, schedules and each other — a systems hobby whose hard part is deciding what should happen, not making it happen.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
Game development
CraftMaking games as a hobby — where the difficulty is not the engine but finishing something small enough to finish.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
Microcontroller projects
HobbyBuilding small devices around Arduino, Pico and similar boards — the cheapest way to make something physical respond to the world.
Under £25 to startIndoorsSedentary
Sauna building
CraftHobbyBuilding a garden sauna — the stove decision, the regulations nobody mentions, and the bench geometry that makes it work.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Shed building
CraftHobbyBuilding a garden workshop or store from scratch — the permitted development limits, the base, and the damp.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
Mould making
CraftMaking silicone and rubber moulds so an original can be reproduced — the half of casting where the craft actually is.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
Home distilling
CraftDistilling spirits at home — what it is, why UK law treats it differently from brewing, and what you can lawfully do instead.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
Narrowboat restoration
HobbyCraftBringing a canal boat back — the survey that decides everything, the steel, the systems, and the safety regime that says whether the work passed.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
FPV drone flying
HobbySportFlying a small aircraft from its own camera view — the law that makes it a two-person activity, the simulator that teaches it, and the kit you almost certainly build yourself.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsSedentary
Hydroponics
HobbyGrowing plants in nutrient solution rather than soil — which system suits which plant, what it genuinely costs, and the gap between the windowsill version and the tent version.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
Hobby welding
CraftJoining steel at home — which process to buy, what the hazards actually are, and the work this page will not describe.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
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143 activities in the catalogue, 22 written up so far.
Air quality monitoring
HobbyRunning a low-cost particulate sensor and contributing to open networks of local air data.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur aircraft building
HobbyCraftBuilding a light aircraft from plans or a kit under a national association’s inspection scheme.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur radio
HobbyLicensed two-way radio — contacts, contests, antennas and propagation.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur satellite operating
HobbyWorking orbiting amateur radio satellites with a handheld and a directional aerial.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Amateur seismology
HobbyRunning a home seismometer and identifying distant earthquakes from the traces it records.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Antenna building
HobbyCraftDesigning and building aerials from wire and tube, the cheapest way to improve any radio station.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Arcade cabinet restoration
HobbyCraftRestoring arcade machines, part cabinetry part vintage electronics.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Automata making
CraftBuilding mechanical figures driven by cams and linkages, half toy half sculpture.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bat detecting
HobbyFinding bats by their echolocation calls with a handheld detector.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bicycle frame building
CraftBrazing or welding bicycle frames from tubing, to your own geometry.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bicycle restoration
HobbyCraftBringing vintage and classic bicycles back to riding condition, and deciding how much patina to keep.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bicycle wheel building
CraftHobbyLacing and tensioning wheels by hand, which is the one bicycle skill that stays hard.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Bus and coach restoration
HobbyRestoring and running preserved buses, usually through a group rather than alone.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
CAD modelling
HobbyDesigning parts in three dimensions for printing, machining or simply for the pleasure of it.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Camera repair
CraftHobbyServicing mechanical cameras — shutters, light seals, rangefinders — and the tools that make it possible.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Car audio installation
HobbyCraftDesigning and fitting vehicle sound systems, where the cabin is the hardest part of the problem.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Caravan restoration
HobbyRestoring vintage touring caravans, where damp and body panels are the whole battle.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Circuit bending
CraftRewiring toys and cheap electronics to make instruments nobody designed.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Classic car restoration
HobbyBringing an old car back to running, usable or concours condition.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Clock repair
HobbyCraftDismantling, cleaning and regulating mechanical clocks and watches.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Clockmaking
CraftMaking clock movements and cases from scratch, distinct from repairing existing ones.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Combat robotics
HobbySportDesigning and fighting radio-controlled machines to weight classes, from ant weight upwards.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Corkscrew collecting
HobbyCollecting patent corkscrews, a field of several thousand recorded mechanisms and its own societies.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Custom motorcycle building
HobbyCraftRebuilding a motorcycle to a chosen style — cafe racer, scrambler, bobber — rather than to original spec.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Demoscene
HobbyWriting audiovisual programs under severe size limits, judged at parties — a computer art form.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Digital preservation
HobbyRescuing data from obsolete media and formats, and keeping it readable — floppies, tapes, dead formats.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Domino toppling
HobbyBuilding and filming large chain-reaction constructions, a patience and engineering hobby with a big online scene.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Electric vehicle conversion
HobbyCraftReplacing a combustion drivetrain with motor and battery, and the paperwork that legalises the result.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Electronics
HobbyCraftDesigning, building and repairing circuits, from a first LED to real instruments.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Electronics repair
HobbyCraftFixing consumer electronics rather than replacing them, starting with a soldering iron.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Electroplating
CraftDepositing metal onto a surface by electrolysis, used in restoration and jewellery finishing.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Escape room design
HobbyCraftDesigning puzzle rooms and hunts, a hobby that has grown its own amateur scene.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Forge building
CraftBuilding a solid-fuel or gas forge and the shop around it, before any smithing happens.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
FPGA projects
HobbyDescribing digital hardware in code and running it on a reconfigurable chip, rather than programming a processor.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Generative music
HobbyBuilding systems that compose rather than composing directly, in patchers, code or hardware.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Guitar pedal building
CraftHobbyBuilding effects pedals from kits and stripboard, the most common route into practical electronics.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hand tool restoration
CraftHobbyBringing old planes, chisels and saws back into use, which is cheaper than buying new.
