> no current projects thread
finally got around fiinishing my book turned key hanger.
I used gelatine for glueing together the pages. I used twice the concentration as suggested for food applications and that shit’s now hard as a rock. Pre-drilling the holes for the hooks worked perfectly (during the drilling I clamped the pages together for good measure, though).
I used Tesa ® Power ® Strips™ to attach it to the wall.
>>938891
> it’s something
>>938891
Currently levelling my section and planting is coming up next. It's summer in kiwiland and I'm fucking dying in the heat.
Rotary hoe hired from the hire shop makes things much better. I probably couldn't do this with a spade.
Very nice.
I'm not sure if any of the guys (or girl) that do stuff ever frequent diy. Most have abandoned the place in the last year, to be replaced by whiny kids.
I can't get over how fast this board moves now, compared to days of yore, and how crap the content is.
Well done though OP, hope there's more where it came from
Just because I like this board, or at least it's subject.
It's going to be a clock, pic related is cast in plaster of paris and going to become the mold that I cast the final product out of cement. Haven't tried casting cement before so hopefully I learn something.
>>940167
It's going to look something like this
>>940189
Don't die on me /diy/
Finished my kotatsu today to quell my inner weeb, made it out of two tables I got at a dump shop, plumbing parts and a blanket.
It's going to have a heated blanket underneath to keep you warm in winter
>>940167
Set it in the back yard as is.
>sundial
Made this the other day.
I need advice on painting it.
I primed it, painted it (spray can), but then I put a lacquer on it, it seems to make no difference.
I put the lacquer on, touched it and my finger was black, the lacquer was liquefying the paint?
Help and advice on painting metal for outside.
>>940607
My "five finger light gun interactive analog audio video synthesizer" project is moving along. I fixed several problems on the main control system and laid it out on a single board because breaking it into separate modules and stacking them was dumb. I've put together two of them so I can play with both hands.
Audio output board is done, but I've got a lot of other ideas and will design a new one for the other hand.
I'm finally happy with the breadboard prototype for the video synthesizer and need to start designing the PCB. I feel like doing a different one of these for the other hand too.
>>940614
Wintermute called it want's it stuff back.
Shitposting aside pretty cool project you have there got anything with a bit more detail?
>>940608
Not a real paint guy, but why not go with an exterior gloss paint? One product to apply instead of two, same shiny look.
>>940607
wait for your paint to dry cure before applying lacquer.
>>940620
This is the PCB for the main control board. It generates the base VGA signal, has five light-gun type sensors, and generates X and Y voltages representing the position of each of the five light sensors. I also put the audio mixing on this board because it's controlled by the distance the light sensors are from the monitor.
>>940614
This post demands a webm. Demands, y'hear?
>>940623
I waited 24 hours, admitadley it aint the best paint or lacquer.
>>940622
I will look into this, thanks.
Pic is what I finished today it's stood up against the door in this pic >>940608
>>940791
It'll be more impressive when I have all five fingers and the second video stage setup. The design is each finger generates a pattern of lines. Lines are added together and various color patterns are produced from that.
Been working on this for the past 4 days. Finally finished it tonight and I only needed to spend $18 for the hooks.
>>941050
I'm retarded
>>941048
I put another five hours into it tonight and got the Z axis interacting with the video synthesizer much better and cleaned up the lines.
The flickering and graininess in these videos is an artifact of the camera.
Building my own house. Here is some /diy/ pics of kitchen island and Beth room vanity. No bully pls.
>>941162
Bathroom vanity. Pls kill me.
Suspended ceiling over kitchen.
>>941168
Kiwi, what gave it away?
>>941169
Your accent.
Trailer I just finished putting a floor on.
>>941050
>>941051
Four days? You go out and harvest the fucking tree yourself? Looks good though, you dye/stain/paint the wood? If so what colour?
I'm the dickbutt who built this >>940607 and I made my first sale to my hairdresser yesterday. The price I would be selling for is £300 including delivery (on eBay/website/gumtree), but I let her have it for £150, it's still £90 profit.
Buying a TIG welder next week.
>>941161
let's hang out and drop some acid, friend.
Thought it time to share one of my projects.
