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

[Art Shirk]

Damn, great lookin Alpinord. Beefy.

SilverS, you do the wall/stone build too, or do they call you in after to install the gate?

[AlpiNord]

Ha! Thanks. Hopefully the 26ga metal and tons of sealant will resist the forces of nature.

[Art Shirk]

Some final pics of the Shed of Doom. I was going to just fill it with crap but decided it would make a good little shop.

Whacked some adjustable pier support brackets into the wonky concrete slab and slathered with anchoring epoxy as I leveled them out. They are burly, even and level, and water won't touch the base.



It was a stage for one of my daughter's performances for about a week before I cracked back into the project.



Up it went and since my last post, it got soffits, windows, trim. Started the roofing under layer - materials courtesy of oftpiste. Eventually shingles.




Vinyl flooring. Some remnant from HD.



Done minus painting trim



Built work bench, add a shop light with Bluetooth speakers, one kid and one Toronto cocktail.

[TheSilverSurfer]

Damn, great lookin Alpinord. Beefy.

SilverS, you do the wall/stone build too, or do they call you in after to install the gate?

All the groundwork, concrete, internal support structures for the gates, and electrical get done first and then the Masons come in and do the rock work. Occasionally I will build the columns and have the Mason come in and face them but on this job we had the Mason do everything

[TheSilverSurfer]

shed of Doom is pretty outstanding work

[AlpiNord]

Built work bench, add a shop light with Bluetooth speakers, one supervisor and one Toronto cocktail.

FIFY Good thing you had supervision. Nice job.

[oftpiste]

Good work boyz.

[dtown]

Started the backyard rink...

Last Year:



This Year:


Have to add lights and then wait on the cold weather. Will have 2’ boards on the sides and 4’ boards on the ends. Will have 2 benches to get ready on and a fire pit to keep the kiddos warm. Will post some follow up pics in about a month.

[::: :::]

Dtown, that is huge! Good on ya!

[snoqpass]

It can snow and pile up now, the north metal wainscot is installed.




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Looks nice

[old goat]

Walnut pedestal drop leaf table for my son and his 500 sqft apt.

[BigKuba]

End tables to complement the coffee table from a number of posts ago:


Grain direction is important, lest it annoy me for years to come:


Easier half of the sliding dovetails


Adding some leg taper


Floating top support, with gratuitous joinery that no one will notice


Next step: Console table to complete replacing the set of cofee/end/console tables I got straight out of grad school...

[shredforfun]

Can I play too? I see most of this is housing related, lets expand that to all homes Like truck camper homes.

Just finished a big project replacing the canvas on my four wheel camper. And I made a bunch of videos about it. What do you think?

[old goat]

End tables to complement the coffee table from a number of posts ago:


Grain direction is important, lest it annoy me for years to come:


Easier half of the sliding dovetails


Adding some leg taper


Floating top support, with gratuitous joinery that no one will notice


Next step: Console table to complete replacing the set of cofee/end/console tables I got straight out of grad school...

That probably doesn't look impressive to a non-woodworker who might not appreciate how clean and tight it is. those sliding dovetails have to be perfect or they'll gap. People also might not appreciate the way you laid out the legs to get the same grain exposure on all four sides. Nice work.

[XCextreme]

Tore up some shitty vinyl and ripped out a tiny non functional closet. Made a bench from an old bed frame and laid some tile. Next up, new drywall in place of the panel board. Then a shelf and better hook set up above the bench. Finally, a boot dryer tied into the central heating vent.

[Boissal]

Well, my last few projects are quite a bit less advanced and exciting that most of the stuff in this thread but may be of interest.

I just redid the truck bed's platform to deal with a number of issues with the "plywood over 2x6" design most people use. We have an Ikea foam topper in there, 3" thick, and there was so much condensation under it in the AM that I got worried it would get moldy if I didn't dry it out every morning. I also didn't like the loss of storage room and didn't want to build hinged sections and drawers. They make the whole setup a bit too permanent for my taste. I went with removable 1x6 slats laid over 2x4s resting on the wheel wells and the lip which runs along the bed. I added a 2x4 at the edge of the bed which bears more weight (when getting in and out) and may swap a slat for a 2x6 in the middle (under my fat ass) to limit sag when we have 2 people and the dog in there (probably overkill). The 3 slats in the back are fixed in place for now and are used to store the bed roll, we've been rolling the mattress + sleeping bag in a large piece of canvas with velcro stitched to the back, makes for a tidy burrito. No more humidity, easy access to most of the bed for hauling shit around, no lumbago when loading a full cooler in the back, and full removal in 1 minute.







