I admit what i do is hoarding but i have better junk then whats on that tv program, I use two general rules, buy stuff that can net a gain, only buy stuff you don't mind getting stuck with. For antique radios i have this as my best
I got best of show in 2005.
I collect dragons stuff too and have a bench from around 1780-1820, 
, sadly it was damaged bad from a neighbors house catching fire and taking mine with it, i still have it, it needs the leather restored and i have no clue on how to do it.
Next hobby is Fireworks and i make my own and that has an interesting history, i ordered iodine for an experiment and found out the hard way that it's illegal to import and got raided by the DEA, they then called in the fire department because of the stuff i have for making fireworks, they did leave as what i was doing is not illegal in my state for my own use, still not a fun experience, I want to get into Michigan's pyrotechnic guild but thats on a back burner now.
I don't know if being on a first name basis with my towns fire marshal is a good or bad thing....
I also into home theature and stereo but not has high end as some of you guys have, what i deal with i think is generally called high end consumer, i don't have the budget for more higher end stuff, lol what i have cost more then my home as is.
I have a 2001 Honda Forman quad that i get beat up on every so often , i think steering a tank would be easier and have that modded with hella DS HID lights with the ballasts mounted under the front hood if you will, 3200 lumen x 3
Then there is my 1996 seadoo xp, it's old but more nimble and faster then most things on the water now. I have been thrown off trying to turn one time, the X4 hull is a blast.
I have a few old engines , one from 1936 that i still mow the lawn with every now and then.
I have a collection of high voltage stuff including a Tesla coil i built and a 14,400 volt pole pig transformer for a larger coil i have yet to build.
I service electronics and have all my own equipment for that in a random mess in my living room,
then there are my rocks, 
these are light by a shortwave uv light i made, then copper ore, lab equipment, lasers
and to partially finish are my bearded dragons 
low level RC helicopters, nothing over 120 bucks...yet
I am into photography as well and did develop my own B/W stuff and have a number of cameras now, I like to hike and do mainly wildlife photography.
I collect firearms as well, always been in my family as well, My Precious is an Arsenal Arms SLR101S AK47 variant with the factory scope bracket. What i like to do with it is use it at the edge of it's practical range, same with my ruger 1022 at 300 meters makes for a nice challenge .
Being a Nerd has lots of advantages
I have been attempting to try and learn to program in C and i currently don't quite know where to look for info, i would like free but some stuff that describes the format and syntax, This is in dire need for the Arduino UNO boards i have, i have been using examples and free code but i dont understand whay there are so many spaces in the code, i was trained in analog and know only a bit of Basic but oddly i can program some of the older industrial robots and PLC systems. and started on a battle bot but it's not generaly safe to use, the group of my freinds backed out when they saw the cost of a compliant motor controller, my design used 4
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Details about KOLLMORGEN SERVO DISC DC MOTOR model U12DT-A used in some heart bypass machines, it was slow to start from the line but had very good high end speed, my idea was to ram the other bot, it would have had a solid steel bar spinning around the bot powered from the same series of motor, all it got to was a running concept chassis, when i had asked my friends to help pay for a better motor controller that was compliant they backed out, so i reused one motor controller with the power supply from a sony 21 amp 12 volt to power large dynamotor, that thing is door stop and can get nearly 900 volts from it. don't know why but i love dynamotors
The motors came from a 3m/terumo bypass pump 
The pump is what would be used in bypass, i dont have a chassis sadly
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