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

[riser4]

My 14 yo is making a desk out of 2x8s glued together. He's going mostly off YouTube and doesn't really want my input except when he's stuck (down a dead end that could have been avoided had he asked for directions). My investment so far is a new circular saw blade (because it was time for a new one) and my time to cut the ends even. He's got his first coat on of whatever it was he decided to use and has more sanding to do. He managed to get it fairly level which is good because we don't have a planer. He'll do alright and have a better idea for next time. He wouldn't hear of using either a jig or attaching cleats for gluing as our clamps are not long enough for a desk. I hope the bond is sturdy. I didn't cut enough off the ends to test it.

[BeardedClam]

13% Vd is Yuge. You either need fatter wire or a step up/step down tansformer setup. Bump it up to 600V, use skinny wire then drop it to 240 at your house. 600v is not as common in the USA as it is in Canada so you might get better pricing on 480V transformers. Do a bit of math and run some Vdrop calcs with different wire sizes at different voltages then do some more math with prices of equipment/wire. A 3kva tx at 600v will drop your current to about 5A. 3kva will be maxed out though, so I'd go minimum 5kva. Actually, I'd probably go with 10 kva because in my experience everyone always wants more after a bit.

hadn't even though about going that route. Do you know if those need a nominal input (120/240/480) or can some funky voltage from the solar array work?

[frorider]

When you break a buckle & are skiing early next morning:

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

tie wire has fixed a lot of shit.

[fatnslow]

When you break a buckle & are skiing early next morning:

Lift ticket bail wire should have it's own thread before it becomes obsolete.

[wendigo]

Built this table a couple of years ago, cedar and hemlock.
Best part is not caring about it, feet up!

[old goat]

very nice

[mmmm...pow!]

The custom Volkl throw rug is a nice touch.

[frorider]

Really ties the room together

[Dobish]

I made a drill charging station

[RootSkier]

Is that a bedroom? Do you ever use the french cleats with your partner/fuckbuddy?

[NW_SKIER]

Poured a patio sidewalk for my parents Wednesday. Stripped the forms yesterday. Turned out okay, I think. Been awhile.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

oh to live where you don't have to put the blankets on six months out of the year.

[NW_SKIER]

oh to live where you don't have to put the blankets on six months out of the year.

Just barely outside that window, here. Got down to 30 for a few hours that night. Not long enough to do any damage, but it was on my mind, for sure.

[Art Shirk]

Pantry had an old curtain in front of it. Now that the apocalypse has hit, various items were falling out so I built some doors.






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[hawkgt]

^^^^^^ nice rack!!!

[Art Shirk]

^^^^^^ nice rack!!!

Thanks, its all natural!

[kootenayskier]

Getting organized.

[Iowagriz]

Nice - I was thinking of building something similar to your upper rack. Up and out of the way for summer.

[RootSkier]

How many dentists in your family?

[old goat]

Getting organized.

nice rack

[The AD]

Replaced a crappy old raised garden bed with a new homebuilt version. Used six 2x6x8 ft cedar boards and fastened with pocket screws. Pretty quick and easy. Looks a whole lot better than the old POS!

[iceman]

Looks nice.

[The AD]

Looks nice.

Thanks. I think it came out pretty good.

[Art Shirk]

Looks good Ad. Planter boxes were on the menu for the moms this weekend too. Raised one for my mom and ground for MIL.






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