Show us something that you MADE

In reply to FJ40Jim :

 I'm genuinely glad it helped someone else!

My build partner Justin (AKA Phongshader on GRM), has been showing off his tech skills by 3d scanning my roll bars, drafting up connectors in Solidworks and 3d printing them. Now I just need to fab up the steel versions!

I got an engine support bar from the Amazon and it came without one of the hardware packs that included a bracket that bolted to the "foot" and thumb screws and washers (as far as I could tell). Being as it was heavy and box was ruined, I didn't feel like sending it back, so me and my 4 year old made replacements. She mostly used shop sharpies to draw "the plans" on the bar and told me what I needed to be doing. And I used mostly leftover BMW hardware and some allthread couplers to enact her vision. 

*And yes, my toenails are painted a deep red. See aforementioned 4 year old daughter. Plus it protects them from weld spatter.

In reply to Spearfishin :

Life rule #1:

Never weld in sandals.

earlybroncoguy1 said:

In reply to Spearfishin :

Life rule #1:

Never weld in sandals.

I don't actually think I did *that day* but I certainly have, and probably will again. 

In a similar vein, my great aunt had a cross-stitched thing on the wall at their house we used to stay in for a week every year when I was little that had a pair of boys acting out the words stitched below: "never whittle towards yourself or piss against the wind". They have stuck with me as words to live by. 

If you are thinking, that looks like a door, you would be correct. This is the door that leads to the outside world from the rear of my garage. It was original to the house, so coming up on 80 years old. It had 4 glass panels in the top, the bottom had been kicked in at some point, the paint had long since cracked off, and it had the old cartridge-style knob/lock combo with a skeleton key that was lost to history. It was ugly, drafty, and raw wood exposed to the elements is never a good thing. 

I decided that instead of paying $$$ to buy a custom-made steel door to fit the odd dimensions, I would rebuild the door on a grassroots budget. I paid $17 for a panel of 3/8" plywood and used scrap wood and leftover paint I had in the house. I removed years of staples, layers of paint, rotten wood, broken glass and the old hardware. I sanded, scraped, cut, filled, and drilled my way to something that is solid and looks OK from 10 feet away. It is not perfect, that was never the point, but it looks a lot better and leaks a lot less. It needs another coat or two of paint, then I will call it complete. 

CNC Plasma, baby, yeah!

And it finally works today (it caught fire yesterday....)

My first attempt at making a knife, a chef's knife in this case. 0.104" Magnacut with a (supposed) food release grind.

A chassis jig/ build table thing.

I've been remodeling my great-grandparent's farmhouse a weekend at a time for the last 5-6 years.  In the log house part, walls taken down, logs cleaned and chinked, drywall replaced the paneling, a new staircase built, and finally the floor is down and was finished last Saturday.

How about some more zines? We have the Orlando Zine Fest taking place next month, and it’s time to make more. Both of these are currently at the printer. I woke up yesterday with the concept for the Waffle House book and I sent it to press before going to bed last night.

I made up a Christmas gift for a fellow GRMer out of some 316 stainless I had laying around:

Built this trike 8 to 10 years ago. I rode for 2 summers then life got in the way and it hung in the garage until recently. 

one of the problems was I only had a brake on the rear wheel. I just finished putting front discs on the front by making aluminum hub clamps to attach the discs to the hub on the front wheels.

then to make both front brakes work at the same time I made this to accuate both at once with one lever.

I asked my son, if he could have any knife, which one would it be. He doesn't know that I've recently taken up knife making, and I thought it would be cool to make him one for Christmas. He sent a link to the one that he likes, mentioning that it can go in a horizontal sheath on a belt, that it's expensive, and out of stock. Looked at the pics, did some scaling, and set to work. A week later, this. The handle's a bit different but it's otherwise pretty close, using Magnacut steel and G10 handle halves. In my son's line of work, there actually is a non-zero chance of needing it someday, and I hope that day never comes. (Oh and in case you're wondering - I did - what's with the big ring, it's for your pinky finger.)

In reply to SkinnyG :

Did you build the table?  Whose plans/parts did you use?  I'm considering doing one the first of the year..

I am at my daughter's where I just finished installing the shelves for a built in cabinet/bookshelf.  

We used base cabinets from Lowe's, I built everything else including countertops, birch plywood shelves with edge banding, and planing/ripping/routing all trim from 4/4 poplar boards.

We still have to paint some of the trim I put up with the bookshelf installation today.  

They bought programmable LED lights for the top; there are no ceiling lights in this room.

I'll try to come back and add a shot when the paint is done with good lighting.

Spearfishin said:

I got an engine support bar from the Amazon and it came without one of the hardware packs that included a bracket that bolted to the "foot" and thumb screws and washers (as far as I could tell). Being as it was heavy and box was ruined, I didn't feel like sending it back, so me and my 4 year old made replacements. She mostly used shop sharpies to draw "the plans" on the bar and told me what I needed to be doing. And I used mostly leftover BMW hardware and some allthread couplers to enact her vision. 

*And yes, my toenails are painted a deep red. See aforementioned 4 year old daughter. Plus it protects them from weld spatter.

So far, so good. 

In reply to Spearfishin :

Everything works better when created while having red painted toenails..

WonkoTheSane said:

In reply to Spearfishin :

Everything works better when created while having red painted toenails..

At the rate we repaint them (most every weekend), I should be quite the craftsman moving forward. Toenail artist is the shop with me now, but currently engaged in some light turkey themed children's programming. 

Replacement supports for hurricane shutters.  Stock one on the right