Let's see your homemade crafts!

[motornut]

last time we moved,we lost the table legs....
stripped this base back from cherry red,and cleared the table,of course
buffet and hutch too.

[motornut]

I also made a 8 foot computer desk,2X3s and stained and cleared plywood top.
was to be for my home office desk but now it's holding up our four computers.
sorry no pics of that....

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Fredo

Been on vacation, thought I'd do this follow up on my first post with some data I've collected after running the cooler the past few weeks...
Also I cast this in aluminum to replace the original shift knob that came with the truck.. The casting is still on the sprue.. Needs to be cut off, drilled and tapped yet..
With the swamp cooler, I used a 5 gal bucket as a reservoir and a 12v bilge pump to recirculate the water over the pad... This proto-type was used for testing different type pads for air flow volume and temp data... Using PWM speed controllers, air flow and and water feed are controllable from 0-100% ... On a dry day it'll deliver air at 24-28*f below ambient air.. When I say dry I mean 2-8% humidity, with an average of 6% at days end..
Max air flow on this model was 8-10 cubic ft a second.... Measured with a cheap anemometer at +/- 3.5%.. and depending on what pad was being tested... Even with the error factor, the temp. shift between conditioned air and ambient air should be close to accurate.. This morning 10:30 ambient air 92*f humidity 13%, fan on low, air off the cooler 66*f...
My 24/7 shadow couldn't go with me in the summer because of the heat, and the fact that sometimes she needs to stay in the truck for a short time... With this she sits in a cool breeze and keeps an eye on me and we both feel better...

That should be cool enough...

I took a class on metal casting and made a few pieces. I really enjoyed it. Nice piece...

LockDoc

[69chevytrucker]

grill insert out of combine filter
bed done with cheap pine boards and sons elbow grease

[68_Shortbox]

Here is the sheath that I made out of the leather that woodwright sent me. Thanks again woodwright! My neighbor has made sheaths before so he helped me out by showing me how to do each step. He even had some dye that he let me use to finish it off with. The sheath is held together with Chicago screws that I found at my local fleet supply store.

[mandojunior]

my chopper

[flashed]

That is pretty cool.

[mandojunior]

Originally Posted by flashed

That is pretty cool.

thanks!

[68_Shortbox]

We have some very talented people on here! Let's see some more crafts!

[RockinKees]

I hope you like it, but I repair Double Basses for my Rockabilly friends and do some Pinstriping as well:













A usual Sunday at Casa Rockin' Kees


The master at work


Many, many more Pinstripe pictures, if you want to see some, just ask!

Thanks for looking!

[68_Shortbox]

They look great, Kees! Please, post the other pictures, we are always interested in seeing more! I've been wanting to learn how to pinstripe for quite awhile, maybe I'll give it a try in the near future.

[RockinKees]

Here's a few:




















That's it for now.
I have many more

[flashed]

Those were pretty cool .

[68_Shortbox]

Wow, you do some fine work my friend! Is the Hot Rod/Rock-A-Billy scene pretty big over there in the Netherlands?

[RockinKees]

Thanks!

The Hot Rod scene is not so big, unlike Scandinavia or Great Brittain, but there are many American cars overhere.
But the Hot Rod scene seems to be growing the last couple of years.

Same for the Rockabilly scene, I am a Rocker my whole life and you just come across the same faces every time

[Advanced Design]

Rockinkees...awesome art! Love your style.

[RockinKees]

Thanks AD!!
Appreciate it!

I followed your build, I love it that your wife's involved in your build!!
I'll have a good talk with someone.....

[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by RockinKees

Thanks AD!!
Appreciate it!

I followed your build, I love it that your wife's involved in your build!!
I'll have a good talk with someone.....

Wife laughed and says she will now have women the world over disliking her.

[RockinKees]

Well, I like her

[Cape Codder]

I built this sailboat a couple years ago



It made the cover of the Traditional Small Craft Magazine last year



I also carve half hull models. This one is on the side of my shop

[hamjet]

I figured I needed a press but couldn't afford a good one and didn't want a cheap junk one so I made my own. same with the tire changer. I bought the one at tractor supply and cringed at the thought of owning it so I took some measurements before returning it and made my own. much happier now..Oh, made the dump bucket for my cub also...

[68_Shortbox]

Cape Codder, both the sail boat and the half hull model look awesome! Congratulations, that is very cool that your sail boat is on a magazine cover!

Hamjet, I like the fact that you made your own tools that are heavier duty and look just as good, if not better than what you would've bought. Not many people would do that anymore, and I think that is pretty cool of you!

[slomotion]

Cape Codder, did you ever do the "Snow Row" or the "Blackburn Challenge"? There was another rowing event but I've forgotten it's name. It's when all the shops brought their particular boat model, and everyone got to row everyone else's boat and determine what they liked/disliked about each one. It was kinda hard on the boats because some of the rowers were gorillas. Seems to me it was around Gloucester, but being 20 years ago when I participated I'm not sure. I do know it was cold and windy the times I managed to go.
Congrats on "Ash Breeze"! That's good company to be in!

[Cape Codder]

I did the Snow Row last year and probably again this year. Blackburn challenge is a bit much for a 62 yr old guy in a flat bottom skiff. We just did a row in up in Wellfleet and had a good turnout, I think we had 15 boats and a lot of rowers to try out different boats. We have one member of our local chapter that does 50 mile rows in a banks dory and he tried a few of the lighter performance boats but had to be carefull not to break them. He has been rowing dorys to the Vinyard and Nantucket from the Cape since 1968.



I do attend the John Gardner Workshop at Mystic where everyone tries out each others boat too. That is now part of the Wooden Boat Magazine show.

[slomotion]

Good looking dory! A trick to pull in a stiff breeze. A friend and I did Blackburn in '89 and '90, but only in the cruising class. It's been a while since I've participated in any organized rowing events, but still enjoy the occasional pull on a local river. If I had the boat closer to the river I'd go more often, but have gotten lazy and when I think of putting the boat on the trailer, rounding up the PFD, and all the gear, hauling to the ramp, launching, retrieving, etc. I get tired just thinking about it.
My casual rows now are only three or four miles, but I still enjoy it.
Do you use a straight ash oar exclusively, or do you use a spoon for long hauls?