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

The northwind girl friend with “hmmmm not sure ” pose
Tracey Emin would have had a pair of her knickers hanging off the bars , maybe some booze and a condom

@redmex I told her to do her best “contemplating art” pose. She’s also one of the “artists”, it was a joint effort.
The other stuff… give us time 😂

Recent projects now finished

The desktop being shaped

Sanded and 1st coat of oil, getting the hang of image upload now 😉

My Nilfisk pressure washer developed a fault and the part required was not avaiable. So I bought Nilfisk Pressure Washer with a damaged housing and some missing bits off ebay and set about mounting the motor/pump in a new housing.

Frame is made from 40x40x3 stainless square tube (material rescued from scrap bin of old workplace). Body is a bit of 14″ corrugated plastic drainage pipe. Lid is a 14″ non-slip drinks tray from ebay.

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Having decorated the living room after our wee shite of a 2 year old coloured in the walls with a green sharpie I though I’d do a painting to brighten things up a bit.

This is on three 16″ x 20″ canvasses. The orange is a lot more vibrant than in the picture.

@dyna-ti that’s a lovely toolbox! Were you using ripoff ebay scalper rates for that bulb value?

@fruitbat that’s brilliant work there, take it it’s simply a case of installing the pump inside a buffer tank of your choosing and letting it get on with it?

Topology optimised, 3D printed titanium6/4 headset topcap.

Need to polish them. 40% lighter than a CK one…but that’s only a 6g saving.

@squirrelking – cheers – it’s just a normal pressure washer with a water inlet from a hose (or other source of H2O) and on outlet to the lance.

The pump is mounted on the tubular frame and the drainage pipe is an easily removable cover. Accessing the motor/pump in the orignal plastic housing is a nightmare!

Love that Daffy

Ah I see, I thought the drainpipe was some sort of buffer tank!

Good work though, that does look a lot more user friendly.

@bungle
Desk looks great. Is it made from spruce ply usually used for building or is it something more special to get that finish?

I love all the stuff on here from bread to the top notch joinery of kayak and dynati to experimental art, ingenious fixes and next level bike kit. Excellent making all! Must finish a couple more projects…

@slowol

Thanks. Yeah, cheap structural ply 18mm, £37 a sheet. Was going to go with 2 layers till I realised how heavy it is so just added a double-edge for looks and to strengthen. Pot luck with the board quality, the underside has some bad knothole gaps. Edges were better than I expected though with only tiny filling needed. A lot of sanding then Danish oil with wire wool between coats to get the finish.
The missing curved bit hangs underneath as a cable tidy. Chromed legs off the bay do the job but a little lightweight, should have spent more there but desk is wedged into a corner so not a big issue.

Need a plan for the second sheet now….

Grain patterns make it look really good Bungle. Standard materials made to look special is definitely a win.
I’m sure that a ‘spare’ sheet of ply in the shed is always necessary… matching chairs?

Standard materials made to look special is definitely a win.

Defo. Looks great.

I’m a fan of Osb. That looks mint when sanded and finished.

Kayak – do you have any examples of osb sanded and finished? I need to make a new desk….

This corner wardrobe and wall cupboards in a 9 foot high room I just completed may explain why I had to go into hospital this week for urgent back surgery.

Finished this back in May but not got around to posting it…

Bike O’Clock….

Needed a kitchen clock and decided on a bike clock. Couldn’t find any others like this on the internet…

It killed several drill bits and I learnt a lot about pot riveting… (especially the “1” which I wouldn’t make as strong next time!)

Kayak – do you have any examples of osb sanded and finished? I need to make a new desk…

Only this little seed drawer/chest I made/recycled for my shed a few years back.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb1ZW2thXGX/?igshid=m4bp7br827bg

Kayak have you done a waterfall edge with a bit of OSB?! And then to the same for the front plate?

Thats attention to detail!

hardly skilled, but I needed to raise my monitors and after a few weeks on a stack of books I laminated some floorboard offcuts and cut them down to make risers.

I’ve just made this spelt loaf 🙂

Yum, good bread. And so much nice to make it yourself, especially as the wonderful smell lingers 😀

@b33k34
If you’ve a router, take out the middle to make a small box to store the odds and ends. More useful than a simple solid block.

A small key organiser with a knife for opening boxes and packages. Had a bit of fun learning about quenching/tempering. This one is a bit rough. Once I’ve used it for a bit I might make a tidier one.

Does that lock shut? Wouldn’t fancy having that in my pocket otherwise.

Doesn’t lock, but there’s quite a lot of friction in the pivot so it won’t open by itself.

Hmm. If you’ve threadlocked it all I suppose it would work but I’d still be careful. Maybe a wee ball detent for Mk.2?

(it’s a great idea BTW, I just find the thought of insecure sharp things in my pocket rather alarming)

Very crude carpentry, but knocked up some nest boxes from a sheet of very warped Ply I had. Currently being occupied by an underweight autumn juvenile HH who is over wintering in the workshop (or at least till he gets up to hibernation weight).

Warped Ply by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

Autumn Juvenile HH Box by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

Autumn Juvenile HH Box by Ben Freeman[/url], on Flickr

I made a shit load of birch plywood boxes, stacked them up to the roof up someone’s stairs.

Non-uniform day, for charity, at school on Friday so thought I’d join in; a £4 Etsy template for EVA foam… the foam would’ve been much easier than 1.6mm cold rolled steel MIG welded together!

Excellent wood and metal working from the last 2 posters

a shit load of birch plywood boxes

you are not kidding

Agreed!

Trees.

The tree on the pair of canvas (Pear tree?) is not quite finished around the trunk but you get the idea

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The last eight weeks spent on the facade of a posh Estate agents….

Everything from removing the old rotten facade, taking lumps of sipo and routing the columns and cassette profiles….