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Posted: 11/24/2022 9:54:09 AM EDT

She sent me this screenshot

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I sketched it up in inventor.

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Had the parts cut/formed at work. Brought home and welded together.

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Took it to work to have it powder coated.

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Wife had ordered a glass top for it. Using our patio chairs while waiting on some new chairs that she ordered.

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Posted: 11/24/2022 9:55:43 AM EDT

[#1]

Nice!

Posted: 11/24/2022 9:56:22 AM EDT

[#2]

Not my style, but cool

Posted: 11/24/2022 9:57:35 AM EDT

[#3]

Nice!!

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:00:03 AM EDT

[#4]

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:01:20 AM EDT

[#5]

Beautiful!

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:01:46 AM EDT

[#6]

Very nice.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:02:00 AM EDT

[#7]

Very cool.

Last big project I made was Adirondack chairs...cut the trees, milled the lumber, and built them start to finish from scratch.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:02:34 AM EDT

[#8]

That looks great.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:10:55 AM EDT

[#9]

That's awesome

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:14:48 AM EDT

[#10]

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She sent me this screenshot
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/Resized_Screenshot_20221104-190514_Googl-2611815.JPG

I sketched it up in inventor.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221107_125301_jpg-2611816.JPG

Had the parts cut/formed at work. Broght home and welded together.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221120_124533_jpg-2611817.JPG

Took it to work to have it powder coated.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221122_125043_jpg-2611820.JPG

Wife had ordered a glass top for it. Using our patio chairs while waiting on some new chairs that she ordered.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221122_163146_jpg-2611821.JPG

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That's gonna jack some ships up at high tide.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:16:00 AM EDT

[#11]

I knew it was going to be metal before I clicked

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:46:14 AM EDT

[#12]

Not a glass table top fan but yours is indeed beautiful.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:46:58 AM EDT

[#13]

It is also a barrier for tanks. I like the dual purpose.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:52:20 AM EDT

[#14]

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She sent me this screenshot
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/Resized_Screenshot_20221104-190514_Googl-2611815.JPG

I sketched it up in inventor.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221107_125301_jpg-2611816.JPG

Had the parts cut/formed at work. Broght home and welded together.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221120_124533_jpg-2611817.JPG

Took it to work to have it powder coated.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221122_125043_jpg-2611820.JPG

Wife had ordered a glass top for it. Using our patio chairs while waiting on some new chairs that she ordered.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221122_163146_jpg-2611821.JPG

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That's bad ass.
I'm picturing black powder coat and a walnut top..... I need to learn how to weld.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:53:06 AM EDT

[#15]

That's sweet!

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:53:30 AM EDT

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Figured I should make a new rack mount for my acoustic rig.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:55:01 AM EDT

[#17]

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Been getting ready for craft show season.

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Pipe tamper I turned from East Indian rosewood.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:55:31 AM EDT

[#18]

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Not my style, but cool

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Me neither. Lol.
Always down to build my wife's crazy ideas.

This is the deck table I made.

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Posted: 11/24/2022 10:55:34 AM EDT

[#19]

Nice work

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:55:57 AM EDT

[#20]

If shit ever goes sideways, you can throw that base in your front yard to prevent tanks from advancing.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:56:31 AM EDT

[#21]

Today should bring the sanding of the stock, and perhaps the first coat of stain. The small metal parts still need some cleaning up. Barrel is ready to go.

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Posted: 11/24/2022 10:58:04 AM EDT

[#22]

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It is also a barrier for tanks. I like the dual purpose.

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I had to show pictures of caltrops to my wife to explain why I chuckled at the design.

Posted: 11/24/2022 10:58:47 AM EDT

[#23]

Looks Sharp OP

Posted: 11/24/2022 11:02:08 AM EDT

[#24]

Utility with overloads to take a java.util.List of pojos with annotations and convert them to CSV files

Also got real lazy and wrote a sql script that will look at a table and generate the annotated properties to create a pojo suitable for JSON, CSV or JPA use. Simply call a view and filter it on db name and table name...

Already did a utility to automate file transfers in/out so my next 3 months of work will be "run a query, copy/paste an entity, copy/paste 4 lines of code and change a couple of strings in it, and send to code review"

Might get lazy enough to automate/template that copy/paste part as well....

Posted: 11/24/2022 11:06:07 AM EDT

[#25]

Patio side tables.

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Table for the wife's family cabin in Idaho

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Posted: 11/24/2022 11:09:55 AM EDT

[#26]

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I knew it was going to be metal before I clicked

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It's what I do. Lol

Posted: 11/24/2022 11:22:36 AM EDT

[#27]

Another quality project OP. Impressive. Great job!

Posted: 11/24/2022 12:23:01 PM EDT

[#28]

Looks good

Posted: 11/24/2022 12:28:45 PM EDT

[#29]

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I’ve got 9 knives to make for customers this winter break.

Posted: 11/24/2022 12:29:23 PM EDT

[#30]

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I made this for dog treats and kitchen crap. I'm not a carpenter.

Posted: 11/24/2022 12:30:47 PM EDT

[#31]

A model plane

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Posted: 11/24/2022 12:36:16 PM EDT

[#32]

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Awesome. I read about a WW II British Territorial Battalion that was untrained and sent to France as a labour battalion. They received only one Bren which they were very proud of. When the evacuated at Dunkirk, they disregarded the order to abandon their weapons and proudly carried the Bren back to England.

