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Cheers @stevied amd @thenorthwind - I appreciate the kind words.
I'm trying to have a 'quick win' today with some shelf brackets, but I've already turned into an over-ambitious epic! Why do I do it to myself!?
I’m trying to have a ‘quick win’ today with some shelf brackets, but I’ve already turned into an over-ambitious epic! Why do I do it to myself!?
Funny you should say that @AlexSimon, I've just finished fabricating some steel shelf brackets for my kitchen. I'll put some pictures up when I get round to it. Let's just say it's a good job industrial chic is a thing though 😉
They added it to Ikea Hackers - shame about the dull thumbnail 🙂
https://www.ikeahackers.net/2019/12/ikea-ivar-cabinet-with-doors-engraved.html
Well, i'm certainly not in the same league as some other on this thread but here is my effort.
Prior to doing our extension we had to take down an oak tree down which I felt very guilty about. Thankfully the tree guy knew someone with a mill and we got the main trunk planked for not much $. They've been drying out in the garden for a couple of years now and I finally got round to making something out of one of them.
So now the tree lives on inside a few feet from where it once stood. I'll be honest i didn't really do much with my limited skill...trimmed it to size with a track saw, got a local wood work guy to stick it through his giant planer for £10.....lots of sanding...three coats of Osmo and a set of legs off etsy and here we have it....
Simple but i'm pleased as punch with it!
Lovely bit of plankage that @djambo. Nice to have that association.
It works really well with the metal legs and suits its location. 👌
thanks kayak23. Yes legs were a bargain (<£20) and really set it of 🙂
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Christmas present for friends. Sa Colobra, Mallorca.
My wife wanted a teddy bear made out of the kids old babygrows. I looked them up on t'interweb and they were around £100 for a decent one. **** that thinks I, how hard can it be to make one. So £4.29 later here is a practice one made from the not precious old babygrows.
@jonm81 - I love that! Any info on how you did it and/or pics of the precious ones gratefully recieved.
@timidwheeler, Thanks, I followed these youtube videos
The pattern came from the same people (link in the youtube video) and includes really good instructions.
Made another bear. This one (on the left) is for my wife and made from the babygrows our daughters wore that my wife wanted to use for the bear.
Turns out this sewing lark is quite good fun.
From the Anna Del Conte bible of Italian Cooking. Biscotti type biscuits.
Fancy editor not playing nice this morning and I have a batch of Zaleti to get in the oven. (Biscuits for eating with wine).
The afore-mentioned Zaleti, just out of the oven.
The sultanas spend the night in Stroh Inlander rum to get ready.
Behold the shelf that doth not interfere with the floating bike.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/KLJp2ne5ZDXdyV8w9
Lessons for future biscuit jointer use...
Think about what side to reference...
Also what's the current photosharer of choice again I forgot
Wow. First time on this thread. You're a sickeningly talented bunch.
@flaperon - how did you do that? I've been meaning to do some 2D versions of old trails for years but 3D looks ace.
@househusband - I came here for workbench ideas. How much for welding lessons?!
Yummy haggis pasties to remind me of home.
to remind me of home
Cornwall? 🙂
@househusband – I came here for workbench ideas. How much for welding lessons?!
Play your cards right @jimmy and you might get a nice stool sample...
Finished this evening; laminated and woodturned iroko (old science lab bench) seat and TIG welded box section frame. Was thinking about painting it but I like the purty colours that the welding process leaves so may just spray in a clear lacquer to stop any rust.
Nice stool 👍
It is a nice stool.
Where do you get metal from everytime I consider trying my arc welder to splatter molten steel all over myself I get put of about the mad cost/hassle of obtaining tubes etc.
@kayak23 Thank you! Coming from you (I know your background) that's a massive compliment.
@joshvegas https://www.fhbrundle.co.uk
That's what I love about TIG; no splatter at all! I do have a habit of using flap discs to remove all the mill scale before cutting and welding for smaller projects, hence the shiny finish.
Ah that's much more like it!
A weewhile before I can afford cash and time but I'll book mark.
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A tandem, finally finished dry build at the weekend to see what was missing in terms of braze one. Now at the powder coaters, also made the fork.
Amazing tandem, man dem impressed. 🤙
Building a fuzz pedal from a kit. Had to relearn some of my high school science about electronics components and how to solder onto a PCB...
Hope to get it functional soon then think about painting the box. Also need to peruse a knob catalogue.....
Made a frame for a friend.
Finally got round to making an intertwined thistle and rose headbadge. I was going to san off the powdercoat and polish but given he wanted the frame army olive drab I thought I would leave it stealth green.
Also laser cut his name into the seatstay bridge. At least if it gets nicked it'll be easily identifiable.
Jon I think your original headbadge plan will look great at the moment it's kinda hard to see what it is.
Looks good though.
At least if it gets nicked it’ll be easily identifiable.
elementary my dear Watson
Been taking perfectly fine bits of wood and setting fire to them... 🔥
Looks good kayak.
Did you go over it twice to get it even?
My dad has to do a whole bunch for cladding and I don't think he has worked out the best way
Yeah I went back over it here and there but brushing it back blends it all fairly well. I used a rotary brush on a drill along with a hand brush.
I think it depends what sort of stage of burn you're looking for. I know the big Shou sugi ban cladding suppliers use a fixed system, roller fed, so get a nice even finish.
That will look amazing as cladding though.
I used Oak here which isn't really the best to use as the contrast isn't so great between the grain texture, as say Cedar which is traditionally used.
It looks mint in the flesh though. Hard to photograph. 😊
Fuzz pedal finished wiring up.
Turns on and off with the footswitch, the LED goes on and off accordingly and makes a horrible (but expected) noise.
Success!
Love that breakfast bar Kayak, am thinking of doing this technique on oak legs for a new table, could it be done with a small gas burner (as in from a can, like a plumber would use) or would it be difficult / extremely tedious to get even?
Love the tandem.
Also the simple Oak table - (maybe you could plant another oak tree at the bottom of the garden to replace the old one).
Love that breakfast bar Kayak, am thinking of doing this technique on oak legs for a new table, could it be done with a small gas burner (as in from a can
Sure can. Weed burner heads are ideal as a plumbers torch can be too concentrated. But yeah, lots of folk use butane burners. Make sure you stick it on here when done 😊👍
jonm81
Nice detail work on that frame.
Like the background motorbike too. 🙂
Cheers Kayak, will give it a go. Have a big stack of Oak planked from a tree we had cut down a few years ago. It has been "seasoning" in the hallway for 5 years also....ALOT of planing to do until it reaches this thread!!
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I'll say it first.......noice
what case is that if you don't mind me asking (for a friend)
Buying a house hasn't been great for riding but it will give me some stuff to post on here at least.
Made a mantelpiece out of an old bit of beam I had lying around to replace the gopping black marble-esque fire surround around our very-STW stove that came with the house.
The beam was quite dirty but I didn't want to remove too much "character" so I just cleaned it up a bit with a wire brush wheel on the angle grinder, and hand-sanded it a bit. Finished with a bit of beeswax/linseed oil mix (was hoping for a more subtle finish but hopefully it'll mellow a bit). Where I had to expose fresh timber on the ends in cutting it to length, I used a round ended cutting bit on a Dremel to pattern it. Used that technique before - bit tedious but I like the detail.