The best part was having all the wood laying around from various old projects and buying exactly nothing. The shittiest part was making 16 6" wide by 1" deep notches in the 2x4s using a hand held circular saw.

More recycling with a small shelter for the backyard firepit wood supply. The 4x4 are old fence posts, the 2x4 random studs I used in a staining adventure when I was building picture frames, the roof is leftover cedar fence slats. All the stone was left from a patio project a couple years ago.







Said picture frames, made from 1x2s. I plaid around with sanding the stain after application for a more "distressed look" but ultimately went with 1 coat of dark stain and a coat of acrylic on top. I layer the art on thin carboard and staple it to the back, looks clean enough.









Love me some recycling!

[GBB]

Nice frames. What did you use, if anything, for the backing?

[Skidog]

Well, my last few projects are quite a bit less advanced and exciting that most of the stuff in this thread but may be of interest.

I just redid the truck bed's platform to deal with a number of issues with the "plywood over 2x6" design most people use. We have an Ikea foam topper in there, 3" thick, and there was so much condensation under it in the AM that I got worried it would get moldy if I didn't dry it out every morning. I also didn't like the loss of storage room and didn't want to build hinged sections and drawers. They make the whole setup a bit too permanent for my taste. I went with removable 1x6 slats laid over 2x4s resting on the wheel wells and the lip which runs along the bed. I added a 2x4 at the edge of the bed which bears more weight (when getting in and out) and may swap a slat for a 2x6 in the middle (under my fat ass) to limit sag when we have 2 people and the dog in there (probably overkill). The 3 slats in the back are fixed in place for now and are used to store the bed roll, we've been rolling the mattress + sleeping bag in a large piece of canvas with velcro stitched to the back, makes for a tidy burrito. No more humidity, easy access to most of the bed for hauling shit around, no lumbago when loading a full cooler in the back, and full removal in 1 minute.







The best part was having all the wood laying around from various old projects and buying exactly nothing. The shittiest part was making 16 6" wide by 1" deep notches in the 2x4s using a hand held circular saw.

More recycling with a small shelter for the backyard firepit wood supply. The 4x4 are old fence posts, the 2x4 random studs I used in a staining adventure when I was building picture frames, the roof is leftover cedar fence slats. All the stone was left from a patio project a couple years ago.







Said picture frames, made from 1x2s. I plaid around with sanding the stain after application for a more "distressed look" but ultimately went with 1 coat of dark stain and a coat of acrylic on top. I layer the art on thin carboard and staple it to the back, looks clean enough.









Love me some recycling!

Love the truck platform. Simple design. Perfect function. Might steal that one.

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[Bronic]

Some great stuff in here recently, good work to all

[sb]

You guys make sum kewl shit.

[Boissal]

Nice frames. What did you use, if anything, for the backing?

Most of the frames are for semi rigid photo paper with a wide-ish border so I stapled them directly to the back of the frame, no backing. I used pieced of white cardboard as backing for a couple of smaller pictures.

[zartagen]

Made a shelf for the manlift at work. I was sick of balancing tools on the control panel and/or on the floor. Made various spots for ratchets and screwdrivers and such. The spot with the drill was meant for holding welding rods, but it works for a lot of things. One of my most practical creations by far.

[AlpiNord]

Stretching the roolz to bump this thread. I built this with my hands, in 3D, using my MacBook Pro tools:

[iceman]

Is it gonna be actually built or is it an exercise?

I feel bad for Zartagen, he got no love and the thread died for 4 months. Nice work Zartagen, seriously.

[AlpiNord]

Everyone's skiing and not getting shit built.

It's a marketing project for someone else I'm using as an excuse to up my 3D Rendering game.