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thoughts?
Fucking beautiful
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Originally Posted by rideit
thoughts?
Fucking beautiful
Here is some perspective on my pricing (sorry to thread-hog).
I am going to guess that what I am doing takes way more time than these. (They go for $300-$400). I think I can do better.
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The vision of where I want to go with this is coming into clearer focus...
^ummmm, that's like comparing a Porche to a VW. You are the 911.
Thanks. I am being blown away by the stuff I am seeing these days, now that my eyes are open to the exceptional stuff (not the above). I am feeling the need to step it up, and make some serious pieces...
Built a Jockey Box. About $600 bucks in parts, utilizing two 75' stainless steel coils, new co2 tank, faucets, taps, regulator, bulkhead fittings, hoses and 48qt. cooler, one crudely drawn schematic, etc. So far one keg of Stone IPA and one keg of Sublimely Self Righteous Ale has traveled through the left side tap and some girly yellow fizzy shit through the other. Fill with six bags of ice and pour!!
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FRONT DOOR BEFORE
http://stk.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1320718671
AND AFTER (limited budget, full time student, unmotivated, etc. Can't get the long view until all the leaves drop)
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I like it. Nothing wasted, you know. And you didn't paint it. I hate it when people paint good wood.
Damn, I miss hanging doors some days.
Painting wood is retarded if you live in the semi-arid west. I even refuse to stain decks.
Forgot to mention that it will be getting handrail system of some sort.
Happy Hannukah! (sorry for the X-post, but this could work if you are looking for a great present for your bike-nut Jewish friend who has everything...)
Happy Early Hanukkah!
I whipped up the first proto menorah yesterday. I really like this.
Thought about making it rotate on the base, but after some reflection, kind of thought that might be a fire hazard...
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You know you want one.
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Core i5 OC to 4.3Ghz, 16GB Ram, 128GB SSD drive.
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Sweet rink! That's in NH? It's cold enough right now? And that much snow?
The pictures are from last winter. I was the reason that the east coast got pounded with snow last season. I broke ground one year ago today and we were skating by Dec 19th. The ice held up until the first week of April. We used it almost every night. My wife thinks I did it for the kids.
I was looking at these pictures as I was putting up the boards again last weekend and figured I’d post them here, even though I cheated and used a bobcat.
Temps here are still too high but as soon as the forecast calls for 3 – 4 days in the 20’s, I’ll drop in the liner and call the pool water company. The thing takes over 12,000 gallons. The size is 88’ x 34’.
That is awesome. You are a hero.
Pipe this in. I can see the crowds gathering and the fights brewing.
That rink is awesome! Love the fact that it was "for the kids".
Is that some sort of perpetual motion machine? where do you live? those hills look strikingly similar to the ones in my back yard.
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Would love to see more pictures of this! ^^^^
Nice! That at Atkinson Traveler form?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Conway
Ive got an EM White guide model I just took the lines off of out here and am looking at an old Chestnut model to take the lines off of as well, but I think its a little much for our windy rivers out here.
Currently have a 10' wee lassie form and a 14' EM White form already built. Only finished one 10' footer so far though. You will absolutely love the sound of the water on the hull. Amazing.
Sneak pic snapshot of my first professional commercial commision piece.
I think it came out pretty tight!
(I hope they order 100!)
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Looking at this, all I could think of was the Simpsons episode where Homer tried to build the dog house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckerman
Well done man, I'm still laughing!!
Its structurally sound, but I think my dogs are still kind of pissed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Mike
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Originally Posted by rideit
Jeebus rideit, way to kill it. Looks great.
Thanks!
Looks like I will have time to really dive into the art again in the next few months. Biggest bummer is that I have to cancel my welding classes, which were supposed to start next week....
Hey, if anyone knows any local businesses that might be interested in custom work, please send any contacts my way, I will hook y'all up with art if something works out...
