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03-11-2008, 06:16 AM #1Student of Life
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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!
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03-11-2008, 06:49 AM #2Usagi Yojimbo
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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!
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03-11-2008, 07:10 AM #3Senior Member
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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
PICTURE
Custom sewn shift boot for my car
PICTURE
Small english wheel (only for proof of concept)
PICTURE
My NES controller MP3 player
PICTURE
My bug bot
PICTURE
A shift knob I lathed
PICTURE
Some handles I did for a grill my class fixed up
PICTURE 1
PICTURE 2
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."
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03-11-2008, 08:26 AM #4lost
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your ready to go to work for James Bond!
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03-11-2008, 01:40 PM #5Student of Life
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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.
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03-11-2008, 02:23 PM #6Professional Cat Herder
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Hey Windcalmer, that NES controller MP3 player is hardcore cool!
Nicely Done!
Jusitn
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03-11-2008, 04:21 PM #7Cheapskate Honer
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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.
Last edited by Wildtim; 03-11-2008 at 04:24 PM.
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03-16-2008, 09:03 PM #8Still hasn't shut up
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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.Last edited by PuFFaH; 03-16-2008 at 09:10 PM.
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03-17-2008, 02:10 PM #9Vlad the Impaler
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Also,.....that is one of the coolest things I've seen in ages!!
Originally Posted by w12code3
Hey Windcalmer, that NES controller MP3 player is hardcore cool!
Nicely Done!
Jusitn
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03-17-2008, 04:52 PM #10The triple smoker
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I'll have to take a picture of the knife I forged around '81. Forge welded out of a piece of gun barrel, then soldered pommel and guard and finally epoxied in a kingwood grip. Fellow SCA types were all puzzled on how I got the wood in there. Heh, it's called grain matching dudes.
Wayne
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