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I have a few niche sites. Many of them are dying slowly because, well us denizens are dying one by one. And there is very few that will replace us. The times have changed. Few care about old steam engines anymore. And 3D printing has supplanted machining metal in home work shops. And 3D CAD has replaced the drafting board.
[https://www.modelenginemaker.com/] is an example were us old machinists design and build model steam engines just because.
I only took up manual machining this year, there are a few of us young ones, but not heaps.
That's great! You are going to learn a lot about problem solving and how to think! What machine(s) do you have? I swapped out all the big industrial sized machines for a pair of benchtop sized lathe and mill. I decided when I retired that I wasn't going to ever machine anything that needed a piece of metal that I couldn't pickup and hold in my hand.
Those are fine machines for the home shop! They should provide plenty of rigidity and accuracy for many years. And the prices aren't bad either. My machines are now smaller, I have a basic change gear lathe, 8x12 (203x305) lathe and a 7x21 (178x530) mill. I made a conscious decision to not work on anything I couldn't pickup and hold in one hand. ;)
I've been known to make a model steam engine or two at times. I've even designed a couple of simple steam engines from scratch. But I haven't made one in a while. (I really should make one this winter) I've gotten more interested in doing more 3D printing, (I used to do a lot of design and prototyping as a toolmaker). I also occasionally make the odd part for antique farm machinery for old farmers that collect old tractors. I have repaired a lot of old bearing housings for them and even made some oddball bolts and nuts that you can't buy anymore. And on rare occasions, people bring me a shaft that needs a keyway repaired.
The progenitor of today's modern memes.
The clip that started it all, back in 2004: https://yourethemannowdog.ytmnd.com/
The webshop (I guess) at https://arngren.net/ has had the same avantgarde layout forever. They used to specialise in flying cars.
I'm getting a Forbidden on that page.
Edit: nvm. Page was blocking Mullvad.
How did it load back in the day? It struggles to load now
Www.pinside.com
Pinball related forums. Often times it's the only resource you need for anything pinball related, which is good, because there aren't really many other alternatives.
https://www.myronsmopeds.com/ is also another excellent site for moped information
Not sure how long its been around, but you can learn about the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide here:
The esthetics are +20 years old. While dihydrogen monoxide has been a staple in my dad humor repertoire, this site is a banger.
BTW, the post was downvoted. My guess is that it was one of the dyhidrogen oxide cartels.
https://epguides.com/ is what I've been using for about that long to get a list of episodes that are available for various shows.
My local movie theaters website from the days of early websites. http://www.goetzskyvu.com/GOETZ_THEATRE/GOETZ_SHOW_&_TIMES.html
So I'm going to toot my own horn here lmao but personally? Mine lol. Sure, technically doesn't precisely fit the bill for 20 years, given it's changed domains, content and the such while I was ironing out my interests in life and future expectations.
But I've had variations of the site for different projects, purposes, employment needs, and more recently the whole starting my own organization thing lol. All in all however, I'd compare it to those 3 generation soups that are a big selling point in family shops throughout the Asiatic, sure nothing of the original exists per se, but the spirit is there.
I do have such a soft spot for the old ascii and plaintext site design, I've never really left the scheme since I first learned html. To me, the more basic a site has made it's web design the more likely I am to trust it. Something about corporate web design just never sits right with me.
Are you gonna post it?
Miniclip . Com ..? 😅
asdf.com, the greatest "am I connected to the internet?" site in history.
Basenotes, the perfume forum.
The Spoiler website for cheats and walkthroughs and hasn't been updated for decades. Still running good. If you are looking for help on a major PC release for MS-DOS and 90s windows they probably have you covered.
