/diy/ - Do It Yourself

My most recent creation, quite proud of it.

>>290282
nice! you should be proud

>>290282
Along with a table I built a few years back, its not much but it was my first big woodworking project. Please excuse the mess haha

>>290284
Aw thanks anon, that made my day. Ya it was a good amount of work, but ya know, summer projects.. and I'm happy how it turned out

>>290279
>>290287
>>290289
your mom and dads basement is quite big

>>290291
I'm a senior in high school, but A for effort anon.

Arc reactor 1 I made last year

Go-Kart powerplant in a dirt bike frame project that I've posted about on here twice.
Just got rid of the stock ignition box and key switch.

I made this last month in a Home Depot.

Meh, I know it's nothing special but I guess this is my best work so far. Link also related.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNNtHx3BIQs&feature=g-upl

First thing I've made since secondary school probably. Had a blacksmith giving pointers obviously and it was his forge in the first place but I did all the hammering and am unreasonably proud of myself.

hho cell

>>290325
HEY!!!! Where did you make this??????
I made one (pic related) in wacken open air about a month ago!! Obviously with the help of a master (probably) blacksmith

>>290349
Hey, Irishfag here though the smith teaching me is Norwegian.
They're pretty cool pieces. I've read a lot on American re-enactment sites saying they were Viking womens knives but apparently they're a lot older than that.
About 2000 y/o according to some archaeologists in Denmark.
http://www.ingruna.dinstudio.se/files/skanna0001.pdf

latest piece

>>290373
Very nice. Oils?

>>290375
yes i sapose i should have put up the stats

>>290373
2 by almost 7 foot
oil on three hinged canvases

I don't know if anyone on here will remember my post, but I broke the ribbon cable in my phone that connects the screen to the circuit board. A cellphone repair anon told me that I could find the cable online for 10 bucks, which I did.

That and I'm building frames now for my prints. simple shit.

>>290392

Wow, I forgot my image

>>290373

That's pretty fucking cool

http://youtu.be/50kY2S7ZXas

Is it still /diy/ if I get paid to do it for someone else?

Been busy this summer and haven't had much time for my own stuff.

Hey /diy/ Whats your excuse for not joining diy transhumanism and modding your body yet? Are you a moralfag? or just pussying out? Or simply lazy?

Don't take it as too abrasive however. Odds are you are doing things already, like taking vitamins, stimulants and such.

In light of this, I'd like to ask you, =>

What do you guys do in diy transhumanism? Do you practice it? What exactly do you do? Links and research of any kind are welcome.

So seriously don't take it as abrasive, I want to see what diy does in this "field" and if not much, why not?

*Myself currently reading up and have some spare time to mainstream semi liquid diet[enough fiber to not clog pipes] and building muscles. I always wanted a better body, and I am trying to use shortcuts and such to help getting it FASTER.

I also abuse legal stims. Gage tolerance and how/when to use them and what effect I get. Record everything.

In terms of results? With significant increase of Leucine intake my muscle recovery so far sky rocketed. Its weird. I still can't do a crap ton in a row, but I recover without pains and cramps while I PUSH as hard as I can until I cramp, but cramps never return. So I consider a serious win. The only issue, it could be other factors involved, but I am going to conduct some isolated trials.*

Pic semi related. Eversor - Posterboy of stim abuse.

>>290403
lol was not suppuse to be here. gonna re-post haha.

The bike isnt much but I did the body myself.

oh uhhh.
lel?

>>290431
what?

I've been working on this since the 1st. I'm still waiting for the bridge and saddle to come.

I do this for a living...

>>290487
wow. That's...very nice.

>>290302
looks fuckin good anon

>>290487
real nice

>>290483
Nice work

>>290487

Are you saying you work for Fodera?
Because I would flip.

>>290550
yes i do

>>290551

Hard to say I can believe someone over 4chan, but I can say that I would probably literallly kill for a Fodera bass.

GIven you are truthful, take this as me saying, I love you.

>>290553
how else would I have cell pics of works in progress?

>>290556

I am both surprised and amazed.

also crying

>>290557
dont go posting this to talk bass please.. i could get fired

>>290562

No worrys, secrets safe with me.

Don't even go to talk bass.

