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Ropes4u posted:How is the quality of those work benches from HF? Pretty much impossible to beat for the price. The drawer fitment isn't great, and the wood has defects here and there, but it's a hobby bench. To get a similar bench without the small flaws that nobody who isn't doing the assembly will probably notice, would cost $400+, whereas if you buy the HF ones on sale and use the 20% off code they can be delivered to your door for $130-$140. You can also get the exact same benches on Amazon - look for 'Windsor Designs 60" workbench'. http://www.amazon.com/60-Hardwood-Workbench-4-Drawers/dp/B005U4W09U/?ie=UTF8&qid=1420210792&sr=8-2&keywords=windsor+designs+60%22 Notice that you have to really be careful buying these on Amazon, as some of them have outrageous shipping.
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The Locator posted:Pretty much impossible to beat for the price. The drawer fitment isn't great, and the wood has defects here and there, but it's a hobby bench. To get a similar bench without the small flaws that nobody who isn't doing the assembly will probably notice, would cost $400+, whereas if you buy the HF ones on sale and use the 20% off code they can be delivered to your door for $130-$140. You can also get the exact same benches on Amazon - look for 'Windsor Designs 60" workbench'. I might swing by HF tmr and see if I can pick one up. Thanks!
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A few months back my wife bought an old vanity/desk thing for $7 to refinish. It was painted in this terrible, gloppy pink latex paint, and the 4 legged stool had a broken leg. After months of having it sit in the garage, I took it to the curb for bulk trash day. Feels good to take something off the project list, whether by completing the project or by cancelling it. (Within an hour. someone driving by tossed it into the back of her Xterra. Maybe it will be on her curb in a few months!) That was part of my effort to reclaim my garage, which included removing and reinstalling a shelf so I could move the chest freezer and park a car inside there again. As another quality of life improvement, I finished installing baby-proof cabinet locks in the kitchen. I already had them on the poison stuff, but now he can't get in and toss around all the pots and pans. I can't wait to see my baby's WTF face when he tries to open them.
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Got to take a bit of a break from my grandparents remodel, insurance cut them a check (which they didn't expect for some reason), so they are pleased with that. I spent half of my day trying to blow cellulose insulation into my "attic". We live in a double wide (I hate it .. but it was the only choice at the time) and I am pretty sure it was built for a much warmer climate. I'd say the attic space had about R4~6 at the most. Sadly I doubt I did much to resolve this since the cathedral ceiling really sucks and leaves no space. Oh well, I am hoping to move from this nightmare next year.
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My guitar building hobby is getting out of control. Recently built this bass for my brother for Christmas.  Here's a collection of them that my friend and I have built this year.  I am really proud of this Thinline Tele, however it was a gift to a friend. 
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How much do you charge? Ever think of selling them here on Sa?
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Dead Pressed posted:How much do you charge? Ever think of selling them here on Sa? It depends on what the buyer wants in terms of material, electronics (There's more involved in coil-splitting than a standard Fender pickup), and complexity of the shape (CNC time/Design time). I will be selling them at some point soon, I wanted to get good at it before I started doing that. JohnnySmitch posted:Does the headstock on that thinline say Taylor Swift?? Yeah, one of my old friends bought that guitar for his girlfriend for Christmas, and she's creepily obsessed with Taylor Swift. The back of the headstock has some stuff on it also relevant to their relationship. 
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Man, what happened to this thread? Surely someone is doing something out there. Update on my garage project:  Finished the roof framing, got all the roof sheathing on and most of the wall sheathing, rebuilt the cupola and got the roof on, got half the roof felt down.  Still to do: Finish roof felt Cupola felt and vents Metal roofing Frame out gable Finish wall sheathing Frame window a/c opening (last minute decision to put one in through the wall) Design and frame garage door awning (another late change) House wrap Windows and doors Siding Painting Electric (hiring an electrician to run the cable from the main panel and install the sub-panel but I'll do the rest myself) Dang, it looks like a ton when I type it out like that. I'm aiming to be mostly done by the end of the month
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Tora! Tora! Tora! posted:Man, what happened to this thread? Surely someone is doing something out there. If you haven't, please make a thread with a lot of photos of this. I love construction porn and I think most of the DIY shares that sentiment. This looks really great.
