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

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09-14-2011, 04:26 PM
DoWork

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarlyWood

Way to Go WendiGo

I know, I SO want a little hideaway like that. *sigh* someday...
09-14-2011, 09:36 PM
wicked_sick

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/925/photo7sk.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6962/photo9dk.jpg

I have a bunch of pictures of the construction process but I need to charge my camera.

It's 9ft long and probably bulletproof... definitely overbuilt. If I were to do it again it would be much lighter. I still need to make a cap for the gunnels at the bow and on either side of the transom. Easy to do but i don't feel like dragging it to work to do it.
09-14-2011, 10:12 PM
iceman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mastodon

^^^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.

Car sounds great man. You ever take it to the dragstrip or do you always track it?
09-14-2011, 10:39 PM
bad dancer

All post and beams milled on site. Going at a snails pace so far. Island building is definitely for the patient.

http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/...oluseum010.jpg

http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/...oluseum002.jpg
09-15-2011, 12:49 AM
shirk

Nice work bad dancer.

Digging the thin horizontal cedar siding.
09-15-2011, 11:07 AM
WK Monoskier

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

Car sounds great man. You ever take it to the dragstrip or do you always track it?

Thanks. 1 3/4" Longtubes, Dr. Gas X-pipe, Spintech mufflers with turn downs with a 11.0:1 compression 331c.i. small block Ford makes for good mechanical music.

I dragged it once many moons ago before the latest build. Back then it was making 240rwhp and on worn Comp T/A's and I couldn't get out of the 14's. No grip. Bad driver.

If Pacific Raceways wasn't so busy during test and tunes I'd love to make a few runs. A bench racer might guess that the current combo with a good driver should produce a low 12 at around 115 or so but I have no idea. And once you run 20 minute sessions four times in a day, it is hard to leave the big track for the skinny track.
09-15-2011, 07:28 PM
wicked_sick

Quote:

Originally Posted by bad dancer

All post and beams milled on site. Going at a snails pace so far. Island building is definitely for the patient.

http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/...oluseum010.jpg

http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/...oluseum002.jpg

I like that shack
09-15-2011, 09:11 PM
Trackhead

Suzuki Samurai chopped in half, then added a fiberglass/foam core pop top camper on the back.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...-55-08_553.jpg
09-15-2011, 09:48 PM
wicked_sick

^ that is 100% bad-ass. I remember you posting about it when you started the project. Do you have to sleep diagonally in there or are you of diminutive stature?
09-16-2011, 05:58 AM
EarlyWood

Quote:

Originally Posted by wicked_sick

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/925/photo7sk.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6962/photo9dk.jpg

I have a bunch of pictures of the construction process but I need to charge my camera.

It's 9ft long and probably bulletproof... definitely overbuilt. If I were to do it again it would be much lighter. I still need to make a cap for the gunnels at the bow and on either side of the transom. Easy to do but i don't feel like dragging it to work to do it.

great job wicked..love that first pic also
I'd love to do one
09-16-2011, 10:42 AM
mtnbiker/boarder

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarlyWood

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

holy shit wendell, beautiful stuff

..and root thanks that's quite the complement

Wow need to bump this up .. such great work....still picking which one i really like.....:)

EVERYONE WORK IS AWESOME HERE...Trackhead you have one hell of an imagination...nice job
on the Samari
09-16-2011, 02:03 PM
Meathelmet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trackhead

Suzuki Samurai chopped in half, then added a fiberglass/foam core pop top camper on the back.

How the hell it is possible to "chop suzuki samurai in half", the would be nothing left if you would do that!!? AND you would loose your thumb.
09-16-2011, 04:41 PM
Trackhead

Quote:

Originally Posted by wicked_sick

^ that is 100% bad-ass. I remember you posting about it when you started the project. Do you have to sleep diagonally in there or are you of diminutive stature?

My brain is of diminutive stature, hence the base vehicle used. But yes, I can sleep in it (6ft tall) in the middle, with my legs extending into the cab (flip out).
09-16-2011, 09:02 PM
Trackhead

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh Conway

Got pictures of the interior setup? Roughly how much and how long did it take? Interesting conversion that looks pretty cool.

Check the ski RV thread.
09-17-2011, 07:49 AM
Tuckerman

Just about done.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...720/11%2B-%2B1

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E...720/11%2B-%2B1

My dog is pissed.
09-17-2011, 08:06 AM
BigDaddy

Not bad, T-man, but you may want to caulk some of those joints...?

Nice fresh collection of built by hand stuff! Love the boat, camper, car and cabins, too.

As far as hideaways, DoWork, It can (and knowing you), WILL be done.
09-17-2011, 08:50 AM
EarlyWood

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuckerman

Just about done.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...720/11%2B-%2B1

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E...720/11%2B-%2B1

My dog is pissed.

holy fuck...I'd be pissed too

;-)
09-19-2011, 06:51 AM
Tuckerman

Yeah, I was talking to my 12 year old this morning and we think it just needs some paint.
09-19-2011, 07:26 AM
EarlyWood

at least yur finally getting some help
:-))
09-19-2011, 07:40 AM
Norseman

LMAO.
678
09-20-2011, 10:06 AM
brice618

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...720/11%2B-%2B1

Robert Venturi would be proud.
09-20-2011, 02:44 PM
BigDaddy

Tuckerman's main house:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._-_Image01.jpg
09-21-2011, 08:45 PM
BigDaddy

I built this loft for my now teenage daughter last fall (gave her room for a study nook):

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/loft01-1.jpg

Then, still in need of a closet, I built her this for X-mas:

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/closet01.jpg

I stole the space from above our stairs...