>>290564
Anyway thanks for the nice comments.

lotta great stuff in here guys, you all should be proud.

i'm actually building an homemade lathe, cause new costs like 600 euros.. so for now i've spent 40 euros in materials, if i take an electric motor i'll spend like other 60 but i'll use a drill.

leather gauntlets.
Finger lames are boiled, strips of steel on the hands.
I do HEMA so I use them when fighting.

> since this picture I have added finger straps, sewn on gloves and glued in padding.

>>290287
off topic but where di you get those quilts, they fucking rock

>>290302
as a dirt bike guy, i fucking like it

one of the paintball guns I built

>>290741
sweet

>>290322

that's awesome. I tried to make one as atalented /diy/erand it ending up being some 2x4's with nails sticking out

>>290708
Good question, my parents are really into quilts so my mom made the blue one and they bought the lighter one in PA from an amish woman at a firehouse sale.

>>290282
Really cool man. I will build one myself someday.

I had some summer projects I enjoyed too.

1/2

>>291032
not too shabby

2/2

>>291037
Aaaaww bunnies

>>291037

Adorable :D

>>291039
They were initially intended for meat, but I inadvertently conformed to the 'aaw bunnies'-mentality and got emotionally attached to the cute fluffy bastards.. So that won't be happening.

>>291037

Too bad they poop just about everywhere eh?

>>291046
:( i really wanted to see a picture like in >>291032
where you put all the bunnies on a pot and then use a blender.

I'm not proud but I took a beard trimmer, taped it to a clothes hanger, and now I have a back trimmer at a fraction of the cost.

>>291037
Are you me?

>>291050
A fraction of the cost of what? The *usual* price of a back shaver?

>>291047
And eat holes in clothes and bite wires and are hard-headed and so on...

>>291056

A good back trimmer can cost you $30-50.

Hanger was tree and trimmer was $1 at a thrift store.

I have a very hairy back and shaving is necessary in the warmer months.

OSB jewellery box 1/3

>>291047
I like the pooping; it works wonders at 'activating' my compost bins.. And the deal was that my sister cleans the cage (every week) if I built it.

>>291061
2/3

>>291065
3/3

>>291066
4/3
It's amazing what can happen when you give shit materials the ace treatment.

>>291050
>>291056
>>291060

>>291067
Exactly what I thought.
It would've never occurred to me to use OSB for such a project. Nice job.

>>291072
Thanks. Made a nightstand too.
1/1

>>291077
>Coffee machine on bed side table

Genius

>>291077
>>291079
>>291079

I know that morningfeel, bro.

>>291067
>>291077
how the fuck you did that? is that even possible with those materials?

>>291077
>(Do not write in this field)
Lol'd more than I should have

made the desk about a month ago.

>>291050
They cost like 10 bucks at target, so I'm assuming that fraction of the cost is fairly close to 1.

>>291120
Fraction does not have to be <1.
lrn2math

>>291061

What type of sealant/finisher did you use? It's like, perfect.

>>291067
dude, that's awesome! I really like the irregular surface and that you can see all those wood chips. Makes the box look very attractive IMHO

>>291077
Do you finish the edges? Does it give a consistent look if you just leave them as cut?

Awesome home made infrared Headtracking mount for my Headphones

Made these last summer

>>291437

Haven't really got any recent images to show, but here are some pretty early works of mine from over a year ago.

Obviously, number three was a bit of a fuck up.

>>290349
>>290325
Before you hammer the bevels in you really need to bend the blade inwards because the steel spreads unevenly when you hammer it (obviously the thinner parts spread more than the thicker). I would suggest keeping the curve in line with the curve of a football for any standard sized knife.

bike rack i made to transport electric bikes over long distances

This necklace.

>>291067
Particle board never looked so fine.

>>290302
dude email me about this, id love to learn how i would make one myself. Oliverpontinue@YAHOO.COM

>>291753
>implying that's particle board
that's chip board. particle board is made of pressed sawdust and glue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymjuK7kKs8g

ehh... all these have some flaws but...

1/5

2/5

3/5

4/5

5/5

Then explanations...
>>291792
Bronze axe

>>291793
Bronze necklace

>>291795
Graduation work bottle opener

>>291796
>>291797
Witch drum

I guess this is the most recent thing I made. It's the back side of a dual stepper driver carrier board with Pololu stepper driver boards plugging in on the top side.
You can set microstep jumpers and place unused ones on an extra row of unconnected pins on the far right.
The whole thing connects to an arduino (or whatever µC you use) with a 20 wire ribbon cable.
It is a part for a larger project involving a printer that drives over the medium, enabling large scale prints with a compact printer.