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Tora! Tora! Tora! posted:Man, what happened to this thread? Surely someone is doing something out there. Well, here are a couple of things. Just finished mounting my 55" tv. Took about thirty minutes including furniture and fishing cables through the wall. Pretty satisfied for now.  As mentioned a week or two ago, I installed laminate flooring over some concrete that was in too poor of condition to acid wash. Laminate turned out pretty well.   Still need to clean up some of the molding with silicon etc, but that will be taken care of when painting the laundry room (again) in the short term. Dead Pressed fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Jan 21, 2015 |
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Jan 21, 2015 02:45
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What type of wood is that (I know it's laminate, but what is the brand / pattern)? That is seriously nice looking.
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Bought it at a surplus/salvage place, didn't have branding on it, unfortunately. The pattern is styled after "acacia" or "thornwood".
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I've been working on putting together a replica of the Tom Servo puppet from Mystery Science Theater 3000. I found a guy on eBay selling all the parts as a kit, which made it much easier. Here he is just prior to being taken back apart and primed. Now I'm waiting for a weekend with no rain so I can take all the parts out in the back yard and paint them. 
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Failed project here. I originally tried to make a puzzle for a secret santa out of wood and a print of one of those russian tech posters for the PKM machine gun. For a variety of highly annoying and messy reasons, it didn't work. Application tape is actually kind of hard to work with when lasering. The 2-coat rubber cement didn't hold the print down as well as it should (and certainly not as well as it needs to for a puzzle piece). Residue from glue marred up the cut edges something fierce even with the application tape. And since you're making a puzzle out of a print, you can't just cut pieces to replace shitted-up ones, it'll never be the same and you'll need the same amount of material + print anyway. The list went on. I was determined though so when I finally threw in the towel I had actually spent quite a lot of money and time getting nowhere. God I think I went through like 6 prints, what was I thinking?   I did get this sweet gif out of it though: 
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Mister Sinewave posted:I did get this sweet gif out of it though: That is like porn to the engineer in me.
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I love watching stuff like that of any kind, including CNC machines or other kinds of robotic stuff. Nothing else in the world moves like they do. It's mesmerizing.
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Mister Sinewave posted:I love watching stuff like that of any kind, including CNC machines or other kinds of robotic stuff. Nothing else in the world moves like they do. It's mesmerizing. I'm the same way, and there are usually some great gifs similar to this on /r/oddlysatisfying.
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Over a month ago, I decided I wanted to build a workbench. Christmas came and went with me spending a couple weeks on the road and excuses. Immediately I knew I was going to require a miter saw to cut the 2x4s to length, so I picked up Harbor Freights finest $88 10" compound sliding laser sighted miter saw, and returned the piece of poo poo the very next day. The arbor was messed up and impossible to install a blade, in addition everything else was just poorly designed about the saw, engaging the arbor stop was an exercise in patience and on/off switch for the laser (which required batteries) was mounted behind and underneath the motor. After about a week of "research" (youtube videos) I determined I really needed a Ryobi 10" compound sliding miter saw with a laser guide, and everything about it is 10x better than the Harbor Freight abomination. I finally felt settled on a design (lol) enough to go to Home Depot and acquire some lumber about three weeks ago. I made a novice mistake when I listened to one of the orange aproned baboons who said drywall screws were the same as wood screws, they were sold out of 3" wood screws at the time. I broke out my trusty $9 set of Ryobi drill bits and determined that a 1/8" hole was the proper size for #9 drywall screw and my trusty B&D 7.2V drill was happy to make holes but went nowhere when trying to drive the screws. After eating 2 Harbor Freight Chineseium #2 Phillips bits I decided that what I needed was a larger drill, and I obtained a DeWalt Corded drill which significantly enhanced the speed at which I could destroy a drill bit. I watched more youtube videos to determine that I really needed an impact driver, and after a couple weeks for research and shipping I ended up with an M12 Fuel impact driver, and an M12 drill. The impact driver is one of the most amazing tools I have ever owned. Previously, I managed to drive 4 screws in one day before saying "gently caress this" with the impact driver I got through 16 in a couple hours before getting to a point where progress was hampered by the lack of a jigsaw. So last night I went to the Harbor Freight website and laughed at the ad for the miter saw of doom, then I realized their jigsaw was $29, and a Ryobi from Home Depot was also $29. This morning, at 10AM, I discovered hell on earth, there was an endless sea of camouflage, minefields of nicotine, and endless crappy imitations of Jeff Foxworthy, it was amateur hour for all the wannabe contractors getting a late start to the job-site. . . I tried moving slowly through the store and had to dodge people groping at items on the shelf directly in front of me and carts jabbing me in the side. Before leaving the store, I was smacked in the head by a 20ft long banister and had a 2x4 repeatedly jammed in my back while waiting to checkout. I noticed a 3/8" washer fits quite loose on a 3/8" bolt, in fact a 5/16" washer fits a 3/8" bolt better, so I tried to find someone who knew the diameter of a 3/8" bolt, what I have discovered is a 3/8" bolt's diameter is 3/8", it requires a larger wrench to drive it, and a 3/8" washer has an over sized diameter. Instead 3 Home Depot morons just gave a blank deer in headlights stare, started drooling, and then started talking about how the AWJ on the head refereed to the bolt's strength, threads per in inch and country of origin. . . I finally decided to just go hunt down the tape measure section and actually measure the bolts on my own. I have no desire to find out the total cost of this workbench, at least most of the expense is tools that I will use again. Next step- attach two layers of 3/4" plywood to form the top and mount my end vise (7" Pony) to the layers of plywood between the legs. Because of this, I won't be placing a 2x4 front rail, instead I plan make the top almost identical to this design. That plan uses 2 full size pieces of plywood sandwiching an incomplete 2x4 frame, I plan to have two full size pieces of plywood on top, and one piece 16" side (same size as in the picture) underneath to support the drawers. I might also add a 2x4 beneath the plywood, but I'm not sure that is necessary.  Also, the top is 6ft x 30in, as an added bonus, a couple days ago I thought to myself "my kitchen counters are a good depth, I wonder how deep they are. . ." 24 inches. 
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I hope the picture is just at an odd angle but that does not look level.
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That is just the "keep mess out of frame" angle. I didn't use a square for most of the corners, but after checking them most are square or very close. The top is about a half bubble away from level, but its also on an uneven part of my basement floor.
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Mister Sinewave posted:I love watching stuff like that of any kind, including CNC machines or other kinds of robotic stuff. Nothing else in the world moves like they do. It's mesmerizing. I've never considered making a gif out of my shopbot making anything. I'd probably waste a bunch of time watching it do the same thing a lot.
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Mister Sinewave posted:I love watching stuff like that of any kind, including CNC machines or other kinds of robotic stuff. Nothing else in the world moves like they do. It's mesmerizing. I work at a car plant, the best one I've seen is the robot that applies two lines of seam sealer simultaneously to the underbody of a car - one head with two swiveling extruders around a complex 3d shape with a little flick/flourish at the end so it doesn't leave a standing tail. Crotch Fruit posted:Over a month ago, I decided I wanted to build a workbench. I can't laugh at any of this as I'll be contributing stories like it at some point. cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 10:30 on Jan 25, 2015 |
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Got a new place last year, filled it with old-looking crap I made. Here's a sampling. First, a media console (houses cable box, Roku, DVD player, etc) made from shipping pallet wood. The radio on top started its life as a "Spirit of St. Louis" field radio replica, until I replaced its cassette/radio guts with a Bluetooth receiver, amplifier, and a couple of speakers:  Second, a magnetic knife board, stained to match the cabinets. There's a few different ways to make this, I did it this way. Jealous of that dude's shop:   And last, pardon the steampunk -- a pipe lamp. The bulbs are actually LED (from 1000bulbs.com), the base is veneer-covered pine, and the rest is plain Home Depot piping spray-painted to a weathered bronze-type finish:     edit: a coffee table made from four wine crates and massive caster wheels, with succulents and river rocks as the centerpiece:  
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Trabant posted:And last, pardon the steampunk -- a pipe lamp. The bulbs are actually LED (from 1000bulbs.com), the base is veneer-covered pine, and the rest is plain Home Depot piping spray-painted to a weathered bronze-type finish: I am really tempted to copy that light.
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Go for it! The majority of the build is straightforward, but the actual bulb/socket connection to the reducer can be a pain. It took me several attempts to come up with a design. I'll share it here if you want me to, just need to draw it up.
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Trabant posted:Go for it! The majority of the build is straightforward, but the actual bulb/socket connection to the reducer can be a pain. It took me several attempts to come up with a design. I'll share it here if you want me to, just need to draw it up. Draw it
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That's pretty cool. I'll have to emulate that this weekend, too.