£25–£100 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Heritage railway volunteering
HobbyRestoring and running preserved railways as a volunteer.
Under £25 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Hi-fi restoration
CraftHobbyRecapping and realigning vintage amplifiers, turntables and tape machines back to specification.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
High-altitude ballooning
HobbySending instruments to the stratosphere on a weather balloon and recovering them.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Home foundry casting
CraftMelting and pouring aluminium or bronze into moulds you made yourself.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Home server
HobbyRunning your own services on hardware you own, for storage, media and privacy.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Home weather stations
HobbyRunning and maintaining a personal weather station, and feeding its data to a public network.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Japanese knife care
CraftMaintaining and sharpening single-bevel Japanese knives on water stones.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Jukebox restoration
CraftHobbyRestoring the selection mechanisms, amplifiers and lighting of coin-operated record players.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kiln building
CraftBuilding a wood, gas or raku kiln, which is a refractory and combustion problem.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kinetic sculpture
CraftMaking sculpture that moves, by motor, wind or hand.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Kit car building
HobbyCraftAssembling a car from a manufactured kit and a donor vehicle, ending in a road-legal registration process.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Knife sharpening
CraftPutting and keeping an edge on tools and knives, which underlies half the crafts here.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Laser cutting
CraftHobbyCutting and engraving sheet material from vector artwork, usually at a makerspace before at home.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Live sound engineering
HobbyMixing bands and events in the room, on desks and systems learned largely by doing.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Live steam locomotives
HobbyCraftBuilding and driving coal-fired miniature locomotives, usually on a club’s ground-level track.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Live steam modelling
CraftBuilding and running working steam locomotives and engines to scale.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Locksport
HobbyLearning lock mechanisms by picking them, as a puzzle discipline with a strict ethic.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Loudspeaker building
CraftDesigning and building speaker cabinets and crossovers.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Mechanical keyboards
HobbyCraftBuilding and modifying keyboards — switches, keycaps, dampening and sometimes hand-wired firmware.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Metal spinning
CraftForming sheet metal over a mandrel on a lathe with hand tools, one of the few chipless metal processes.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model boats
HobbyCraftBuilding static or radio-controlled boats, and sailing them on a club pond.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model engineering
CraftHobbyMachining working miniature engines and locomotives from raw metal on a lathe.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model rocketry
HobbyBuilding and launching solid-motor rockets, and recovering them safely.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Model tramways
HobbyBuilding and operating tramway layouts, which model street running rather than rail.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Modular synthesis
HobbyCraftBuilding sound from patched modules, where the instrument is assembled rather than bought.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Moped and scooter restoration
CraftHobbyRestoring small two-strokes, which are cheap, simple and have an unusually helpful parts scene.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Morse code operating
HobbyWorking stations by hand-sent Morse, which gets through when voice cannot and is learned by sound.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Motorcycle restoration
HobbyRebuilding old motorcycles — smaller, cheaper and more tractable than cars.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Musical box restoration
CraftRestoring cylinder and disc musical boxes, part horology part cabinetwork.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Neon bending
CraftBending and filling glass tube to make neon signs, a small and shrinking craft.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Neon sign making
CraftBending and filling glass tube for luminous signs, a craft with very few remaining practitioners.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Nixie clock building
CraftHobbyBuilding clocks around cold-cathode display tubes, which need a high-voltage supply to light at all.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Organ building
CraftMaking and maintaining pipe organs, an intersection of joinery, metalwork and acoustics.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Ornamental turning
CraftCutting geometric patterns with a rose engine or ornamental lathe, a Victorian machine craft.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Paper engineering
CraftDesigning pop-up and movable paper structures.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pattern-welded steel
CraftForge-welding layered steels into patterned billets for blades and jewellery.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
PC building
HobbySpecifying, assembling and tuning your own computer.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
PCB design
HobbyCraftDesigning printed circuit boards and having them fabricated, now cheap enough to be a hobby.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Photogrammetry
HobbyBuilding three-dimensional models from overlapping photographs, used for heritage and printing.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Pinball
HobbyCompetitive play on electromechanical and solid-state machines, with leagues and rankings.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Powder coating
CraftElectrostatically applying and oven-curing a powder finish, now within reach of a home workshop.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Programming
HobbyWriting code for its own sake — tools, puzzles, side projects.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
QRP operating
HobbyAmateur radio at five watts or less, often on home-built sets, where the challenge is the constraint.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Racket stringing
CraftHobbyStringing tennis, squash and badminton rackets — a paid skill most club players never learn.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Radio astronomy
HobbyDetecting hydrogen line emission and solar activity with a home-built dish and software radio.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Radio contesting
HobbyCompetitive amateur radio, making as many contacts as possible in a defined window.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Radio direction finding
SportHobbyLocating hidden transmitters on foot with a directional aerial — orienteering with radio.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Raft building
HobbySportBuilding a floating craft from barrels, poles and lashings, then finding out whether it works.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rainwater harvesting
HobbyCollecting and storing roof runoff for garden or household use.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Repair café volunteering
HobbyFixing other people’s broken things at a community repair session.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Resin 3D printing
HobbyCraftPrinting in photopolymer resin for fine detail, with a chemical handling problem filament printing does not have.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Retro computing
HobbyRestoring, using and programming computers from the 1980s and 90s.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Retro console modding
HobbyCraftRepairing and modifying old games consoles — recapping, video output mods, region freeing.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Rocket stove building
CraftHobbyBuilding high-efficiency combustion stoves for cooking or outdoor heating.