And yes, I have a knack for clean designs when it comes to circuit boards. It makes it that much easier to analyze unusual behavior and find wiring mistakes. Also, this perfboard sucks. The little pads often lift off randomly. Sometimes I just need to apply some heat and they go off. ARGH need to find better quality ones.

>>291817
I personally hate those breadboards where each dot is separate and like lines or 3holes per line better, but that looks neat.

>>290373
God this is amazing! Do you have more?

>>291817
This is one of my most recent things. It is a bankstick module for my midibox sid. I have the entire thing running on its minimum configuration plus the full set of banksticks. This was the first time using silver wire for soldering vero board for me. I have no wires going on the other side, so it looks really clean.

>>291855
I might have to add that I intentionally soldered the silver wire onto the vero board every two holes, to improve stability. Don't want to short anything in this confined space.

My soldering skills have improved greatly after finishing this though.

>>290392
I do remember that thread. Where did you find that specific cable? Does the guy/shop offer all kinds of ribbon cables?

Would be nice to know if anything like that would happen to me sometime.

Working on the prefboard circuit for a guitar effect I'm making.

custom dual-FPGA console for fun

>>291857
For small spaces like that, can you use a brush on electrical tape? To keep things fro shorting out that is. Obviously, you'd need to use a paint brush with a small tip to apply it.

>>291935
You know, I'm looking at that PCB and thinking to myself that if I were to design how they are laid out, I think I'd make it into a bit of art, even if it sacrifices a little bit. Take for instance the traces between those two SMC chips. There's all that open space that can be used to make something cool out of the traces, instead of having them go in a straight line from one side to another. Yeah, the shorter the distance the better, but some cool things can be done with in tolerances. And, that is the least that can be done to make it look cool.

>98% finished

>>292051
more recent junk

>>292053

>>291600
Love the kukri.

>>291603
Yeah, the smith I was working with was trying to get me to do that, but I actually wanted the swoop. Scratching her head a little bit but fuck it, it's what I wanted!

>>291798
I'm interested to do a bit of bronzework as opposed to steel. Any recommendations on books/sites?

>>292080
I like that.
What size?

>>292124
Thanks, but you know, I don't remember. I just made a new one with a flat back because i'm at 9/16 now. This picture just isn't as good.

>>292149
Pretty cool.
I never got up that high, and now I'm glad I didn't.
To each their own.
I like the work though.

Still in progress but I like it.

>>292182
What is the intended purpose of this vehicle?

>>292187
I have no clue yet, Most likely towing.

>>292195
Does your mullet cover your red neck?

>>292202
No mullet, My hair is always different every day depending on what gender I feel like being.

>>292051
I must know how hard was it to make? was it your first? I'm thinking of building a guitar. I have 0 wood working skill, but I actually work as a welder and can work metal really well.

>>292182
What is the powerplant on that beast?

>>292215
Currently a tiny 10HP briggs but I have a 40HP Kohler V-twin going into it once I get the drive system worked out.

>>292216
I was going to suggest a Changfa diesel.

Option 2.) Convert the Briggs to STEAM.

>>292220
Arent most small diesel engines shaft driven? I was thinking of using one for DAT TORQUE.

>>292220
>convert a glorious Briggs&Stratton into a inferior steam engine
fuck off you blaspheming faggot

>>292224
Thou hatin on my torque?

>>292223
Yep! I've been thinking about becoming an importer for Changfa small diesel engines.

octave system on a bass saxophone

It's something called a yarn swift. This particular style is called an umbrella swift. I some of the wooden ones can sell for around $100

>>291901
What program is being used here?

I'm starting to experiment with designing guitar effects after building a wad of byoc clones and modding a few pedals.

This is just the top, but yeah, looking forward to getting the back finished and everything put together.

>>292247
wtf does it even do?

>>292250
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_%28textiles%29

Basically it holds yarn and spins. You can use it in conjunction with a ball winder as well as other things.

>>292251
>tfw decide to sew a scarf and fall in love with the girl at the sewing store when she's putting my wools through the yarn swift...

>>292249

I like the greens. Very cool.

>>292248
I'm using multisim with ultiboard, Just finished making the board layout.

heres the breadboard prototype, sounds quite nice

>>292066

Unfortunately, I can't really help you with that, since all that I learned for bronze works was in school... :(

If you happen to find something on that topic, I also would be interested... More like, I'm interested on any handcraft / Educational books that are good and easy to understand.

