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all those casts in the wrong channel, smh
story building this kitchen bench/nook below!
story building this kitchen bench/nook below!
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abram
@abram·01:26 05/03/2025
Add cushions and done!
All in probably 14-18 hours of labor, spread across a few weekends.
Still need to find a table. Thinking walnut top, and either 36" circular or 24x48".
All in probably 14-18 hours of labor, spread across a few weekends.
Still need to find a table. Thinking walnut top, and either 36" circular or 24x48".
Today I went window shopping for new wood oil.
I had several sample cans of Osmo oil from 2021, and a little really goes a long way with it, but after my intense restoration activity this year most of them have run out.
One little can (125 ml) costed ~$15 then. I wanted to order a replacement and turns out it costs $30 now 💀
Which made me search for more affordable alternatives, and I found one that's 3 times cheaper. So today I was on a mission to compare the samples to see which colours were dupes.
And I have to say, I can see where Osmo gets its price 😭 There weren't any dupes for my favourite colours, and some of the samples were weirdly grainy.
Still decided to try at least the transparent one on the stairs. The scrooge in me is persistent!
I had several sample cans of Osmo oil from 2021, and a little really goes a long way with it, but after my intense restoration activity this year most of them have run out.
One little can (125 ml) costed ~$15 then. I wanted to order a replacement and turns out it costs $30 now 💀
Which made me search for more affordable alternatives, and I found one that's 3 times cheaper. So today I was on a mission to compare the samples to see which colours were dupes.
And I have to say, I can see where Osmo gets its price 😭 There weren't any dupes for my favourite colours, and some of the samples were weirdly grainy.
Still decided to try at least the transparent one on the stairs. The scrooge in me is persistent!
Fresh 3D prints for my robot arm
Base that will hopefully stop it suiciding, and a claw end effector to test grabbing stuff
Printed and sliced with Prusa 🧡
Base that will hopefully stop it suiciding, and a claw end effector to test grabbing stuff
Printed and sliced with Prusa 🧡
The guilt tripping worked 🫡
I managed to sand the first step, and it was both not as good and not as bad as I thought:
+ vacuum cleaner helped great with the dust, which worried me the most
+ love that I can do this project gradually, literally one step at a time
- I spent 2 hours on sanding 1 step, cause the paint is hard to take off. 2 h x 9 steps = 18 hours 💀
- I might have to use paint stripper again, it's kind of nasty
- difficult to plan for oil finishing - I'll have to do it right before going to bed
I managed to sand the first step, and it was both not as good and not as bad as I thought:
+ vacuum cleaner helped great with the dust, which worried me the most
+ love that I can do this project gradually, literally one step at a time
- I spent 2 hours on sanding 1 step, cause the paint is hard to take off. 2 h x 9 steps = 18 hours 💀
- I might have to use paint stripper again, it's kind of nasty
- difficult to plan for oil finishing - I'll have to do it right before going to bed
This whole day I'm trying to hype myself up for sanding the worn stairs in my room.
Pros:
- dopamine from seeing them all fresh, and then more of it when I give them a new finish
- I can listen to a podcast while doing it
- seems like I can be done quickly (but I'm always wrong on that)
Cons:
- everything will be covered in wood dust. Again!!
- I'll probably get tired
- I'm afraid I'll run out of wood oil before I finish all the steps
I'm even writing this cast to guilt trip myself to do it 😆 Future me would be embarrassed to not follow up on my words!
Pros:
- dopamine from seeing them all fresh, and then more of it when I give them a new finish
- I can listen to a podcast while doing it
- seems like I can be done quickly (but I'm always wrong on that)
Cons:
- everything will be covered in wood dust. Again!!
- I'll probably get tired
- I'm afraid I'll run out of wood oil before I finish all the steps
I'm even writing this cast to guilt trip myself to do it 😆 Future me would be embarrassed to not follow up on my words!
OM guitar updates 🧵
I made the neck block from some leftover ash I had, this will receive the neck bolts and a bolt to the underside of the fretboard.
I made the neck block from some leftover ash I had, this will receive the neck bolts and a bolt to the underside of the fretboard.
