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

Climbing wall for my 6 yo son
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6059/...cc4a641a9e.jpg

W, that stuff is really coming along!
the lazy susan idea is a great one, and something i'd love to see pictures of if you build it.

Below are some pics of a nightstand that I built in a local woodshop class. Its not my design and I had a considerable amount of guidance throughout the project, but I think it turned out pretty good for my first piece of furniture...

http://www.tgrmedia.com/i.ashx?w=400...ap_730X550.jpg

http://www.tgrmedia.com/i.ashx?w=400...ap_730X550.jpg

http://www.tgrmedia.com/i.ashx?w=400...ap_730X550.jpg

http://www.tgrmedia.com/i.ashx?w=400...ap_730X550.jpg

Gorgeous!

nice piece man, really good workmanship, esp. for a first piece.

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Thanks, guys, MUCH more to come!
here's a detail that y'all will like, the wood veneers are leftovers from the Igneous factory.

If any of you are seriously interested, I will be offering a substantial mag discount in thanks for reading all of my inane posts over the years.

Other items I am building right now: (all out of *mostly* recycled bike parts)

Plant hangars
Night lights
lamps
trivets
BBQ tools
bottle openers
picture frames
license plate holders
Outdoor thermometers
Sundials
sconces
drawer pulls

lots and lots of other ideas.

My whole design philosophy is to showcase the geometric beauty of the bike parts, and contrast that with glass, wood, and stone. Hopefully it will appeal to many folks, not just bike nuts. These are early projects, they are getting more refined as I go. Think stuff that would work in a billionaire's house just as well as a bike mechanic skid's...

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Start a thread, post pics and prices, really dig what you've posted and only came across it because of the post in Marshal's Sprockets thread.

My summer project was new putting down new travertine floors in our kitchen. Not as impressive as most/all projects on here, but I felt good when it was done.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5275/...bb25e775_z.jpg

Here is a mock-up of the lazy susan...
It will have a glass top up to 18", the thing is smooth as silk.
(chris king headset bearings)
I can also do some embellishments under the top glass (pieces of chain, etc), but i don't think it needs it.
it is elegant, muscular, geometric, and functional.



(if that embed doesn't work:


http://www.youtube.com/user/bicyclArt

I think $150 is fair...(but i can do a less elaborate/smaller one for ~$90, or super cheech Dura Ace/campy chainrings, etc for $250)

I'll post better pics when i get it done.
Early, I am reworking the wood backing with solid cherry in order to make it more durable, I loved the veneer, but it was finicky. Should have your done end of next week.

Seconding Danno's suggestion to get a separate thread for your stuff, ride.

i used to work with wood, but now i just fuck around and hack random stuff together. its really refreshing not having to be so precise with any of it. of course, i don't have to make money doing this either.

figuring it out
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...bsledFrame.jpg

paint...why? i still don't know.
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...paintframe.jpg

coming together...kind of. no clue what i'm doing. beer helps.
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...bsledclose.jpg

painted and ready to go.
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...n/bobready.jpg

my son just added skate trucks, so now its road ready in a sketchy kind of way.

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Originally Posted by rideit

Here is a mock-up of the lazy susan...
It will have a glass top up to 18", the thing is smooth as silk.
(chris king headset bearings)
I can also do some embellishments under the top glass (pieces of chain, etc), but i don't think it needs it.
it is elegant, muscular, geometric, and functional.



(if that embed doesn't work:


http://www.youtube.com/user/bicyclArt

I think $150 is fair...(but i can do a less elaborate/smaller one for ~$90, or super cheech Dura Ace/campy chainrings, etc for $250)

I'll post better pics when i get it done.
Early, I am reworking the wood backing with solid cherry in order to make it more durable, I loved the veneer, but it was finicky. Should have your done end of next week.

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Definitely digging the lazy susan. Got a couple projects that could benefit from such a design feature.

Man I can barely make my bed.

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Man I can barely make my bed.

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Uh, that's what wives are for.