>>291935
more info motherfucker

>>292226
Fuck I want this

>>291752
Looks painful

Nothing too fancy, and it takes no skill whatsover, but I'm proud of it.

>>292080
>>292149
Fuck that's pretty cool.

Blade-smithing is my standard profession and as such never really worked with wood before, aside from a few handles. Thought I'd branch out a bit and had a shot at making a ring and although simple, I'm pretty happy with the outcome.

>>292421
what do you want to know?

writing 3d rasterization HDL when I can

>>292931
Dual fpga?

Thats some hardcore work man.

are you using NIOS? or programming the entire thing using only VHDL code?

>>292951

just pure verilog. I am writing the cpu cores too, just vanilla MIPS really. i did a software rasterizer in C a few years ago but its much beter suited for dedicated hardware

i have a few pics on this page
retroactive.be/bonfire

>>291935
How/where did you get the board done?

>>291982
I've considered that sort of thing. I really wanted to make a board where the traces are inspired by art nouveau. It pretty much guarantees that you won't be using any common software package for PCB layout, though.

Just this, and that was a year ago. I still haven't put any finishing touches on it.

>>292972
>just pure verilog

really? I wouldn't have thought this would be practical, considering how much of a pain it is to actually write synthesisable division for fixed point numbers, or even make exact given frequency clock signals that are real number divisions of the system clock. I mean it can be done, but I'd think at RTL it would take months and months? Tell me your secrets!!

>>293036
*impractical

>>292247

There's one of those tucked away in like every attic around these parts, didn't know there was a demand for them.

I rebuilt a band saw that was made in 1913. The platform you see on the base was for the optional pedal attachment (for mills that were not yet supplied with electricity). I removed some brackets and it made it my motor mount. Also added new neoprene tires (the rubber band around the wheels) and added bronze bushings to the internal parts (pics to follow). The most expensive part was new guides from Carter Products. I paid $75 for the saw and around $350 for a new set of guides.

>>293166
Here is the upper wheel. I had to machine the inside to fit an internal bronze bushing. Another washer style bushing was added to the rear.

>>293166
I am full of posting fail this morning. Somewhere is an image of my band saw floating around. Anyways, I used said band saw to make this out of 1" Red Oak: 8'x4'. Stained, then 3 coats of shellac, then wax finish. I made my own wax: 1 part Carnuba, 3 parts bee's wax, heat in a double boiler, add some turpentine, then pour it in a large, empty can to cool.

Each shelf is sitting in a dado I cut with my RAS. I then secured each shelf with 2 screws and covered the holes with plugs I drilled out of some scraps. The back is just a sheet of 1/4" plywood, sanded and stained to match. Took me about 2 months - just working on it when I had the time.

>>293036
you're right division sucks, but in most cases you can optimize it out so that you d it as little as possible. for example, the sw renderer only did 1 divide per triangle, and it stored it in recpricoal form. then it was multiplied against that for the remainder of the bounding box

for clock division, there are PLLs for that, i.e. my base block is 50mhz and i generate a 50.35 for the 25.125mhz vga clock, 100mhz logic, and 133mhz DDR ram

back while I was still in college (stopped now) i found that even common HDL design methods blew the minds of all the supposed profs. that's just the way it is

>>292981
wut

>>291086
Ditto. It's like a passive aggressive copyright

>>292671
nice, smooth interior for your first go.

>>293260

This thread is full of smart people talking about smart things so less smart people can get on board.

> Thank you.

>>292413
I've had a look around. Info is sparse on the ground but for blades at least it looks like you cast them and then cold hammer to make them work hard.
There's a book on Anvilfire, "working in metals" that has some stuff on bronze work. I'm going through it now, seems legit.
http://anvilfire.com/eBooks/Working-In-Metals/page.php?pNumber=0

>>290373
Is it for sale anon?

>>290342
very classy anon

>>292981
Pipboy 50..?

>>293260
Hey man, do you have any experience with the cyclone IV GX High speed transceivers?, I'm kind of in a jiff with those on a project I'm working on.

>>293345

nope, but I have written sdr/ddr sdram controllers and other things. my aim is marshallh20

>>290325
Second time in the forge. Bigger piece of steel this time, arms hurt like a mofo a few hours after we finished. Still need to haft it.
Wondering about incising the metal and carving the wood... Might look crap though, not really a very ceremonial/decorative looking axehead.

Well, this is something I made.
It's probably more relevant to /po/ but anyways...

>>291032
Pics of your computer please?

>>293260
>even common HDL design methods blew the minds of all the supposed profs. that's just the way it is.
My face when nobody at my university even knows what VHDL or even a FPGA is.
I live in the stone age.

Work cell cart/stand

>>290294
thats a pretty useless cutting board because of that giant hole you put in the middle

>>293303
Thanks that seems interesting.
I was looking around a bit too, found this interesting site:
http://wildlifeart.org/subsites/virtual-foundry/index2.html

>>290346
what is hho?

>>293260
I usually set up a 32 (or 64 bit register if I want to be really precise) and increment the register count by the closest integer to n where f =2^32/n, and use the MSB as my scaled clock signal. not very resource intensive and very accurate. 50% duty cycle too. Pity arduino is all the rage with kids these days :( they will never appreciate 1's and 0's on the same level.

>>291090
oh lawd i have that pc case

It's not much, but it has an 8GB thumb drive in it and I use it as my XBL memory unit, so it's kinda cool to visit a friend and plug a NES controller into their xbox.

>>291090

Jesus christ, did you cut the edge of the table top freehand with a router?

I made this back in high school.

Just dragged it out from under the cupboard and fired it up.

Click the image to see the GIF I just made.

>>297437
looks like shit

>>297420
Is that a sterling engine?

They're really cool, but I don't understand why I only ever see them as desktop knick-knacks. Do they become less efficient the bigger they are in size?

>>297442
I think you're just jealous.

Or a hater.

Maybe both.

>>297437
If one of those gears was a volume slider or that jack on the front actually did something, that'd be kind of cool. But for now it just looks like you ruined a perfectly good Gameboy.

>>297437
>>297448
No guy really, looks like you hot glued all of the guffins onto the front.
Plus just from judging that picture it looks like it's just a covering, like a cell phone protector, but shiter.

If you striped the internal components and placed it into an interesting shell, that would be descent; and not that difficult really.

>>297437
Looks good, but how the hell did you find that much copper? Copper is like fucking GONE everywhere here now and wire prices are sky high.

>2011

Oh, that might be why.

>>296694
>>296694
i want to fucking do this now so bad.

>>290700
this really deserves at least 1 reply

>>297420
FUCK FUCK FUCK I WANT THIS
Did you do it from premade unmachined parts on completely by yourself? Did you use plans or schematics or you designed it yourself?
It's fucking awesome, I'm in love with steam engines, I'm actually building one right now (my own plans, everything from scratch).

>>297446
It is an oscillating steam engine.

>>290700
Oh my, these are really cool. What did you use of the hardening, just boiled them in water or used something like beeswax? And what did go in the padding?

>>297581
The teacher had a basic design. I modified it a bit to my taste. The boiler is a large copper pipe. The boiler end caps were made with two machined steel forms (not sure if right word) that you put a sheet of copper (cut from an junked hot water service tank) in between then pressed together in the vice. All parts were unmachined raw metal to start with. We poured the aluminium flywheel in a steel tin can then machined it.

One thing I would do differently if I built it again is make the conrod shorter and the steam pipe bigger.

Sorry for the small resolution. I've tried uploading a higher res and it times out because rural dialupfag.

Welded together a new exhaust to replace the restrictive stock muffler that came with the engine.

>>298893

minus the grenade obv

Bought the trike, stripped it down and replaced cables, new tires, brake upgrade, upgraded derailuers and ditched the twist shifts for some proper bar end shifters.

A friend welded the battery boxes out of stainless steel. I wired up the lipo battery harness and installed all the other parts for the electric conversion.

I feel pretty good about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsulAVtRJrc

I'm sound designer for a theater production and for the position I was issued a microphone to record sounds but not much else. So, I've made this microphone shock mount. Suddenly living in a dorm room, I have no workshop, NOTHING, nothing except my little toolkit, rubber bands and two empty cans of tobacco. I obtained a small piece of wood (not easy, had to dumpster dive for it) and stole two screws from some furniture. And here, I have a working shock mount. I haven't built anything in weeks, it feels good even if it's a ghetto-ass piece of crap.
Now I somehow have to figure out how to rig up male and female XLR3 connectors. Suggestions welcome.

>>292051
Kudos to you, man! I love how your LP turned out. Tell me what you think of Prestige guitars?

For vodka

For truck

>>299677
maybe bit /b/ but i can't just stop imagining about driving with that to a crowd of people...

other than that i don't see any use for that, looks pretty neat though, you only need to chrome it now.

>>299696
into a*

>>299696
chrome? no man, he need it rusted or black mate.

>>299728
>black mate
second.

>>299677
Run over Ron and Leo while they're having gaysex.

>>299677
That is spectacular.

>>299677
Are you from Enumclaw WA?

>>299657
is that a dynamic mic? why the hell would you need a shock mount for a dynamic?

>>300396
The building we're in has a climate control system that induces vibration into every surface. Add in the noise of the computer fan and anything else that touches the table, and I found it easier to build a shock mount than filter the noise out in post.

Crochet Totoro!
http://ashler-sauce.deviantart.com/
Some of my other stuffs :)

Lots and lots of knitted stuff. Trying to sell them.

This is an older picture, some of it got sold but I have tons more.

>>302099
I know how that is. Pretty much selling knitting stuff is only worth it to get a bit of money to buy more yarn.

>>292981
Oh god, hahahahaha.. Ghetto-boy 3?

>>302121

I don't know - I've been selling at places where hip kids like to go, and haven't been doing too bad. I have roughly a grand worth of knitted stuff, and have already sold two hundred of it.

>>302223
places where hip kids like to go? can you give an example?

>>302225

Concerts, lots of little concerts in my area. Coffee shops occasionally. A lot of it now is by word of mouth and reputation - rich people buying boatloads to hand out as Christmas presents (they're buying really early, for some reason).

>>290302

Any details on this?

>>298904
That looks really cool.

>>290487
>>292051
>>299667
I enjoy how there is quite a bit of guitar building going on here.
Pic related, I'm on the right side. I'm playing my self made guitar there. 8-string, neck-thru, Kahler bridge, locknut. Maple/Walnut 5-piece neck, maple wings, mahogany fretboard (yes, it's too soft, but somehow it worked out great and looks great), matte floor lacquer finish (really hard and sturdy).
I can throw that guitar around and it won't break (I've tried that once, unintentionally).

>>302338
your band looks terrible

Not an actual pic of my walking stick, but looks the same. Pretty simple to do; drilled into the marrow and into the stick and connected them with a nail with the head filed off. Sealed the two with homemade plastic which I colored dark brown. Thinking of sawing off the nubbly part that's still on the antler, sticking a rounded bit of wood in its place, and sanding it until it's flush with the horn. Good idea?

>>302338
What abouts would you charge for a 24fret 7-string with a floyd rose, single pickup and volume knob only? Please post if you have a website or anything.

>>302423
I'm sorry, but I only do build guitars as a hobby. Right now I'm too busy with my studies to build anything on order.
I would suggest you look for some other luthiers around your area (a relatively unknown one in the nearer vicinity is probably the cheapest option there is). You might want to check these pages out:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=26
http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/

And, if you're going to make a single-pickup guitar, why not add a few more frets? I did 27 frets on my guitar because there's nothing else there anyways. Not that I need them, but in turns access to the higher frets is better because the fretboard is longer and neck heel nearer to the bridge.

Thanks for asking though.

>>302431
I like the extra fret idea. I think I will take your advice and see if I can find someone interested. What do you figure costs for your 8 string were said and done?

>>302519
Mine cost me around 800 USD in materials (I had some odd choices that were difficult to find), but a luthier should probably know where to get things a bit cheaper. 7-string hardware is cheaper than 8-string hardware... an Original Floyd Rose will cost you nonetheless. I had to buy most of the tools for this though, so I ended up spending around 1200 USD + lots of time. Most of the tools can be re-used for totally different diy-stuff.
I think full customs start around 1500 - 2000 USD depending on who is making it.

Some recent leather/costume projects. Gearing up for TRF on Nov 10th.

This bag took me a day from design, pattern, and completion. I had already made the piece of antler for the closure from Super Sculpey the week before, and the bone-like piece on the ends of the bag strings. Front/back/flap made from veg-tanned leather and various surface methods. Walnut calfskin for the sides/bottom piece, and deerskin lace (black and brown) for putting it all together. The inside is lined with heavy black suede. Thinking of adding a bit of rabbit fur on the underside of the flap.

