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

[The Reverend Floater]

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.



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.



Here's the plate with the corners turned, after Brian finished.



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.



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.



After that, it was simply time to paint the beast (I used bed liner) then bold the roller fairlead on. And viola!

[rideit]

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...

[The Reverend Floater]

Or just winch them off to the side.

[that dude who did that thing]

^^^ any more pics of the bamboo rods? Those look nice, and I'm building a bamboo rod setup between bits of canoe work

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.

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.

[Kevo]

My first painting since 6th grade-

[Hugh Conway]

Nice painting KEVO

[crashtestdummy]

Built with my own 2 hands, a CNC, and some work by a couple of my former employees.

[rideit]

Nice Robot Boobs!

[RootSkier]

Sweet miter gauges. But why? And what are the cables doing, just keeping those knobs attached?

[crashtestdummy]

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.

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.

[Flounder]

Since the snow is gone early we have been spending some time cleaning the yard. Here is the fence and patio that the wife and I built a couple of years ago. It is starting to weather nicely with the white cedar turning grey. Figured I would get a couple of shots before the plants grow up. It took a couple of months overall but well worth it. Even with the small yard we still lugged almost 10 tons of stone and lots of cedar.

[EarlyWood]

Love the fence Flounder..
and the miter gauges crash..

most recent project..radiator covers


the shop


100% recycled material

[rideit]

Klassy!.....

[crashtestdummy]

[QUOTE=EarlyWood;3609141]Love the fence Flounder..
and the miter gauges crash..

most recent project..radiator covers

the shop



Is that an old Makita planer jointer combo machine? I had a couple of friends that had them and they were great machines. Nice work by the way.

[RootSkier]

The curtain is hiding the important details--you didn't cope the sides around the base did you? Hack.

[OSECS]

The curtain is hiding the important details--you didn't cope the sides around the base did you? Hack.

There's one in every crowd. Dig the covers, my question is how well do they adjust to the heating and cooling cycles ?? Movement, joints opening up? Are the slats free jointed to allow them to float sorta like panels in a door ???

[EarlyWood]

Since the snow is gone early we have been spending some time cleaning the yard. Here is the fence and patio that the wife and I built a couple of years ago. It is starting to weather nicely with the white cedar turning grey. Figured I would get a couple of shots before the plants grow up. It took a couple of months overall but well worth it. Even with the small yard we still lugged almost 10 tons of stone and lots of cedar.

^^This deserves current page status..

There's one in every crowd. Dig the covers, my question is how well do they adjust to the heating and cooling cycles ?? Movement, joints opening up? Are the slats free jointed to allow them to float sorta like panels in a door ???

A valid question OSECS ... only time will tell.
..everything is glued, glued and glued.. half laps abound..
you know what they say ..."they'll look good from my house" :-))
But seriously, I have an interest in keeping an eye on their structure to see if change need to be incorporated.

The curtain is hiding the important details--you didn't cope the sides around the base did you? Hack.

Damn..I shoulda pulled the curtainr back cause I was happy
I debated coping but didn't have the desire to wait till I got "on site" ...so coping consisted of a 45 degrees angle "at the shop" and these are actually tight to the wall
If you wanna see Hack, I'd post my pics of the backsides :-))

Is that an old Makita planer jointer combo machine? I had a couple of friends that had them and they were great machines. Nice work by the way.

Hitachi model F 1000A... Makita put out a similar model.

I love tools of all kinds and this is one sweet machine..


Thanks for the compliments

[rideit]

Couple things i worked on tonight...

I am calling this 'plain jane'


And I am loving this direction. Gonna be really expanding on these. They are going to fly, (and they will evolve...) This one has a 60's TA 45 tooth crank, and a 60's chainguard. I installed ball bearings for number indicators, and blued the BB's for the 12, 3, 6, and 9. Subtle, but tons of fun.




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[warthog]

Not quite built, but lots of work done:

Before:




After:

[BigDaddy]

That Jeep looks like fun, WH. Nice work.

Dig the new asymmetrical clock, too RideIt.

[TomCrac]

First time tiling... My kitchen backsplash...

[Sinecure]

/\/\ I like it. Nice work.

[Art Shirk]

Nice Tom! This weekend I am doing the same thing (and LBD) and may go for the same aesthetic. About how many man hours was that?

[TomCrac]

Thanks guys.... Having never worked with tile before, I would say this was a solid 3 efforts, Fri, Sat, Sun. ... 30 hours total. Knowing what I know now, next time will substantially less. Sometimes working with lots of small areas can be really challenging. Six outlets to contend with, slightly uneven from one end to the other, mapping out all the pieces, grouting mosaic tile is a lot of grouting, or at least seemed to me. Bent over at the waist, reaching across to the wall was physically demanding, particularly grouting.
I used SpectraLOCK grout from Laticrete. Probably on the expensive side but I needed something idiot proof and it comes in about 40 colors. Real easy to work with.
Youtube was my best friend.... correction, my second best friend. My best friend would be the guy that lent me his wet saw. Couldnt have done it with out it.
Saved lots O money and learned me some good stuff. ... My wife already has me signed up for the fire place and the upstairs bathroom.... Good thing she's really hot.

[Atomic Vomit]

... My wife already has me signed up for the fire place and the upstairs bathroom.... Good thing she's really hot.

Need pics of the wife to determine the accuracy of this statement.