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I'M A COMPLETE loving IDIOT WHO LIKES TO WORK OUT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND POST IT Dragyn posted:If you haven't, please make a thread with a lot of photos of this. I love construction porn and I think most of the DIY shares that sentiment. This looks really great. Thanks! I thought about making a thread but figured the updates would be so sporadic, it'd probably be boring. Since I'm doing most of the labor myself, it's pretty slow going. Like this weekend, the weather was perfect but I only got a little more of the sheathing finished. And since the brakes went out on my truck, I had to waste time having my friend who's helping me take me to HD to get the roofing, windows, and doors. Next weekend is gonna be in the 40s so I'm probably not gonna do anything outside (I am a complete wimp) I can report that the roof isn't leaking, even with the massive rain we had mid-week. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Crosspost from the Arduino thread.. I am working on a new nixie clock. Similar to the last one I built with the RGB LED dials in the back that would allow the end user to give whatever color backlight to the nixies as was desired:   This time, though, I wanted to push it a bit further and use six Adafruit NeoPixels... Addressable, programmable RGB LEDs  And while making them do animated colors is neat for a while, even cylon scanning larson action... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVtif8boQBk I wanted to display some actual information via these backlights. So, I went on a search for some way to display ambient weather conditions on these, and ran across exactly what I needed: http://www.instructables.com/id/NeoWeather-Ambient-Weather-Indicator/ This project uses an electric imp, driving the neopixels, which pings weather underground for zip code based weather conditions. Perfect. So, now after a quick hookup, my NeoPixel Nixie Weather Clock is displaying my local weather... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok5sPjbiphU And it works pretty well...  However, I think before I am done with it I will go in and do some new animation states, and I'd like to make it also do sunrise:  midday:  sunset:  midnight:  etc. I just don't know if I have the programming chops to make those time of day states fade nicely across the face of the clock, with appropriate sun and moon positions and such. Next step is to make a housing, get the colon separators wired up, get a photosensor on the top to dim everything down during nighttime... Thanks for looking... Edit: hey Trabant, hey Tora x3.... High five Austin Goons. Cedar Park, here. nonentity fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Jan 26, 2015 |
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Basically, your poo poo sucks. Because I don't have it.
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Tora! Tora! Tora! posted:
No one is going to complain. I have a similar thread. I follow 4 or 5 DIY threads that are like that. Shameless plug: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3606049
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Dragyn posted:No one is going to complain. I have a similar thread. I follow 4 or 5 DIY threads that are like that. I'm planning to start a similar thread for my workshop project, which just got started -- the contractors started clearing ground for the foundation slab last Saturday. I'm gonna have so many questions to ask, I can just tell. Never done a serious construction job before; my biggest projects have been large picture frames, a standing desk, and a bedframe...for my dog (  ). So this is going to be interesting.
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Ropes4u posted:Draw it Here's my highly technical GIS + PowerPoint schematic (click for bigger):  Tora! Tora! Tora! posted:I'M A COMPLETE loving IDIOT WHO LIKES TO WORK OUT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND POST IT Close!  I'm a block to the west. Traded in a suburban house and garage for a place downtown, so I scratched my "build poo poo" itch just before I moved with all the stuff you see here. In other words, I'm pretty jealous of what you'll end up with after you're done.nonentity posted:Edit: hey Trabant, hey Tora x3.... High five Austin Goons. Cedar Park, here.  Love the nixie project. Always fantasized about doing one, but my complete lack of coding ability pretty much makes it a no-go. That plus the obscenely high voltages, because drat.
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Regarding the voltages i remember someone making a fake nixie tube out of 10 layers of acrylic, each one engraved with a number and edge-lit by an led. Safe voltage, similar look. Also, blow 30 bucks on an arduino kit and learn to code, it can be a fun little hobby.
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Tora! Tora! Tora! posted:I'M A COMPLETE loving IDIOT WHO LIKES TO WORK OUT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND POST IT Don't do this. It is creepy as gently caress. Somebody fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Jan 27, 2015 |
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I never even heard of https://www.1000bulbs.com/ - thanks for the pointer. They have some neat poo poo.
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Trabant posted:Close! Man, that was my first impulse but I second guessed myself, dammit. I know my tower cranes! I'm about a mile east of downtown. I cannot freaking wait until I get done, this is currently my kitchen:  And the rest of the house is even worse. Dragyn posted:No one is going to complain. I have a similar thread. I follow 4 or 5 DIY threads that are like that. Oh, yeah, I remember yours, I like reading construction porn too. Maybe I'll put one together. I did have a lot more pics of the slab construction but lost that phone. nonentity posted:Edit: hey Trabant, hey Tora x3.... High five Austin Goons. Cedar Park, here.  Your stuff is so cool.iForge posted:Don't do this. It is creepy as gently caress.
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Started up a thread for my workshop project, which is just getting started.
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