More pics of pieces to follow.

wood base pocketwatch

>>302609
This wide belt is veg-tanned leather, surface-dyed-and-painted, CH-42 finished and buffed. Pouch is for my cell-phone and is made from scrap leather (pebble-grain and some top-grain buckskin). I am proud of the way these came out, and how well it sits on my waist, holding in my small beer gut.

>>302619
These pauldrons are also veg-tanned leather, same finishing techniques as the bag and belt, also featuring a pigskin pupil on the large eyes. Skin around eyes is dark green, very low contrast to black. Hand-painted eyes, pauldrons took 2 days from start to finish. Both have rabbit fur accents around the bottom edges, and heavy suede arm loops. Has straps and d-rings for connection to separate armor pieces.

>>302627
These are things to hang from the back of my shoulders, reaching just past my waist, not long enough to sit on though. They are mandala wool, spiral-wrapped with deerskin and topped with clasps for attaching to armor. Obviously just vanity decoration for accessorizing the ensemble. Looks great with the red scarf tucked under the armor and looped once around the neck. Full body pics will be posted after all is completed. Working on some boots now.

>>302609
>>302619
>>302627
Those look really really cool. I'm jealous. Congratulations.

>>302638
Thank you. Leatherworking has been an on-off hobby of mine for about 8 years, slowly amassing better tools and looking for satisfactory prices on leather. Tandy's leather is too expensive unless you get things on sale. I buy from eBay if I am not 100% concerned for accuracy in color for soft leathers, and most of my veg-tanned leather comes from Tandy sales, or theleatherguy.

/cgl/ has no care for Renaissance Festivals, as I have seen over the past 6 or 7 years, so I refrain from posting my stuff there. I figured /diy/ would at least appreciate the construction quality.

>>302648
it's very awesome, i really want to see it ready and worn

>>292149

Carmen?

this thread makes me feel like I should take this up as a hobby. I already strated collecting stuff(mostly wood) from the streets other people threw out, but I don't even have any tools. WHere do I start? There is a great tool basement at my parents house, but I live 4 hours away

>>290483
Here's an update on this.

>>295767
Not a cutting board, it has a metal inside and you put a candle in it

>>293318
Thank you sir

i made a lil knife out of scrap materials for pep pep (mostly for cutting scraps of thin material like rags or twine or for spreading things like putty)

>>303341

other side

>>292053
>>292055

MAH NIGGA

What are you dropping that into? I got a 92 DX and I'm saving for a B18C to put in it.

1/3

2/3

3/3

4/3

after a week or two of extra tunage

These ears here.

They are intended to look like these ears here
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120921062516/mlp/images/9/96/Octavia_S1E26.png


And they do. They just don't look right when I wear them.

>>304140
You are not a pony. lol

Not finished just yet but this is what it's going to look like

>>304133

You suck more than Joel's new album

>>304133
>that shirt

I would have loved to wear that when I was 16.

The varying levels of quality on this board are truly staggering. It's interesting to see that people can love things that they are just plain horrible at, and nice to note the improvements, which gives me hope for my own projects.

this is my version of the rbbb board, but all of the inputs on one side. someone wanna check if its accurate?

this is a cmoy amp pcb i just made. boards just got here too :)

>>304240
looks good man

>>299677
If you drove around with that thing on the front in Australia, going around from one country town to another during night time would be worry-free of hitting kangaroos and foxes and shit. Just sayin
>I wouldn't go 150km/h... *cough*

>>299677
Hey, if you plan on hitting things with that I'd suggest putting up some extra protection in the gaps in front of the headlights... something thin probably so it doesn't effect the light emitted.

Tube sound fuzz guitar pedal.

and guts with extra mojo.

>>304302
Hey, if you plan on destroying planets with that I'd suggest putting up some extra protection in the gaps in front of the exhaust. Something thin so it doesn't effect exhaust emitted.

>>297589
Thanks man.
I put the main hand part in hot water for a few seconds to harden it up a bit when it dries.
The finger lamers were put in hot, not boiling, water untill they went dark and curled, then I shaped them on my fingers- it hurt like a motherfucker-
For padding I just used some camping mat, the blue one. I put fabric over the top of it so it didnt look retarded.

>>303341
>>303342
This is pretty cool.
I like the rustic look, personally I think you should cut it a bit to give it a point.

soft faced hammer we made at tech

>>290279
o.0

>>292249
That's beautiful. How long did it take you?

