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

Picnic bench! Enjoyed this one.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for varnish/some way of protecting it from the weather? CBA painting it!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZzzFEla6x/

Now, I’m no expert, but is that Reynolds by any chance? 😛

I am fairly rubbish at making stuff, it usually ends up looking a bit shonky. However, I am quite pleased with this for an afternoon’s work.

Mrs Mellie saw something similar on Pinterest. Three IKEA Billy bookcases re-purposed into storage for our third bedroom, which is now a dressing room (ooh, get us!) Batons at the top screwed into the very thin plasterboard to spread the load, then brackets screwed into bookcase and baton. Hanging rails from B&Q between each. A lot cheaper than buying wardrobes, and less ‘looming’ into the space. Needs a bit of finishing off.

(Love the garden projects bear).

Just finished an en suite for my son including Scooby Doo bookcase door

https://imgur.com/a/6W4Hzax

That’s very nice colp but shouldn’t you have swapped the toilet and sink so you can reach for a book while sat on the bog?

I’ve gone done a big version of my 3D CNC machined Malvern Hills..

700 x 150 x 30mm:

That’s very nice colp but shouldn’t you have swapped the toilet and sink so you can reach for a book while sat on the bog?

Blimey! Never thought of that!

Here’s another view of the sculpture. Shows the details quite nicely 🙂

Wanted a new framebag to fit the fatbike and as nothing off the shelf fit and I don’t have custom money to spend I thought I’d have a crack. Also, who wants black/olive when you can have fluro orange and purple?

Material is 6oz PU coated polyester, zip is a double ended ykk plastic one, ordered the double ended version but it was the wrong way around so I swapped them round so it opens in the middle, 25mm webbing (x2 on top for the twin top tubes) and some Velcro onewrap (30mm and 50mm) to attach to the frame.

Fits a carefully packed gellert solo tent without too much bulging.

Stuff that worked well:
I massively over engineered putting the zip in, there are garages at each end and a storm flap over those, took longer than the rest of the bag!

Stuff that didn’t work so well:
There was a mk1 that didn’t quite work out and had a tapered top panel to fit the frame, I made this one 3″ all round. It would have been better tapered as the tube splay apart to 85mm so the current taper in the webbing from 2 to 3″ doest quite reach.

Onewrap gives two options, either rub the paint off the frame or the skin off your legs.

Cost £25, £15 of that was onewrap! Next time I’ll just make some straps from webbing and Velcro which would be less abrasive too!

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Massive black shelving unit in black Valchromat in a black basement for a yoga studio in Birmingham.

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Finished off a week of work today building and installing these awesome cabinets for and designed by @mjmbespoke for a new yoga studio and fitness mecca in central Birmingham, @anarchy45uk All built in stealthy black @valchromat I made sure to align the shelves as well as my Chakras… #wood #woodworking #woodworkersofinstagram #valchromat #valchromatfurniture #mdf #stealth #black #yoga #yogastudio #birmingham #shelving #shelves

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BBC1 right now.

We won a BAFTA donchaknow!

Spent my Saturday at the local hedging and stone walling competition. That is me in the middle making love to my spade! Was a tough day as the wall had to be taken down first before it could be rebuilt! The 2nd pic is the final result. Took first prize in the novice category as well as best local so, all in all,  a good days work 🙂

Drove by the sign for the competition the other day welshfarmer, was tempted to call by and have a nose.

Been busy on the latest caravan/tiny home build:

DSC_0825 by neil.d.cox[/url], on Flickr

DSC_0793 by neil.d.cox[/url], on Flickr

I made a planter for my wife’s friend but I’m buggered if I’m going to put a picture of it next to all this stuff^^

So much going on here I didn’t think one or two photos would suffice. A friends paid me to repaint his bike, I agreed on the condition that I was able to paint it how I liked.

This is the result

Splatterpainting and fades for days.

http://www.instagram.com/colinlikesbikes/

That’s sick! 👍

Thats a great paint job, I am still wanting to do a hammerite hammered cammo  on a frame  frame but its  a megga job.

Love the paint job.

That home made caravan is pretty amazing too!

Only just found this thread again as ‘favourites’ are now working!

9 months on and I haven’t made much progress with the 3D printed Root 3 CNC dueto buying a van to convert into a camper, but at least it’s assembled and wired – just need to add the Arduino now!

