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

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Originally Posted by rideit

Made this yesterday, just for fun.




what is it?

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ha! that is exactly what i was thinking...or more like wtf is it! bitchin is what it is! your stuff is inspiring...i have several bike pieces and parts laying around including my '89 stumpy frame that i want to do something with.

Time for some night riding

Donor was a Snap-On Mini-Mag clone. Flashlight was a POS but it had a nicely machined, anodized head.
Just had to machine a new base and wire up Cree XM-L LED, driver, switch, and battery pack.

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Nice! I am working on a three Cree (New gen, in one reflector setup for this year, I have some old BLT and Cateye heads to work with.
Like this: (but with a 38mm reflector)
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...2-08114628.jpg

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Originally Posted by rideit

Nice! I am working on a three Cree (New gen, in one reflector setup for this year, I have some old BLT and Cateye heads to work with.
Like this: (but with a 38mm reflector)
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...2-08114628.jpg

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I just ordered two Gen 2 XM-Ls and a couple new drivers from Illumination Supply today.
Thinking about using the body from an original NiteRider Dual Beam.

Homebrew lights are fucking ADDICTIVE.
it's like an arms race.

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Originally Posted by rideit

Homebrew lights are fucking ADDICTIVE.
it's like an arms race.

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Tell me about it. I built my first one a month ago.
I now have three and I'm planning the next.

I remember making homebrew MTB lights back in the days of halogen & gell cell batteries. Halogen down light bulbs fit into certain electrical conduit fittings, of course the batteries were HUGE.
These new fangled homebrew things look super trick!

Where did you get started with homebrew lights? Empty Beer a good resource?

Currently it's probably the best source.
Get started here:
http://forums.mtbr.com/lights-diy-do-yourself/

Then browse over here:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/content.php

Tons to learn. And it just keeps improving, and getting cheaper.
You can't say that about too many hobbies.

rideit, I met a vendor at the Pike Place market a few weeks back who is making very similar stuff. Mainly clocks from bike parts, like yourself. I thought it odd and brought you up but he had never heard of "rideit." He said he had been doing it for years but I think he pinched your style as he used to do lamps and looks like his clocks are much more recent. Regardless, your stuff is much better.

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Originally Posted by Sirshredalot

Where did you get started with homebrew lights? Empty Beer a good resource?

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Here is a great thread. It's the build I did for my first LED light.
http://forums.mtbr.com/lights-diy-do...ld-805894.html
Pretty much idiot-proof instructions and total cost under $40.

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Originally Posted by commonlaw

rideit, I met a vendor at the Pike Place market a few weeks back who is making very similar stuff. Mainly clocks from bike parts, like yourself. I thought it odd and brought you up but he had never heard of "rideit." He said he had been doing it for years but I think he pinched your style as he used to do lamps and looks like his clocks are much more recent. Regardless, your stuff is much better.

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Yeah, I stumbled across his stuff on The internetz as well. I am really trying to bring all of this stuff to 'another level' from what is out there currently. Thanks for the compliment! I will return the favor and make a fork lamp just for fun. But better.

I'm working on a small (2'x4') aquaponics system. I'll post some pictures once I get a few more main things done. (liner/plumbing/grow media)

I was fucking around with a new wide angle lens and snapped this photo of my livingroom. When I bought the house a few years ago, the original fireplace was toast, so I built this river rock stone fireplace and mantle. Drove my truck right down in the river, hand picked the stones and hauled them back to the house where myself and a stone mason buddy painstakingly placed each one. Start to finish took about 1 month.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...61837250_n.jpg

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Originally Posted by powder11

I was fucking around with a new wide angle lens and snapped this photo of my livingroom. When I bought the house a few years ago, the original fireplace was toast, so I built this river rock stone fireplace and mantle. Drove my truck right down in the river, hand picked the stones and hauled them back to the house where myself and a stone mason buddy painstakingly placed each one. Start to finish took about 1 month.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...61837250_n.jpg

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Beautiful , like the arrangement . Nice keystone .

Very nice - we have similar layout, but did not pick the stones out of the river . . . btw, are those LPs in the stereo cabinet - are they just for decor or do you play them?!?! Nice logs too:)

^^^ That is bad ass.

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Originally Posted by DDsnake

Beautiful , like the arrangement . Nice keystone .