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Bren
@based-bren·13:39 15/01/2025
Some new timber arrived for the sides so I got those planed down (more carefully this time) and bent them to shape.
Next is to glue in the end block and neck block and add all the side braces.
I also 3D printed some cauls to make the spreader clamp.
Next is to glue in the end block and neck block and add all the side braces.
I also 3D printed some cauls to make the spreader clamp.
From idea to reality, p. 2
This is one of those ideas that have been brewing in me for ~10 years, and finally all the pieces fell into place and it became a reality.
My FIL is a painter (he's also a surgeon and a poet 😅), so he always had a lot of paintings, frames, supplies tucked away somewhere without a proper storage.
This year there was a new room added to our house, and I immediately knew I should organise painting storage there somehow. And this is how I did it:
- Pinterest - found a picture of a vertical painting rack made out of planks. Thought it would be perfect to fit behind the pipe in the room
- chatGPT - asked for instructions on how to make a rack like that
- found supplies online & ordered them
- Tinkercad - made a 3D plan based on the supplies I chose and the instructions from chatGPT
- sawed the planks myself, made the shelves
- assembled everything together with the help of my husband 💜
- filled it up with paintings. Everything fit inside perfectly!
Before and after ⬇️
This is one of those ideas that have been brewing in me for ~10 years, and finally all the pieces fell into place and it became a reality.
My FIL is a painter (he's also a surgeon and a poet 😅), so he always had a lot of paintings, frames, supplies tucked away somewhere without a proper storage.
This year there was a new room added to our house, and I immediately knew I should organise painting storage there somehow. And this is how I did it:
- Pinterest - found a picture of a vertical painting rack made out of planks. Thought it would be perfect to fit behind the pipe in the room
- chatGPT - asked for instructions on how to make a rack like that
- found supplies online & ordered them
- Tinkercad - made a 3D plan based on the supplies I chose and the instructions from chatGPT
- sawed the planks myself, made the shelves
- assembled everything together with the help of my husband 💜
- filled it up with paintings. Everything fit inside perfectly!
Before and after ⬇️
I’ve been quiet, but I’ve also been knitting 🧶
Matching sweaters and a handkerchief for my sister, niece, and brother in law (they have two black cats)
Matching sweaters and a handkerchief for my sister, niece, and brother in law (they have two black cats)
Weekend plans - simple built in bench for the kitchen/breakfast nook.
Hoping these calculations are right, off to the hardware store shortly.
Hoping these calculations are right, off to the hardware store shortly.
I was in a weird fidgety mood today, as if waiting for something to happen, but nothing would, so I couldn't really focus on anything.
Actually my hands are itching to start on the next big project, which is the painting rack, but I won't get the supplies for a couple of days. So I'm just overthinking what I'm going to do when they arrive, and it's not productive 🙄
To feel like I've achieved at least something I did the following:
- @calmer breathing exercises
- worked for a while on a cross-stitch project
I've been doing it bit by bit for ~4 years, for like a couple of days every year. Life just seems too fast to be spending time so indulgently on such an impractical thing 😔
But actually I like the mood that cross-stitch gets me into: focused, calm, calculating. So I just thought, maybe I should conscientiously use it as a mood tuning instrument, and perceive the pattern I'm making not as a goal, but as a therapeutic bonus!
Actually my hands are itching to start on the next big project, which is the painting rack, but I won't get the supplies for a couple of days. So I'm just overthinking what I'm going to do when they arrive, and it's not productive 🙄
To feel like I've achieved at least something I did the following:
- @calmer breathing exercises
- worked for a while on a cross-stitch project
I've been doing it bit by bit for ~4 years, for like a couple of days every year. Life just seems too fast to be spending time so indulgently on such an impractical thing 😔
But actually I like the mood that cross-stitch gets me into: focused, calm, calculating. So I just thought, maybe I should conscientiously use it as a mood tuning instrument, and perceive the pattern I'm making not as a goal, but as a therapeutic bonus!
I managed to squeeze in a little side quest project before new year - restoration of a mid century coffee table.
