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That’s looks like about, what, .125 motorcycles worth of security there? How do you think your operation would handle scaling up to full size?
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Bad Munki posted:That’s looks like about, what, .125 motorcycles worth of security there? How do you think your operation would handle scaling up to full size? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPeRjs1V69M 
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Feb 26, 2019 02:55
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if you're building a CNC machine ya gotta 1) brush up on high school trig, 2) take good notes on what you're working on and why you're doing it (eg 'i am taking this measurement to check that these two axes are square' -- 'this is the table of my measurements' -- 'here is how many degrees it is out of square' -- 'here is my adjustment' -- 'here is my next table of measurements' ...) 3) post pics! looks like a great project my man 3.1) you should build it into a highway overpass and run it clandestinely at 3am when traffic's light, with your police scanner
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Feb 26, 2019 03:40
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Feb 26, 2019 13:35
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I wanted to build a saddle stand as a Christmas present but vastly underestimated the length of time it would take to build this in my rinky-dink shop. I did manage to get this finished by Valentines day, so I've got that going for me. The mortise and tennon joints were a bit sloppy. I hadn't cut a mortise in years and never had much practice to begin with. Everything was glued with a very strong epoxy because of my inexperience, but now this thing is pretty indestructable. Since no one had any 4"x4" maple stock, I had to glue a bunch of maple boards together. I don't have a planer or a jointer, so I made do with a table saw and hand planes (took a very long time). Many hours later with a chisel, mallet, mitersaw, and router I ended up with this.  
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Feb 26, 2019 16:27
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Mofabio posted:if you're building a CNC machine ya gotta 1) brush up on high school trig, 2) take good notes on what you're working on and why you're doing it (eg 'i am taking this measurement to check that these two axes are square' -- 'this is the table of my measurements' -- 'here is how many degrees it is out of square' -- 'here is my adjustment' -- 'here is my next table of measurements' ...) 3) post pics! looks like a great project my man 3.1) you should build it into a highway overpass and run it clandestinely at 3am when traffic's light, with your police scanner This but also for the whole project, I build a nice 3d printer but made it far too large. My next project is shrinking the dang thing down later this year
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Feb 27, 2019 01:06
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My wife saw a bird table she liked but thought I could do better for cheaper than the £70 one she saw so I was given this image So I measured her hand and made this 
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Mar 3, 2019 00:46
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The Mr. Bean method works.
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Mar 3, 2019 04:03
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Threw together a quick treasure chest out of scrap wood for my wife's kindergarten classroom today. Need to go get some wood filler, paint and hardware to finish it off. Had a bit of serendipity with the lid, started cutting 2x4s into strips to make the planks, and figured I'd have to rip one down to make the last one fit. Turns out, the trash can bottom I used to trace the curve for the lid resulted in a curve that was successfully filled with a whole number of strips. 
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Mar 8, 2019 00:11
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I've been caring for my bonsai lately and he's just come back to life nicely so I'm attempting to grow him onto a brick This was my inspiration  EDIT  He has a cute spaceman hat now Jestery fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Mar 12, 2019 |
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Mar 9, 2019 10:22
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:
Donate this to a church/charity of your choice, that's a nice shape to dump coins in.
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Mar 13, 2019 17:23
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As the daughter of a potter I somehow never learned to throw on the wheel. I'm terrible at it. I love seeing oddly shaped things, even unintentional, and I think that's an awesome piece. That would be a really cool donation bowl.
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Mar 14, 2019 18:47
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Yeah, that's honestly the best suggestion I've heard yet. Thanks, I'll shop it around a bit to churches, see if any of the ones I'm familiar with are interested.
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Mar 14, 2019 18:59
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Here's the finished piece: It's maybe a little small for a donations/collections bowl: 8" long and 6" wide, or thereabouts. Still worth asking the churches I know of if they want it; I have no better ideas.
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Mar 20, 2019 05:03
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Wow, the finish and colors on that look amazing.
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Mar 20, 2019 05:16
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The Eyes Have It posted:Wow, the finish and colors on that look amazing. Yeah, there is something to like, something that is accidentally beautiful and kinda has no purpose My mother would love to have it on her mantle
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Here's the finished piece: How deep is it? You could totally just call it art, shadowbox it and hang it on your wall. If that sounds interesting to you, PM me. I spent several years working in a gallery doing framing, and do all my own framing now.
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Mar 20, 2019 09:46
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Here's the finished piece: If you put water in the center, does it come out of the longer side or both sides? I could see it being a neat part of a water feature if you ran a pipe in through the bottom.
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Mar 20, 2019 12:24
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You could call it Death of the American Cowboy.
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Thanks for the kind words, everyone!armorer posted:How deep is it? You could totally just call it art, shadowbox it and hang it on your wall. If that sounds interesting to you, PM me. I spent several years working in a gallery doing framing, and do all my own framing now. It's very shallow. The entire piece is maybe a couple of inches tall, and the depression in the middle is hardly anything. I'm an amateur woodworker and have done some framing in the past; I guess I could give that a shot and turn it into a display piece. I'm used to having more functional uses for my stuff, but that does appear to be a bit out of the question this time.  poeticoddity posted:If you put water in the center, does it come out of the longer side or both sides? I could see it being a neat part of a water feature if you ran a pipe in through the bottom. I assume you mean if it overflows the center? The sides where it folds over are solid, so it would have to come out the "front" or "back". If you tilted it so that the narrow opening was down, it could serve as a spout of sorts. Seat Safety Switch posted:You could call it Death of the American Cowboy. Another piece I'm nearly done with is a skull mug, and sadly this piece is not quite the right size to be a hat. 