It was fun digging through the archives to see what I've come up with:
Glacier Creek Climbing Compound. 3 story Squatter cabin built back Girdwood Valley around 1998. Still there...
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Second house: Ground level tree house, built with spruce as corner posts. You'd get sea sick inside when it was real windy. The whole family lived in it for a month while I finished the next dwelling across the property... And to believe the neighbours were worried about us moving into the neighbourhood. (pregnant sunbathing)
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Third house: Built from scratch, nice cedar siding
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I let the wife pick the colors
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My first legit wood stove installation
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Sweet wood shed, out house in background. Neighbors not stoked on that one, heh, heh
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Go Pro footage of getting racked in the nuts not included. In background, sauna built from all local materials except for 2x4 roof
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Current house, with recycled deck materials. Built boat with pops a long time ago.
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Nice little canoe rebuild after destroying it trying to float big water. All maple you can see.
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Not my house, but I worked on it
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3 miles of DH track in Smithers with 82 jumps all hand shaped and tested by yours truly
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Another 12 + miles of dh trail in Alaska by hand and machine
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Working on the 35th pair of skis right now. Oh and that wooden box on back of truck...
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That is all for now ;)
good stuff
You are the baddest Badass on this board. Bar none.
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I built the rod, not the fish.
On this one, I kind of like the way I detailed the reelseat.
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Wish I had a good pic of my front porch to share.
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Well, I think I finally have something to contribute.
i decided to finally build a winch bumper for my ranch truck. I have a 1979 Ford F150 and scored a winch from a salvage truck. Now all I needed was a way to mount it. I could buy a winch mount but that's not very fun, so I called my friends, each with a special skill, and we got after it.
The first thing I did was to build a cradle out of thick gauge plate and Grade 8 hardware. This thing had to be bomber, as it would support the old winch (100lbs) and the rest of the bumper. It had to basically be able to handle the shear strength encountered when pulling the truck by the winch, so I overbuilt the shit out of it. Welded and bolted, it was bomber.
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After building (and rebuilding) the cradle, we began the bumper that would be built around it. I started with a 6' piece of plate. Here's Brian heating and bending the corners to provide the tapered corners. You can see the old bumper the winch came from. Shit box.
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Here's the plate with the corners turned, after Brian finished.
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We then mounted that flat plate to the front of the winch and secured it with four bolts through the winch plate and some welding. We then heated the seams and bent it back towards the truck. After that, I traced the caps, cut them with a plasma cutter, then tacked them on to hold it together.
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After that, I went on a welding rampage, completing all the edges, insides, etc. until it was all done and sturdy as shit. My buddy Jake then ground down the welds, making it all pretty. If I could, I would have left it in it's raw state. I love the colors and textures of raw, welded metal.
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After that, it was simply time to paint the beast (I used bed liner) then bold the roller fairlead on. And viola!
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Nice!
Now you can give the range rovers and cayennes a little nerf-push or two when they park like they are still in LA...
Or just winch them off to the side.
FOr some reason my photobucket account doesn't seem to have any more rod pics, and my other pics are on a different computer. So, maybe some more pics alter.Quote:
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Feel free to let me know if you need any assistance. I'm not a master builder or anything, but I've cobbled together a set of tools, and built a few rods, so I've certainly been through the process.
My first painting since 6th grade-
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Nice painting KEVO
Built with my own 2 hands, a CNC, and some work by a couple of my former employees.
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Nice Robot Boobs!
Sweet miter gauges. But why? And what are the cables doing, just keeping those knobs attached?
Yes the cable is to keep the locator knob from being lost. The 2 holes on top are where it can be stored if it's not being used because of some odd angle.Quote:
Originally Posted by RootSkier
As to why, we needed a reliable miter gauge at work, and I built an extra for myself. I have found over the years that having some mass to the gauge makes it perform better. I know there are good after market gauges, but most I've seen aren't very robust. I was going for accurate, bomb-proof and idiot proof.