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What are you building? DIY, woodworking, pottery, 3D printing and general hacking-with-your-hands 🪚 Share WIP, finished projects, and inspiration for others!
Slow progress is still progress
You can't follow all of the quote casts all the way back to the start because I never bought storage lmao
You can't follow all of the quote casts all the way back to the start because I never bought storage lmao
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NFT work came along and completely derailed all my projects, but now I am back to guitar building 🫡
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Paid $0.24 for my local public library to 3D print these key blocks for my now 36 key Corne keyboard.
I love accessible public services!!
I love accessible public services!!
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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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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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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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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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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