Crafty Basterds -- The Stuff I made thread

[ZLTFUL]

That bathroom is....oooouuuuuunnnnnnggggggggghhhhhhhhh.... sorry...I just messed my pants... 

Anyway, as I have been upgrading my home audio gear, I am eyeballing my latest project.

For my 2 channel system, I want to build a 2 or 3 shelf audio rack. The shelves would be separate from each other but stackable.

Materials list:
6061 Aluminum Sheet 3/4"x24"x24" (Shelves...unfinished...maybe roloc disk lightly ran over the surface)
4x 2"x2"x10" Bocote (or any other exotic hardwood 2x2 turning blank for that matter) Legs
4x 1/2"x4" machine head screws (appropriately sized brass inserts for legs)
4x 6061 "isolation" cones with 3/8" studs (appropriate sized brass inserts for the bottom of the legs)

The design is pretty simple. Center the legs 1/2" in from each side at the corners. Drill through the top of the aluminum sheet centered on the leg location. Drill the legs for the insert. install the insert and do the same for the iso cones for the other ends of the legs.
The top of the sheet would be countersunk to allow the next shelf's cones to rest snugly in them.

Pretty simple design. Now if only I could find 3/4 6061 in that sheet size for under $300 each lol

[Timmy Tucker]

I'm about 95% finished with this bathroom...

Brad (triangleforge) made a couple forged pieces for me a while back, which I incorporated into this project. 





still needs mirror and plumbing hooked up

That is absolutely beautiful.


2 Questions.... What species of wood is that and what type/brand finish did you use?

[Vindingo]

That is absolutely beautiful.

2 Questions.... What species of wood is that and what type/brand finish did you use?

Thanks.  Hopefully it will be my last project before I retire as a carpenter.   
some build pics if you are interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35214159@N05/sets/72157631089179352/with/8399683465/

Eastern Black Walnut, General Finishes Enduro-Var

[ducpainter]

Thanks.  Hopefully it will be my last project before I retire as a carpenter.   
some build pics if you are interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35214159@N05/sets/72157631089179352/with/8399683465/

Eastern Black Walnut, General Finishes Enduro-Var

What are you going to be when you grow up?

[Vindingo]

What are you going to be when you grow up?

I've been trying to get into medical school for the last couple years, final got some interviews.  Knock on walnut... maybe I can hang up the tool belt soon. 

[Pedro-bot]

I've been trying to get into medical school for the last couple years, final got some interviews.  Knock on walnut... maybe I can hang up the tool belt soon. 

Congrats on the interviews.
Best of luck. 

[Timmy Tucker]

I've been trying to get into medical school for the last couple years, final got some interviews.  Knock on walnut... maybe I can hang up the tool belt soon.  

Need the doctor's income to buy some more Festool goodness? 

[ducpainter]

I've been trying to get into medical school for the last couple years, final got some interviews.  Knock on walnut... maybe I can hang up the tool belt soon. 

Good luck with it.

With your manual skill...you should be a surgeon.

[Ddan]

Good luck with it.

With your manual skill...you should be a surgeon.

+1

I'm a carpenter, and that piece you posted ain't 'carpentry'.

[ducpainter]

+1

I'm a carpenter, and that piece you posted ain't 'carpentry'.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What he said.

This is carpentry


interior partitions 009 by nh_painter, on Flickr

What you do is art.

[ZLTFUL]

Well the aluminum shelves idea is being shelved (HAHAHAHAH I am so funny!).

Instead, I ended up finding some ambrosia maple square stock for legs and a 6/4 chunk of rough cut Walnut that has been sitting in some garage rafters for 57 years now that is 11ft long by 18" wide. Perfect width for high end audio gear...and 6/4 walnut is plenty sturdy for a 100lb+ amp.

Also revised my design. Going to break out the sketchup and see if I can rough draft it. But I tend to do carpentry on the fly without much more than an idea in my head.

Pretty much this with ambrosia maple legs and rough cut walnut shelves.



Here are a couple of cutting boards I have made for my wife over the last few months...

[Grampa]

my attempt at fixing things 

cluttered desk with no legroom


add one weekend and ...poof!

uncluttered desk with legroom

[ZLTFUL]

Digging the bridge and wall shelves Joel.

[ZLTFUL]

Hey Timmy, where did you source that slab?

I have been searching for live edge or rough cut edge slabs about that size for 4 days now and they closest I am getting has too much variation end to end (I need 16in width or more from end to end for my project)

I had a GREAT piece of eastern red cedar picked out that was perfect and straight as a (see what I am about to do here?) board.  It was 10/4 thick and long enough to get all 4 shelves out of but some fugger sniped it from me.

The Lumber Shack in Webster City, IA has some pretty nice live edge stuff but most of it is cut for burl and so a lot of their slabs have odd angles/cuts.

I am going to the local hardwoods retail tomorrow but it is looking more and more likely that I am going to be forced to source something from afar (Ohio/Virgina/New Hampshire).

[Stella]

Seeing all these gorgeous wood projects reminded me that we/my fam has a big century old barn in Michigan that no longer houses equines.

However, beams and wood exterior are in great, termite-free shape for those rustic remodeling projects if there are any builders who are in this niche' market.

PM me for more info or pics.