I’ve put holes in the base so it can hang up on the shed wall.

It’s also got some bolts that fix it to insert nuts in the workbench.

Great paint job retro,your friend now has a very unique bike.

I was always a fan of the Kona splatt style so had my last build done like an old Explosif.

3D printed ………….. van to convert into a camper,

Can’t wait to see that 🙂

Can’t wait to see that

Beds might not be very comfy 🙂
I’ve already 3D printed all the window frame corners!

@Retrodirect I spotted a splatter paint cargo thing looking very similar in glasgow yesterday. One of yours?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TgB9ujc_QOThtmvt39KuAb2usEEyDaAS/view?usp=drivesdk

<span style=”font-size: 0.8rem;”>Fairly boring, compared to some of the stuff above, but I’m very pleased with it (and it’s an improvement on the MTB version)</span>

@lovewookie

Yep, that’s another of mine, that’ll be my friend Aaron. Pink and yellow splats with stickers all over it?

edit: this one?

The flat splat technique I was using was a bit experimental for that one and is a bit more refined now.

yeah think so.

guy looked very happy on it 🙂

I made this for my cousin who works for Boeing. It’s made from a 707 elevator hinge fitting and a bit of 787 fuselage repair patch.

Trophy project by Gavin Belton[/url], on Flickr

Lots of hard work for 2 years here …

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1225876440769401/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/572540/Tin_Hearts/

That’s cool Tenuous ,kids will love that .

Wow – best of luck with it Tenuous. I don’t have an oculus unfortunately 🙁

Stevied done got himself famous in the local rag! Good lad!

https://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/17215082.ledbury-man-makes-aluminium-sculpture-of-the-malvern-hills/

That spatter pain job is a load of Pollocks! Sorry, couldn’t resist. It’s beautifully done, and works really well over the top of the fade base colours. Retro brought up to date. Nice!

Built myself a portable mitre saw station for my beast of a Bosch chop saw. Good job it’s got braked castors as there’s a bit of whiplash when she fires up. 😄

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Getting the workshop a bit more sorted today. It's not a massive workshop so I built a portable mitre station for the mighty Bosch! #mitre #mitresaw #mitresawstation #workshop #bosch #boschtools #boschprofessional #furnituremaking #cabinetmaking #woodworking #wood #woodworkingskills #woodwork #mdf #homemade #blackteaonesugar #chopsaw #machinery

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Ebike conversion kit. E6000 to human powered. . . . #e6000 #ebike #cargobike #cargobikelife #tigwelding #bikes #framebuilding

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Fab skills getting better. I need to get some washers underneath those bolt-heads. Shaped by eye with an angle-grinder.

<div class=”moz-text-html” lang=”x-unicode”>Free standing bike rack for 1 x 120mm old geo XC FS, 1 x modern hardtail, and 1 x 24″ trials bike. Keeps the space they take up compact and can remove any one of them without disturbing the others. With front wheel removed they stand on their rear wheels. Supported by handlebars and stem turned 90 degrees. Rear wheels slot either side of middle bike, trials front wheel hangs on back of board.

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<div lang=”x-unicode”>Had been intending to build one of these for several months, but never got round to it. To get things going I went out last month and bought some wood just guessing what I needed. Quickly realized there wasn’t enough of it, and it probably wasn’t strong enough to support the full weight of 3 bikes. A delivery left us with a nice pallet which I broke apart and used along with a few other bits and pieces. Revised the concept so bulk of weight supported by rear wheel. Roughly measured lengths and guessed angles hoping it would all work together. Luckily it did. Would be nice if it was a bit studier but it does the job.</div>

Made a little 3-legged dresser table with a single drawer to fit into a bit of an awkward space, above a radiator and below a windowsill.

Birch plywood and Oak.

Lawton 5 by Kayak23[/url], on Flickr

Lawton 2 by kayak23[/url], on Flickr

Lawton 3 by kayak23[/url], on Flickr

Lovely Kayak

Kayak, Wrightyson and Bravissimo may want to look away now! 3 Weeks ago I lost a bike to the local scumbags and had to make a new door for the garage. It took a while and much brain ache as I’m not a carpenter (well maybe for packing cases) but this is the replacement door.