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I wanted a chunky pen.
So I bought a second-hand mini lathe.
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And watched a bunch of YouTube videos by Blondihacks, Clough42 etc.
And learned to turn, face, turn to a face, tap and thread with a die
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And now I have a chunky pen
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Very nice, though I wasn't expecting it to be all metal. Usually they're wooden.
If you want to get into that gig, Axminster tools have a range of parts, mandrels and the like(A mystery to me) and a nice choice of stabilized timbers. including plastic, and one thats even made of coffee beans encapsulated in resin.
Tie elastic around the trunk of the tree.
Tie the other end of the elastic around the children.
Stand them next to each other by the tree and shout go.
Who ever runs the furthest from the tree wins and gets a free horizontal bungee ride
I like the chunky pen
I made some AXS Reverb paddles for a couple mates, then loaded another mates AXS equipped bike into my van ready to go to Wales the following day. Over dinner I had an idea and ended up making the purple one and fitting it to his bike. He only saw it in Cwmcarn car park the next day, and I left his Rockshox paddle at home so he had to ride the whole weekend with it on
Childish I know but us kids found it funny
i enjoy reading this thread and seeing every ones creations, most of the physical things i make are often all kinds of wonky looking serve there purpose but nothing pretty so i thought i'd contribute to this thread with this
not finished yet and definitely not made by just me! but a labour of love
Hey Doris. Nice work you should be proud!
I'll bite.
Doris what the hell did they have a quad bike on the roof for?!
Bit epic looking what we're you responsible for?
Doris what the hell did they have a quad bike on the roof for?!
so you can drive it off the roof into a helicopter!! :o) battlefield fans love the game because of all the crazy stuff you can do, record and upload to youtube.
My part of the game is Animation, on this project a bit of character stuff but mainly the cinematics, characters, facial animation, cameras, cinematography etc
kids really want a rope swing in the garden, trouble is we have no trees with suitable branches
Saw your picture and immediately thought of this...
so you can drive it off the roof into a helicopter!! :o) battlefield fans love the game because of all the crazy stuff you can do, record and upload to youtube.
My part of the game is Animation, on this project a bit of character stuff but mainly the cinematics, characters, facial animation, cameras, cinematography etc
Good enough reasons I guess.
Every year or so I open 3DSmax to have a play and immediately realise I do not have the skills.
Needed a pizza station, had some leftover wood down the sideway 🙂
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Oak console table.
Steam bent laminated legs and stretcher rail. Quite challenging to make but pretty happy with how it turned out.
We know kayak. Someone gave you your very own thread!
Looks lovely.
Fantastic table
Latest mini lathe project - headset tool. The bottom piece is threaded M12, the top drilled 12mm and tightened with the nut. The steps are 1". 1.125", 1.25" 1.5".
Now all I need is a bike that needs it's headset bearings replaced. I will be retiring my trusty pieces of wood and hammer!
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A big-ass pile of aluminium boxes. I'm getting better at the alu tig. v. happy.
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I'm intrigued. What are they, fuel tanks?
for fancy signage. they're getting powdercoated and have graphics going up on all sides then stuck atop big poles.
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Too late/beery to try to embed - wallet made from sticky labels off of teh beer cans.
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@murray maybe needs a thrust bearing to prevent binding but good effort!
@retrodirect micrometer depth gauge?
that and the lasercut faceplate.
Are we allowed to include things our mates have made? Theres some truly stunning woodworking on here - that table of Kayaks is an absolute work of art - so I thought I'd share this.
Its a chopping board I picked up from my mate Lee the other day. He does lovely one-off pieces. It's oak and walnut and is a truly wonderful thing. I'm scared of using it!
If you're interested you can check out his other stuff on Instagram @Woodshed_co
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I made this a while back for my mother but seeing Binners post above reminded me of it.
There is a little dip in the based to hold a pen that was exactly the width of the top of the clock. The base was slightly narrower so it was easier to pick up the pen. Mum wanted on her desk so she could make notes and record the times of conversations when she was working as an advisor and time of call was important.
A couple of recent paintings. The Horses of the Camargue was a challenge from a friend because apparently horses and the sea are two of the hardest things to paint. The Needles in the Evening is the first of three I am working on. All the same shot of the needles but one in sunshine, one in clouded weather and one in full sunshine. The other two are still in early stages at the moment.
Very nice WCA
Murray - paintings or clock?
Here are a set of paintings I did recently - from left to right and then to the table
First Sight
First Night
First Holiday
First Baby
First picnic/fight/car/flight etc to follow once these are sold.
Dessert this evening, Tartes aux Cerises
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Poor crochet duck! Looks good for now though.
Poor crochet duck!
The crochet dog is astoundingly impressive though.
The duck bears a passing resemblance to Sajid Javid.
I've not drawn for years, well this century Really. So turning 40 I asked my mum for a set of Derwent pastel pencils and I've had a few previous attempts. This was a starling I photographed from a bedroom window in the tree outside.
A few attempts on standard pastel paper then I switched onto Clairefontaine Pastelmat.
I had some paint and pallets lieing around
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Oooh, I've just realised that you could triangulate and locate me. If you are coming over to hammer sausages into my dog can you cut the lawn first please?
Good signpost work there Ambrose 👍
You could have added a vertical one to the post (just for today 😉 )with PRICK Branson Space 🚀
Aaarh- a missed opportunity!
