The Do-it-Yourself Thread: A Home for Handymen and Artisans - General

[QUOTE=Sheogorath;33955666]I found a nice little guide for making lightbulb terrariums on a thread in /diy/, this is what became of it: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/W9Obx.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kjntj.jpg[/IMG] I planted a pea in each and I'm hoping they'll grow. [URL="http://boards.4chan.org/diy/res/93580"]Here's[/URL] the thread. It's a slow board so the link should stay alive some time.[/QUOTE] just made one of those :D

Made this a few years back when I started my small sword collection [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/emrfish6/100_0019.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=coco911231;33795524]the scrap bins a home depots has really cheap wood. [editline]19th December 2011[/editline] This is what happens when i get bored at 11 o' clock at night [IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Coco911231/ZeldaPendant.jpg[/IMG] A bracelet made as a christmas present for a friend [IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Coco911231/akuaku.jpg[/IMG] OOGA BOOGA [IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Coco911231/Nukacola.jpg[/IMG] *note* inside brown liquid has been replaced with old coffee as regular nuka cola is too good to waste* [IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Coco911231/Workbench.jpg[/IMG] Made from an old pallet[/QUOTE] Isn't a pallette like 50 bux? I know they are here in Germany.

[QUOTE=Killuah;34010925]Isn't a pallette like 50 bux? I know they are here in Germany.[/QUOTE] Got it for free from my mothers work, so i have no idea.

[QUOTE=Killuah;34010925]Isn't a pallette like 50 bux? I know they are here in Germany.[/QUOTE] shipping companies throw them out all the time, I've got 5 or 6 in my shed right now that I've stolen out of the trash at a local port

Can I use masking tape to make designs on wood when I'm staining it, or will it soak in and not make sharp lines?

[QUOTE=jeimizu;34070733]Can I use masking tape to make designs on wood when I'm staining it, or will it soak in and not make sharp lines?[/QUOTE] probably depends on the wood and the stain. try it out on some scrap.

[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;34071006]probably depends on the wood and the stain. try it out on some scrap.[/QUOTE] stain soaks into the wood though doesn't it? so I would think it would seep under the tape at least a little bit.

[QUOTE=hula whoop;34074513]stain soaks into the wood though doesn't it? so I would think it would seep under the tape at least a little bit.[/QUOTE] probably would but it might just soak straight down depending on the wood I don't know, I'm no too good with the physics of wood.

[url]http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/forum/longboard-board-building/85110-stencils-wood-stain.html[/url] according to that it can be done, I guess basically just use a really small amount of stain to help prevent any potential bleeding.

In the process of making a present for the Mrs. It's going to be a brass bracelet engraved with some simple gothic-era pattern. The material is a sheet offcut I bought from a company on ebay on the cheap. This is a prototype I made today to fit me: [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/2012-01-09%2013.39.47.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/2012-01-09%2013.40.27.jpg[/img_thumb] It isn't cleaned up properly or engraved. It was just done to check I could actually make the band first. In the background of the first image you can see my highly complex scribing tool (It's a screw, I have access to a lather, pillar drill, welder, cutting torches, cad/cam milling machine and even a mini plastic extruder, but I can't find a fucking scribing tool anywhere) It was actually surprisingly simple to make. Hacksaw the end off the sheet and chop strip to length, file off all the rough edges and round the ends, warm with blowtorch to soften the metal, carefully form and allow to cool. (I had about 20 attempts at getting the shape right). I've got a small drill and some engraving bits somewhere and again just behind my hand in the first image I made a rough template for the curves I may want to use in my design. The next step is to size up the womans wrist and make a band to fit her. Better get it right because I'm going to engrave it before I form it which means I wont know it's wrong till its all finished.

[QUOTE=Xombi;33893290][URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/193/20111223093336.jpg/][IMG]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2510/20111223093336.jpg[/IMG][/URL] made this last friday. My dad needed it for the fence.[/QUOTE] In fairness, that should get its own thread.... UNREAL!