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P2200002.jpg

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P2210003.jpg

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P2210011.jpg

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P2230016.jpg

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P2210009.jpg

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...ft/stair02.jpg

She wanted a mirror to put on makeup... oh, oh!:

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/Closet02.jpg

Drawers:

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/closet03.jpg

And lots of storage (three feet deep, five feet high and six feet long):

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/closet04.jpg

http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/closet05.jpg

She loves it (and picked the colors), so I'm happy!
09-21-2011, 10:14 PM
wicked_sick

You're a pretty cool dad
09-21-2011, 10:20 PM
MakersTeleMark

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDaddy

Tuckerman's main house:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._-_Image01.jpg

Would really like to see more of this. It's very intriguing.
09-22-2011, 04:41 AM
BigDaddy

Thanks WS. (I kind of like doing it, too.)

Quote:

Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark

Would really like to see more of this. It's very intriguing.

Its Frank Gehry's own home that got his career seriously jump started: Frank House
09-22-2011, 06:00 AM
EarlyWood

Not too shabby BigD...the Wright influences are so obvious (and well done)...gonna be tough to follow that one up :-)
I'm going back to the drawing board..
09-22-2011, 08:44 AM
brice618

If someone wants to give me 10 grand I'll build a house (a small house) and post very tedious TR's along the way. Takers? You know you want to. Consider it grant, for a starving architect.
09-26-2011, 03:22 PM
That was Pontus

Heh, more like unbuilt....

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...31838509_n.jpg

And then rebuilt....

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...56202218_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...74731840_n.jpg

That bitch better be back this winter.
09-27-2011, 02:41 PM
Art Shirk

Well, it wasn't my hands exactly. Born today. 8lbs, 14.7 oz. Big Girl!

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/DSC04570.jpg
09-27-2011, 02:44 PM
MakersTeleMark

HUGE CONGRATS!
10-18-2011, 10:20 AM
skifishbum

Can't find the garden thread but spent a lot of time this summer buildin and growin shizz w/ my own two manos
http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...i/fish/004.jpg
I hate payin for rocks but hard to find quality flag layin round
http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...r/IMG_2286.jpg
http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...i/IMG_1228.jpg
upper patio and herb garden went in last summer and this summer the return was awesome only lost a few popies and a rosemary or two. Basil gets replanted every year but everything else is perianial
http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...IMG_1217-1.jpg
http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...IMG_2290-1.jpg
mr. stripey=yum
http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...i/IMG_2097.jpg
10-18-2011, 10:22 AM
brice618

Looks good. Can't wait to have my own place with total control in the backyard.
10-20-2011, 01:19 PM
chuckh

The wind and weather epically failed to cause the original construction decks to fall off my house, so I (finally, my wife says) took matters into my own hands.

I removed the original 3 (12'x10') redwood decks and replaced them with 3 Brazilian Tigerwood decks.

Here's what I started with:

http://chuckhartshorn.zenfolio.com/i...p160899664.jpg

The three original decks were replaced with: 10.6' x 9.6' daylight basement walkout deck, a 36' x 12' main deck and a 12'x12' foot upper deck with full gutter system and an Idaho blue stone patio.

http://chuckhartshorn.zenfolio.com/i.../p95161386.jpg

A picture story of the construction process may be found here.
10-20-2011, 01:39 PM
skifishbum

^^^ nice My fatherinlaw and I put those metal verticAl railings on the inlaws deck. I reALLY LIKE HOW THEY LOOK AND STOKED TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM WARPIN, CUPPIN AND FUCKIN
UP
10-20-2011, 01:45 PM
chuckh

Quote:

Originally Posted by skifishbum

^^^ nice My fatherinlaw and I put those metal verticAl railings on the inlaws deck. I reALLY LIKE HOW THEY LOOK AND STOKED TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM WARPIN, CUPPIN AND FUCKIN
UP

Thanks! I hear you, the original fir balusters were rotted and a PITA to maintain. And the big plus is that the shape doesn't cause a blind spot when viewed at an angle.

They are powder coated aluminum and I don't have to maintain them.
10-22-2011, 11:41 PM
khakis

made a ski gate

http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9LPC2I7qPHg/Tn...0919110641.jpg
11-02-2011, 06:08 PM
jce338

Built a bar/kegerator/shelf for the Vail rental. Pretending we're still in college.

http://i.imgur.com/Kinbll.jpg
11-02-2011, 06:23 PM
Roxtar

Quote:

Originally Posted by jce338

http://i.imgur.com/Kinbll.jpg

I LOVE that poster.
11-04-2011, 01:30 PM
rideit

Going for uderstated here. The pic doessn't do justice, really. It is a nice burled cherry face, and the other bits are ball bearings, chainring bolts, and presta caps. Note the inset chain. I really like this direction, I am trying just use the bike thing as a small part, not the overwhelming part, visually.

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

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

Thoughts?

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