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

[single]

Building an autonomous submarine for my senior project...

That photo is the housing for the "brains", here is the frame...



Have a couple electrical engineers working on anything with wires, I'm primarily working on all of the structural bits.

[karpiel]

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.

As awesome as that is, all I can focus on is the horrible tv placement.

[BigDaddy]

As awesome as that is, all I can focus on is the horrible tv placement.

True, but I think the real issue here, is all that unpainted wood.

[Beaver]

Just finished this guy up today. Finally got into the swing of welding, this is my first piece doing tig. It is ridiculously hard, but simple all at the same time. I love it.
This is for Beaterdit...

Very cool. Cooler yet would be one that the chain was driven by the clock movement.

[frozenwater]

Very cool. Cooler yet would be one that the chain was driven by the clock movement.

Nailed it. Whenever I see those I think that the thing really should be driven by the chain.

[BigDaddy]

Nailed it. Whenever I see those I think that the thing really should be driven by the chain.

Yes and with little skiers attached to the chain so they "huck" the cliff when it rounds the gear...

[PlayItLeo]

A murphy bed I built a few years ago. Red oak with trippy looking aged copper panels. The bookshelves on the left act as stairs to get to the loft above.


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[Shadam]

I didnt know where else to put this comedy gold ...

http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/sh...s-I-don-t-even

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adjustable ramp project for the boy - slide them apart as he gets confidence in his jumps
i wish i could say i thought/drew it up too, but i found the geometry in a book

[rideit]

Very cool. Cooler yet would be one that the chain was driven by the clock movement.

Yeah, I have been wanting to do that for a few years now but...




.a reliable motor that would provide enough torque to do it STARTS at around $300 wholesale, turning this clock into a $750 piece. Most clock motors can only drive a few grams worth of arm. The outdoor clocks you see with big hands now cost $5,000 and up.

[~mikey b]

adjustable ramp project for the boy - slide them apart as he gets confidence in his jumps
i wish i could say i thought/drew it up too, but i found the geometry in a book

that is great

what book?

[::: :::]

that is great

what book?

http://www.amazon.com/Handy-Dad-Awes.../dp/081186958X

[edit] just noticed this about the author in the amazon page:

Biography
Todd Davis (1972-) was born in Walnut Creek, California, grew up in Pleasanton, California and has resided in San Francisco for the last ten years. A former competitor on the World Freeride Tour, for both skiing and snowboarding, Todd is also an active stuntman for various movies and commercials. Clearly no stranger to risk taking and adventures. To relax he enjoys, jumping from planes and flying his wingsuit for as long as possible. Todd graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, College of Architecture and Environmental Design in 1996. Mr.Davis is a California Licensed Landscape Architect #5577 and Licensed California Contractor who owns and runs "Epic Spaces" a dynamic design/build firm specializing in unique outdoor environments. Todd was the finalist on HGTV's number one hit show "Design Star", and has hosted other hit shows such as "Showdown", and "Over Your Head". Recently he has taken the time to write "Handy Dad" to share his enjoyment and his passion to design and build, really fun elements of play. Something he seams to understand very well,... we can't imagine why? He is also a proud "Handy Dad" of two little, adventurous boys.

[gaijin]

A murphy bed I built a few years ago. Red oak with trippy looking aged copper panels. The bookshelves on the left act as stairs to get to the loft above.


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That is pure beauty. Where did you get the copper? Did you seal it with epoxy? How is it oxidizing? I'm planning on ordering sheets like that from ColorCopper and am debating an epoxy coat or not. I like how the patina evolves without it. I'll be re-skinning some studs that surround my firewood storage under the stairs.

[shirk]

I didnt know where else to put this comedy gold ...

http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/sh...s-I-don-t-even

That is freaking awesome.

It just started raining today. We'll see if it survives it's first rain.

