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87manche said:
That was a rotten fence post that for some reason had been out up in the garage before we bought the house. Only the part in the ground was rotten. So into service he goes.
I'm 4 bolts away from dropping the subframe tomorrow. But I'm cooked today.
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but you could call up the scrap hauler and be 100$ richer today
 
Not me, my late brother made this years ago and I inherited it when he passed.

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He was working for the state hospital as a groundskeeper and made this one winter (slow time) out of some material he found somehwere. It looks a little better in person than the photo, but it does need a little maintenance. The wires are some small Xmas lights that my GF put on there. It looks cool lit up, but I couldn't get a good picture on my potatoe phone because the lights washed out the rest of it.
 
zlathim said:
Not me, my late brother made this years ago and I inherited it when he passed.

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He was working for the state hospital as a groundskeeper and made this one winter (slow time) out of some material he found somehwere. It looks a little better in person than the photo, but it does need a little maintenance. The wires are some small Xmas lights that my GF put on there. It looks cool lit up, but I couldn't get a good picture on my potatoe phone because the lights washed out the rest of it.
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Very cool. My late FIL worked at the state hospital here in Colorado. One of his coworkers made a ship out of match sticks. Makes me think the boredom is universal. I think I still have it around somewhere. I'll post a few picks if I find it.
 
87manche said:
The fuck it 5000 engine support.
My existence is gm fwd shitbox hell right now.
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If I had time when I bought mine I'd have made one of those that way myself. The feet on the real ones are too short and being able to just run a hook eye in anywhere to get the right lift would be helpful.
 
Mini big-rig exhaust flapper for a bobcat. Used the inner tube from a trailer jack (see the bent-in groove part?).

I've always wanted one just because they're cool, but never bother with making one for my skid steer since it lives indoors.

This one's heavier than cheep sheet metal, hope that doesn't cause problems with back pressure or something stupid. When up it's almost perfectly balanced, but I haven't run the engine with it on yet.

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Replaced my unicorn of an RV furnace with a different model and the exhaust ended up in a weird spot. So I made a little piece.
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Had to reuse my old door, still some clean up needed out here.
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ExWrench said:
Years ago, a buddy & I pulled the engine out of his Samurai using a come-along hanging off a chain bolted together around a railroad tie laid across the open doors of the conex box that's his shop - worked fine, just looked hillbilly as fawk :laughing:
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It's a samurai, just pick it up. The 1.3 is tiny, I remember going with a friend to pick up a new 1.3 from a guy a few hours away. We picked it up, and put in the trunk of his Saab, then carried into his backyard when we got it back.
 
buzzbombxj said:
It's a samurai, just pick it up. The 1.3 is tiny, I remember going with a friend to pick up a new 1.3 from a guy a few hours away. We picked it up, and put in the trunk of his Saab, then carried into his backyard when we got it back.
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Not suggesting this applies to Exwrench cause I dont know him but have you seen pics of some of the guys on here? They make Ethiopians look beefy. That 1.3 weighs more than they do.
 
buzzbombxj said:
It's a samurai, just pick it up. The 1.3 is tiny, I remember going with a friend to pick up a new 1.3 from a guy a few hours away. We picked it up, and put in the trunk of his Saab, then carried into his backyard when we got it back.
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This was done as we did it to make a learning activity for his son who was (6 or 7?) at the time. Trying to maximize how much of the job could be done by irresponsibly underaged child labor necessitated use of lifting equipment.

Damn, time flies - that was 20 fucking years ago :eek: & the kid I used to swing around hanging from my forefingers is going into the Chair Force this fall.
 
buzzbombxj said:
It's a samurai, just pick it up. The 1.3 is tiny, I remember going with a friend to pick up a new 1.3 from a guy a few hours away. We picked it up, and put in the trunk of his Saab, then carried into his backyard when we got it back.
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Nope. Team lift is the only way for me. I've paid the price twice for yanking shit like this. Hernia's are expensive :laughing:
 
subybaja said:
That is simultaneously beautiful and retarded! Nice work!

What's the finish?
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Thanks!
It's currently got 12 coats (yes overkill but I had to sand out a drip that I missed in one of the coats so I just kept stacking on more coats)of 50/50 oil based poly and mineral spirits to help the finish penetrate the wood and seal it as best as possible. I thought about using epoxy but felt getting a consistent finish would be a pain given the lack of flat surface and round overs.
 
WunTon said:
Something a little different I suppose, current project is a walnut sink. It'll be sitting on a floating vanity that I'm building. Still a ways to go but I'll post some more pics after install.
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Gonna send that to a fella i milled a log for last weekend. He’s “not sure” what he’s gonna do with it yet. He’ll shit.

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Thanks guys!
Started with 34 bdft of 8/4 rough stock
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milled and stacked to acclimate for a couple days before a final kiss over the jointer and through the planer
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threw together a quick file for the cnc and cut each board individually
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then I did a few small glue ups using dominos for alignment and so I could get the drain portion under the cnc to do the cutout and recess for the drain
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once that was complete I did the final glue up and fit the faucet as well
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after that it was roundover time with the router and lots of sanding and card scraping then it was ready for finish
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Keeping every little bit of steel occasionally pays off. I cut two rings off a trailer years ago, they were protecting the old fashioned round taillights.

Used the rings, two old square u-bolts, 3/16 plate from a demoed spiral staircase and square solid from a towel rack. The staircase is nice steel, but the carpet adhesive sucks to remove. I try to just weld it outside and hold my breath.

Made two (one for electrode and one for ground) but only mounted one. I think I'll use the other one elsewhere.

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Needed a handle for my air drill. Drill is a 250 RPM torque monster that I use for large hole saws. I had an extra Milwaukee drill handle from a dead drill, so I made up this little collar to slip over the drill body and clamp down on it. The inline blow nozzle on the drill is to blow chips out of the kerf when hole-sawing thick stuff.

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And then I had my welding helmet sitting right there on the bench while taking pictures of the drill. If you do much welding at all do yourself a favor and mount a headlamp to your helmet. Makes a world of difference being able to see in shitty dark spots. I know other people did it way before I did, but just in case you haven't seen it or thought of it yourself... I just drilled a few holes and pop riveted the headlamp holder right to the helmet. Can pop it off and change the battery out real easy. Takes 18650 batteries which I have a ton of for other headlamps. The glass will get spattered up bad, but you can take an old plastic cover lens off your helmet and cut out a circle of that to use as the new lens.

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And finally I needed to go pick up a mulcher I bought from my mother in law at a farm about a half hour away from here. It was in a remote spot without any tractors very close by and I didn't want to bother one of the neighbors to lift it for me, so I took an old snow plow pump from a county dump truck that I had on hand and modified it with a return to the reservoir and some quick connects so I can hook to pioneer ends on farm equipment and raise it up. I had to fill the reservoir a few times to get it lifted because it doesn't have a ton of fluid capacity, but it got the job done! And then I needed a box to store it in to keep the dirt off. It wouldn't quite fit in a large ammo can so I had to build my own. My mom got a new washing machine and wanted me to scrap the old one so I used some of the washing machine tin work to build my box out of. The small angle I used for the box frame was the rails you would hang files on in some lateral file cabinets I turned into shop storage.

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This isn't made, more "repurposing" something, but it worked great & I didn't want to start a "hoarder redemption stories" thread :flipoff2:

Needed to put somewhat of an edge on a rock-gnawed mower blade & wanted to check balance.
Turns out the spindle drive motor from a scrapped out hard drive fit the center hole like a glove.

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Holding the spud by the motor case gave me a low friction balance pivot, finally justifying hanging onto that piece of garbage for . . . a decade or so :laughing:
 
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