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Originally Posted by rideit

Here is a mock-up of the lazy susan...
It will have a glass top up to 18", the thing is smooth as silk.
(chris king headset bearings)
I can also do some embellishments under the top glass (pieces of chain, etc), but i don't think it needs it.
it is elegant, muscular, geometric, and functional.



(if that embed doesn't work:


http://www.youtube.com/user/bicyclArt

I think $150 is fair...(but i can do a less elaborate/smaller one for ~$90, or super cheech Dura Ace/campy chainrings, etc for $250)

I'll post better pics when i get it done.
Early, I am reworking the wood backing with solid cherry in order to make it more durable, I loved the veneer, but it was finicky. Should have your done end of next week.

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I think you should charge more than that. (maybe not for mags, but in general)

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Uh, that's what wives are for.

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Not in this house bro.

I just got an e-mail from my supervisors, the price just went up to $225 due to the Japanese Tsunami.

I just made another one with fewer parts that I feel comfortable selling for $150. Pics later, gotta go up to targhee fest.

nice one strawjack... love no stress projects where beer is the focus and the project is the assistant. Always wondered WTF your avatar was.... now I know.....

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Originally Posted by rideit

Here is a mock-up of the lazy susan...
It will have a glass top up to 18", the thing is smooth as silk.
(chris king headset bearings)
I can also do some embellishments under the top glass (pieces of chain, etc), but i don't think it needs it.
it is elegant, muscular, geometric, and functional.



(if that embed doesn't work:


http://www.youtube.com/user/bicyclArt

I think $150 is fair...(but i can do a less elaborate/smaller one for ~$90, or super cheech Dura Ace/campy chainrings, etc for $250)

I'll post better pics when i get it done.
Early, I am reworking the wood backing with solid cherry in order to make it more durable, I loved the veneer, but it was finicky. Should have your done end of next week.

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Look at you go! :-) ... love watching this develop.

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Look at you go! :-) ... love watching this develop.

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Was just logging in to basically say the same thing... looks amazing. Nice work.

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Not in this house bro.

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Iceman makes beds in jeans...

I'll play.

Pool house + stone wall and landscaping from last year in background. Beginning of addition (enlarged dining room + screened in porch) I just finished.
http://i52.tinypic.com/2gtxoqh.jpg

Nearly finished addition minus stairs, stone flower beds, and paint.
http://i51.tinypic.com/29ogwu8.jpg

#2 pine floor in dining room laid by hand with cut nails. (the original portion of the house is roughly 250 years old, so we always stick to an early American farmhouse look)
http://i54.tinypic.com/104p7o3.jpg

Storage closet on screened porch for storm windows/odds and ends
http://i56.tinypic.com/nycum9.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/rkzk9h.jpg

Stone + concrete stairway as well as stone wall face on dining room. (all stone hand picked on site)
http://i56.tinypic.com/mrfgvo.jpg

Closer
http://i52.tinypic.com/16m225c.jpg


And I just started a climate controlled garage for this beauty!
http://i55.tinypic.com/eb27pg.jpg

SCARY. FUCKING. FAST.
http://i54.tinypic.com/zmxz6e.jpg

http://images.nationalgeographic.com...16_600x450.jpg

Me too, EB!:

http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/7467-1.jpg


Nice work there, WG... did you do all the building, stone work, etc.? Looks like a sweet spread.

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Me too, EB!:

http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/7467-1.jpg


Nice work there, WG... did you do all the building, stone work, etc.? Looks like a sweet spread.

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Yep, I did all the work with one other guy, from laying the foundation through finish trim work. Only thing we don't do is wiring/plumbing. It's my father's house on 100 acres in New Jersey. Its a beautiful spot.

Gear baskets from 100% recyclable & re-purposed materials!

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V..._Subi_rack.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-A...ownward_FJ.JPG

^^^^^^^^Excellent!
Now I want to make a rocket box out of recycled space shuttle panels....

fuck, anyone know anyone in Houston?

Ok, last two pieces before I start a new thread of mah own.

First one is for Loon:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a1...D550/ry%3D400/
And this one for Mntlion:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a1...D550/ry%3D400/

Thanks, looks great but how do you tell which end of the pbr wrench to read?

