Random slightly cool stuff you built but not worth its own thread, thread

[63Ragtop]

Made this at work.

[63Ragtop]

And this thing.

[63Ragtop]

And these!!

Painted rocks with the kids one day.

[Valiant]

Budget shelter nearly finished.

We had to add 4 more ribs today to get the iron to sit better.

Aesthetically its quite poor.

Practicality, and budget wise it's very good.

[Kimjon]

Barn door update. I've been away so much lately that this took a backseat. Anyway, a few more hours spent on getting it done this afternoon 

 

 

Ready to stain and hang on the wall.

[KP_wag]

This thread is so great, nice to see the love of project running strong out there

Surprised to see lack of piss-related craftery tho... E-kettle from the archive, 6kw element on 32A single phase supply. Runs on microcontroller and SSR:

 

60L of IBA

 

 

 

 

 

[Kimjon]

Love the e-kettle above...wicked!

 

Finished the barn door today. Been a public holiday I totally forgot that shops aren't open. However this just made me have to come up with creative solutions, rather than buying ready made.

So:

Standoffs made.

 

Then using the above standoffs I attached the rail to the wall. It's just 50x6mm flat bar. The same stuff I made the hangers out of.

 

Then I used some left over parts from Pete's velobike. And machined in some recessed pockets to hold some leftover harley bearings.

 

Then I had to make mini stub axles for the bearing to attach to the door hangers.

 

And tadah!!!! It works!!!

Added a big handle made of rebar. As they say "big door - big handle"...

I've also added some stops, "so it doesn't go off the rails" and a floor guide for it to track on. Pretty happy with it.

[KP_wag]

Looks good man, rustic AF

 

Another homebrew project in the works atm, brew buddy's missus wanted us to brew her some cider - things got outa control from there, naturally

 

Scored some apples from block down the road, noticed a bunch of laden trees in his front paddock and cold called the dude and turns out he has no interest in them - so 200kg of free apples for me

 

 

 

Next came processing machine, stainless innards 3/4hp insinkerator + $25 warewhare stool:

 

 

And press is still a work in progress. Was tossing up a cheap bearing press but then decided to build something with more majesty for the shed - because medieval...

 

 

 

[Yowzer]

How much cider do ya reckon 200kg of apples will get ya?

[tortron]

20lbs of apple per US gallon of cider whatever that means

[KP_wag]

Depends how well press works, gonna add some steel reinforcing so can buy a jack on the bigger side (10 ton prolly), so hoping for btw 60-70% yield by weight (so >100L hopefully)... 

 

 

[Valiant]

@Horse25

Look above, something you might like.

[Kimjon]

Drinking too much piss isn't all that bad. You get to hang out with your mates, talk shit and occasionally come up with the odd good idea.

So when your first world problems begin to get you down...I look towards alcoholism to solve them.

Problem: Fucking gopeds everywhere, I'm sick of tripping over them!!!

Ah yes, I have alcohol- therefore I have a solution!

 

And just like that, all your problems go away once alcohol is involved...

Boom!!!

[Thousand Dollar Supercar]

Another one of my patented useless projects which didn't turn out as good as I hoped..

I added some decorative edging to a plank of wood, stained it, mounted an Edison cage sconce light thingy, a retro switch and dimmer, an 'incoming 110V DC' plaque from oldschool Secret Santa, and this old analogue voltage gauge I got off TradeMe:

I've attempted to add backlighting to the gauge, using period-correct incandescent bulbs for that extra crappy glow. Conveniently, if you use the right input terminals on the gauge, full scale is about 245V so you get to watch the needle go up and down as you operate the dimmer. Entertainment value: ~5 seconds. 

Eventually I'll pick a spot on the wall for this stupid thing to live, and if I'm feeling extra keen, I'll find a way to run power to it inside the wall. Artist's impression:

The trouble is I really messed up the staining and varnishing of the board, and I don't know if I can be bothered taking the whole thing to bits and redoing it. I sanded through the dark stain in a few spots while trying to fix my first attempt at varnishing. =(

[yetchh]

Its pretty sweet.. 

 

[BlownCorona]

fuck yeah that looks awesome. 

shame its not weather proof, would be an awesome front door step light

[Thousand Dollar Supercar]

2 hours ago, BlownCorona said:

shame its not weather proof, would be an awesome front door step light

I reckon the light fitting would be shower proof if mounted up the right way, but the fake rust finish they come with would soon turn into real rust. I bought two, so there's still one in the cupboard for future ideas.

Here's a little project that's still on the go. It's a TradeMe bargain educational skull made of resin, and I cut out his eye sockets and stuck in those 230V neon spring bulbs. He's headbanging thanks to a car's rear wiper mechanism running off a battery charger.

His headbanging is so slow that the only music I'll be able to play is Funeral Doom. Unless I give him more voltage, then perhaps we can have an Electric Funeral....

As soon as I've stopped the mounting from eventually working loose, I'll make some shoulder framing, give him some death shrouds and bogan hair and work out a power source. 

 

[Kimjon]

New toy arrived today. Its missing a few bits and isn't set up very well. But I'm sure with a bit more time and playing around I'll get it functioning as its suppose to.

Stupid heavy. No idea of actual weight...but I'd say somewhere between "back breaking heavy" and "should have eaten more weetbix heavy"?

Anyway, terrible photo. It's a 3 in 1 sheetmetal folder, roller and shear. I've been watching YouTube and all the reviews say it does an okay job at those functions...but not a great job. Considering the fact I have none of those tools - then this has to be an improvement upon what I had???

[Kimjon]

Okay, in limp mode I set about tweaking every adjustable feature this thing has. I'm glad I spent the time doing this as now it feels much better and a couple small test pieces I've toyed around with look pretty good.

First up, its missing bits. So a quick rummage around and I had a selection of springs, bolts, washers etc to work with...

I checked the up/down travel in the work clamp for the share.

Decided to use the kids pink pram springs...

Set a gap at full stroke so work can be slid through...boom!!! Done.

 

Next, the sheetmetal shear had a large gap in the middle. Luckily theres additional adjustments for this...so let's use em.

And by tightening that bolt...magic happened...

Cuts like a lazer now!

[Hillbillyracing]

Was needing to bend 7/8' pipe 180deg with a 250mm outside dia so i knocked this up today .Tho not 100% happy as  there is a wee kink at the end of the bend