OT: DIY

[trwi7]

Damn, that's inspiring! What Scandinavian designer is that?

Kay Bojesen I think

Neat, that's what I suspected. I have one of her monkeys.

Go on...

[Pachinko_]

Kay Bojesen I think

Neat, that's what I suspected. I have one of her monkeys.

Go on...

It's a he actually
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Bojesen

[Pachinko_]

Stuck in the house so I decided to clean up the workshop
Found some aluminium and some coloured acrylics I had bought from an art supplies shop


Long story short I cut it all up, glued it with epoxy and skewered it with a steel tube


then there was a lot of shaping with files, and a lot of sanding, and then I fit in the mechanism from a pretty standard mechanical pencil




First time I'm doing this sort of thing and it still has some imperfections that I need to clean up, but I kinda like it. The steel tube gives it some extra weight that you don't expect when you first hold it, and it's way thicker than a normal pencil, which suits my giant hands just fine. Normally I give those things away to friends and family, but I think I'm keeping this one for myself

[MickeyDavis]

^^^ great stuff

[Pachinko_]

After a bit of testing I decided to remove the front segment and make a slightly bigger one, it supports my fingers better


and while at it I moved the collet for the top button a little deeper for a better fit


Now to make some leather working tools, to make a leather case for it

[midranger]

Sick big hand flex.

[midranger]

Re: exhaust fans

I believe back when people used to exhaust them directly into their attic space. Of course the insulation would get all moldy and wood would rot.

If she was a super old lady and it looks like a fan was hastily removed and replaced with a light to pass inspection, you do have to make sure it is actually vented outside. The longer the run, the more powerful (and expensive) the fan you need.

[AussieBuck]

Long overdue update time. Right around the time the Bucks season ended a year ago I finally got the green light from the wife to do a small scale renovation of our piece of **** 1940s weatherboard. We had been planning on knocking the house down put ended up deciding we didn't want that much debt. I drew up a very rough sketch of how I wanted to rearrange all but two rooms of our little house and extend out to the back verandah roof line. I wanted a small house that opened up out to our backyard for entertaining.

I started with a walk in robe in our bedroom then carved off some of the entry to add a wardrobe to our son's small room. After that there was a lot of re-stumping to do which sucked (and is still ongoing).

[AussieBuck]

Will post pics once I can figure out what I'm doing wrong

[crkone]

Will post pics once I can figure out what I'm doing wrong

Imgur's pretty good for posting projects.

[AussieBuck]

Will post pics once I can figure out what I'm doing wrong

Imgur's pretty good for posting projects.

I'm trying!

[AussieBuck]

DIY re-stumping

[AussieBuck]

Broke up the hard labour by getting a new front door from what turned out to be the same place that Pachinko gets his windows and doors.


(ignore the shoddy architrave work it was just temporary to keep out the cold)

So the project was underway at least until early July when I broke my ankle.

[AussieBuck]

Once I could put enough weight on my foot to lift heavy things again, I attacked the ugly old rotten corner window on the front lounge room that would soon be split into a bedroom and bathroom.

[MikeIsGood]

Spoiler:

Stuck in the house so I decided to clean up the workshop
Found some aluminium and some coloured acrylics I had bought from an art supplies shop


Long story short I cut it all up, glued it with epoxy and skewered it with a steel tube


then there was a lot of shaping with files, and a lot of sanding, and then I fit in the mechanism from a pretty standard mechanical pencil




First time I'm doing this sort of thing and it still has some imperfections that I need to clean up, but I kinda like it. The steel tube gives it some extra weight that you don't expect when you first hold it, and it's way thicker than a normal pencil, which suits my giant hands just fine. Normally I give those things away to friends and family, but I think I'm keeping this one for myself

I don't really come in this thread so I just found this, but it's so freaking cool. I wish my mind worked this way...and that my hands could also cooperate

[Pachinko_]

Once I could put enough weight on my foot to lift heavy things again, I attacked the ugly old rotten corner window on the front lounge room that would soon be split into a bedroom and bathroom.

hooo boy, looks like a big job
If you need a hand (or tools) give us a shout

[Pachinko_]

Sometimes I need to get away from woodworking with all the dust etc, so I started putting together a leatherworking kit.
First step was to make a toolbox for it, something presentable I can keep in Mrs Pachinko's domain, ie inside the house.
I ended up making this






I made a removable tray that I can put in the tools I'll be using and take it with me to the big table so I don't have to go back and forth


I turned this knob on the lathe, it's just some buttons cast in epoxy, a piece of solid brass and a screw.

[Pachinko_]

The shops charge leather workers some crazy prices for tools, so half the stuff I made myself. COVID really boosted my productivity

This is a stitching pony, it clamps on the table and it holds leather upright so you can lace it. That was a fair bit of work but I wanted it to look nice






underneath it is a stitching awl, very useful for both woodworking and leatherworking. I've made about 20 of those the last few days, it seems everyone who's seen it wants one.



Then I made a jeweler's maul. The handle is made of stacked leather strips (feels great in the hand) and the top is actually recycled milk cartons. I literally melted them in the oven inside a tin from Heinz beans
Came out good, it looks a bit like marble




they actually charge a 150 bucks for those things

Same day I think, I turned some new handles for my files


and a little burnishing tool. You use that to smoothen & shine the edges of your leather


and many more little things, like this brass hammer



turns out you need to be a woodworker before you become a leather worker

[Pachinko_]

And then finally I got to cutting some leather

First I took it nice and easy, I made a simple NATO strap for my Seiko baby tuna. And because I custom made it for my wrist, it only has one hole









Single hole makes for a clean look

[Pachinko_]

And then Mrs Pachinko noticed that I can actually stitch leather. Ah well, you gotta do what you gotta do

This actually wasn't as hard as it looks, same rules apply: design, measure, cut, join, finish