Popular Post Galant2 Posted August 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2023 The big opening can be closed up with the hinged wall, still heaps to do like build the bar, fit small tv, sound system, line the rest of the walls and screw weird and wonderful quirky shit to the walls 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbillyracing Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 After picking up this old stereogram chassis from the bin im feeling very pleased with myself today that i successfully remove all the radio parts and put a new plug with killing myself and these old rola speakers sound great as they sit ,mids and highs awesome, low frequency not so much, 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tortron Posted September 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2023 Ruined a nice period piece of furniture these last few weeks Ebonised the drawers with a solution of strong black tea, and steelwool dissolved in vinegar Then sanded, and bleached the original stain out with lye and then hydrogen peroxide. Really wanted to avoid the orange/golden tone of the oak showing through. So whitewashed it all with some bone white to match our window frames 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post ThePog Posted September 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2023 Managed this over the last couple of weekends, was a bit of punishment. Took 3 of 6 goes to get the rolling right as usual, the re-roll/bounce on the wronguns. I reckon thats pretty convincing. I found a man in chch who will make a pvc cover from old billboard material for a pretty reasonable amount of money, that should do the trick. 35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Galant2 Posted September 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2023 Tiki bar getting there, lined most of it and well over cutting apart pallets etc. Oiled it all before going up and pretty much the look I was thinking. Small tv connected to Wi-Fi, the old home theater receiver from the house set up even has blue tooth. Stoked with the bifold window shutters and carb spot light for dart board. 37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Dig the carb lamp... 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tortron Posted September 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2023 Using the leftovers of the drawers, I made a tiny oak desk and drawer. Not sure how I'm gona finish it, but kid is gona scribble all over it anyways. Used up my collection of vintage screws too, so it's indistinguishable from one built in the 40s 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tortron Posted September 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2023 Need a chair now 3 size stool. 2 chair heights and the bigger stool. Gives a few years of growing hopefully 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kp60nick Posted October 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2023 The wife and I wanted to make the kids bunk beds for their birthdays this year. Didnt really have to much of a plan on how to make them watched one youtube video got the general idea and got to work. Middle of last year we removed an old spray booth from our factory but kept the timber. Which worked out perfectly. I ripped it down to size put it through the thicknesser and it came out better than expected. It was a great project for the family got the kids involved and learnt heaps. First photo is timber before going through the thicknesser. we ended up moving the ladder. not enough space to climb up. I painted all the parts in polyurethane as thats what I do for a job. The gap between the beds is a 1m but we wanted to future proof ourselves hopefully get more than 10 years out of them. 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kp60nick Posted October 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2023 Of course we had make one for each kid. This one slightly different as we removed her wardrobe when we did the renovations to fit the fridge in the new kitchen so we incorporated the wardrobe into the bunk bed. 40 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h4nd Posted October 15, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2023 Made this tool to screw in the hook to hold the dremel to trim this bracket for on the backboard to hold this tape measure so I could measure the holes for this handle for my under bench tray It's so important to have an efficient work-space! 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted October 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2023 I made a table/ desk out of a couple of slabs of Norfolk pine. Planed about 15mm off the faces and sanded it. First with the belt sander then up to 240 with the orbital. I've just put the first coat of Danish oil on it Haven't done the legs yet, I'll take them off and do them in a more back friendly position. 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted October 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2023 Desk is finished and I'm pretty stoked with it. 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hillbillyracing Posted November 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2023 My afternoon project from stuff left over from past projects Is my first pair of Open Baffle speakers And this morning was a very basic router table that works a treat , Also Speakers sound awesome 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thphantum Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 22/10/2023 at 16:18, sheepers said: Desk is finished and I'm pretty stoked with it. Why are the legs bolted on the end instead of underneath the slab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, Thphantum said: Why are the legs bolted on the end instead of underneath the slab? I needed all the length I could get. The desk is for both of us to work at so it needs to be as long as it can. I cut the slabs at the longest I could fit in the van and that dictated what lengths I had to work with. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 04/11/2023 at 20:48, Hillbillyracing said: My afternoon project from stuff left over from past projects Is my first pair of Open Baffle speakers And this morning was a very basic router table that works a treat , Also Speakers sound awesome Nice. Are those Ad1255 drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbillyracing Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 3 hours ago, cubastreet said: Nice. Are those Ad1255 drivers? AD4200 i pulled from a 1960 stereo cabinet . Also made other pair yesterday with some smaller Philips AD3800 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 how are you sizing the baffles? my understanding was that they had to be equidistant from the speaker edge all round and a whole bunch bigger than what you've got there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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