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

**KnuckleDragger** · 11-05-2007, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by Alek

That is absolutely stunning! How long did that take? Did you have previous experience building wooden boats?

I bet you launch it really carefully and never beach it for fear of scratching the finish!

Thanks. That is the only boat I have built and it took about 6 months. It's 17'-6" long and weighs about 37 lbs. I was made to be used so I dont mind if it gets scraped up a bit. A little light sanding and a fresh coat of varnish and its brand new again.

**BigDaddy** · 11-05-2007, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by train07

There's a lot of great stuff here but right now i want to give a big w00t to BigDaddy. Aren't you the guy with the luge run, too? Great job, man.

Thanks! (You guys are making me blush!) Yes, that's me with the tubing/luge run. I want to put a pond in, too, and then I'm looking into hosting the Winter Olympics for 2018... I want it to be a family rec center, so we can just chill and hang there all weekend.

Your post and beam work looks very impressive. I'm thinking about a kit from Country Carpenters for my garage/guest house. I love the aesthetic, and how they can erect it in about a day. I'd want to insulate it though, so I guess you have to use the insulated panels. Do you have any expertise or ideas about this? Any input would be greatly appreciated!

**train07** · 11-05-2007, 05:41 PM

No, you don't have to use the panels BD, especially if you go for an all wood (t&G) "sheathing". Talk to those guys regarding what you want to accomplish and they should send you in the right direction. I'll pm you some panel links of companies I've used. They make sense on big jobs, but if yur doing the work yourself and want to save some money, there are alternatives.

**Dantheman** · 11-08-2007, 04:42 PM

Built this and put in the slider with my Dad two weekends ago, definitely stoked on the results.

doughboyshredder · 04-08-2008, 10:32 PM

I am proud of these pedestrian gates. I only have a pic of one of the three, but everything was hand bent and placed as I built it. No drawings, just an idea.

**RootSkier** · 04-08-2008, 11:17 PM

That is fucking sick. Where do you live? We could violate rich people together.

We are closing on a house next week, I need ten feet of very modern handrail. I wish I could weld.

**snowsprite** · 04-09-2008, 08:10 AM

You should be proud, Doughboy...that's fucking beautiful!

Sprite

**Timmy Two Planks** · 04-09-2008, 01:02 PM

in college, clean snowmobile challenge
honda cbr 600 f4i street bike engine in an arctic cat frame

**BigKuba** · 04-09-2008, 02:10 PM

Lived back with the parents a few summers ago and paid my rent with this:

Before:

After:

**BigDaddy** · 04-09-2008, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by snowsprite

You should be proud, Doughboy...that's fucking beautiful!

Sprite

thirded.... that's so cool, do you do that for a living?!

**Magic Rat** · 04-09-2008, 04:02 PM

Poker table & kegerator

**RootSkier** · 04-09-2008, 04:29 PM

Tell me you don't really have Bud Light on tap.

**BigDaddy** · 04-09-2008, 04:30 PM

^ That should be in the "man cave" thread!

PS- Just guessing that it's Budweiser on tap...?

**focus** · 04-09-2008, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by BigKuba

Lived back with the parents a few summers ago and paid my rent with this:

That IS pretty nice, but how many more times are you gonna post it in this thread??

**BigKuba** · 04-09-2008, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by focus

That IS pretty nice, but how many more times are you gonna post it in this thread??

Really? Damn, I didn't remember posting it the first (2nd, 3rd?) time, but it would explain why those photos are in my random photobucket account...

Better get to making kayaks or designer barbed wire spiked gates...

**Magic Rat** · 04-09-2008, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by RootSkier

Tell me you don't really have Bud Light on tap.

Cool, I won't tell you. I'd hate to damage your delicate sensibilities

doughboyshredder · 04-09-2008, 07:47 PM

wow!

Thanks for the great words!

Rootskier, I am in the great northwest, but really can ship anywhere.

I build artisticly inspired automated gates and fencing. I love it when I get to be creative with a job.

**klaxed** · 04-10-2008, 01:11 AM

I would have to say this is one of the coolest tables ever.

**Peewee** · 04-10-2008, 01:55 AM

I built this last July. I still need to cut plugs for the holes in the posts.

**Gordyman** · 04-10-2008, 02:07 AM

Dough, you rock.
Root rocks.
Big D rocks.
I can't remember everybody.
Kayak builder dude rocks.
So many impressive accomplishments.
Here are this and thats from my household:
First my wife used to make quilts of her own design. Here is one:

Cabinetry is expensive! My wife saw a kitchen in a magazine and we approximated the shelves.

My wife tiled the wall above the stove.

My younger daughter crafts with furious intensity. This is one of the multitude of her creations.

Landscaping: brutal, back breaking labor that really is worth it!
Starting out...

Almost done.

A friend gave me an old ski lift chair from Mount Baker that was made into a bench. Wife and I stripped the rust, removed the nasty old seat and back covers, and made it a shop bench.

**Dobish** · 04-10-2008, 02:38 AM

unfortunately the table is all cracked now from being in the sun..... oh well. the table is still cool and i am hoping to have the chairs finished before this summer....

**iggyskier** · 04-10-2008, 02:56 AM

Few workbenches for the shop.

Ski Press

**RootSkier** · 04-10-2008, 08:46 AM

Nice shit Gordyman. Tell me about how you anchored the intermediate shelf, here. It looks like you just used 3/4 galvanized pipe, right? I have curtain rods that are similar...but with black pipe.

**runethechamp** · 04-10-2008, 10:02 AM

I didn't really build the parts for it, but I rebuilt the engine on my 94 4runner. There was great satisfaction when it started without hesitation on the first try when it was in the car again. A few select pictures from the process: