/diy/ - Do It Yourself

the deathcane

>>195519
You're a soft combat player or just did it for the lulz?
>>195523
Man, worst weapon ever. Also, probably against the weapons rule, even tought is a lame.

Most of the things I keep are things I've made. Including my house.

Here's one of the latest things I've made; a holder for my giant Fresnel lens. Here's a video from the pics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGhj3JHzEbU

This has been posted before on /diy/. There's nothing I've made since the board was created that I haven't posted here.

>>195533
lol I think it's for food since that is a fork and steak knife on it.

shitty pic but it's the only I have right now
Two large wooden containers for plants

pic related, sry for the low res

>>195533
I larp in the summers and do re-enactment
I did not make my re-enactment shield myself though so meh.

the deathcane is for fighting fairies

I've made more (actual nice looking) gauntlets since then, but too lazy to take a photo of them.

>>195550
Might I suggest putting a mirror underneath the griddle and having the light shine up underneath to heat better?

Pic is of my starving student millet hybrid amp. Finished it a week or so ago.

>>195578
Are those made out of plain sheet metal (like ductwork material)? Very nice (to someone who doesn't know anything about that field, but whatever)

>>195600
>mirror

You've need to have the mirror be located out of the shadow of the lens. In essence you could make a parabola mirror array, just outside the shadow of the lens that would heat the back side of whatever object you are focusing on. So, it can be done, though it isn't as practical for me to do.

>amp

That is pretty cool. Very slick looking. Have you considered anodizing it? Though, it looks sweet already.

>>195550
Me again.

Evidently, this was the last thing I made. A raised garden bed. It's also a repost.

>>195600
could you tell us did you do this amp?

>old bamboo window blind
>tissue paper
>selotape
>pva glue
>0ver 9000 hours

>>195602
I'm not sure what you're saying about the shadow of the lens, but here's a picture of what I'm thinking.

In regards to the amp, I want to keep it rather simple, and don't have anodizing resources. I plan to remake the upper wooden portion to re-position the holes and add aluminum disks. Turns out I drilled the holes 1.5" from the front and 2" from the sides, and it's supposed to be opposite of that. I also have yet to lacquer the top and bottom because I wanted to get the thing together and working.

>>195607
I'm not sure what you're asking. If you're asking if I made it, yes, I did.

>>195578

I still think those look pretty fucking neat. Good job, bro.

>>195615
derp, always forget the image

>always urnksk
captcha even knows

>>195613
same ingredients

>>195615
I changed my message and posted an incoherent question.

What I wanted to ask is if you could tell us how did you made it.
Thanks.

>>195615
>>195617
Mirror

Ah, I see what you mean. Just bouncing the focal point up to the bottom. Yes, that would work, but it will also degrade the strength of the focal point a little, though not very much.

>>195613
also same ingredients

at first glance i thought there was a man in a gas mask and ww2 helmet posing in the right corner... then i scrolled and focused.

>>195619
Unfortunately I don't have pictures of the insides (too messy, did a point-to-point build) but it's a really simple design and they have a thread on head-fi concerning it, as well as a site devoted to the construction of it. Since the tubes for the original design are now scarce (immense popularity of the amp) there's a modification that makes it work with different ones, which I used.

>>195620
It would also allow the heat to spread evenly-ish through the bottom of the pan for a more even 'grill'

>>195623
forgot links, super forgetful today.

http://diyforums.org/SSMH/SSMHoverview.php

http://www.head-fi.org/t/319231/millett-starving-student-hybrid-amp

>>195623
>>195624
Thank you very much, Anon. You did a great work. Do you feel the difference in contrast with transistors amps?

>>195623
>It would also allow the heat to spread evenly-ish through the bottom of the pan for a more even 'grill'

Well, to do that you simple move the pan in or out of the focal point so the focal point is larger and spread across a larger area.

>>195625
The only other amp I have is a portable cMoyBB, and I haven't done very many 'quick switches' from them to compare the differences closely, so I won't go into any audiophile mumbo jumbo because I really don't care/know. I think it sounds nice, though the noise floor is noticable at very low volumes. Aside from that, I'm planning to make an O2 in the near future, so perhaps I'll make an ABX switcher while I'm at it.

>>195626
I feel like the fact that the sun is directly cooking it is odd (in my head) but I suppose that's fine. You could also set up a fun system using a semisilvered mirror that would heat up both sides!

>>195629
Yes, there is a great deal you can do with it. Look up Solar Box Cookers. That can also be applied to this.

>>195630
I'll just have to find myself a nice lens or a large sheet of mirrored material and bet set! (Summer project, perhaps)

>>195578
Nice gauntlet. How did you attach the pieces? Rivets or bended nails?

>>195600
>Are those made out of plain sheet metal?

Yeah. 1.5mm Aluminium, and 0.5mm Steel for the fingers

>>195612
Thanks. There's a lot of things wrong with it, but now that I've made those other gauntlets (and subsequently prevented the same errors), I guess they're not -that- bad anymore.

>>195664
I've used pop rivets and, well, 'riveted nails', in that one. Cut off the pointy bit of the nail, and then hammered it to a flat head. The actual head of the nail is on the inside.
I've bought actual rivets since then, by the way (they're rare as hell, for some reason).

I did an illustration book some years ago.
it was pretty useless.

>>195523
are you 12 or something?

/B/ros, c'mon. I was really expecting a picture of your manjuices.

ok

>>195692
You're not going to link a PDF or something? I'm intrigued.

my baby

>>195550

nice, i have an old back projection TV sat in the back room, the cost of replacing the bulb was almost the cost of the thing in the first place, so its long since been replaced.

Had no reason to crack it open, but i might give it a shot now.

Steampunk-ish goggles

Tengu mask

Bamboo land paddle

>>195710
My first thought on seeing this thread was to go to bathroom and take a picture, but then I thought about it and decided I wouldn't, only because I took a dump about an hour before I saw this thread.

>>195622
LOL

>>195845
The lens on the rear projection TV was right up against the front panel. When using it, make sure the side with the ridges is facing your light source. It works far better that way. Also, never carry it while standing on the shadow side. Always have the lens in YOUR shadow, otherwise you will literally set yourself on fire instantly.

You can see here what one can do to a penny in about 5-8 seconds.

Built a backyard aluminum foundry and sand cast my face.

My 2 Mau5 heads and my Guy Manuel Daft Punk helmet. Thomas helmet is in the works.

DTV antenna.
..and yes, it normally would have a reflector behind the receive elements, but frankly it works awesomely without it, so I didn't bother.

>>195952

>>195942
DAT FUCKING THUMB WTF

I run a mask making company and this is just a recent project.

another product, leatherface.

nice thread idea...we need more contributors.

i made this a while back. the orange acrylic flashes with the music

like 9-10 years old but whatever.

and this is a rack i made for my buddy's toyota camery...we roll hard in alabama lol

>>195991
Oh god no!

sewing dump 1

corset + skirt

Sewing dump 2

corset + skirt + bag

can you tell I like corsets?

sewing dupm 3

dress

>>195995
>>195991

Those are really nice, could you tell me what is the creation process, I just started making masks myself (just for fun), my first project was a E.V.A mask, I used one of those E.V.A mats and molded it by heating, basing it on a Hockey mask, the result was pretty good for my first try, but now I want to make a new mask using a different technique, would there be any methods you could recommend me?

Sewing dump 4

not really sewing, so lets call it a painting dump instead

>>195782
>that generic chinese scooter engine,
i feel sory for you :(

bump

>>196218
these are awesome.
the red and black or the dark green and black would be my first choice

>>196238
thanks..i plan on etching john deere logos on the green and yellow ones and selling them to the hicks at the flea market. stuff like that seels like crazy around here (south alabama)

and this

>>196244
also, what knives are they?

Laser, away!

>>196248
just some knives in the camping section of walmart. $1 each and i sell them for $10

>>196243
>>196246
What did you use as the innards of these?

>>196261
PCB from Defender GAME RACER USB gamepad.

Emperor's Champion helmet from Warhammer 40k

>>196264
I was doing one with a shitty logitec pad, but was having trouble with the solder sticking to the little black bits(not sure what you call them) on the circuit board that the buttons touch. Am I doing something wrong? Do you just have to heat up the black stuff for longer to get it hot enough for the solder to stick, or is there just copper under that black stuff and I can just scratch it off and solder to that?

>>196332
If you post photo of yours PCB i can mark the spots where you should to solder the cables.

>>196332
You shouldn't solder right on black bits, or if you do, then clear it hard before.

>>196338
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=90934.0
First link I found looking for a picture of it. I thought it'd be a common controller used for this hack as it seem to be a fairly common controller in general, but apparently not. I think I might just use a keyboard or something instead.

>>196340
You think it'll still stick if it's clean enough?

>>195600 lush looking tube amp dude! from a kit? or dyu have circuit diagrams /pcb diagrams? cheers

>>196346

see >>195624

Thanks for taking interest!

>>195519

>>195952

How did you make that? They're amazing

>>196037
Sorry* I feel sorry for your spelling and punctuation.

home made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKEAb3guzY&context=C489d053ADvjVQa1PpcFP7gt9D2Wgl-059En-tmHTxbPp
t5JKNpUs=

And working on a new one

>>196495

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaKEAb3guzY

...

>>196345
Sure it will. First of all you need to tin a copper cable. Then scratch surface of pcb and solder cable to it.
>>196345
I cant see on picture where is ground goes, but usually it is common to all pad. So you can solder two cables for ground and make branches to all buttons.

>>196523
Like here.

my first chainmail glove

Black-berry honey mead. Here's a tutorial if you want to make the same stuff:

http://manlyprojects.blogspot.ca/2012/03/i-used-to-be-adventurer-like-you.html

>>196570
fucking mead-makers, going to turn me into an alcoholic... I loooove mead.

the device

>>196582
also, the stone patio thing shown here

>>196584
>Dat focus

My eyes!

>>196031
>>196032

>Corsets, corsets everywhere.

Reminds me of my sister, she doesn't sew often as she should.

Let's see...what have I made...how about a blast furnace from a coffee can?

Nah that's boring(and at home while I'm at college)...oh how about the longbow I made?

Nah...too violent(and at home while I'm at college)...what about...charcloth? OH, and my ROCK GARDEN, AND MY SLIDE RULE(with a real Pickett slide rule for comparison, whilst my homemade one is made out of a pizza box...)

Also before everyone asks who the fuck are you: I usually hang out in /o/ or /k/ but I think /diy/ is a better fit since I MAKE things.

>>196523
>>196526
Thanks.

GPU cooler when the stock one broke.

>>196664
That's all well and good, but won't the hot-glue melt if temperatures rise enough?

>>196031
>>196032
>>196034


OH also where do you get your fabric from?

Portable blacksmithing forge and bellows, with city fire permit still in the works.

>>196717
I MUST MAKE THIS.

>>196717
I hope that's firebrick and not just regular brick.

Also, a frame made of plywood? Jeez, dude.

The concept is there but the execution is poor.

>>196269
no one mentioned this? shit looks awesome
whats it made of?

>>196722
Testimonials all over the web can barely tell the difference between fire brick and regular pressed reds in their pizza ovens and bbqs.
So if there is a critical point that these won't be able to stand, I'll either find it, or I won't.

The wooden box is based of an already successful firebox I use in historical reenactment. With a metal drip pan as a cover/extinguisher, and a layer of clay beneath the sand - if fire does reach the frame, I'll either find the flaw in my design, or I won't.

Only sucky part is vikings didn't have plywood.

But thank you for your valued input.

gamecube storage box, it was broken before i started making it

>>196751
i dig this a LOT

>>196035
Thanks for the interest. I use the simplest way for a latex mask. Sculpt in clay then make a plaster mold, cast in latex and finish with paint and hair.

Detailed version:
>I use clay on an armature to sculpt the masks.
>Once they are how I like I make a thick plaster mold.
>Fill that with latex and leave sit for about an hour until it creates a dry skin.
>Pour excess back into container and leave mold to dry.
>24 hours later pull out mask, trim and paint it before adding hair.
>
>
>

>I can't make anything
>I sucked at woodwork in school
>I can barely make ikea without any help
>I browse these threads in the hope that there is someone else like me
>that feel

>>196704

Anywhere I can find the right stuff. I live in the netherlands where there are pretty much no chain stores for sewing supplies. I buy fabric at the market (though they usually only sell cheap-medium priced stuff) and if I need something specific I know a couple of great shops in Amsterdam with a really wide range of stuff. Also I'm not afraid of buying fabric intended for curtains or upholstery, it's usually thick and sturdy which is great for corsets.

>>196787

Ah, in the states it's easier to find fabric I guess, I mean almost every store has fabric at it. Your use of upholstery fabric reminds me of my use of automotive vinyl: I used it to make a "leather" replica of an 1860s army haversack for a friend of mine.

That took forever.

Have you ever had to make something out of a sheet before? (I had to once, I couldn't find any white fabric ANYWHERE so I ripped up a sheet and made a Teutonic knight's uniform(with a steel sword) for my friend for Halloween)

That reminds me of what my sister does, she can never find the right color of fabric so guess who had to teach her how to dye things?

I've yet to make a drying rack for her though...

>>196765
I know that feel
Get a bro hug

>>196787
Sauce on the Amsterdam shops?
I live in Utrecht, which is close enough, and I need to get back into sewing.

So many things. Can upload photos in a bit if you like. Some items:

FORGING:
-Coat hook
-Letter opener (aka knife)
-Toasting fork
-Marshmallow skewer

WOODWORK:
-Birdhouse
-Relief carving of a dragon
-Candle stick(s)
-Salad servers
-Spatula for cooking with
-Rabbit sculpture thing (first thing I made)
-Few other things

TEXTILES:
-Coat, unfinished; it's made from a pink woolen blanket, needs to be dyed black...got no idea how well wool takes dye, any suggestions?

-Pincushion
-Juggling balls

OTHER:
-Random shit. Lol.

Also, hey /diy/! First time visit to this board.

I made this last year

>>196873

>wool
>dye
>not white

I don't know if the dye will show as well since it's not white wool.

Don't over do it trying to get it black, I've put too much powder in a mix and I pulled out something that looked like it was covered in tar.

There was a really nice tutorial around when I had to help my sister with dyeing, I don't know if it's still floating around, I'll look and post if I find it.

>>196886
Thanks, I appreciate it!

This is a foot stool I made in woodshop class when I was 12 or 13, so about 15 years old now. You can see that the seat is brighter than the legs. The reason is that I had a little time over in school after I was finished with my resent stool (next post), so I wanted to renovate it since the glue was getting bad and the wood warping, so the seat was cracking down the middle. I managed to cut it in half, shaved it, drilled out some holes in the middle and inserted plugs and glued it. I had time to sandpaper and re-oil the seat but not the legs or the underside. Hopefully I will have time for that next fall.
I am pretty pleased with it, considering everything, and I have had use for it all those years.

>>196873
More things:

I made a stool in woodwork too, with a reed seat.

Fruitbowl..various other stuff. I guess I am going to have to put all this together for pictures sometime. Ugh.

>>196905
The underside, some spots I missed to oil as atalented /diy/erand some damage it has sustained over the years. The wood has split some, as you can see to the left.

Another note: I liked the bark as atalented /diy/erand I absolutly had to have that left on. I still like it, though I have no idea what type of wood it is.

>>196909
This is the stool I made last fall. The material is ash, so it is very hard and sturdy. I am overall quite pleased with the result, it looks nice, doesn't wobble (but that is thanks to my teacher who helped me when I glued it together) and is sturdy.

>>196905
>>196909

What wood is that, do you know? Looks like beech maybe...

>>196911
The underside, and you can see beginners mistake like crooked metal-thingys (don't know what it's called in english), glue spilling over from the joints etc. Still, this will probably hold together than my first stool.

>>196912
As I said, I don't know, but after the re-oiling it looks quite nice. It had yellowed an awful lot over the years.

And what's with the word-changing thingy on this board?
>>196909
>I missed to oil as atalented /diy/erand some damage
>I liked the bark as atalented /diy/erand

>>196868
I usually go to A Boeken first http://www.aboeken.nl/
If they don't have what I was looking for I go to the Albert Cuyp market, there are at least 5 good shops with fabrics and other supplies. Off the top of my head:
Boerenbonthal
Jan de grote kleinvakman
N&N stoffen
+ a couple more

>>196844
I do usually make mock ups out of old sheets, and I've occasionally bought fleece plaids from home decor places if I couldn't find the right shade of fleece elsewhere, but I've never really used a sheet for anything serious.

>>196922
forgot my trip damnit.

Dratini to make up for it.

>>196928
>>196926

You sir, are fucking epic. I love the pistol. Howdee do?

>>You sir, are fucking epic. I love the pistol. Howdee do?
Semi-automatic clip-fed. The barrel was actuated by an air cylinder. Here's a schematic of the action controlled by the directional control valve trigger.

Magstrike with a 20-dart clip powered by a paintball HPA tank

+bow homemade Nerf rifle. Shoots 120 feet. Very repeatable accuracy up to 100 feet.

>>196924

I WANT, SO BADLY, MUST RESIST URGE TO GO FIND MY TACKLEBOX IN THE GARAGE.

Ha, the costume was a one night thing only, but I did such a good job on it that it survived several Renaissance fairs. It was nice and thin (which was great for summer), I miss it, I should've taken a picture of it but that was two years ago.

>>196889

I can't find it unfortunately. If you follow the dye instructions you'll be fine...hopefully.

>>196930
Neat. You got any instructions on how to make these things? I feel like doing it just...because. You've inspired me!

>>196933
Aww, shame. Ah well, thanks for looking! The main thing I'm worried about is the *type* of dye. As I'm in UK, I was thinking of just getting a Dylon dye. Not sure if the wool will take it though, I guess.

>>196938
>>Neat. You got any instructions on how to make these things? I feel like doing it just...because. You've inspired me!
It didn't work well below 60psi. Had a hard time making a trigger valve that wasn't overly restrictive.

You can find anything you want to learn about air-powered weapons at spudfiles.com and anything Nerf-related at the nerfhaven.com forums.

http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9706

>>196945
Thanks.

>>196945

I've seen your stuff before, it's good.

But I haven't seen any of the semi auto things before, maybe I just missed it.

Have you considered a mortar?

>>196933
Heh, I tend to make stuff 'too good', like I splurge on good materials for over the top outfits for which I have only one or two occasions to wear them. They would have lasted long enough if I had made them out of sheets.

>>197132

HA sounds like my sister, are all women like that?

>>196743
Pizza ovens and BBQ's do not get up to the temperature of 1800 degrees plus. If you try and use anything lower than this temperature it could be a problem (not that it is not possible to use lower temperatures, it just takes a lot longer to heat up any sort of decently sized stalk to a proper forging temperature.) Since you appear to be using coal you will want to get the lowest sulfur coal you can (particularly if you plan to make things that hold an edge because sulfur makes steel brittle.) I do not see where you will be using the bellows, but be careful if you are using them through a side port because it will be hard to build a proper coal mound. Depending on the type of coal, it may help to crush it and soak it in water before you go to coke it. You may already know this, but you will want to even pieces of stalk (preferably round) so that you can make your first pair of tongs. Make sure they are long enough so that you do not burn you hands holding them.

Also, if you do not have an anvil yet I would suggest finding a chunk of railroad track, but I have also heard forklift tines are good.

>>196003
>>195600
what are these?

I made this for a friend who was going flatting. Took ages.

>>197472
>Pizza ovens and BBQ's do not get up to the temperature of 1800 degrees plus.

Yeah, they typically range from 700F to 1200F and cook pizzas in about 90 seconds to 2 minutes max. They make awesome pizza. Many pizza ovens are made with refractory inside so they last longer.

stats on that shield are clearly pretty bad

>>196723
Trash cans, paper, fiberglass resin and bondo. I ripped a low res 3d model for the helm from a Dawn of War mod and unfolded it using a program called Pepakura designer. Built the base of the helm out of cardstock using those templates and resin/bondo/sanded it to shape and sturdiness. The front part I designed and built out of rubbermaid trashcans and for sale signs.

Theres a suit to go with it, but I'm most proud of the helmet (and the sword I suppose)

Prop builders sure do love /diy/

>>195519

Are the raised details (emblems of skulls and such) made of styrene / for sale signs? And did you just cut them to shape and heat them over the shoulders?

>>197661

Kind of assuming you're talking to me.

Yes, they are cut out of styrene for sale signs and hand beveled - I didnt have a heat gun when I worked on this.. so almost all of the detailing is either superglued in place or a combination of superglue/bolts/rivets. The gold details on the right shoulder are held in place by 36 rivets - for example. I didn't mind doing it that way since imo it adds to the look.

not as cool as some of your projects

>>195710
>/B/ros

Made this in four days in a welding class. I'm not too proud of the finish, but I don't have access to the equipment otherwise. Had I had a few more days I probably could have made it way better.

>>198144

it looks like wood grain ;x i like it

>>198153

It's actually welding thread on top of standard 3 mm metal. The heat gave the metal underneath a brown burnt look, and I grinded the top of the welding threads, giving them this really shiny look and rugged feel. I had to do the chestplate welds in 15 minutes or something, so that's why the lines are so much more uneven on it. I'm most proud of the legplate welds though.

>>198170

Wait, that's all weld on those pieces? You used that much fucking weld...My brain is full of fuck, what the hell.

>>197472

Why does everyone say to start with railroad track, it sucks and it's extremely illegal to procure as I've never heard of anyone legitimately selling it. But yeah, even for a beginner you need a piece of metal for an anvil that has hardy holes, not to mention both rounded and hard angles. Bottom line though, finding something to pass for an anvil is hard.

I made this neat little part kit for skateboard parts with some craft foam. It keeps everything snug and doesn't rattle in my backpack.

I have a write-up for it on my DIY skateboarding website Broke Skate if anyone is interested.

>>198638
are those... Dice?

>>198641

Yep. They're S.K.A.T.E. dice. They have various components of tricks on them so you roll them and try to do the trick. You play it like H.O.R.S.E.

I just threw them in it, I honestly never use them and wish I thought of them sooner because I'd be a wealthy man if I had.

A product display stand when i was 15. I also made the fake game cover.

>>196928

not sure if Groove, or someone pretending to be Groove...

A plush Cthulhu I made like 3 years ago. It was a present.
For my first non-flat 2D-like plushie, I think I did okay.

I'd share, but someone decided this board had to be worksafe.

made this a fiew years back when i was still in school ( graduated as furniture carpenter )
my own design and blueprints.

>>198999
got some more pics, but dont wana Ego-flood this thread.

wierdly designed fork + knife , still sold though
spoon was done acording to some old old design.

I used to spar with bokken (wooden katanas) but upgraded to Cold Steel's polypropolene bokken. I cord wrapped the hilt out of hockey tape. The wakizahis are made of old wooden swords that had broke in combat. Now we pad them with Wacky Noodles (neon-colored foam tube pool toy) so they don't hurt as much, it's like a nerf bat.

The exotic weapons here are models based off Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal manga. The artist admits no martial arts training, and wondered if any of the weapons he designed would even work in real life. So I made some out of wood, and some out of polypropolene kitchen cutting boards, but it seams that if they're carved and not injection molded, they break.
I have a few more pics.

>>199010
close up of the wooden ones.
The one on the right was bought somewhere.

The axe on the bottom was made by a guy in New Paltz, NY for my friend.

>>199013
Polypropolene carved ones. The blue chain scythes broke.

Originally the white sword-breaker was going to have a screw-thing like pool cues to screw it on the butt end of a sword.

>>199014
Kabutsuchi axe was carved out of hickory, I think.

Short sword was carved from a fence post.

Cold Steel bokken with no hand guard.

Wakizashi made from a snapped wooden bokken.

My sparring partner is 6'7" and I've faced the weapons in this pic without padding at one time or another. Never broke a finger, but got some good bruises.

I ate most of it. But here's a bowl of cereal I made this morning

>>199026

lol

HTPC with no moving parts

Bracket for taking stereoscopic pictures with a pair of cheap digital cameras (triggered by an IR remote).

This is the latest picture of a lan party computer, monitor, and accessory carrying case I've been making for the past few weeks. Just got the chrome corners in the mail and stuck em on. I'm planning on making a thread once it's complete with a bunch of WIP pictures.

Family photo Rubik's cube

>>199288
derp forgot picture

cool idea, mind if i steal it for christmas?

I had this old telephone operators' headset sitting around for the longest time. So I made a headband for it out of a coat hanger and decided to make it so I could connect it to the computer and use it for whatever.
The hard part was that it had a carbon mic, and every circuit I've seen needs an external battery. But people forget that your computer's mic input actually provides 2 volts and a handful of miliamps for electret microphones. (It's not actually stereo -- the "right" connector provides the voltage) The circuit I made draws half a miliamp at 2 volts and provides a level control for the mic. It's not done, I want to add some switches and an XLR connector so I can use it with clear-com.

thats pretty fucking cool

hmmm i should getpic of my wooden shield i made when i was 12 XD hell dude its 9 years old and i still have it and in great condition even though i used 2x4's for making it.

>>199284
how do/specs?

>>195613
>>195618
>>195621
those are really, really, really cool.

>>199382
>>how do/specs?
It's easier now that SSDs are commonplace. At the time I used a Compactflash to IDE adapter to use a CF card as the primary drive.

Then it was just a matter of picking an ITX motherboard, a processor with a low enough wattage to use a passive heatsink but still enough speed to handle video playback.
The power supply was a tiny 200w DC-DC unit that plugs directly into the motherboard.

No fans needed. No hard drive platters spinning.

>>198638
>>198638
>>198638
link please!

>>198638

link please!

My friend holding a bowie knife that I had forged fresh from some rough shaping with an angle grinder

So thus far, every post I have looked at has ended shortly after I commented. Et tu /diy/? Et tu?

>>199837

Non, et me.

TA DAAAA

>>196218
those are fantastic
also i followed a turorial and made a polygraph from an arduino

>>199946
What is the type of stone?

>>199960
to be honest, i have no idea. Looks like a type of agate of jasper.

Boombox I made while studying at uni

>>199289
That's a good idea.

>>199994
>boombox
not quite.

>>199749
>>199752

Here you go: http://www.brokeskate.com/2012/04/diy-pocket-tool-kit.html

>>200056
WAY too steep, I've made that mistake before. I bet it sucks ass.

>>199994
>dat pack frame

Built the set for Dancing with the Stars

>>200060

It skates fine, but I needed one more support board near the base. My wheel poked through the masonite at the bottom shortly thereafter.

Then I built massage chairs for funzies with scrap parts

>>200065
Should of put down a layer of thin ply wood first.

>>200072
Probably should of done a few other things, too lol. I put it together in three nights with a hacksaw and a dremel.

>>200066
You sound like a cool guy OC

>>200079

What?

>>199946

What is this exactly?

The McChicken Mac

first stencil i ever made.

the franken banjo, took the electronics out of my old guitar, and threw them into my banjo, sounds pretty nice suprisingly.

Joolery:
Sunstone, moonstone, and citrine necklace / copper wire

Jewelry: some pig metal thing and black glass beads and hemp

Blue sandstone necklace

Agate and labradorite moonstone necklace

Lemurian Seed crystal quartz with amethyst and moonstone

most recently

also this cart, needs some steel reinforcement bits and new legs but works well for being a pile of scraps held together with drywall screws.

>>200135
its a pendant, see

a small cabinet i build when i was still in school.

a small cabinet i build when i was still in school.

whiskey lamp
whiskey glass as lamp shade.

>>200268

I see that, but why was it in the water? To polish the stone instead of using a tumbler?

This

>>200559
what? where do you see it in water?

>>196702
He would have to try really hard to get the temperatures high enough on the card to melt hot glue. Hot glues melting point is around 380F for high temp glue and 280F for low temp

>>195578
I have been thinking about doing this myself. How did you get started and do you have any plans?

I made this thing a couple months back. Hoping to get Mega64 to help me get it to them.

>>201211
And two weeks i finished this thing made out of my old skateboards and the frame from a couch.
Surprisingly comfy actually.

Just some stuff I made.

>>195578

do you sell these? Those are FUCKING BADASS.

Nothing special, made some goggles for a costume a while back

Props to whoever posts a pic of a shit they took first

Finished this a couple days ago, self contained vac form table with built in heating area. Only a 20"x12" surface but it works really well.

>>197539
THAT IS FUCKING AWESOME.

for friend

>>202219
thats a really poorly done one of those

Since you don't seem to know

>>195991

What mask making company is it? I used collect masks and still go on the Myers board often

This isn't even the ugliest thing I've built.

It's a little 2x16+1x34W amplifier built around a TDA7375. It's got a four-pass low pass filter on the single output (if I recall correctly).

>>202219
I'd still like to know how you did that, and what it is called. Are those crayons ?

Yes, I'm buildin Tube Amps for quite some time now. Case building is still the hardest thing because of the machinery you need. For the rest you just need a soldering iron, pencil, sheet of paper and a calculator. And of course, know abou the theory

>>202256
All they did was melt wax (crayons in that case) on a canvas, paint two figures poorly, and glue regular non-melted crayons at the top.
It's cliche and also poorly executed, there are better ones out there.

I made a cardboard wallet and put hulk comics on it a few weeks ago.

>>202274
this is awesome.

>>202274
Shouldn't that be "The Incredible Hulk", rather than amazing?

>>202283
Yeah. Shit. Well the comic was in danish, so I kinda just translated it to whatever without thinking of the real name.

>>202284
Still looks cool, though.

Carved wooden clock

amigurumi fagtuar

>>202401
WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT

>>200198
Please provide a recording and vocaroo or something. I gotta hear what this thing sounds like!