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Meh, the rock on the left looks kinda misplaced. ;)

Killer job Powder

this isnt me or anyone i know, but i was just super impressed with the whole project and had to share.
http://thechive.com/2013/01/11/coupl...ple-51-photos/

i was toying around with the idea of a homemade kayak at one time, so i can appreciate what these two have accomplished. its incredible!

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Originally Posted by powder11

I was fucking around with a new wide angle lens and snapped this photo of my livingroom. When I bought the house a few years ago, the original fireplace was toast, so I built this river rock stone fireplace and mantle. Drove my truck right down in the river, hand picked the stones and hauled them back to the house where myself and a stone mason buddy painstakingly placed each one. Start to finish took about 1 month.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...61837250_n.jpg

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Nice job! One of the nicest and more interesting looking river rock fireplaces I've seen. I like the use of the smaller stones, deep struck joints, variable shapes and the colors complementing and contrasting with the logs. Too many river rock fp's simply use the same basic size and shape stone.

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Originally Posted by Alpinord

Nice job! One of the nicest and more interesting looking river rock fireplaces I've seen. I like the use of the smaller stones, deep struck joints, variable shapes and the colors complementing and contrasting with the logs. Too many river rock fp's simply use the same basic size and shape stone.

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Thanks guys! The look I was going for is actually how you find the stones in the river bed. Big face stones with the skippers embedded like that all around. The particular river we used rises up quite a bit twice a year so the stones tumble around and are smooth as a babys butt. I wanted something very different from traditional river rock, so that's why we pulled away most of the mortar and had to use lots of tags and wire to keep everything in place as well as many extended breaks to let it set up. Bomber though. I decided to seal it with a nice flat/dry finish rather than the wet look, which brought out more color, but looked way too cheesey. I used simple PA bluestone stair treads for the hearth and PA bluestone landscaping chips for the surrounding floor. It was quite the project and learning exp for me using stone. I found that mantle peice of old growth yellow cedar in my backyard and had it milled up. Rings are millimeters apart with no knots or chinking. Must have come off a massive tree back in the day. I really enjoy having finish work in local natural products.

Nice fireplace P11

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Originally Posted by AbsolutStoli

this isnt me or anyone i know, but i was just super impressed with the whole project and had to share.
http://thechive.com/2013/01/11/coupl...ple-51-photos/

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Cool build. If you like boat builds, here's a couple others:
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/ind...owtopic=120050
http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthre...er-in-Viet-Nam

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Originally Posted by powder11

Thanks guys! The look I was going for is actually how you find the stones in the river bed. Big face stones with the skippers embedded like that all around. The particular river we used rises up quite a bit twice a year so the stones tumble around and are smooth as a babys butt. I wanted something very different from traditional river rock, so that's why we pulled away most of the mortar and had to use lots of tags and wire to keep everything in place as well as many extended breaks to let it set up. Bomber though. I decided to seal it with a nice flat/dry finish rather than the wet look, which brought out more color, but looked way too cheesey. I used simple PA bluestone stair treads for the hearth and PA bluestone landscaping chips for the surrounding floor. It was quite the project and learning exp for me using stone. I found that mantle peice of old growth yellow cedar in my backyard and had it milled up. Rings are millimeters apart with no knots or chinking. Must have come off a massive tree back in the day. I really enjoy having finish work in local natural products.

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Did you have to beef up the floor joists? Lot of weight in that thing. Very nice though!

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Originally Posted by rmnpsplitter

Did you have to beef up the floor joists? Lot of weight in that thing. Very nice though!

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For the base, we built a rather sturdy foundation of sistered up 2x10's sitting on top of the subfloor and then we tied the framing right into the log shell for sheer strength, so it's pretty much a structural part of the house. The structure sits directly on top of an existing glue laminate beam supporting the weight of the log shell. If that beam was not already there, I would not have taken it all the way up to the ceiling. My wife is a landscape architect and is well versed in engineering, so we didn't get an official stamp, but it's been almost 5 years since it was built and no signs of settlement or cracking anywhere. Knock on wood.

Few of the latest projects that I just finished last week.

Tactical Lap Top Sleeve
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...09824493_n.jpg

Camera Bag
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...79407494_n.jpg

Yeti Cooler Top Seats
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...66725100_n.jpg