Made this stool from pine 2x4 with some salvaged dowel.
Just needs finishing, thinking wax and then glueing together... It also has a bit of wobble but I'll adress that when I knock it apart to apply the finish.
>>941244
wax or soap for dat nordic look.
>>941238
I work 7-7 and didn't want to wake up the neighbors baby so had only about an hour a day to work on it. Yeah I stained it with walnut color i believe and used a finishing wax
>>941304
Yeah I was joking about the time, I have a neighbour who works some nights in the ICU department of the local hospital so I have to pick my time when grinding metal.
I will try a walnut finish, I've got a tin of Teak but it's to dark for my taste, don't do much with wood but planning on doing a grave surround in wood, try and appeal to the hippy's and naturists.
>>941238
Implying harvesting the tree yourself wouldn't be superior, and even more diy anyway... Kidding, mostly!
>>940607
Lacquer is the hottest medium, it will eat through other paints. In general I'd say only put a lacquer top coat over lacquer paint, but you might be able to put lacquer top over acrylic if the acrylic has fully cured and out gassed for a week. Personally, I wouldn't put lacquer over acrylic in any case.
>>941386
Minwax Special Walnut 224 is the stain specifically. This was actually my first project I've done so I'm extremely happy with the result.
>>940597
Fuck, now I want to cut a hole in my floor so you can sit normally.
I'd use the boards I cut out as a lid with a flush ring pull and build a solid wooden box underneath. I'd make sure it was both solid enough to stand on the floor and stand on the floor of the box.
It's not in the same room as the pic but it's the same deal with wooden floorboards over beams [although not as nice as the ones in themy pic, not my house], my house is on a hill and half of it is on stilts, with the room I'd cut the hole in being over the highest part and unseen.
The width of the hole is limited by the length between support beams which I've already checked out and they're just about the right size in just about the right spot.
As for resale value I'd just say it was "extra storage space" which it very well could be used as.
![DSCN3500[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/MuP1cIG.jpg "DSCN3500[1].jpg")
>>941161
PCB is done. Every finger will be able to make its own curvy line patterns once I hook this into the main system tomorrow.
>>943396
This is why I fail every time I try electronics. I can't keep that shit straight. I go cross-eyed looking at schematics and trying to figure out whats what on physical layouts from them.
>>943402
That's a problem for me too, so I draw my circuits twice. The top circuit is drawn to make logic easy to follow. The bottom is the same circuit but drawn to make building the thing easy to follow.
Just finished sanding the main desk area, and added the aluminum brackets to each end.
Now I actually need to buy some wood for the rest of the unit. The part shown in the picture was part of an old pallet box.
>>940597
>made a table out of two tables
>>938893
>>938895
thanks, I actually made two minor adjustments: I had to glue the middle part to the back cover, because otherwise all the keys rattled as soon as I touched the whole contraption;
and I had to reattach the key hanger to the wall such that it now partly rests on the light switch housing (because I have a textured wallpaper and the Tesa power strips don’t work very well on these).
>>945103
That piece of tape sticking out is pissing me off.
>>938895
post pics, always love seening stuff from different places in the world
a tank build completely from scratch, like old VCR stuff, all metal, and the blue tracks are 3D printed
has servo motors and stepper motors for precise moving
>>945103
>>938893
>>938891
Why? Why would you waste a book?
What is the novelty? What is the function? Now you have to flip a fucking not-book stuck to the wall to get your keys? Why the fuck even bother? Such a retarded endeavor. Fuck you personally for making me see this.
>>945677
You could have left the thread, but you didn't.
>>945677
yeah, kill that creative spark,mom! I've seen what happens to books at the end of the month at my Goodwill. I hand it to him, for when the first project didn't work out, he re purposed it and it came out looking pretty cool.
>>946143
I find this very interesting.
Please keep us updated.
tool box cabinet
made 11 tool boxes from reused fence boards. needed a cabinet to make them easier to access.
made a cabinet out of reused fence boards, joined them with tongue and groove joinery and glue. insides of cabinets were grooved to accept rails. no mechanical fasteners used
>>941162
Not a fan of the taps. What voltage do they run on?