£25–£100 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sand casting
CraftCasting metal into bonded sand moulds, the accessible route into home foundry work.
£300–£1,000 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Scientific instrument collecting
HobbyCollecting microscopes, barometers, surveying and drawing instruments, usually still in working order.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sewing machine repair
CraftHobbyServicing vintage machines, most of which are mechanically simple and built to last.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sheet metal fabrication
CraftCutting, folding and joining sheet into boxes, panels and enclosures, worked out flat before it is bent.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Shortwave listening
HobbyListening for distant broadcast and utility stations, logging what you hear and collecting confirmations.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Single-board computer projects
HobbyBuilding small always-on machines — media servers, sensors, retro consoles — on a credit-card computer.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Small engine repair
CraftHobbyFixing mowers, strimmers and generators — carburettors, ignition and fuel, on machines worth saving.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Soapbox racing
HobbySportBuilding and racing unpowered gravity carts, where scrutineering and brakes matter more than speed.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Software-defined radio
HobbyListening across the radio spectrum with a cheap USB receiver and software rather than tuned hardware.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Stage lighting design
CraftHobbyDesigning and rigging light for live performance, which is an electrical craft and an artistic one.
Free or near-free to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Stationary engine restoration
HobbyCraftRestoring and running open-crank petrol and diesel engines, and taking them to rallies to run all weekend.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Steam road vehicle restoration
HobbyRestoring and driving traction engines, steam rollers and steam wagons.
Over £1,000 to startOutdoorsDemanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Sundial making
CraftHobbyDesigning and building sundials, which is applied astronomy and craft together.
£100–£300 to startIndoors or outdoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Synthesiser building
CraftHobbyAssembling modules and instruments from kits or from scratch, where calibration is half the work.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Telephone collecting
HobbyCollecting and reconnecting historic telephones, which mostly still work on a modern line with an adapter.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Telescope making
HobbyCraftGrinding and figuring your own mirror, which is how amateur astronomy began.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsModerate effort
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tesla coils
HobbyCraftBuilding resonant transformers that produce visible discharge, a display and demonstration hobby.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Theremin
HobbyPlayed without being touched, and the only instrument where the hardest part is the first note.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Tool sharpening
CraftPutting genuine edges on chisels, plane irons and knives, and understanding why.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Traction engine restoration
HobbyCraftRestoring full-size steam road engines, under boiler inspection regimes and usually as a syndicate.
Over £1,000 to startIndoors or outdoorsVery demanding
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vacuum forming
CraftShaping heated plastic sheet over a mould with suction, for props and parts.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Valve amplifier building
CraftBuilding and restoring thermionic valve audio equipment, at lethal voltages.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vintage calculator collecting
HobbyCollecting early electronic calculators and pocket computers, most of which still run.
£25–£100 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vintage radio collecting
HobbyCraftCollecting and restoring valve radios, where the electrical restoration is the real hobby.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Vintage sewing machine restoration
CraftHobbyRestoring hand-crank and treadle machines, which are simple, indestructible and still usable.
£100–£300 to startIndoorsGentle
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Watch collecting
HobbyCollecting mechanical and quartz watches, and learning what is inside them.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Watch modification
CraftAssembling and customising mechanical watches from parts.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Watch servicing
CraftHobbyStripping, cleaning and regulating mechanical watch movements, at a scale that punishes impatience.
£300–£1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Watchmaking
CraftBuilding and servicing mechanical watch movements to tolerances measured in hundredths of a millimetre.
Over £1,000 to startIndoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet
Weather observing
HobbyRecording weather at home with real instruments, and learning to forecast.
£100–£300 to startOutdoorsSedentary
In the catalogue, not written up yet