The top was worn, and the legs were flimsy so those horizontal bars have fallen out at some point.
I thought it will be a quick one - sand the top, glue the legs and bars together, finish with wood oil.
The first part was exciting - I finally got to use the paint stripper the right way! The lacquer layer was thick enough for it, and the dopamine from scrubbing it off when it turned into a paste was great 🤤 But it wasn't as quick as I expected, still took ~2 hours.
The real challenge came with glueing. Turns out the legs were flimsy cause the original joints were broken in two places and very lazily replaced by screws (I didn't have the energy to think of anything better, so the screws had to stay 😔).
(This turned into a long read, will have to continue in the replies ⬇️)
The top was worn, and the legs were flimsy so those horizontal bars have fallen out at some point.
I thought it will be a quick one - sand the top, glue the legs and bars together, finish with wood oil.
The first part was exciting - I finally got to use the paint stripper the right way! The lacquer layer was thick enough for it, and the dopamine from scrubbing it off when it turned into a paste was great 🤤 But it wasn't as quick as I expected, still took ~2 hours.
The real challenge came with glueing. Turns out the legs were flimsy cause the original joints were broken in two places and very lazily replaced by screws (I didn't have the energy to think of anything better, so the screws had to stay 😔).
(This turned into a long read, will have to continue in the replies ⬇️)
Some new timber arrived for the sides so I got those planed down (more carefully this time) and bent them to shape.
Next is to glue in the end block and neck block and add all the side braces.
I also 3D printed some cauls to make the spreader clamp.
Next is to glue in the end block and neck block and add all the side braces.
I also 3D printed some cauls to make the spreader clamp.
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Bren
@based-bren·12:34 25/11/2024
I hit my first setback in the guitar build. I was probably a bit too aggressive with the settings here on the planer and broke one of the sides.
More timber is on order, I will start working on the fretboard this week instead.
More timber is on order, I will start working on the fretboard this week instead.
Making some hanging bicycle racks
I'm doubling it up and painting with exterior semi gloss. Also, adding supports and castor wheels on the bottom.
When I have guests staying it'll need to be outside
https://www.instructables.com/Vertical-Bike-Rack-from-2x4s/
I'm doubling it up and painting with exterior semi gloss. Also, adding supports and castor wheels on the bottom.
When I have guests staying it'll need to be outside
https://www.instructables.com/Vertical-Bike-Rack-from-2x4s/
Some progress with this shoji screen.
I will design some custom hinges and 3d print those next.
This is all from bits of scrap wood I had leftover.
I will design some custom hinges and 3d print those next.
This is all from bits of scrap wood I had leftover.
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Bren
@based-bren·09:58 03/12/2024
I've started making a kumiko Shoji screen
This kind of woodwork takes a lot of time and patience, and that's the best part, it's kinda meditative.
More pics below
This kind of woodwork takes a lot of time and patience, and that's the best part, it's kinda meditative.
More pics below
Finally finished my live edge shelf just before the holidays, stoked how it came out. More details in this reddit post i just made:
https://old.reddit.com/r/woodworking/comments/1h825z5/live_edge_kitchen_shelf_just_in_time_for_the/
https://old.reddit.com/r/woodworking/comments/1h825z5/live_edge_kitchen_shelf_just_in_time_for_the/
I've started making a kumiko Shoji screen
This kind of woodwork takes a lot of time and patience, and that's the best part, it's kinda meditative.
More pics below
This kind of woodwork takes a lot of time and patience, and that's the best part, it's kinda meditative.
More pics below
Been building a lot of stuff with my hands and machines in the last month or so.
Here's my first attempt at crafting with a CNC: it's for an upcoming installation that I'm also working on.
Took a lot of measuring, CAD work, and cutting 2 sheets of 4x8 plywood stock on a large shopbot.
I learned so much making this. From how to make slot mechanisms, to the joys of tolerance. I did not enjoy working in inches or as a new friend calls them "freedom units".
Here's my first attempt at crafting with a CNC: it's for an upcoming installation that I'm also working on.