[PlayItLeo]

That is pure beauty. Where did you get the copper? Did you seal it with epoxy? How is it oxidizing? I'm planning on ordering sheets like that from ColorCopper and am debating an epoxy coat or not. I like how the patina evolves without it. I'll be re-skinning some studs that surround my firewood storage under the stairs.

Thanks, man. I got the sheets here http://www.vandykes.com/aged-solid-c...eets/p/203845/ I guess they take some copper sheets and bury them for a while and it comes out all oxidized and crazy looking. They were super thin, like 1/32 - 1/64", and were actually kind of a bitch to work with cause they were so thin that you had to be really careful to keep the sheets flat or else they'd get wrinkles in them. I didn't do any thing to seal them and they really haven't changed too much since I built this roughly five years ago.

[gaijin]

Thanks for the link, and the note about them being a bitch. Unfortunately I'll be cutting them into narrow strips-- exemplifying the potential for wrinkles as I hang them. hmmm.... Maybe a thin backboard will be thrown into the mix.

They look awesome.

[jfost]

Thanks for the link, and the note about them being a bitch. Unfortunately I'll be cutting them into narrow strips-- exemplifying the potential for wrinkles as I hang them. hmmm.... Maybe a thin backboard will be thrown into the mix.

They look awesome.

sandwich them in ply before cutting - goes without saying maybe???

[karpiel]

Yeah, I have been wanting to do that for a few years now but...




.a reliable motor that would provide enough torque to do it STARTS at around $300 wholesale, turning this clock into a $750 piece. Most clock motors can only drive a few grams worth of arm. The outdoor clocks you see with big hands now cost $5,000 and up.

How about continuous motion that you (patiently) fine tune with a potentiometer and replace with a resistor once you get it dialed in?

[PlayItLeo]

Unfortunately I'll be cutting them into narrow strips-- exemplifying the potential for wrinkles as I hang them. hmmm.... Maybe a thin backboard will be thrown into the mix.

It may actually be easier to work with them in narrow strips (I'm assuming you talking about 4"ish strips to cover the studs) because there is less material that you have to worry about supporting. Mounting them to a backerboard could be a good idea though, then you could just attach the board to the studs with some copper nails or something and use some corner moulding to cover the seams. IIRC, I just used a utility knife and a straight edge to cut the sheets, no tin snips necessary. Post up some pics when you finish, I'd be psyched to see it.

[rideit]

How about continuous motion that you (patiently) fine tune with a potentiometer and replace with a resistor once you get it dialed in?

You know more about this than I do! Wanna partner on a project/test piece? Pm otw

[strawjack]

A murphy bed I built a few years ago. Red oak with trippy looking aged copper panels. The bookshelves on the left act as stairs to get to the loft above.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/92942479@N06/8620014488/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com]

That is really nice!

Murphy bed...name comes from drunken Irishman that can't find their bedroom while in a state of stupor - so they build a bed in the living room next to the front door.

[Hugh Conway]

You know more about this than I do! Wanna partner on a project/test piece? Pm otw

Why not do it cuckoo clock style - on the hour the hand trips a switch, the chain rotates and the whole thing resets.

[LT]

A murphy bed I built a few years ago. Red oak with trippy looking aged copper panels. The bookshelves on the left act as stairs to get to the loft above.


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Beautiful work and great job but JESUS I would BREAK myself after a couple of cocktails trying to access that loft!

[krp8128]

Thanks, man. I got the sheets here http://www.vandykes.com/aged-solid-c...eets/p/203845/ I guess they take some copper sheets and bury them for a while and it comes out all oxidized and crazy looking. They were super thin, like 1/32 - 1/64", and were actually kind of a bitch to work with cause they were so thin that you had to be really careful to keep the sheets flat or else they'd get wrinkles in them. I didn't do any thing to seal them and they really haven't changed too much since I built this roughly five years ago.

Specs in linky show .005" thick. That is slightly thicker then a sheet of paper.

[rideit]

New welding project..


And I love the 'vintage/rustic' look here...



Probably going to tig little tags out of metal for the place names.