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

[BmillsSkier]

***Art slaps 600lb table***

"Yep, that rug ain't goin nowhere".


Looks great man, nice work.

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Tek ques: is the concrete a solid thickness edge to edge? or is the edge thickness deeper than the center of the table?

[Art Shirk]

Told my wife that she better like that rug.

That whole slab is one uniform shape. Put rebar throughout.


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[::: :::]

Oof!

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Cheers, well done!

[old goat]

Told my wife that she better like that rug.

That whole slab is one uniform shape. Put rebar throughout.


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Now you can put a hot tub in your living room.

[Mustonen]

Can you do me a kindness and straighten up that horizontal cross piece? Making me twitch.

[BC13]

Wife couldn’t find a coffee table that she liked and fit the space. She also liked the concrete look so I built this fucking monster. Doesn’t look like much but that’s like 600 pounds.

She just wanted it unfinished looking and with some imperfections so I didn’t dye the concrete or do much with the base nor did I get rid of every air bubble.

Needed 6 guys to get it in the house from the garage and I had to get under the house before and stuck an additional post under there to prevent sag. You just can’t have a table like that and Rontele’s mom on the same floor.

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Man, that table looks great. But, ramming your shin or knee into the corner of that beast is going leave a mark.

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[gaijin]

That’s what I’d use as an excuse to buy a leather hide to wrap around some upholstery foam. Wrap that entire edge in leather.

(I say that because I just purchased a bunch of hides for my entry remodel.)

Already looks dope, though. And residents will get used to it being there. Doubt anyone will actually bump it.


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[Darren Jakal]

In 1998 I wanted to try to take a product from concept to market and used this lamp I designed in my attempt. I made all the tooling and jigs, but the lens material was beyond my capabilities and I had to shelve the project.

A few years ago I found 7 or 8 of the original frames I made and recently decided to try and finish them off. It took a while to find the right lens material but I did and with a new production method I have the first lamp finished. Fuck I hate these things.

[Art Shirk]

Man, that table looks great. But, ramming your shin or knee into the corner of that beast is going leave a mark.

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I was more concerned with it toppling and completely obliterating some little kid. I just laid it on the base without any further attachment. I’m 200 lbs and stood on the very corner and it didn’t budge a millimeter.


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[BC13]

I was more concerned with it toppling and completely obliterating some little kid. I just laid it on the base without any further attachment. I’m 200 lbs and stood on the very corner and it didn’t budge a millimeter.


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If you ever sell the house be sure to include the concrete table and underlying rug in the sale!

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[whipski]

probing to find my ladders to shovel the roof, dug down and some fucker sawed through the bike lock cable an stole them, prob during hunting season. beefy chain and padlock next year

[mtnjam]

Had these old cast iron railings from an old retail park bench I bought 20 years ago, the wooden slats were starting to fail so threw those out along with some other hardware.
Cleaned up the railings and spraypainted them after drilling a few new holes through the cast iron. Lined up each ski and secured them in with carriage bolts. Here's the finally finished project to the joy of Mrs. Mtnjam for freeing up garage space for bike work.

[jm2e]

This is my poop pot. It’s my greatest creation. Small pot in the center holds poop bags. Old BBQ tongs for weekly transfer into curbside can.


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[old goat]

Walnut blanket chest with cherry and yellowheart inlay

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[neufox47]

That’s really cool. Nice craftsmanship Old Goat.


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[warthog]

Basically built this. Everything but the new engine has been done by me.
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More to come.

[old goat]

[Not DJSapp]

It's been about a year since I checked in, but I'm declaring it done. Kitchen built in bench with cabinets, drawers and shelves. Everything got pretty delayed as I was ready to paint all the paintable stuff in November, and well it rained on Caliifornia until April, and when it wasn't raining, I was skiing. There's still a bit of drawer adjustment and paint touch up, but close enough.

Very first attempt at hand cut dovetails on some scrap. I'll keep my day job.



Rough carcass and drawer boxes made


Shaker style floating panel drawer fronts


I hate painting. I hate spraying. I never want to paint anything ever again. Hate, hate, hate.


Carcass installed


Blum undermount drawer slides kick ass. They glide like butter fully loaded and are worth the premium.


Had to crank out a pizza peel wedding gift


Polished up real nice


Butcher block slab shaped up


Flanking shelves from extra backsplash roughed


Finished and ready to go


Shelves installed


Up close


And done

[oldnew_guy]

Dang. That's nice.

[Art Shirk]

I see your wife subscribed to the same notion that every surface, the more beautiful the better, should be completely covered in pillows.

Envious of that shop.

Want to do something similar in my mud room. Super awesome looking. Love the contrasts and colors too.


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[dan_pdx]

Yeah, nice work and A+ throw pillow game. How are the shelves attached to the walls?

[Not DJSapp]

Yeah, nice work and A+ throw pillow game. How are the shelves attached to the walls?

Keyhole router bit is my favorite for this kind of thing. Absolute PITA to install and dial it in, but once it's done, it's done and it's snug against the wall and level.

[riser4]

That's a lot of pillows.

[~mikey b]

do you sit on the shelves?