Took a lot of measuring, CAD work, and cutting 2 sheets of 4x8 plywood stock on a large shopbot.
I learned so much making this. From how to make slot mechanisms, to the joys of tolerance. I did not enjoy working in inches or as a new friend calls them "freedom units".
I hit my first setback in the guitar build. I was probably a bit too aggressive with the settings here on the planer and broke one of the sides.
More timber is on order, I will start working on the fretboard this week instead.
More timber is on order, I will start working on the fretboard this week instead.
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Bren
@based-bren·17:53 21/11/2024
The top and back of the guitar are finished now.
I will start the sides tomorrow.
Hopefully I can make some time to progress this, it would make a nice Xmas gift to myself tbh 😆
I will start the sides tomorrow.
Hopefully I can make some time to progress this, it would make a nice Xmas gift to myself tbh 😆
The top and back of the guitar are finished now.
I will start the sides tomorrow.
Hopefully I can make some time to progress this, it would make a nice Xmas gift to myself tbh 😆
I will start the sides tomorrow.
Hopefully I can make some time to progress this, it would make a nice Xmas gift to myself tbh 😆
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Bren
@based-bren·11:31 27/10/2024
Back to this kind of building for a while 🐸
I starting making a t shirt last night.
I measured myself and make some patterns in good olde autocad
It was a new years resolution of mine a few years back to learn how to tailor, I'm just getting into it now 😅
I measured myself and make some patterns in good olde autocad
It was a new years resolution of mine a few years back to learn how to tailor, I'm just getting into it now 😅
Templates and routers, two of my favorite things
Under shelf lighting and controller pretty much done just waiting on a diffuser before final assembly!
Under shelf lighting and controller pretty much done just waiting on a diffuser before final assembly!
Back to this kind of building for a while 🐸
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Bren
@based-bren·18:02 21/08/2024
I managed to find a spare hour to continue the guitar build
Template done! Walls are horribly not straight but did okay job with the scribe. Transferring to 2inch walnut slab today 😬😬😬😅
Before and after a little sandpaper magic ✨
Making some progress on the cupboard bit by bit. I started using a power tool on bigger surfaces, but then its sanding attachment broke 🙄 Waiting for a new one to be delivered, so in the meantime I'm sanding the parts that can only be done by hand.
Making some progress on the cupboard bit by bit. I started using a power tool on bigger surfaces, but then its sanding attachment broke 🙄 Waiting for a new one to be delivered, so in the meantime I'm sanding the parts that can only be done by hand.
lets go! get in here and start making! (and casting about it!)
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If you don't know much about construction you might be surprised to learn that brushing concrete with a sweeping brush is a standard finish.
Here I'm brushing a narrow section with a small brush.
The sounds are good 😂
Here I'm brushing a narrow section with a small brush.
The sounds are good 😂
Reminder: if you can't post because your aren't a member of /makerspace just DM me and I'll get it sorted!
Brave new world!
Brave new world!
Any tips??
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kartik 🎩
@sathaxe·18:56 03/10/2024
guest put hot plastic containers on the table didn’t notice till the next day — help 🙏🏾
I needed to do a small bit of plastering but didn't want to spend €50 for a hawk, so quickly drew up and printed a handle and screwed it to some plywood.
Works great
Works great
I want to keep seeing what you are building!
Reply here if you want to keep posting in /makerspace once new channel rules drop, and I'll add you as a member!
Then shill me automated ways to handle this because I want anyone to be able to post regardless of membership - makers don't need no gates!
Reply here if you want to keep posting in /makerspace once new channel rules drop, and I'll add you as a member!
Then shill me automated ways to handle this because I want anyone to be able to post regardless of membership - makers don't need no gates!
Not enough people talk about Home Warranty's being an absolute scam. 😅
Shady sign up and renewal tactics. Weaseling out of coverage wherever they can. 😡
Wild that this isn't more discussed!
Shady sign up and renewal tactics. Weaseling out of coverage wherever they can. 😡
Wild that this isn't more discussed!