Good Question.
It's too light to attach anything to, I'll make you one with red at the business end, if you want.

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Good Question.
It's too light to attach anything to, I'll make you one with red at the business end, if you want.

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Can't you use an opener, that's held on by an electric magnet until 5pm, and then polarity is reversed, shooting it off the clock into your hand as you're walking to the fridge??? :cool:

A few recent ones

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...710_174041.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...713_195151.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...719_202708.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...719_202643.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...802_181141.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...819_195816.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...830_124425.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...830_124452.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...811_141317.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...815_143937.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...724_110640.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...809_194659.jpg

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And I just started a climate controlled garage for this beauty!
http://i55.tinypic.com/eb27pg.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/zmxz6e.jpg

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Hmmm. Suspiciously clean.

Well Mercury built it originally with someone else's hands but for the past 21 years I've been building this car. Started off as a 1980 Capri Turbo RS-4cyl. 4spd. 1 of 5000 made.

Now has a Sportsman block 5.4 liter with billet 4 bolt mains, Forged Steel Crank internally balanced, Forged H-Beam rods, Forged pistons, Canfield aluminum heads cnc ported, solid roller cam-over .620 lift, fuel injected-G-Force T-5- Torsen T2R diff. Griggs GR-40 Suspension and 13.5/12.2 4piston brake kit. And the list goes on and on.

2900# and 400 rwhp.
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f..._side_view.jpg
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f...front_view.jpg
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f...i+interior.jpg
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f...i+rollcage.jpg
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f...pri+engine.jpg
This is an older shot of the engine before the fuel injection was installed and the valve covers and intake were painted black and before the big brake kit was installed.

something is going on with picture attachments. If I click on one of those it opens in the same window and then when I hit the back button it goes back to the threads page. Weird.

Nice work on the car.

I did a lot of work on my old Boy Scout meeting room back home 2 summers ago. Me and 2 other guys did most of the work, with other people helping out here and there. The room was stripped to nothing when we started. I moved here to CO before it was completely finished, but it was nearly done.

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0018.jpg

This stage required a lot of precision cuts and was definitely fun to build.
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0016.jpg

Before.

http://stk.tetongravity.com/forums/a...5&d=1315719552

During...

http://stk.tetongravity.com/forums/a...6&d=1315719591

Not quite done yet, but getting there.

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something is going on with picture attachments. If I click on one of those it opens in the same window and then when I hit the back button it goes back to the threads page. Weird.

Nice work on the car.

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Fixed it minus the updated photos as they were causing the fuck up.

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Originally Posted by Mastodon

Well Mercury built it originally with someone else's hands but for the past 21 years I've been building this car. Started off as a 1980 Capri Turbo RS-4cyl. 4spd. 1 of 5000 made.

Now has a Sportsman block 5.4 liter with billet 4 bolt mains, Forged Steel Crank internally balanced, Forged H-Beam rods, Forged pistons, Canfield aluminum heads cnc ported, solid roller cam-over .620 lift, fuel injected-G-Force T-5- Torsen T2R diff. Griggs GR-40 Suspension and 13.5/12.2 4piston brake kit. And the list goes on and on.

2900# and 400 rwhp.
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f..._side_view.jpg
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f...front_view.jpg
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f...i+interior.jpg
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f...i+rollcage.jpg
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f...pri+engine.jpg
This is an older shot of the engine before the fuel injection was installed and the valve covers and intake were painted black and before the big brake kit was installed.

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As one of the many shade-tree mechanics here, let me assure you that this is not going unappreciated. NASTY.

^^^Thanks. The appreciation appreciated.

Here is the car in action http://youtu.be/6nFUqGOW52A at Pacific Raceways, Kent, Washington in 09'
It was during a Mustang Round Up Open Track day with lots of traffic but fun nonetheless.

moving along (at a glacial pace) - local milled board & batton - boards are up, i'll put the batts up next year after they get a chance to dry and shrink.
http://www.benwilliamsphotography.co...-cLtDJLN-L.jpg

Way to Go WendiGo