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

[Chainsaw_Willie]

This thread is a great example of why I love this site. So many talented people.

Woodworking isn't really my thing. I prefer to feed the trees rather than cut them up...

[lax]

in keeping with the original low tech theme..

a hammer, nails and a handsaw.



so amazed and proud this actually worked.

[Chainsaw_Willie]

Sweet! Trebuchets are cool!

I built a catapult once out of nothing more than cedar planks split off a fallen tree with a splitting maul and some wedges, twine, a short piece of 1" pipe, a little rope, two 5 gallon buckets filled with river rock, and a steel bowl to hold the projectile. Managed to launch a 15 lb bowling ball about 60 feet before the fire burned down and it was cannabilized to provide heat and light.

[str8line]

This thread is a great example of why I love this site. So many talented people.

Woodworking isn't really my thing. I prefer to feed the trees rather than cut them up...

Need more info on this.

[Game Over]

looks like a aluminium v8..me too.

[doughboyshredder]

[doughboyshredder]

sorry about the size. damn.

[train07]

Cheating some, since I have two employees who help perform miracles. There are some aspects that I never give up because I'm anal or I just feel that if a mistake is going to be made late in the game, you (as an employee) don't want to be the one making it. I lay claim to the design and the structural integrity of this recent project and the main man on the cupola.

[for those of you who saw my other construction post from a while ago this is a different frame, but on the same property..one can not have too many frames]














some very cool work in this thread.. and woodstock, that is a most excellent gavel for sure

[snowsprite]

Those pendulums are almost as nice as the first ones!

Sprite

[danadog]

From nasty white carpet and a 2x6 painted hand rail to this with alot of help from a good buddy!

[warthog]

This pic shows 2 of my projects. My 1972 Whaler restore, and my 16 ft span gate. The boat has had all the mahogany either stripped and refinished, or completely re made with new wood. The gate is designed to hold its own weight up by spreading the load down the diagonal pices. It is one heavy ass gate.


This shot shows the rock walkway I made a few months ago too. I also built the deck in the background. Actually, come to think of it, I built the whole damn backyard.


Here is a shot during the building of the walkway:


I built this too:


I have done a million things to this, but the brick walkway is my favorite. It was recycled from a rear patio. All the brick is old 1940s brick from downtown St Petersburg buildings. They used to sell the leftovers to the residents. This walkway took at least 2 months. There is at least 1 foot of sand under the whole thing to raise it up. Toughest thing I have ever built. My back just hurts looking at it.



Also built this-

Mahogany dashboard for my 1979 CJ-7. I like to varnish stuff.

[RootSkier]

some very cool work in this thread.. and woodstock, that is a most excellent gavel for sure

Damn, sent that pm before I saw this, train. Nice work. Nothing like dropping the last few jacks in and having a perfect fit all the way around.

And I too was digging woodstock's mallet.

[train07]

Pm returned...we're on the same page

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I made a paper airplane once.

[DJMingus]

Latest house project.

[woodstocksez]

I made a paper airplane once.

Probably not as sweet as this one, I bet.

That's a jet. Took me a couple of days, off and on, but it was so worth it. Put your eye out if you're not careful.

[laseranimal]

for the mini-animal

still have to add monkey bars

[snowsprite]

In middle school, my dad helped me build a miniature guillotine (I did most of the work myself). I wish I had a photo of it, that thing was cool! Blade was sharp too. It cut carrots, but did not completely sever the barbie's head I tried to chop off...the plastic was too hard for the blade to cut all the way through I think.

I also designed and hand-sewed the beautiful period velvet dress and feathered hat the barbie doll victim was wearing. It was a very pretty ensemble if I do say so myself.

Oh, and last year I built a ski chair out of old skis (with a 'lil help). There is a photo floating around of it but I'm too lazy to find it.

Sprite

[bio-smear]

I built this raised sleeping deck for my Tundra. It mostly just hides valuables like skis.



I'm gonna edit this after I build my new airplane instrument panel this winter.

[jonpierre]

thats tight bio ... i built one like that with drawers for my cruiser

a little smoke shack dubbed "red fox"

[train07]

a little smoke shack dubbed "red fox"

Do you mean Redd Foxx?

BTW.. way cool shack

Those pendulums are almost as nice as the first ones!

pendants my dear, pendants. so tempting, so tempting..

[KnuckleDragger]

Dining room hutch



Kayak

[DJMingus]

really nice on both knuckledragger. The boat is gorgeous.

[KnuckleDragger]

Thanks - the boat is a lot of fun.

[snowsprite]

Wow! That kayak is crazy-beautiful! Huge kudos to you on that labor of love...

Sprite