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

[riser4]

I put 8" of stone under our shed. Overkill? Whatever. A bigger one would have been nice.

[riser4]

I have no doubt it will be full to the gills in no time. We're about to lose the gear room which is getting converted to a baby room, all the toys have to be re-homed and we have shit piled up in every nook and cranny in he house so the extra space will be welcome.
We also go a loft option in the shed, total surface for that is 175 sq ft which will be nice for larger stuff that doesn't get used much.

Re: surface prep, I went back and forth about doing gravel but ultimately their foundation system seems robust enough to withstand some humid conditions. I had to cut concrete off the patio to make enough room and graded the whole zone with the tiniest slope so that the shed barely needed to be leveled but water can flow down the surface without pooling. We'll see if that was a bad call in the next 5 or so years. Gravel would have raised the shed even more and it's already as tall as the house since Ms B got the extra tall ++ more rad than anyone model.

Wait, whuht?

[Boissal]

Wait, whuht?

Which part? The one where the shed is on bare ground instead of a gravel bed which is the standard? Or the one about the baby room.

Thanks all for the baby props y'all. It's not 100% done deal but currently in the final stages of the in-vitro game but if all goes according to plan I'll have new responsibilities come June 2023...

[benk]

Productive paternity leave, just finished my last project before heading back to work. Built in window nook with drawers and a corner dining nook and dining table. Both need trim painted. I also got back into crocheting, making buntings for our baby and a few for our friends newborns.

Learned a lot of lessons with the table, mainly that poplar can’t be stained and wipe-on polyurethane is all that I needed for a table. I initially used a brush on polyurethane that ended up pooling and had to strip the whole table and start over. Probably operator error on my part but the wipe-on was much easier to work with

[old goat]

Great work.
In the future if you want to color poplar or other closed pore woods try water soluble dyes that you mix from powder. (I use them on every kind of wood because I they look better.)
I've had good results with Transfast dyes. They penetrate well and are more transparent than stains. The downside is that because you are putting water on the wood they will raise the grain. The solution to this problem is to prewet the wood with plain water and sand down the raised grain.
https://homesteadfinishingproducts.c...od-dye-powder/

Oh, and by the way--

[benk]

Haha! Already ordering yarn to get that bunting going in time for the holidays. Thanks for heads up on the dyes, will look into that for the next table

[riser4]

Which part? The one where the shed is on bare ground instead of a gravel bed which is the standard? Or the one about the baby room.

Thanks all for the baby props y'all. It's not 100% done deal but currently in the final stages of the in-vitro game but if all goes according to plan I'll have new responsibilities come June 2023...

The baby.

[Buster Highmen]

Which part? The one where the shed is on bare ground instead of a gravel bed which is the standard? Or the one about the baby room.

Thanks all for the baby props y'all. It's not 100% done deal but currently in the final stages of the in-vitro game but if all goes according to plan I'll have new responsibilities come June 2023...

congrats

[wendigo]

been working (mostly solo) on a hybrid timberframe sauna
spruce post and beams, yellow cedar deck

[adrenalated]

These hardly belong in this thread of actual quality woodworking, but just finished up my first non-construction woodworking project. Many mistakes were made and lessons learned for the next one.

Entryway bench milled from douglas fir 2x4s

[Not DJSapp]

This kind of bench is how these habits start. Nice work.

[old goat]

Looks like quality woodworking to me.
My first woodworking project was bookshelves from #2 common pine. Now many thousands of dollars in tools and a couple of houses full of furniture and cabinetry . . . .
You will soon discover that while there are only so many skis you can justify owning, there is no limit on tools.

[Cruiser]

been working (mostly solo) on a hybrid timberframe sauna
spruce post and beams, yellow cedar deck

Killer! Looks like it might be off the grid. Whatcha gonna use for heat? I've gotta little solar setup in mine with a pair of 6v batteries to run a couple lights plus an exhaust fan and then heating it with a wood burning sauna stove.

[adrenalated]

Looks like quality woodworking to me.

You didn't see me fixing my shitty glue up alignment with a belt sander.....

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

That's what they make belt sanders for.

[wendigo]

Killer! Looks like it might be off the grid. Whatcha gonna use for heat? I've gotta little solar setup in mine with a pair of 6v batteries to run a couple lights plus an exhaust fan and then heating it with a wood burning sauna stove.

i have an order in for a kumma wood stove

unsure on whether i'd do any more timber framing (unlikely) i went with a cheap chisel and a rubber mallet.

a couple framing squares to keep my drill straight



things worked out ok (more or less)



edit: stupid sideways figs

[Cruiser]

Dang, that's a very nice stove. Way nicer than the little harvia I've got. Damned building looks sturdy too. Keep us updated as your build progresses

[dunfree]

Just use a hammer if you DNGAF

[old goat]

That's what they make belt sanders for.

Exactly.

[gaijin]

You will soon discover that while there are only so many skis you can justify owning, there is no limit on tools.

As my father taught me, and as I teach my kids, “Don’t tell this to your mom, but I invent projects around the house to justify purchases of new tools.”

[old goat]

Dining table for my son and DIL. 96 x 40 in. Seats 8, up to 12 in a pinch. Sapele. It comes apart so I can drive it to LV.

[Dantheman]

Wow, that's gorgeous.

[tgapp]

Dining table for my son and DIL. 96 x 40 in. Seats 8, up to 12 in a pinch. Sapele. It comes apart so I can drive it to LV.

Okay that is stunning ^^

Came to this thread to get your advice, OG. Gonna make some books out of quarter sawn oak; what's the best way to finish the boards? I'll use a sanding block to round the edges and then I would like to do something that feels natural and soft in the hand. Any ideas?

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[old goat]

Do you mean book shelves or something else?

[tgapp]

Do you mean book shelves or something else?

No, books. Like this



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