What is the last thing you made? (pics pls)

A humble entry amongst giants of creativity, but a neighbour mentioned they just had grass and nowhere for plants. I had bricks and time, so built them a border last week.

In true STW fashion it’s ridiculously over engineered; it took three days. I’ve come so far 😀

Got a bottle of malt and a thank you card too, so result all round.

Looking back at ebygomm’s cabin, at some point I’m going to have to replace two ancient and increasingly fragile sheds, and that is pretty much the sort of thing I had in mind. Where did the kit come from, if it’s not an impertinent question?

Where did the kit come from, if it’s not an impertinent question?

The log cabin came from Tuin, think the model we got is ‘Lukas’ –  4.5 x 3m. We added insulation beneath the floor and on the roof but it’s otherwise as standard.

Looks like this now

Thanks for that, it looks great, a real centrepiece. Colour suits it, too.

Not so much made as made smaller. Adapted a Mavic adaptor rather than spend £30 on an Xd end cap that just has a smaller lip. Old axle, nut, spacer and a cone to centralize. Stuck the lot in the pillar drill and slowly took 1.5mm off the radius of the lip.

In reference to this thread – https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-wood-for-a-workbench-frame/ …

I finally did it, took about 3 years but it’s complete! Ended up going for some cheap 4×4 for the legs and 2*4 around the edges. Some studwork off cuts I had made the bracing top and bottom to from up the shelf and the work surface.

Just need to get it into the garage now (it’s very heavy!)

Started work on the kids’ playhouse this weekend – previous owners had a hot tub so there was a nice flat concrete base next to our deck. Roughly based on some plans off the internet but with all the dimensions, windows, roof pitch, etc different. Mostly making it up as I went along.

Som time on the Lathe recently, so I made a few baby rattles (due to our impending arrival and friends recent ones too!)

This was the first, turned from some off cuts of Yew from the table I made before  next one had a better flush fit top

Also made a sideboard for the spare room, using a leftover half barrel I had, and a piece of love edge Beech.

simply oli

nice bit of turning

Feel free to correct me but i always thought yew was generally toxic to humans?

Correct, all parts of yew are toxic except the red arils but different parts are toxic to different extents. The seeds are generally regarded as most toxic but detactable taxine alkaloids are present in the wood. They also persist after death/harvest so harvested wood can still he toxic.

Yew is considered toxic. To my understanding it’s generally the leaves/berry seeds(not flesh)/bark.

Though to be honest I hadn’t really considered it (just picked up an off cut) considering how often it’s used in furniture, tables etc. And wood turned items like bowls.

May do some digging to double check before handing them out!

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Just needs chased and faced now. It replaces the motor.

Long time lurker on this thread – just breaking cover to say that that ^^^ is a glorious piece of genius retrodirect.

Oh and simply_oli_y, if you’re reading I’d agree with Shackleton. I never use Yew on anything likely to have contact with food/drink. Personal experience suggests that *may* be overkill, but better to be safe than sorry and all that. Nice turning though.

Blimey retrodirect – that looks like a lot of craftsmanship has gone into making that!

The gammon & egg looks a bit of a state though ;o)

I finished my kayak. Sort of. It floats! And goes in a straight line, quite quickly. Now back in the garage for proper finishing…

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Laced up a front wheel yesterday…

NOS 26″ Flow mk. 3 rim (£80 for a pair from eBay) on a Superstar Switch Ultra hub (half price in a sale a while back) with ACI Alpina DB spokes and 12mm brass nipples from Cyclebasket.

Used Roger Mussons excellent book to guide me through lacing. Even managed to get the hub logo lined up with the valve hole first time!

Total weight of 876g according to our cheapo uncalibrated kitchen scales.

Need to get my spoke key back from a mate before I can tension and true it up but I’m quite pleased with it. Got an Electro rear hub for the other rim from eBay reasonably cheap a couple of weeks back too!

I haven’t time to build a proper truing stand just now so it’ll be a forks/cableties lash up for this one.

Apologies for the crap photo, for some reason my phone camera now only works via WhatsApp…

Nice one Mowgli! Was it built from the Shrike plans? Toying with the idea of building the Vember design from the same guys to replace my ridiculously heavy plastic boat.

Cheers. Yes, It’s a Shrike. The Vember looks nicer and should be a stronger hull, but I expect it’ll cost a lot more, be heavier, and take a lot longer than the plywood version. I built a cedar strip kayak years ago (Redfish Spring Run) and it took a good 6 months and about £1500 in materials. The Shrike took 2 months and cost less than £400, but does feel relatively fragile.

Me and the boy, Inspired my Mike Traver’s little ramps, made a ramp/rollover for the bikes!

Need a bit more decking material to make it rollable! Good little kicker for the street though!! Want to make a landing ramp now!

(plus, the Worx Saw is a really Brill bit of kit too! Did the whole job using half a charge..)

DrP

Not in the same league as so many other projects on display here but I’m quite pleased with my first attempt at pyrography.

^Really nice Pyro. 🙂

Tonight, a Martini 😉

I made one of these today:

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A hot days work… #handmade #bicycle #filletbrazing #framebuilding

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So that’s where you’ve been 😉

Looking good! The double tube chainstays look ace.

Btw, got that no.3 vice for you. It’s in the garage, so whenever you want to come and get it.

Ace. Thanks buddy! Those chainstays took a long time

Finally finished the kitchen in my campervan.  Curved units are fiddly!

I’m making a woodshed, from my imagination. Got a bit to go right enough, the hard works done though. I had to rip 145mm boards in half to make the frame.

It’s cost me the grand total of nothing so far. The pallet was free and the boards were from my neighbour.

Nice work, in true STW fashion, fence next eh!

While we are on a shed theme, mostly finished framing my awkward shed last week. Too bloody hot now to finish it off…

Apparently, if you’re turning 7 Super Mario is a thing again, so by special request for my nephew

I dun made a boat.

Obviously done with colleagues at work, but this is the “first” of a new model and it’s come out rather nicely.

Nice boat! Is that a RIB, with a vee hull, or flat? Tasty, though.

That is a deep-V mono hull.

Our gucci model is a 4m catamaran with a hydrofoil though. Proper spanked weasel.

Finished my new woodshed which is thrice as big as the last one I made.

Nice cock.

Not the first time I’ve heard that #boastpost

There is one of these for sale at ‘Sett Valley cycles’ in New Mills, Derbyshire  (all proceeds go to  Ride for Charlie – Nick Craig’s charity.)

Paté made from my last pig. Crusty bread and this for tea tonight.

looks yummy