Railings were a piece of cake! For the middle poles, I screwed a board below the decking to the closest beam for sturdiness then drove 6” GRKs through the base plate. Metal cut like butter with a skillsaw. Insane how much a contractor will charge for a deck with railings
Sure, building is fun, but have you ever *finished*?
(This applies to coding as well)
https://warpcast.com/heytrip.eth/0xa2219833
(This applies to coding as well)
https://warpcast.com/heytrip.eth/0xa2219833
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@heytrip.eth·20:46 15/09/2024
Rubio Monocoat Pure + walnut is the BEST 😻
after a few weeks away, STOKED to get back in the garage this weekend!
https://warpcast.com/heytrip.eth/0x983ec7b9
https://warpcast.com/heytrip.eth/0x983ec7b9
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@heytrip.eth·13:13 13/09/2024
finally almost at the finish line 🏁
walnut media console for my parents, and not a SINGLE corner, edge, or board is perfectly square 🫠 😅
massive learning project, can't wait for the next piece
walnut media console for my parents, and not a SINGLE corner, edge, or board is perfectly square 🫠 😅
massive learning project, can't wait for the next piece
Anyone built their own outdoor shower?
Dismantling this chair took roughly 6 hours.
I know this because in the meantime I did all these things:
- listened to a weekly @blablainvest podcast - 2 hours
- listened to a true crime podcast - 1 hour
- participated in a brain storming session for work - 2 hours
- watched a YouTube video - 1 hour
Wonder how long it will take to upholster it. I'll keep track 😏
Do you listen to anything in particular while doing handiwork?
I know this because in the meantime I did all these things:
- listened to a weekly @blablainvest podcast - 2 hours
- listened to a true crime podcast - 1 hour
- participated in a brain storming session for work - 2 hours
- watched a YouTube video - 1 hour
Wonder how long it will take to upholster it. I'll keep track 😏
Do you listen to anything in particular while doing handiwork?
I made this piece today at my first day of pottery class! I haven’t touched clay since high school (and I don’t remember liking it that much?) but this was so much fun to make 😁
Hello! I’m new to this channel, and it’s great to meet everyone! I’m passionate about crocheting and love working on 3D sculptural projects using whatever materials I can get my hands on. My favorite projects are the ones that are not only creative but also functional. I’m excited to be here and can’t wait to share ideas, see everyone’s work, and get inspired by what you’re all building!
Here’s some past crafting I’ve done that’s Farcaster themed! Cat toy and the prototype for a patch to put on a tote bag!
Here’s some past crafting I’ve done that’s Farcaster themed! Cat toy and the prototype for a patch to put on a tote bag!
Picked this WIP scarf up after over a year. (Was busy knitting baby things for my niece!) I’m almost done with it, but had a falling out with the person it was intended for and they are no longer knit-worthy. 🥲
I managed to find a spare hour to continue the guitar build
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Bren
@based-bren·14:23 26/07/2024
Building this acoustic guitar has more work making all of the templates and tools than the actual guitar.
Here I am making a custom base for my router to allow me to carve very accurate concentric circles.
This will allow me to make a nice rosette for the top of the guitar.
Fusion 360 -> 3D print -> test carve on plywood
https://warpcast.com/based-bren/0xec421b8d
Here I am making a custom base for my router to allow me to carve very accurate concentric circles.
This will allow me to make a nice rosette for the top of the guitar.
Fusion 360 -> 3D print -> test carve on plywood
https://warpcast.com/based-bren/0xec421b8d
Just stepped into a Home Depot. I forgot how much I love this place!
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abram
@abram·17:18 09/08/2024
Moved into an apt a few years ago and wanted to create separate areas for "bed" and "office" in our bedroom.
Happy with how it turned out and how simple it was to build - nice weekend project.
Happy with how it turned out and how simple it was to build - nice weekend project.
Super niche, but does anyone know if a program exists where I can load a model that I wanna 3d print and it can tell me if it’ll be stable or not?
I wanna make a couple things like a stand for my glasses but I don’t want it to topple over immediately haha
I wanna make a couple things like a stand for my glasses but I don’t want it to topple over immediately haha