>>304489
be proud. That is a beautiful tool.

just finished this and sent it to my cousin who had a baby last night. got the pattern off Ravelry, it's called Hermione the Unicorn, and bought the yarn at our local Goodwill. feels good, man.

a pair of speakers from car audio speakers. with filter and all to divide bass|treble's load. with the little holes to sustain the airflow adapted to the wavelength of the bass. all based on remaining wood part used to isolate the walls of the house.

For my senior thesis I'm making an immersive art projection. /diy/ helped me a lot, specifically with the motor that powers the spinning table. This is my big preview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3Qn05QDRs

Best coffee table in the history of mankind.

>>304602
i dont get how he got from picture 1 to picture 2. Is that supposed to be a mold and he poured some kind of concrete?

>>304612
>filename
Yeah, there is kind of a gap in the timeline there, sorry.
But you're exactly right.
Mold is out of melamine with caulk in the inside corners.
Black grid is carbon fiber reinforcement.
Normal concrete with a touch of black pigment added.
Void to form the skirt was created by holding a piece of two inch insulation foam in place with sandbags as the concrete cured.
Polished (to 800 I think) with a standard concrete grinder.
Thing is boss.

>>304618
looks crazy heavy, but very worth it.

>>304181
sexy thing you've got there. Alpine white + rosewood fretboard is a good, classy color scheme. I'd love to see how that white has aged in about 30 years.

>>304618
So it's some kind of emergency shoot out coffee table?

My very own externally powered 280 CFM laptop cooling pad. The woodworking was a bitch without any power tools.

>>291793
can you make this?

>>304738
Are you sure 280 CFM is enough?

>>304743
Those look like they were cast in cuttlebone.

>>299676
>>299676
>>299676
Nice! What's the black square in the middle of the column? Is it hard to control

free cable.

>>304753
never enough for a shitty laptop that overheats too much.

1/2

Assassins creed hidden blade. made of balsa and some plastic thing i came across. it looks like shit cause it's a prototype. i wanted to see how a DA OTF mechanism functions and whether i could improve it as i went along. thought if it come's out halfway decent, i'd mould and cast the final work in aluminium.

cont

2/2

but unfortunately the whole thing is turning out to be too thick. plus it still needs a bit of gravity assist to fire properly and to retract fully. all in all not a very good prototype. So essentially back to the drawing board

oooh heres a funky little project i finished awhile ago but i dont use (klunky prototype ) , its a watch with a built in pulse monitor/blood oximeter/body temp monitor, kinda kewl sends bluetooth to my fone, dunno why there arent things off the shelf that do this

>>304823

ooo ive been meaning to do somthing like this for a while, how did u manage to do it?

>>304823
just parts off the shelf mostly, thought about kickstarting something like it but got other projects going

I made a contraption that makes making BHO a very simple task.
using coat hanger, alluminum tape on a spray paint cap then nuts and bolts through two little steel L's.

>>304835
>implying that making bho is hard to make at all

>>298894
What type of bike is this? Street legal?

>>304492
That's cute

>that feel when you've never made anything
Why can't I be creative like you guys? /v/irgin here, this is my first time on this board, maybe I should start lurking more. I think it would be cool to do some kind of woodworking once I'm out of college and have my own place.
Also I'm a CE major so maybe I could build some electronics related stuff? I just feel like I really want to create something. 90% of my life is spent consuming/using things created by others.

>>304181
Nice, you building a bass? I have a crappy ibanez that's starting to shit the bed, so thinking of just using the body and replacing the pickups and everything.

>>294856
That's badass hommie

I wish i had an awesome, talent worthy hobby like you guys. You guys are all awesome

For those who made stuff

Nothing really impressive. A tiny fume extractor for soldering.

>>304943
Back.
It was a good use for that small piece of scrap plywood.

latest woodcrafting project

>>298904
Is this functional or are those just greebles?
Please tell us more about it, it looks lovely.

>>302420
you can use those as pickaxes you know. will poke holes in sheet steel

>>304904
Fucking this, I feel like a useless piece of shit compared to you guys. I wish I was creative ;_;

>>304835
BHO?

>>305059
binary high-explosive ordinance

banned by the UN in 1998

>>305166
pretty sure he meant butane honey,for chronic anxiety and the like

Unfinished rotor for a wankel engine. I have never finished this, but I want to get back to it one day.

these

>>306030
die