Thread: Show off your craftiness!

So there are a bunch of members who are very skillful with tools and building stuff, so I figured it might be fun to post the project you are most proud of having built yourself... something you can't help but look at and wonder, "did I really make that?" Kids don't count lol.

Here's mine, it's the three guitars I've built in chronological order from left to right. They're definitely not perfect, but they were a lot of fun! The hardest part was always bending the sides without cracking them.

I'm anxious to see what all everyone else has built!

Sorry! I generally only fix things that other people built! My children are the only things that me and my wife, with a little help from the grand designer, built ourselves!

I make lots of stuff. I get bored and find something to try out. Make it in a night and then find something else to try. LOL

Here are just a few:

USB charger
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Custom sewn shift boot for my car
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Small english wheel (only for proof of concept)
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My NES controller MP3 player
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My bug bot
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A shift knob I lathed
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Some handles I did for a grill my class fixed up
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That is just a few things I have messed around with. I have tons more. I sorta have a rule:

"If I dont know how to do something, just give me a few hours and I will."

your ready to go to work for James Bond!

JMS: Hey man, fixing stuff can be more valuable a skillset than making stuff I wish I were better at that, especially with things like machines and cars.

Windcalmer: holy crap, you're quite the tinkerer! I have a buddy from way back in junior high that would build little robots and stuff, and I always thought that was wicked cool.

Hey Windcalmer, that NES controller MP3 player is hardcore cool!

Nicely Done!

Jusitn

My wife and I built the barn you see in this picture last spring. Well she helped! I did most of the heavy lifting as well as the design.

No "Handiness" involved just graft. This is the job I just finished. 68' Danish trawler needing a full re-caulk. Above the water her seams were very open and they swallowed the oakum.



"BAD SEAMS"


PuFF

edit: have to say building them is better fun than repairing but not enough new builds to earn a living.

^^^OMG!

I am after some more "live oak" if there is someone out there with a source for it. Need to make a new caulking mallet. something around 4" diameter by 20" long would do fine. Heart wood is best and even better if from a limb or root and seasoned. Name your price !!

PuFF