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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Apr 14, 2016 - 11:04pm PT
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Another project that I was building. This is a battery powered solid state amplified speaker. It was a challenge to work on and building on a circuit board - I actually fried the first board and had to order a new one. A fun project, for sure.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Apr 17, 2016 - 06:51am PT
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My 1st handplane (for body surfing)
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Apr 17, 2016 - 06:55am PT
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Vegasclimber... I got my Amateur Extra license about 18 months ago and seriously thinking about building a beverage antenna for CW Morse Code Tx/Rx. I really want to to get DX with Tristan da Cunha.
Nice proj.
W3GHZ
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Apr 17, 2016 - 02:30pm PT
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Sweet hand gun Gunkie! What kind of finish does or will it have?
This is a handrail / gardrail project I am working on right now
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Apr 18, 2016 - 08:58am PT
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Sweet hand gun Gunkie! What kind of finish does or will it have?
Thanks. Just 3 coats of spar urethane lightly sanded between coats. Seems OK. I'm psyched because it probably only took a total of 3 hours to make the thing and the only tools I used were a jig saw, sander with a firm pad, three or four sheets of sandpaper, a drill with a 3/16" bit, a dremel tool with a small ball router bit (to recess to the 3mm perlon on the bottom), a small amount of spar urethane, some 3mm perlon and some 9/16" supertape. The total cost for materials might have been $5 for the poplar, a few pennies of urethane and some climbing cord and webbing looking for a good home.
It's not a Hess handplane ($100+) but it should wrench my shoulder equally as well.
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labrat
Trad climber
Erik O. Auburn, CA
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Apr 18, 2016 - 11:09am PT
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Some raised garden beds.....
Taking me forever......
Enjoying the process quite a bit!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 25, 2016 - 02:07pm PT
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Fancy handrails, T2! I wish you were closer - I'd have some work for you.
Making a new TV stand with many drawers for CD's and DVD's.
I'm no Edge so I make dovetail drawers the old fashioned way- WITH A ROUTER, Y'ALL!
This is the first one straight out of the Keller jig. No sanding or nothing!
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Apr 25, 2016 - 06:03pm PT
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Reilly, say five "Our Handsaw"s and plant a maple tree.
(You didn't hear it from me, but a Leigh jig is also the schitt for making non-furniture type drawers. Or so I've been told.)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 25, 2016 - 06:23pm PT
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say five "Our Handsaw"s
HaHaHa! When I was at the Vatican last year I snuck into the Vatican
woodshop right next to St Peter's and chewed the fat with Gepetto.
I asked if there were any openings and he said, "Si, quando muoio."
FYI, the Leigh is much more difficult to get dialed in. The Keller
is ridiculously easy and the pieces can be different thicknesses.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Apr 25, 2016 - 07:20pm PT
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My knowledge of Romance languages is severely lacking, but it was definitely worth googling 'quando muoio', Reilly. Classic!
I only use the Leigh for kitchens and such, and I admit it is a bit finicky. What I like about it is the fact that I can custom set the size of the tails for each size drawer. I like the way it looks when you have tightly spaced tails at the edges, gradually getting wider towards the middle; just an unnecessary personal touch of mine that no one notices but makes me feel clever.
Similar to the effect on this hand dovetailed drawer (which also has drawer sides that taper in cross section from 5/16" thick at the top to 9/16" at the bottom, but that's another storied obsession.)
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Apr 26, 2016 - 05:28am PT
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Made a boo-boo on a board I'm building. I was rushing because I had to pick up my son from lacrosse practice. Remember kids measure twice, cut once...
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Apr 27, 2016 - 10:45pm PT
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Integrated landing- check
Dropped first riser the thickness of the tread (added back floor thickness)- check
Clipped nose of stringers to receive newel post- check
Looks great!
I did some free standing stairs out of LVL earlier in the thread.
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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Apr 28, 2016 - 07:21am PT
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Mosquitoes suck. So wanted to make sure they suck somewhere else.
Mosquitoes are one of the few things in the world that everyone can agree upon. F*#k them.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Apr 29, 2016 - 02:26pm PT
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Up to my liver spots in parts for the sheep herders wagon, and yes, I am pre-fabbing everything from field measurements. I'm gonna die.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Apr 29, 2016 - 02:51pm PT
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Lauren,
I don't envy you. I'm glad that I'm retired. It has been really beautiful up here in N.H. No bugs-super dry air- just like a really nice day in Colorado.
I'm working on an "Island" for my son's new kitchen. It's really just an extra tall table, with a few turned legs out of 3" square maple, from a tree I cut down. I haven't made any furniture in years, so it's a nice diversion.
Perhaps I'll get off my butt and post a few pictures.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Apr 29, 2016 - 06:52pm PT
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5'11" groveller (sp?)
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brotherbbock
climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Apr 30, 2016 - 08:11pm PT
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I scored this pop up trailer for free.
Gonna refurb and paint it.
I started off by putting some new flooring down and a little painting inside.
A lot more to do but this baby will be ready to roll this summer.
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brotherbbock
climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Apr 30, 2016 - 08:12pm PT
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Nice board Gunkie. Looks fun.
The pop up trailer will definitely be going on some surf trips soon.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Apr 30, 2016 - 08:20pm PT
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Gunkie-
Mini Simmons?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Edge, love yer cord holder on the Every Picture thread! It did come as quite a shock to know
you stooped to such practicality especially hard on the heels of learning you own a Leigh! ;-)
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