I made a clock It is for my brother, currently in Adelaide. Friends and family contributed pebbles that I set into resin filled recesses in the clock face that was made from an old garden table from his house in Cornwall. It is set to Australian time so that I know when I phone I can wake him up at an ungodly hour.
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Tried my hand at making some picture frames.
A floating frame made from some reclaimed pine boards and a gallery frame (needs glass) from some reclaimed oak.
Have enjoyed this thread immensely over the years, there are some amazingly talented people on STW. Thank you all.
A lightweight, 10" guitar cab, to go with my tiny Vox MV50 amp.
This thread has always made me feel thoroughly ashamed of my lack of practical ability.
Yesterday I did make a dinky pair of powerlink pliers from a cheap big pair using only a hacksaw, file and insulation tape.
I also made a weatherproof rear light out of a non-weatherproof rear light, an o ring, a trimmed down rubber plumbing seal and superglue.
I also made three birdboxes earlier in the year out of some old planks.
This is the height of my DIY achievements.
I needed a headset tool, none were coming up on ebay, and I refuse on principle to buy cheap Chinese rubbish. What's the only rational thing to do - make your own! It took me about a month, as I have two small kids. Most of that time was spent working out how to draw straight lines on a cylinder.
I used a steerer, cut from an old fork in my junk pile.
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After all that, took about 2 minutes to get the old headset cups out. Result
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This is the height of my DIY achievements.
So get the pics up then.
So get the pics up then.
my lack of practical ability
Think that's a no then to posting pics on STW!
@Murray - thanks. I got the saw from a rusty old box of tools that had been left out on the curb. It looked terrible when I got it, but I tried an electrolysis rust removal process, and it worked out great (although it doesn't fix the surface pitting). It's an Eclipse, stamped sometime in the 40's.
Begone bins!
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Nice one retrodirect, I've seen videos of greenhouses made like that with plastic tubes, the wood strips look cooler.
Finaly finished this, started it last year but not touched it for ages.
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A pair of rough n ready storage boxes for under the workbench. One to hold clamps, one for... was going to be old screws/nails/brackets/hings/odds-n-sods collection but too much effort into them (although it may not look like much effort went into them). Also the blue is a much brighter blue than it appears here.
A base for the Raspberry Pi and Lepy amp just to keep them together and stop them getting jostled around so much.
In the background is a pair of parts for another ongoing project - the Roger Musson Wheel Truing stand.
I made these old, hardboard nailed onto softwood frames yellowing painted 70s wardrobe doors...
...into these sleek, push to open, birch plywood doors with ply-edge vertical trim.
4m x 3m
If I'd have done that job, (TBF, I wouldn't have done THAT job, far from it) my missis would have come back with,
'Nah, I preferred it the way it was. Can you put it back?'
Every time. It's become a standard joke. They look really smart now.
🤣^^^
they look nice.
are they push to unlock or do you need a screwdriver to open them 😉
oh, nope push to open, saw that now.
New hoops. Along with the PSA Pikes, it feels like a new bike.
Made for a mates 40th.
That's a great present, well done
Most of that time was spent working out how to draw straight lines on a cylinder.
On a flat surface. Get a straight edge. Tilt it on an angle. Roll the tube up to the straight edge. So they are both parallel and touching. Then mark your line.
You then have a straight line along the edge of the tube. Any further straight lines are marked from that data line. For example you have a tube with a circumference of 360mm. Mark 180mm around the tube at both ends. Draw a line down the tube where you have marked. You now have 2 lines directly down the middle of the tube.
Modified my Pedals cart for more display area. Need to beef op the verticals to avoid wind flex.
My chilli plants were getting cold so I built them a new home from a pallet and some plastic sheet
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Finally finished something. Box made from London Plane and ebonized Walnut.
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Using old breed wheat flour (Emmer, Einkorn and Spelt). To try and find a form of gluten Sandwich jr can eat without upsetting his stomach.
Crumb shot to follow later as it uses a poolish method for the dough.
I like both of those last 2.
Very well executed Hobster. How did you cut in the stringing ?
Beautiful box Hobster.
Love that inlay 👌
Thanks all,
The pattern on the lid was done with a Veritas inlay tool and chisel then filled with resin.
Took ages as the grain is a bit crazy
The tray, although I have fully soundproofed, insulated and carpet lined the bugger too.
Next build job is the storage units.
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Crumb shot as promised. (I'm failing to stop the rest of the family eating it all in one go).
Love this thread!
Love the T-Allen holder for the axles!
Half way through re-building our patio and garden path.
Had to dig out around 5 tonnes of earth, so built some planter boxes out of sleepers to save on skips, then cast some new steps between those.
5 tonnes of type 1 in and whacked down, then 2x2 20mm porcelain tiles down on a bed of 4:1 sharp sand / cement.
I’m about half way done on the tiling, 80% done on the job, lots of cutting to do now so the neighbours will be hating me.
@colp thanks bud! Just some screw in magnets from Amazon. Bloody strong too!
That patio looks like a top spot.
I did this to replace the painting (top right on peddlers cart photo) I sold.
I was given the slab of oak (750 x 200 x 60mm) as a 'thank you' for making a small wooden handle for an old family heirloom, an old silverware cheese slice - a more than generous return! I cleaned it up on thicknesser planer at work, sanded and applied several coats of Danish oil, then TIG welded the steel legs from 50 x 25mm box section. I could have done a better job preparing the steelwork before painting, a lesson learned for next time!
