/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I'm one step form doing a mural on one of my walls right now. I've already washed and prepared it. Tomorrow i'm doing the "background" paint. Except i just now realised that i might have set myself a goal too ambitious for my abilities. The desired effect might not be as spectacular as i imagined either. Here's what i was hoping to paint using a digital projector to guied my talentless hands.

>>465877
picture didn't come through

>>465879
oh god please don't do that

Whenever I see something I like or think of a project I want to do I make a folder dedicated to it. Then I just stuff anything relevant into it for future reference.

>>465888
yea, it seems kinda tacky.

>>465910
I have a folder like that

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>>465910
i guess not exactly like what you have

http://www.sendspace.com/

http://www.sendspace.com/file/9f1ug0

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cat wigs. and such.

>>465970
Can you upload the entire thing as a zip? Please

>>466048

Step 1: Make one of these.
Step 2: Clash 2 trashbags together.

Sick balloon. Fire it up at night and wait for local ufo sighters to come out of the woodwork.

>>466049
Neat, I want to try that too.

>>>/pinterest/

>>466049
sadly many crafters tried this and horrid results occurred...

I saw this eons (by that I mean at least early 2000s, so product is long gone) on a design website. I assume they were some kind of galvanized metal, but with hidden hinges and doubled folders this could be doable.

These could also be a really simple project.

>>465755
>Browse /diy/ every once in a while (slow board and all)
>See picture of my bedroom I only posted once
Made my day!
I used an alternate image of the skyline I traced for a mural I did a few years ago at my now ex's house for her birthday.
Here's the image for you anon, have fun building it!

>>466258
And a pic of the mural fr those interested

>>466287
My god, a gingerbread titan. I'd want that so hard if I liked gingerbread.

I'll post a few of nifty things I've found while going threw /diy/ and other websites.
1/?

>>466353
2/?

>>466355
3/?

>>466356
4/?

>>466358
5/5 for now. I'll post more if there's interest in this thread when I come back

>>466358

How does is the chocolate hot enough to be molten but not so hot it pops the balloon?

>>466377
it takes a lot more heat than that to pop a balloon. chocolate melts in your hand for fuck sake

>>466377
>Heat up the chocolate until melted
>Let it cool at lest until you're able to put your finger into it without it burning.
>Dip or poor the chocolate in thin layers onto the balloon(s). Chocolate hardens over time so you shouldn't have any problems with it melting the balloon if you use small layers and let it air cool between layers.
>After a few layers put it in the freezer for a few hours to fully set.
>???
>Profit

>>466391

Does anyone have plans for something like this?

So, decided to do another room in our old-as-fuck house. Wanted to build a little computer area into a boxed-out area under the stairs...

Cut through some terrible 70's paneling and find THIS thing.

Picture is totally related.

Frigidaire Cold Wall PC# 5408447--5-31-46--300m--(33)

My questions is, what the hell do we do with it? I have neither the know-how nor desire to refinish and repurpose it. It turns on, not getting cold yet, finish is in good condition... Is there any interest in vintage appliances? Internet searches reveal a few operations, but they are sellers and refinishers themselves...

How do I fence something like this?

Too lazy to google a pic, but...

My project will be a big free-to-air satellite system. Two ku-band dishes and two c-band dishes, one fixed and one motorized of each. I've only gotten as far as one fixed ku-band, until I find a good deal on a motorized setup. Thousands of channels, here I come!

>>466593
I do have plans on making a ladder chair, but I'm drawing it so as it will be a hassock and not a chair.

MOAR

Bump. I like things with light behind them I guess.

post moar pls

>>467625
Nice looking clock there

This is a small keychain I made with aluminium and HCl, maybe some of you could be interested

>>468949
explain the etching process, would muriatic acid work?

>>468949
That looks like quite a deep etch.

>>468965

Same shit.
Ferric chloride also works fine and is somewhat safer stuff.

Yes... mostly soft toy stuff.

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>>466260
can you quickly explain your lighting system and how it works?

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>>465970
I use pinterest.
>not female
>not trolling
It does have some purpose.

>>466355
This.
I like this.

>>469412
problem with pinterest (and why I won't join) is the lack of sourcing to original posts.
you can find a zillion uploads of the same photo but no link to original instructions... it's just heinous and stupid that people don't give credit where due.

>>466391
This plan will fail. Chocolate must be tempered to harden properly.

Still, hotter chocolate would not pop a balloon either, so main point is valid.

>>469424
Is that a planter box?

>>469443
Exactly why the image doesn't explain half of what the tutorial did... welp

They even mention that the best results came from thicker balloons, like those you find in novelty stores as inflatable punch bags.