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Mar 20, 2019 14:51
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Here's the finished piece: "Salvadore Dali's Hat"
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I made a wheel of cheddar in February 2018. I cut it open today. It's pretty good! Curds:  Chedaring process:  First pressing complete:  Fully pressed, ready to wax soon:  13 months later (today): 
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Mar 21, 2019 22:50
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TotalLossBrain posted:I made a wheel of cheddar in February 2018. I cut it open today. It's pretty good! That's really cool! Did you make or buy your press?
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Mar 22, 2019 15:08
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I cheaped out and bought one when I first started. Knowing what I've learned since then, I'd likely make something myself instead. Pressure isn't applied perfectly evenly but it works.
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Mar 22, 2019 15:43
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Holy poo poo, actual cheese  That's pretty amazing!
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Mar 22, 2019 17:07
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should throw the next one on the smoker for a few days...I would buy a wheel of smoked cheddar from you.
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Mar 22, 2019 18:13
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TotalLossBrain posted:I made a wheel of cheddar in February 2018. I cut it open today. It's pretty good! I didn't know that "cheddaring" was a word and now I want to see all sorts of things get cheddared.
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When she says “I want a shelf there” the next question is “how high?” Still need to do finish work but it fits perfectly. 
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Mar 24, 2019 11:10
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TotalLossBrain posted:I made a wheel of cheddar in February 2018. I cut it open today. It's pretty good! That's badass. I made cheese once and it was really cool to make this thing that resulted in actual cheese. Then I got all interested in the process and started reading all kinds of weird poo poo on cheese making and curdling, it was neat af.
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Crossposting to remind/let you know that we have a Leatherworking Thread:Trabant posted:More thread necromancy with another belt, this time for my dad:
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I had another pipe joint degrade flooding part of my house. When I was putting everything back together after getting it fixed I noticed the other bathroom had a drip leak. This being the 4th leak in 5 years I said gently caress it and had it all redone in Pex. Which meant tear down half the wall I just finished patching. Plumber said he needed about 2.5 feet to get to the piping, I said your getting 4 since its easier to drop in a few 4x8 sheets of drywall.    Also patched the walls in 2 bathrooms and re-seated both toilets. If there is another leak I am just burning the place down. edit: That chair is the best thing I have ever stolen from an employer. Rolling hard plastic chair I can just hose off after rolling around garage/construction. JEEVES420 fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Apr 8, 2019 |
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Apr 8, 2019 16:57
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Gradually fixing up my 1960s-built house. Here's the before and after on the hookups panel for the washer and dryer. Before, it had completely pulled away from the wall, being held in place only by the rigid copper water lines, so I built the wall back up and screwed the plate down to the nearest studs, plus a quick spraypainting. 
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Apr 8, 2019 18:21
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My little garden shelf would not fit my stuff on it So I spent a morning on the printer and sorted it https://www.instagram.com/p/BwBQBdylVZ5/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=pj96ulgdxwtr
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Do we have a landscaping thread? When we bought our current place in December, we knew that it had a soggy back yard, but we didn't realize HOW soggy. There's standing water all over the back. While I was looking up solutions and raking leaves this spring, I discovered a drain on the side! I went to the county clerk's office and got the original site plan for our house and it looks like drain tiles were installed! If that's the case, then there's a good chance that they're just (hopefully) clogged and not (more likely) broken or full of roots. Anyone ever have to clear a yard drain, french drain, drain tile? (I've seen them called all those things online). I want to try it myself before I wind up paying a whole lot to either a landscaping company or a sewer specialist.
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Figured there might be some interest in Damascus Process. Isn't it suppose to have squiggly lines?  Oh right, I need more poo poo in my garage that can kill me.  There we go, metal with wood grain   This was fun and I already know how to improve on it and try some other techniques. JEEVES420 fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Apr 12, 2019 |
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Apr 12, 2019 04:56
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Well that's incredibly awesome. I had no idea that's how those rings get that design. I really love seeing everyone's projects and it makes me a bit sad I don't have any going on right now.
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Scathach posted:Well that's incredibly awesome. I had no idea that's how those rings get that design. Well, I did the easy part (machining and etching). The process to make the steel is a ton of  comprising of taking two different types of steel (stainless in this case), where one has a higher carbon content, and continually folding them together in a forge. The Muriatic acid then eats away at the two steels at different rates due to the carbon leaving the raised areas. I then lightly sanded the raised metal to remove the etched metal and reveal the untouched stainless steel giving it the high contrast of colors. The inner part of the ring was not sanded to keep that more uniformed color.
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Apr 12, 2019 16:16
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super dope ring
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I would wear something like that as a replacement for my current wedding band. The most current project I’ve finished up is putting the playground back together after our move. the kids are much happier now that the weather is warmer and they can go play outside, so I finally got it reassembled last weekend. I had some great helpers putting it back together, too.    Next step is to build a new canopy top. It previously had an A-frame roof but it got in the way of climbing over the top of the climbing wall. Thankfully it gets good afternoon/evening shade but I still want to build something to keep the UV off of them. Next up: in-wall speakers in our kitchen with volume control in the closet, run back to the receiver for zone 2 output so we can play the same music, etc. I’ll also wall-mount the TV and run cables in the wall for that as well as proper Ethernet runs from my router, etc. devmd01 fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Apr 14, 2019 |
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Threw this together in 2 days: Learned a lot, mechanical vibration appears to be a necessity with the mix i'm using. Gonna get a 30 gal air compressor so I can shake the poo poo out of some concrete.
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