Crafty Basterds -- The Stuff I made thread

[Dirty Duc]

I bought a kiln on Saturday.  It came with these pots/vases/urns/whatever and all the "furniture" to fire things of a ceramic nature.

I intend to melt metal with the kiln, but if someone is interested in the ceramic arts... I don't have an artistic bone in my body.  Two of the vase/lamp bases have been drawn on/etched with southwestern themes.  I don't need these things, but if you crafty bastards want them, let me know.

[the_Journeyman]

Does restored count?

My parents brought this matched set back from California back in '74 or '75.  They were used for a while, but then stored in the basement.  The wiring was in terrible shape and basically a fire hazard.  I got wiring and switches from Lowe's and went to work.  Now, I have two perfectly good lamps that are pretty unique.

Table lamp - I has three modes, base on, top on, and both base and top on.


Hanging lamp - It was the easy one, just on and off.


JM

[1.21GW]

Does restored count?

Yes, yes it does.

Nice job, JM. 

[the_Journeyman]

Thanks! 

A side note - the table it's sitting on was made by my great Uncle.  It's made from Apple.  I've got an entire matching bedroom suite made from the same orchard.  The orchard was just a couple minutes from where I live now.

JM

[Zaster]

Does restored count?

My parents brought this matched set back from California back in '74 or '75.  They were used for a while, but then stored in the basement.  The wiring was in terrible shape and basically a fire hazard.  I got wiring and switches from Lowe's and went to work.  Now, I have two perfectly good lamps that are pretty unique.

Table lamp - I has three modes, base on, top on, and both base and top on.


Hanging lamp - It was the easy one, just on and off.






JM

Nice stuff,
really like the grain of the wood!!

[1.21GW]

So on my recent adventure ride my chain broke in the middle of the jungle stranding us if not for a well-prepared riding buddy who had a spare master link.  The delay and roadside repair came at the worst time but in spite of that, it was fun and it reminded me of Ted Simon's comment that "it's the interruptions that are the journey, not where you're going."

I kept the failed link:




I would like to make something crafty out of it.  The obvious suggestion is a keychain.  Just drill a hole in the middle and attach to my current keychain ring.  But I thought I'd throw it out to the Crafty Bastards group for alternative solutions.  I'm sure you have more imaginative ideas than I.

[triangleforge]

The first thing that comes to mind would be to mount it on a nice piece of dark polished wood or a nice polished rock like jasper and turn it into a slide for a bolo tie. Then again, we occasionally wear those around here (Arizona) non-ironically, so your mileage may vary...

[triangleforge]

Love the lamps, Journeyman, and there's nothing quite like having woodwork from your own neighborhood.

[1.21GW]

The first thing that comes to mind would be to mount it on a nice piece of dark polished wood or a nice polished rock like jasper and turn it into a slide for a bolo tie. Then again, we occasionally wear those around here (Arizona) non-ironically, so your mileage may vary...

Nice idea, but I'm trying to get away from tie-wearing, bolo or otherwise.  I have even successfully started wearing jeans at work but using a pair of kahki colored ones---they think they are dress pants.  Small victories...

[triangleforge]

Well, belt buckle then. Unless you're giving up pants next...

[1.21GW]

I hadn't planned on that, but now that you mention it...

 

[lazylightnin717]

Sorry for the crappy IPhone pics..

A few pen and ink quickies





And a few to pass the time at work in between shows

[triangleforge]

Awesome work, LL! 

[monsta]

Ok...  so, its just a door bell! But, everyone has just a plain old door button!  

Anyhow, at my front door I had a daggy bit of ply wood covering a hole that has the house 'smart wiring' (I dont even know what the wiring does, its like a phone cable with 6 wires inside it. )
on that I had a normal door bell button stuck on.



I though I might make something a bit better.
I had a bit of nylon kicking about, so cut it to size and routed the edges, then gave it a few coats of paint.

Then I went onto google maps and took a screen shot of my neighbourhood, then cleaned it up in photoshop so I just had the roads.
I then sent it to my mate that has a CNC router that he built and gave him the piece of painted nylon to weave his magic on...



so, now I have the finished backing plate and button positioned where my house is on the map..



But I need to connect it to the existing button that controls the wireless doorbell.
And, I want it to have a light.

I dont have power there so it would have to be battery...
I found a small rechargable 12V battery at the local electronics place and I had a set of LED lights that I was going to use as a number plate light on my bike.

To wire it all up I had to solder  a conection to the 3V LED on the door light button (because it has a delay on it) to a box (that was also bought as a kit from the local electronics shop) that triggers a relay to run the 12V LED via the battery. (the LED's are taped to the battery with some red cellophane covering it)



Then fitted all that in the hole in the wall.



with the end result here...


BTW... its an MP3 door bell, the sound is the desmosedici going down the back straight of Sepang when I was there last year...

[DesmoDiva]

Very cool!!

I wonder how many people will actually get it.