Shit you built with your own two hands (picture thread)

[BigDaddy]

^Sounds very cool. That would be fun to browse thru some of those old editions.


Framed my deck yesterday. Was a gorgeous day considering it was supposed to rain:



I am very happy with these steps and wall. I went to lunch and came back an hour later to see my excavating contractor had built them. Guy is a magician with the machine:

[iceman]

That is a large saw

Or maybe a tiny guy?

[neufox47]

That’s some impressive stair work with an excavator

[whipski]

[Kevo]

^Sounds very cool. That would be fun to browse thru some of those old editions.


Framed my deck yesterday. Was a gorgeous day considering it was supposed to rain:



I am very happy with these steps and wall. I went to lunch and came back an hour later to see my excavating contractor had built them. Guy is a magician with the machine:

Looking good! Those stairs are awesome.

[Kevo]

I built a queen size bed frame with beatle kill headboard. It's my first ever woodworking project-

Before staining-


After staining-


Not 100% stoked on the color. I initially wanted the bed to be a mid tone brown/ gray color, but couldn't bring myself to cover up the blue color in the beatle kill wood.

[RootSkier]

Nice work. Now you just gotta stress test it.

For science.

[SumJongGuy]

ServePro quoted me something like $1,800 to put down new plastic in my crawl space. Tight squeeze on one end, and a bunch of shit stored there that had to be moved around while doing the job. Went to Lowes and bought a 100'X12' roll for $60 and spent the day crawling around there doing it my fucking self. Didn't take any photos of the before and after, but did snap a photo of the side job i always end up doing with every project like this.. Bashed my damned head on a floor truss right on a fucking cable staple. Would have been really nasty if I hadn't been wearing a hat. 3 hours crawling around like a dog and a little blood saved a ton of cash.

[SumJongGuy]

Oh, and when I pondered the possibility of fire ants and copperheads possibly being down there in the crawl space, mrs jong suggested I take my cell phone in case I needed to call for help being home alone and all. Well, of course when I was almost halfway done, taking a break to drink some cold water I discovered my phone was no longer in my pocket. Used the house phone (also a cell) to call it and find it right in the middle of the biggest section already covered hahahaha! Wasn't that hard to get it but I was a bit freaked out over the thought if having to pull it all up if I wasn't able to hear it ring when I called it.

[FLS]

I'd say the blood, sweat and tears were worth it... Whaddaya gonna get yourself with that $1,740?

[Kevo]

Nice work. Now you just gotta stress test it.

For science.

Haha, will so.

My pup likes it, at least.

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[SumJongGuy]

So you get the round bed????^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[SumJongGuy]

I'd say the blood, sweat and tears were worth it... Whaddaya gonna get yourself with that $1,740?

It's gonna buy a lot of "i ain't got no job right now" groceries......... and maybe a couple "fuck it, I'm going skiing anyway" lift tickets.

[snoqpass]

I built a queen size bed frame with beatle kill headboard. It's my first ever woodworking project-

Before staining-


After staining-


Not 100% stoked on the color. I initially wanted the bed to be a mid tone brown/ gray color, but couldn't bring myself to cover up the blue color in the beatle kill wood.

Hopefully the beetle kill wood was treated

[zartagen]

... beatle kill wood.

Poor Ringo...

[Kevo]

Hopefully the beetle kill wood was treated

Treated in what way? A quick Google search doesn't turn up much info for the need to treat the wood.

I bought the 1x6s at Home Depot. Have no idea if they were treated in any special way.

And yes, beetle, not beatle.

[snoqpass]

Treated in what way? A quick Google search doesn't turn up much info for the need to treat the wood.

I bought the 1x6s at Home Depot. Have no idea if they were treated in any special way.

And yes, beetle, not beatle.

Treated to make sure the beetles don’t have a reunion tour in your bedroom basically the wood is steamed or chemically treated to make sure larve don’t hatch

[The Tortoise]

Sweet dreams!

[Art Shirk]

ServePro quoted me something like $1,800 to put down new plastic in my crawl space. Tight squeeze on one end, and a bunch of shit stored there that had to be moved around while doing the job. Went to Lowes and bought a 100'X12' roll for $60 and spent the day crawling around there doing it my fucking self. Didn't take any photos of the before and after, but did snap a photo of the side job i always end up doing with every project like this.. Bashed my damned head on a floor truss right on a fucking cable staple. Would have been really nasty if I hadn't been wearing a hat. 3 hours crawling around like a dog and a little blood saved a ton of cash.

Should have hired Dave Marshack.

[snoqpass]

Should have hired Dave Marshack.

I thought I was looking at an ostrich egg at first

[~mikey b]

I’ll show you an ostrich egg

[TacocaT]

I guess I don't know what beetles killed that wood but the blue stain likely means Pine beetle. Pine beetles are a bark beetle they live between the cambium layer and the bark. When you remove the bark the larvae and/or eggs are exposed to the sun and killed. The first step in most mills is a debarking machine. Any commercially purchased lumber is generally kiln dried to temps that would kill insects.

[Kevo]

I guess I don't know what beetles killed that wood but the blue stain likely means Pine beetle. Pine beetles are a bark beetle they live between the cambium layer and the bark. When you remove the bark the larvae and/or eggs are exposed to the sun and killed. The first step in most mills is a debarking machine. Any commercially purchased lumber is generally kiln dried to temps that would kill insects.

Thanks. It's pine beetle. I definitely didn't come across any insects while cutting, drilling pocket holes or sanding. I think I'll be ok.

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[LHutz Esq]

I guess I don't know what beetles killed that wood but the blue stain likely means Pine beetle. Pine beetles are a bark beetle they live between the cambium layer and the bark. When you remove the bark the larvae and/or eggs are exposed to the sun and killed. The first step in most mills is a debarking machine. Any commercially purchased lumber is generally kiln dried to temps that would kill insects.

Yah it’s kiln dried - beetles won’t take the baking. Not sure about Beatles though. They seem baked a lot.


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[snoqpass]

Thanks. It's pine beetle. I definitely didn't come across any insects while cutting, drilling pocket holes or sanding. I think I'll be ok.

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You’ll probably be ok, I know someone that did their own and had a room full of beetles