>>469448
looks like it.
fill it with dirt and plant in the slots

>>466052
I did that, but slightly differently...
I didn't use any colour and i put it hanging while freezing it.
Left it freeze for a short time so about 1 cm layer of ice was created and then drilled it open and let the rest of the water out.

Candle in and it looks quite nice.

Pic related.

>>469410
The cutout is held about 1" off the wall by a wooden strip.
I just put a rgb led-strip on top of that pointing upwards with an appropriate controller. Simplest part of the build.

>>469700
>>469448
yea its a planter box.

>>470592
What about the electrics behind the LED lights? I do not know much about that sort of thing.

>>470605
It's a run of the mill led-strip with controller. Just google rgb led-strip and you will get plenty of hits for these things with transformer, controller and remote included.
I'm going to make a second one this summer for another part of my room and maybe control from a raspberry pie to make it a little more /diy/ approved but the entire lighting setup is just plug-and-play

>>465879
This is what it finally came to. It is still Dark Tower Realted (as well as the paint label bein Crimson Rose)

>>465755
this is what I decided at last

shitty shitty 4chan

i have all the parts to build this. i just need to find time to actually do it

I want a qt tsundere squirrel.

>>471577
I want a desktop jellyfish aquarium. Would be hard to make? Saltwater is notoriously picky but jellyfish are pretty hardy, right?

>>471579
A girl I know has this.

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>>471585
Sorry for thumbnail on that.

>>471586
I figure everyone has seen this but it's still cool.

>>471588
Hopefully this is more survival than weapons.

>>471591
obligatory

>>471590

>>471588
I wanna smoke out of one.

>minus the fish

>>466377

>tfw chocolate you're holding starts to melt and you have to go to the emergency room for a skin graft

>>466692

queer

>>466288

I built a warlord titan out of cardstock paper.

I would take pics, but I lost my damn camera!

>>471592
how is the game on without the disc inside of it?

>>471720
the game will still run for a little bit without the disc. once it needs to read from the disc again it will either freeze or display the disc removed thing.

>>469443
>Chocolate must be tempered to harden properly.

Which is pretty easy to do prior to pouring it on the balloon,

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Temper-Chocolate/?ALLSTEPS

Bumping for more pics
I'm fairly boring, I just want a sexy aquaponics system, compost bin, sleek bookshelf, one under the mattress thing with drawers on both sides, and basic metallurgy/jewerly skill to make a qt a ring.

Other than that, technical stuff ie a smarthome, servers, arcade cabinets etc

some day I will build a synthesiser.
Some day.

>>471701
I've built a the paper Reaver and Warhound Titans.

I just admire the eccentricity of the Gingerbread one. Although as a piece of modern art there is no real point in duplicating it.

Did you build the Dreamforge styled cardstock warlord, or the other one.

>>471590
chop 1 piece of wood.
gun is now useless.

>>469083
adorable

>>471582
Pretty good if you like a closet for dwarfs.

>>471825
advice for arcade cabs, don't bother with frankenpanels. Just put stuff on there for the game you really like. If you feel you need more you can always build another control panel or hell, another cabinet if you're crazy enough/have the space.

Bartops are also a nice alternative for space, and cocktails are great for flexibility and space.

>>471592
Explain please

>>471592
Sauce
Explain please

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>>472212
Somebody took a gamecube and stuffed it into a handheld chassis

>>466377
You need to temper the chocolate, or it will melt at room temperature, so that cools it down from molten.

It's a bit of a hassle to get it evenly on the balloon. Don't freeze it, because it will sweat when out of the freezer.

It's not too hard to do, it was one of my first projects using chocolate.

>>471588

the Hell when you have too clean this

(If only I had the time, money, work space, and tools. haha)

>>472260
a great way to break a leg

>>472298
So much want...

>>472332
so much cuntwipe

>>472298
fuuuuuuck sauce

>>466050

This is so awesome I had to make a folder dedicated to it.

Great thread.

Look up you want you lose threads, have content similar to this one

>related

>>473077
It's a primitive computer system.

>>471579
Jellies are anything but hardy.

>>466258
I had your bedroom saved and I'm gonna do the same this month too... Feel proud

Always wanted to make this.

>>466258
It looks good bro, good job

>>473127
Are those mirrors?

>>469083
d'aww, those are so cute.

>>466377
chocolate melts at a pretty low temperature. and then it needs to be tempered before you use it (which involves cooling it down even more--when the chocolate is poured on the balloon it will be less than 90 degrees F.)

Untempered chocolate will have streak marks, improper texture, it will lack "snap" and will melt too easily. When making candies or chocolate dipped items like that, chocolate tempering is important. It's kind of a pain in the ass (maintaining the chocolate at the proper temperature after you bring it to temper is a hassle, but once you get the hang of it it is not hard.)

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