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

[RootSkier]

Closing on a new house this week. Stoked to get back to the house projects!

[Vinman]

wow man those are gorgeous. do you do snowboards?

I'm building my wife a split board this summer. That will be my first attempt at a board. We'll call it an R &D prototype project. Stay tuned.

[Vinman]

Pretty sure Dunfee specializes in just stairs. Although this does have his signature "organic style".

I'd love to see Vinman's skis someday.

It can be arranged! Just hit me up this year if you come north. Or maybe I'll finally make it to Ullr fest......

[CantDog]

It can be arranged! Just hit me up this year if you come north. Or maybe I'll finally make it to Ullr fest......

Wow Vin, these are gorgeous. When I make my way back north count me in for a pair.

[2stix]

A good friend asked me to build a bookshelf/display case for her. It's 10'x10' and made from mdf with a nice lacquer finish.
Cut up all the material and started putting boxes together.



Glued, screwed and nailed together


All the boxes joined and faced


Now with a "few" coats of lacquer

[Phall]

So, my girlfriend can't drive standard, and I don't really want to teach her on my Taco, so my truck/sleeping platform is out for our week long Oregon/Washington (SLC>Oakridge>Bend>Hood River>Crystal Mt.) is out. She just got a '16 Forester and we decided to build a camping platform. After ~$200 invested, some tweaks during construction due to my lack of any real carpentry skill, we have a 45" by ~76" sleeping platform. Headroom is a little tight, and the next step is what pads we're going to use, and making/buying some mosquito netting for the large sunroof and windows. Need to add some fold down supports at an angle for the front section, but other than that, its pretty solid.

Platform outside of car, the two sections attach with a tension/draw style rotating latch on each end to give the platfom strength.


Folded up to allow front seats to be comfortable for road trips (full range of motion)


Fully extended, 6'4" of length at the center


Shown with front section removed and rear seats up:

[jm2e]

Now with a "few" coats of lacquer

That looks fantastic. Well done.

[t-the-east]

Stone stairway

Boulder wall

Patio with fire pit ( pic of employee , for scale )

And finished patio


Solid week at this customers property. On to the next one.....

[shirk]

I have been working on our new house for the last year and we have been living in it for two weeks now. I did sub out the foundation, roof (standing seam), and dense-pack cellulose installation. Everything else, including cutting the timber frame, I did myself with the wife's help, though I did have some help from friends.

About 60% of the wood came from our property, some for TF parts, rough sawn framing, hickory floor, and 95% of material for finish work.

It is about 1000 sq. ft. (excluding walk out basement), passive solar, super-insulated (r-60), actively ventilated (ultimate air erv) and is an incredible space to live in. There is still lots more to do but that will never end. Here are a few photos from the past year.

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Catching up on old threads. Nice work on the timber frame. My spouse's brother has built a traditional timber frame cabin in eastern Quebec. I helped him put up his roof "trusses" to create the baffle between the inner and outer roof. Fun work.

[snoqpass]

Fuck politics, upgraded the kitchen clock

[Skidog]

Fuck politics, upgraded the kitchen clock

do you say its 12 o'clock or 45 o'clock?

[Chupachucks]

So much inspiration! 🙏
This thread is great!
Make silver jewelry inspired by the mountains but can't seem to post pics... Soon I guess😜

[Chupachucks]

My silver work...

[~mikey b]

That's pretty cool.

My wife and I have custom silver wedding rings with mountains made by a woman we once knew.

I've got a big fat ugly silver and turquoise and coral ring I've been thinking about making into something else. Do you do anything like that?

[bad dancer]

Sweeping the crap off around your woodstove is a pain. I will never understand why hearths are raised off the floor resulting in a massive lip to sweep around. Tile and stone just collect black dust. i sunk a piece of stainless into the hardwood flush and now seeping is a breeze.

[nickwm21]

Sweeping the crap off around your woodstove is a pain. I will never understand why hearths are raised off the floor resulting in a massive lip to sweep around. Tile and stone just collect black dust. i sunk a piece of stainless into the hardwood flush and now seeping is a breeze.

How hot does it get?

[RootSkier]

Interesting. I have a temporarily-removed gas stove in my new house and I need to put something down. I was thinking about doing something very similar with hot rolled steel, but I too wondered about the heat.

[bad dancer]

This stove is rated for 4 inches clearance to a combustible material behind it. It is amazing ! It is the best stove on the market for minimal clearances to code I have found. that is why i bought it. It wasnt cheap but I need space. I can have the stove cranked and when I just had it sitting on the hardwood, there was literally no heat on the floor. It is almost impossible to dry my wet shoes if I put them under the stove.

[~mikey b]

What stove is that?

[riser4]

This stove is rated for 4 inches clearance to a combustible material behind it. It is amazing ! It is the best stove on the market for minimal clearances to code I have found. that is why i bought it. It wasnt cheap but I need space. I can have the stove cranked and when I just had it sitting on the hardwood, there was literally no heat on the floor. It is almost impossible to dry my wet shoes if I put them under the stove.

SO it throws all the heat up the stack?

[NW_SKIER]

SO it throws all the heat up the stack?

Heat does rise

[crashartist]

This stove is rated for 4 inches clearance to a combustible material behind it. It is amazing ! It is the best stove on the market for minimal clearances to code I have found. that is why i bought it. It wasnt cheap but I need space. I can have the stove cranked and when I just had it sitting on the hardwood, there was literally no heat on the floor. It is almost impossible to dry my wet shoes if I put them under the stove.

This is not in CA, correct? No way metal inlayed into wood flooring would pass hearth r value levels.

[bad dancer]

Its a Morso. I was wrong. Its 6 inches from the back wall. I have the air/hrat baffle installed at the back of stove along with double wall pipe to the roof.
I am in British Columbia. Gulf Islands.

[crashartist]

That stove does look nice. I just installed a stove with similar clearances last winter.

[gaijin]

My latest creation for A- my house, and B- a furniture company I'm starting.

This will hold 14 pairs of big boy skis.
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Sliding drawers for wax and tools. Drawers and vertical rack supports are faced with 100yo, weathered redwood. Because awesome. And, that remote is for the LEDs. Did I mention that red bench top is copper?
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Pegs are double wide for obvious reasons.
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This is white. A rainbow array of colors via remote. That black square is 4 power outlets. The whole rack plugs into the wall.
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