>me when i saw this

nothin special, but I got bored today and made a box for my socks.

>>196244
out of curiosity how did you etch those knives?

>>195519
built a smoker out of 2 different size propane tanks, scrap that I got from shops around town and have a total of 30 dollars into it with the wheels, temp gauge, and spring handles.

I will have to contribute at some point.

>>202729

Nice, how does it work? Fire + smoke in lower tank? Food + grill in upper tank?

Have you any air vents in it?

Actually I had a little help from a female friend......

Finally finished my shield today.

>>202931
and my first selfmade android-device is also finished.
The paintjob is a little bit crappy, but never the less, google already bought the rights to it.

>>202886
lol nice.

>>202931
>>195519

What's with these gay as fuck shields?

>>195519

>>202828

you are correct fire in the lower tank, food in the upper tank, there is a screw vent on the side of the bottom tank, and the exhaust is sticking up on the side of the upper tank.

>>202986
I think you have problems with your sexuality.

This is a a sculpture I was working on

Almost done with my Go-Kart motorcycle. Dirt Bike frame with a 6.5hp OHV engine with electric start and a CVT.
Just need to make a chain tensioner, mount the speedometer, and install the electrical system that's currently on the workbench.

i'll post something if someone tells me the fastest way to stitch together multiple pictures without photoshop on a mac

>>203257
1.print out
2.staple them together
3.show your mom

>>203262
i'll get right on it, lemme just run a few thousand miles quick brb.

>>203262

2 seconds in google later;

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20080111175703849

>>203274

or if following links on 4chan scares you, pic related.

A bunch of these are shitty, but an equal amount are real fucking neato.

>>199284
What case is that?
>Implying you are still here.

Infestor plushie I made my boyfriend for his birthday last year.

This year I think I'll make him a Kog'Maw plushie.

Flats I made my boyfriend's sister for her birthday.

The flats were already glittery, I just made/attached the rose and bow.

self designed, self programmed (C), rocket electronics

>captcha related -- becomes erspac(e)

>>199005
I like that. what kind of metal did you use?

>>195519
its single shot, /diy/

I've been selling these on eBay since January.
I'm up to nearly $500 :D

>>195519
also with hand-made made powerful laser designation... just cause i felt like it.

>>195519
sight is made from a broken laser pointer.. (made holes to make it like a tube.) its decently accurate at 60 yards..

>>203418
But will it blend?

I made the ugly laminated plywood/mdf base for this Rek-O-Kut turntable, 2 tonearms ftw

aaaand my 6DJ8 MM/MC phono preamp, kind of a mess, I gotta clean it up some

Just finished, Its a stand for my 125lb Kolhswa.
I stained and amber shellaced the wood (Big leaf maple), and inlaid a dwarven coin from LOTR.
The shelf is expanded stainless steel.
The legs are 2 inch interior diameter sqare stock filled with sand and capped with 3/8 inch thick plate for feet.

>>203646

>dwarven coin

A read dwarf wouldn't need a raised anvil

>>203646

Dude,,, you got a anvil at home, this is like the best LOTR chick's magnet I have ever seen, one anvil to rule them all, one anvil to find them !

>>203646
I'm looking for an anvil myself. How much did that cost?

take a look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRgTYLHCFDA

i a new cap for my old game gear to repair the sound. never tried researching a method to use a modern lcd screen for it.

>>203646
Sweet

>>203918

$500 from a guy I know near Port Townsend WA

125lbs should be more than sufficient for any type of smithing I'll be doing.
I'm never gonna sell it even if I expand my shop, It's my first real Anvil. (first I used the anvils of the guy who taught me, then I was working on a RR Track Anvil for a while)

Just don't get a cheap chinese made anvil from a hardware store. They are shit.

My girlfriend and I at halloween

>>204442
guys..

Guys hey..

Look.. Guys hey look

Guys look i...

Guys look.. Guys

Look i have a girl...

Guys....
Guys i have a girlfriend look

>>204528
I lol'd.
Cheers!

>>196031
>>196032
>>196034
>>196036
Sup Anniek.

Image limit reached

Curses, the dreaded image limit.

Oh well. Made some paracord bracelets after I saw >>201830

>>204442
Fucking image limit, still, costume of the year 2011 award goes to, this guy, and his girlfriend who is probably an ex after he posted the picture!