We should have you building internment camps for illegal immigrants.  

Funny, because I managed this FEMA camp all winter.

Those look great! Simple but effective, I really like them

Did everything but the metal roof, plumbing and plaster.

How do you like my crane?

I haven't physically built "made" anything, but as a musician I have made music.

This song that I wrote the entirety of (with exception of the solo) that my band recorded in January of last year. It's melodic death metal, most of you will probably dislike it. It's not major label stuff, but I'm proud of it nonetheless

Looks good from on top of my 5 gallon bucket!

BTDT  


LMAO release is a bit tricky in some cases


I will dig up the picture I have of me on a 16' extension ladder  that's resting in the bucket of a backhoe 3/4 raised with a 10 year old holding the break / bucket lever

Resident vintage dirt bike nut here. 73 Maico 400 that I built as a replica of Bob Fox's original bike that he used to design, test and build the first ever Fox Shocks. Lots of details and modifications not to mention tracking down numerous rare pieces including a nice set of original single pressure Fox Air Shox. Sits in the Fox Factory Museum in Scotts Valley Ca. along with a Replica of Marty Smiths 77 Championship winning RC Works Honda that I built using Brad Lackeys 78 RC500 GP bike that I tracked down and purchased out of Australia and had flown over. Also in there is Kent Howertons actual 1976 500cc National Championship winning Husqvarna 360 that I was able to arrange the sale of along with a good detailing to get it ready for the museum. Kent got the bike as a championship trophy from Husky and kept it for 36 years unrestored and original.





This project came about after the guys over at the Fox Racing caught wind of the two 1977 team replica bikes I built and made me a deal I couldn't refuse to add them to the collection hall over at their new world headquarters in Ca. What an amazing place to have my junk displayed. Pat Richters watercooled 1977 RM125 and Steve Wise's 1977 CR125 Honda.

 

My work/reloading bench I finished this afternoon. Now I need to buy a press.

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I used deck screws whatever they are

 

It's not as square as I wanted but I think some of the materials weren't totally straight. Plus I'm not a carpenter/deck builder like you.

It's 8' long by 27" deep. 2x4s every 24" for the top frame which is screwed to the 4x4 posts by 6 3.5" deck screws for each post. 3/4" plywood for the working surface which was stained/varnished.  The top shelf is 2 layers of 3/4" plywood screwed from both sides with stainless steel 1.25" screws for more stiffness since there is no support between the outside posts and the center post.

Honestly, my friend surveyor01 could tapdance the whole river dance show on it, I'm not worried.

 

I thought that looked familiar I got to go to the training on how to use that thing and never used it

This is a "Roubo" style (18th century french, maybe earlier) workbench I have been building since last fall.  It is a little further along now, with a wood screw leg vise installed, and a shelf underneath.  The top is ash, about 4" thick, 8' long and about 22" wide, and the legs are red oak (4"x5" or so) that I cut and milled with my alaskan chainsaw mill several years ago - they were still no cut dry when I milled them to size.  The stretchers are draw bore tenoned, something like the earlier timber frame joint.  Made my own dowels with my old Stanley 77 dowel machine.  The through tenons and dovetails were all cut by hand tools - hand saws, chisels, and some wood files/floats to fit the joints.  The top is secured to the legs with the joinery, west systems epoxy, and wedges driven in from the top.  
When I glued up the top - I wish I had taken a couple photos of it with about 24  bessey K body clamps on it - that was an impressive sight, I hand planed both surfaces flat and reasonable parallel entirely with hand planes,  no power sanders.  It was a good work out.   I did the tenon holes first with a brace/auger - again all hand tool work.  I think it was about 64 holes, I drilled through about halfway from each surface, then pared to the line with chisels.  It felt like a had a welt on my forehead from using the brace.  It was kind of a full body workout.  I think I drilled all the holes in one evening.
It does not rack or wobble like my previous bench.  Hopefully someone 100 years from now might still be able to use it.  There will be no painting or glueups on this bech- it is only for joinery.  That's what the lower table behind it is for - its a torsion box assembly table, about 4'x7'.
The tail/wagon vise is made by a company called BenchCrafted - it runs very smooth, but I had to mill away a lot of wood from the bottom to fit the acme screw.  The leg vise screw is made by Lake Erie Toolworks - it is old-school, had maple, thread are about 2.5" diameter.  The end pieces are claro walnut - I wanted a little contrast and some mildly figured wood.  The ends are fitted with a large tenon on the bench ends.    I also made all the hardwood flooring for my workshop - about half is ash that I cut from blow over trees, the rest I bought rough lumber.   It will get a linseed oil finish, that's all.
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some things (normal and oddball) that i have done...

ar-jedi


workshop:






backyard firepit:






corner desktop and drawer support:  (this was not trivial...)






amateur radio box:

That's pretty awesome!

Had the version in the M2A2, told my driver to turn it on once.  The on/off switch was right next to the fire suppression switch.

I didn't get to sort through them because I had them delivered since... I don't own a truck any more

Like you said however, it'll be strong enough for whatever I'll do to it.

 

it's poplar -- support for a granite top.

ar-jedi

Me too. I don't think I can make anything worth mentioning.

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hand built my solid fuel forge
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she burns metal pretty good if i do say so myself
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I'll do that next time, thanks!

I have but nothing I've pursued doing it all by hand is a heck of a lot of work.  It started because Iddidn't want to pay custom leather workers prices but I assure you the prices that guys whonturn out a quality product charge are very fair.

Yep Zomeworks trackers.



 

 









 

Egyptian FN-49?  


Neat!  But why?

I'm jelly. Good work!

work in progress.  Hope to be driving it this weekend!

Please tell me that is the extent of your involvement in anything AFN related.


I'd hate to think anyone here made the "don't rape your battle buddy" commercials.

Drill or mill?..I have an 80% that I'm getting ready to do.

We use to always go when we visited my grandpa. Heat up those rocks and dump some water on them. The fizzing sound and the blooming steam as well as the smell are memories I hold dear.

Do you even RJ45, bro?

Well done.  We have a seasonal sauna in Texas.  We call it Houston.

Mora sheaths:






Fallkniven F1 sheath:




My first holster:


Pocket holster I slapped together from scrap leather:


Built up a $399 Springfield Armory WWII GI:

I love stuff like this
I want to build myself a kitchen table using similar methods

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