Man, this entire section of the forum is so incredibly slow. I'm gonna try and hit it with as much stuff as possible come this summer.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;34162768]Man, this entire section of the forum is so incredibly slow. I'm gonna try and hit it with as much stuff as possible come this summer.[/QUOTE] Yeah I'm interning in California so I don't have the resources or space to do any projects, but when I get back to college and we get a house that garage is mine. . . I'm planning on restarting my home production. I'm going to rebuild my forge to make aluminum blocks (college campus has a lot of free cans) which I will machine in the machine shops at college. I'll use those pieces to build my CNC machine which I will use to build parts for my bigger projects. I don't know what that project will be yet, either a trophy truck or large rocket which would be highly illegal (FAA). It sounds like a lot to do but this is years in the making and now that I'm making ~$600 a week for the next 6 months I'll have the resources to do it! [b]My plan is coming to fruition![/b] [editline]13th January 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Killuah;34010925]Isn't a pallette like 50 bux? I know they are here in Germany.[/QUOTE] He means these guys: [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xAEp_SPwTkk/TWV-cDr8XjI/AAAAAAAAby8/y32VEy--UYY/s1600/pallet2.gif[/img] Companies pay a company to remove them so they give them away by the hundreds hoping people will cart them off for firewood, tables, cheap lumber, etc. so they don't need to pay a company to do it.

Alright, so I have some exciting news for you guys! I've salvaged a [B]MASSIVE[/B] CNC machine. Apparently the guys from the Arizona Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) abandoned it in one of the shops that been dubbed the "throwaway workshop", because professors and clubs tend to leave stuff there that they don't want anymore. Anyways, long story short I've disassembled it (for the most part), and when I'm finished cleaning it all I'm smuggling it off in the middle of the night and bringing it home. I'll post pictures soon, but how would you guys feels about having a Facepunch CNC machine? I could pretty much mill anything for you guys as long as you paid for materials and shipping, because I need to learn how to use this thing. All I need to buy are the stepper motors and a few electrical components, but for the most part it's all here. As I said earlier, the thing is fucking massive. You could probably mill furniture with the damned thing.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;34196769]Alright, so I have some exciting news for you guys! I've salvaged a [B]MASSIVE[/B] CNC machine. Apparently the guys from the Arizona Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) abandoned it in one of the shops that been dubbed the "throwaway workshop", because professors and clubs tend to leave stuff there that they don't want anymore. Anyways, long story short I've disassembled it (for the most part), and when I'm finished cleaning it all I'm smuggling it off in the middle of the night and bringing it home. I'll post pictures soon, but how would you guys feels about having a Facepunch CNC machine? I could pretty much mill anything for you guys as long as you paid for materials and shipping, because I need to learn how to use this thing. All I need to buy are the stepper motors and a few electrical components, but for the most part it's all here. As I said earlier, the thing is fucking massive. You could probably mill furniture with the damned thing.[/QUOTE] CNC millers are pretty sweet. We've got a home made one here, real simple construct, you cant angle the cutting head, it's quite small scale and it has pulled itself apart once or twice when trying to cut through mdf araldite'd together, but the speed with which you can make stuff... ours is mostly used for making cheap 1off pcbs, you buy some copper backed plastic and then mill away the copper surface to leave tracks, can ake longer than just making the circuit on matrix board though dependant on the complexity. My dad is currently building a small scale plastic extruder, that's going to be so cool when it's done. 3d printing ahoy.

Nice! I think I'm gonna need a little help setting up the electronics. All I have to say is that whoever assembled this thing previously was an idiot. Seriously, they used glue instead of screws in so many different areas, I don't understand why you would build something so large only to make it impossible to take apart. On top of that, they accidentally milled into the faceboard a million times, so I have to take that off and replace it. Ugh.

Tried one of those lightbulb Terrariums. Turns out the German lightbulbs are different. The metal part is superglued to the glass with some foam glue so I had to use a dremel off the darn thing.

[url]http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/how-tuesday-light-bulb-terrariums/[/url] hmm if you watch the video at the top the light bulb she uses changes size, she must have broken it.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;34196769]Alright, so I have some exciting news for you guys! I've salvaged a [B]MASSIVE[/B] CNC machine. Apparently the guys from the Arizona Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) abandoned it in one of the shops that been dubbed the "throwaway workshop", because professors and clubs tend to leave stuff there that they don't want anymore. Anyways, long story short I've disassembled it (for the most part), and when I'm finished cleaning it all I'm smuggling it off in the middle of the night and bringing it home. I'll post pictures soon, but how would you guys feels about having a Facepunch CNC machine? I could pretty much mill anything for you guys as long as you paid for materials and shipping, because I need to learn how to use this thing. All I need to buy are the stepper motors and a few electrical components, but for the most part it's all here. As I said earlier, the thing is fucking massive. You could probably mill furniture with the damned thing.[/QUOTE] I am interested. Where are you from? I'd hate to have you do it and then get hit with a huge shipping charge