Posted: 11/24/2022 12:42:43 PM EDT

[#33]

I don't make shit, I buy it.

Posted: 11/24/2022 12:45:15 PM EDT

[#34]

Pretty damn cool. I haven’t built anything for a few months now.

Posted: 11/24/2022 12:50:12 PM EDT

[#35]

There's a lot of talent around here.

Posted: 11/24/2022 12:52:23 PM EDT

[#36]

Designed and built our outdoor cooking area.
Cut apart a weber BBQ for it.

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Posted: 11/24/2022 12:56:41 PM EDT

[#37]

1/16th scale Easy 8 Sherman

Posted: 11/24/2022 12:57:35 PM EDT

[#38]

As of right now I'm working a holiday for 2.5x pay so I can afford Christmas

Posted: 11/24/2022 1:00:20 PM EDT

[#39]

Table is pretty amazing. Nice work.

I make these bottle openers.

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Posted: 11/24/2022 1:01:08 PM EDT

[#40]

My new electric pedalboard

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I need to go try some of overdrive pedals now.

Posted: 11/24/2022 1:02:04 PM EDT

[#41]

Like

Posted: 11/24/2022 1:08:01 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
She sent me this screenshot
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/Resized_Screenshot_20221104-190514_Googl-2611815.JPG

I sketched it up in inventor.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221107_125301_jpg-2611816.JPG

Had the parts cut/formed at work. Brought home and welded together.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221120_124533_jpg-2611817.JPG

Took it to work to have it powder coated.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221122_125043_jpg-2611820.JPG

Wife had ordered a glass top for it. Using our patio chairs while waiting on some new chairs that she ordered.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221122_163146_jpg-2611821.JPG

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If my wife sent me that I’d make her some caltrops.

Nice job, OP.

Posted: 11/24/2022 1:08:52 PM EDT

[#43]

I made a pen holder.

Posted: 11/24/2022 1:15:36 PM EDT

[#44]

Tangible? Very little. I do have 5 gallons of stout and a gallon of hydromel brewing, to be ready for Christmas.

Posted: 11/24/2022 1:19:59 PM EDT

[#45]

Nice work, very cool.

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I've got 9 knives to make for customers this winter break.

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I like that full grip, short handy blade. Looks great.

Posted: 11/24/2022 1:23:19 PM EDT

[#46]

I recently refinished our kitchen cabinets. We had builder grade maple cabinets and the wife wanted white shaker (GD’s favorite..) that went to the ceiling. Removed all the doors, built boxes for the top to match existing cabinets and extended face frames. Custom moulding to conceal to ceiling. Made the custom doors from poplar and mdf panels.

The carpentry was the “easy” part, that’s something I’ve been doing a long time. The adventure was dipping my toes into spray finishing. In typical GD fashion, I over spent on a nice turbine hvlp sprayer (Fuji). Originally wanted to spray lacquer but didn’t want to deal with ventilation, so opted for BM Advance in satin. Worked out well, good enough that I’m the only one that notices the mistakes so far.

Wife is happy, looks a lot nicer and we spent about 1/4 the cost of buying all new custom cabinets….plus I got to keep the fancy new sprayer.

Posted: 11/24/2022 2:04:35 PM EDT

[#47]

Making stained glass windows for my father's house using traditional lead came and soldering. Haven't done it for like 20 years so still a little rusty.

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Posted: 11/24/2022 2:15:19 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
She sent me this screenshot
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/Resized_Screenshot_20221104-190514_Googl-2611815.JPG

I sketched it up in inventor.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221107_125301_jpg-2611816.JPG

Had the parts cut/formed at work. Brought home and welded together.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221120_124533_jpg-2611817.JPG

Took it to work to have it powder coated.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221122_125043_jpg-2611820.JPG

Wife had ordered a glass top for it. Using our patio chairs while waiting on some new chairs that she ordered.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/185965/20221122_163146_jpg-2611821.JPG

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Saw wood in the first picture and was confused for a second before scrolling down...
Looks great!

Posted: 11/24/2022 2:32:51 PM EDT

[#49]

Haven't done anything too exciting as far as building things in a while.

I did buy a beat up old oscilloscope that needed some TLC.

While I wait for the new power switch to come on the slow boat I decided to fix the old one with a yellow sealing heat shrink eyelet. the switch uses an external return spring that is captured by the button boss, the previous owner broke that off. I first bent the eyelet over and then cut the ring off so I would have a surface to push on, Then I cut the shrink tube off of the crimp side and cut the shrink to the appropriate length. Once all that was done I dropped the spring in place and installed the heat shrink over the switch and added the crimp while heating it all up with a hot air rework gun. The heat shrink has hot glue sealant in it so once cool it is nice and solid, and it will contain the spring.

Did some calibration checks on it to make sure it is going to be reliable with measurements. And then followed that up with some goofing off with it.
Its alive!

That's about as exciting a thing as I have done in a while. Short of building shit at work... But that's work.

Posted: 11/24/2022 2:36:44 PM EDT

[#50]

Still working on it

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The board at the bottom of the picture is the middle of the deck, there is a mirrored half behind me.

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