>>945118
me too, but I have to be able to pull out the power strip itself from between the book and the wall, otherwise I’m guaranteed to fuck up the wallpaper and since I rent I would like to prevent that from happening.
>>940079
in case you’re still lurking: I also made pic related a while back (it’s for cutting up bottles and the design is heavily based on one you can find at instructables). It does work, however it currently produces a high percentage of rejects, since the whole sled holding the actual glass cutter is too wobbly. Plus, glas is a highly unforgiving material to work with.
>>945677
:3
Kuksa / wooden cup. Took me way too long to finish. My first blank was too small and had a crack at the cup wall. The second blank was a burl but it had a branch groving through the cup wall at 2/3 of the height of the cup so I ditched it. This was the third and also had a crack but luckily it was short and stops at the handle
I know it's just something carved out of a block of wood but nevertheless it was a hard project mentally. I've never done one and I never knew how I should progress and how much extra material I should leave in there for the later stages. Because of this and the fact that birch is a pretty tough material to work with, it constantly felt either that I wasn't going anywhere or that I was about to f-it-up when I picked up a pace at removing material.
Tools used for this one: (axe), saw, chisel, crook knife, knife, sand paper. A band saw would've been great.
Just finished my bluetooth speaker
>>946804
sexy
>>946780
I think I recognize this cup from /out/. Are you the guy who was chilling in a hammock in the snow with a cup full of hot drink?
>>941775
why not use a regular height table?
and chairs?
like normal fucking people?
>>940614
So you're building am aesthetic generator?
>>941162
Those sinks get gross really quickly because water doesn't rinse it properly.
>>945677
>Le books are my precious (that's a Harry Potter reference lol, I love golem!) and you are a shitlord for destroying one!
I was trying to make a laser remote that switches my neighbor's tv off, but I hit a wall. The concept works, but field testing proved unsuccessful. Maybe the laser is too weak, I don't know.
>>946847
>4chan
>normal fucking people
>>941164
what is the purpose of suspended ceiling?
It seems like I never get around to making anything unless I come up with a exuse for making something I actually need or want.
It is almost like I can't get around to doing projects just to do them.
even worse is I live a simple life with most of my simple needs and wants filled. So I don't get enough practice.
wow this is really cool, good job man
>replaced some rusty bars
>removed old busted locks
>first red coat
>repaired old concrete ceiling
>plastered ceiling
>>947566
Will paint the 2nd coat this week and then the ceiling. Need to shop for some led lights and a nice new lock.
bunker needs to post more often
Made this rack with some scrap wood and an old specimen drawer I had sitting around. Perfect height for the longer rifles but came out a little to tall for the short ones, might add a second horizontal support for them or something
>>948950
I like anon.
I built something like that before I had the cash to buy a safe.
>>938891
this screw less bookshelf-bookcase (I don't know the difference)
>>941169
PowerPoints
>>940597
Cool anon, I've wanted a kotatsu for a long time now, I make the table part easily but the under table heater is a pain to do, I did think about using those bulbs they fit to heated food displays.
>>941198
Tiny House?
>>941775
Why not just build a raised section of floor, with tatami mats on?
>>949071
So you just use dowels?
>>940607
I after fucking up the paint on this to many times and testing everything out I finally thought that powder coating was the way to go.
Went and got it sandblasted then dropped it of at the painters.
Should be only a few more days.
I also put thicker spikes on it, those 6mm bent pretty easily.
Anyone have any ideas on how to wrap this thing for shipping/posting?
I start making the one for my hairdresser today now I have the final measurements.
>>949395
Yes, dowels and glue
Started building a small cheap stand for my laptop.
The fan is a stock lga1155 fan because they have amazing airflow for such low wattage compared to other fans.
Small project, I knew it wouldn't take long but I was surprised at how quickly I was able to stick it all together. Just waiting for glue to dry while I'm at work.
The fan is going in the top left corner because that's where the vents in my laptop are.
>>948950
Nice job, OP. I would say though, if you are looking for a bit more stability, or just to make the rifles line up nicer, you could try putting some notches in the bottom part of the shelf for the ends of the stocks to rest in. If that's too much of a pain, some small wood blocks, side by side might work too.