[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;34200970]I am interested. Where are you from? I'd hate to have you do it and then get hit with a huge shipping charge[/QUOTE] Yeah shipping metal gets heavy fast and in shipping weight = money. That's why I'm looking to make my own, get or make metal locally and make it there. You could probably build a small cnc machine for the cost of shipping depending on how much you'd be shipping.

off-topic but how hard would it be to make my own desk with absolutely no experience? i'll mock up a good blueprint of my room if you guys know any house modeling programs

[QUOTE=The First 11'er;34211399]off-topic but how hard would it be to make my own desk with absolutely no experience? i'll mock up a good blueprint of my room if you guys know any house modeling programs[/QUOTE] [url=http://sketchup.google.com/]Google SketchUp[/url] is pretty good for stuff like that, and really easy to learn too

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[QUOTE=feloix13;34214357][B]Spent my afternoon modifying a snow hat, I love it :D [/B] I sew'd everything manually [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/20z7epx.jpg[/IMG] LIGHTER POUCH :D [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/24697ae.jpg[/IMG] Marijuana leaf embroidery (please dont judge me :O ) [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/21no0tf.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] What're going to do, rob a bank?

Been meaning to add some photos from things I mentioned in an earlier post, so here it is, less waffle, more images. First up the workshop where I make stuff, I'm very fortunate to have access to it: [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/bracelet/2012-01-14%2009.40.58.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/bracelet/2012-01-14%2009.41.12.jpg[/img_thumb] Next up the plastic extruder WIP which is my dads current project [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/bracelet/2012-01-14%2009.41.47.jpg[/img_thumb] Our old project, a CAM milling machine [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/bracelet/2012-01-14%2009.42.31.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/bracelet/2012-01-14%2009.42.52.jpg[/img_thumb] As you can see it's pretty simple, it runs on threaded bar turned by stepper motors. Finally my current project, a bracelet for the woman. Previously I created a test piece. After posting about that I got her to try it on and bent it roughly into shape so I knew what size and shape I needed to make the real thing. [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/bracelet/Image0166.jpg[/img_thumb] I used the milling machine to cut the sheet of brass nice and precisely (the hacksaw made such a mess and bent the workpiece despite my best efforts to support it when I made the testpiece) [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/bracelet/Image0167.jpg[/img_thumb] I learned a lot about burring, direction of cut and the milling machine doing this one. As you can see from the above image the work piece has a horrendous burr on it. This is due to the brass being so soft the end mill was pushing it out rather than cleanly cutting. I cut left to right, which left the offcut with a clean edge, had I cut the other way, I wouldnt have had this on the workpiece. Nevermind. [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3798635/bracelet/Image0168.jpg[/img_thumb] 3 hours of cutting, careful filing to remove the burr and round the edges and polishing to get the beautiful shine and the bracelet is about ready for engraving.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;34196769]Alright, so I have some exciting news for you guys! I've salvaged a [B]MASSIVE[/B] CNC machine. Apparently the guys from the Arizona Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) abandoned it in one of the shops that been dubbed the "throwaway workshop", because professors and clubs tend to leave stuff there that they don't want anymore. Anyways, long story short I've disassembled it (for the most part), and when I'm finished cleaning it all I'm smuggling it off in the middle of the night and bringing it home. I'll post pictures soon, but how would you guys feels about having a Facepunch CNC machine? I could pretty much mill anything for you guys as long as you paid for materials and shipping, because I need to learn how to use this thing. All I need to buy are the stepper motors and a few electrical components, but for the most part it's all here. As I said earlier, the thing is fucking massive. You could probably mill furniture with the damned thing.[/QUOTE] I have too many projects in mind where chucking a piece in the drill press and filing just wont do...

Alright, we've got to figure out a way to bring more attention to this section of the forums. That or make it a sub-section of the General Discussions forum.

Kinda offtopic, but I'm trying to grow a tomato in a small pot. The pot hold about enough dirt to fill 2 cups. Just wondering how deep I should plant it, growing it, etc. The dirt I'm using is kinda rocky too, but I've been keeping it moist. Also, when it grows out, can I put a metal pipe in the dirt, so the tomato vine grows up? [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3PFuYhPWNrQ/TWFu6lmF69I/AAAAAAAAAGU/0g_8S8ElsPY/s1600/patio+tomato.jpg[/img]What I hope it will look like.