/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.162431]

>tfw all that's ever on here is stupid electronic crap.

You're men, remember? Not wimpy nerd boys. Let's get some wood building shit up in this motherfucker...like some fucking shelves or something.

inb4 wood carving.

[Anonymous No.162437]

>You're men
>Not wimpy boys

>let's make shelves

Oh man you fag.
Anyway, If you want content, MAKE SOME instead of complaining about the lack thereof.

[Anonymous No.162439]

>>162437
Go /b/ack to the /b/asement, nerdy boy.

[Anonymous No.162456]

>OP is mad that electronics developed by wimpy nerd boys took his assembly line job.

[Anonymous No.162465]

no op, this board is infested with liberal hipster kids who think DIY is somthing obscure to make themselves feel more unique.

its quite pathetic, id say there are only a handful of us real craftsman on here.

>>162437

prime example of what i said
i feel for you op, but your better off going to a real diy forum with real men, not some hipster faggot board full of people who cant take criticism.

[Anonymous No.162471]

well, i just replaced a head gasket and timing belt on my toyota.

/thread

[Anonymous No.162472]

>>162471
>bragging about something simple

prime example of

>liberal hipster kids who think DIY is somthing obscure to make themselves feel more unique.

[Anonymous No.162476]

>>162472
>replacing timing belt and head gasket on a v6
>simple

[Anonymous No.162478]

>>162476
>time consuming =/= hard

its simple as fuck kid

[Anonymous No.162493]

>tfw steampunk
>tfw recycled PCB bracelet
>tfw DECORATION AND RAINBOWS LOL
>tfw bug out bag 100% BOUGHT 0% /diy/
>tfw OP

[Anonymous No.162496]

>electronics
>nerd boy shit

>electric tools for woodworking
>MANLY AS FUCK

[Anonymous No.162498]

>>162478
Prove it

[Anonymous No.162501]

What's wrong with electronics?

[Anonymous No.162502]

>>162498
prove what, the truth? whatever you say kid, whatever you say.

[Anonymous No.162522]

>>162431

Sorry OP, too busy building woodworking robots to do any woodworking.

[Anonymous No.162523]

to the guy who keeps saying kid all the fucking time why not go to /trv/ or /n/ both those boards are slow as fuck with the ammount of time you seem to spend fucking with /diy/ you could compleatly destroy either of those boards insted of just pissing off /diy/ a bit every 6 to 8 hours

also grammar is for fascists

[Anonymous No.162526]

Are any of you even reading this? You sound like a bunch of losers no wonder I never come to /diy/

[Anonymous No.162534]

>>162523
>implying one person says kid

how much of a kid do you have to be to think one person on this ENTIRE site says kid, kid?

[Anonymous No.162537]

To get back on subject of crafty things.
Will be working with some stained glass at some point. Anyone else work with stained glass. If so post pictures of your projects.

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.162591]

I myself cannot into electronics. But I have no problems with the large amount of electronics threads on this board. I don't think trying to claim one faction that frequents this board is more /diy/-worthy than another is really worthwhile or in the spirit of diy. Really, no one should care what someone else is doing unless they're acting in a way that prevents you from discussing your interests.

That being said there are absolutely better forums with tradesmen that have many more years of experience than the majority of posters on this board. This is not the place to learn how to become a master woodcrafter or really a master of any trade. What this board is good at is coming up with interesting solutions to unique problems. Don't get me wrong; I don't think /diy/ is an elite brain trust--most of the questions here involve typical homeowner problems that could be solved with a trip to Home Depot, and 90% of the ideas suggested to fix unique problems are crap. But there are good ideas here sometimes, and you would be hard pressed to find them elsewhere. Those other forums I mentioned are awesome for learning how to work like the pros, but when you pose a unique problem all anyone will be able to tell you is how best to apply standard practice.

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.162593]

>>162591


For those that are tradesmen, /diy/ is a great place to go to feel superior, if you're into that sort of thing. But I would caution you to remember that there is always someone better at what you do than you are, and that everyone has to start somewhere. Calling a novice kid and telling them to GTFO does nothing to help them improve and nothing to help the trade they are taking their first baby steps in. If the person you're trying to help is acting belligerent that's different but otherwise there's no reason for open hostility without provocation; that sort of crap just shits up the board.

Don't get me wrong--tradesmen are the backbone and safety net of this board. Without knowledgeable people things would go to shit very quickly; I can think of quite a few threads where a tradesman swooping in saved the someone from burning down their house or other catastrophe. But just telling people that you know more than them and offering nothing further does nothing productive, and I would encourage you to ask yourself why you're here.

[Anonymous No.162602]

OP here, taking a break from my woodworking.

[Anonymous No.162606]

>>162471

pix or it didn't happen

[Anonymous No.162609]

>>162523
>kid doesn't realize that kid guy is a /diy/ meme.

[Anonymous No.162613]

Scroton, Radiofag, Truckerfag and MadScientist should all be made mods. They could ban all the kid trolls.

Post entirely unrelated.

[Anonymous No.162614]

>>162613
>tripfags running a board on 4chan

Never Ever

[Anonymous No.162620]

>>162614
>>162614

They've proven themselves to be reliable and not retarded. /diy/ should have mods like that.

It just so happens I cant suggest anyone else who contributes well, because they're anonymous?

[Anonymous No.162624]

>>162502
Well, you didn't prove it faggot. Or are you too much of a nigger to do anything for yourself?

[Anonymous No.162629]

>>162609
>thinks kid started on /diy/ and not /k/

typical retarded kid

[Anonymous No.162645]

>>162629
kid guy is a true renaissance man

[Anonymous No.162656]

Radiofag should never ever be a mod. Although he knows what hes talking about hes proven to have very little in the way of social skills

[Anonymous No.162660]

>>162656
What is aspergers?

[Anonymous No.162665]

>Not wimpy nerd boys
Hi, welcome to 4chan.

[Anonymous No.162675]

I probably would build more wood projects. But I move to often, and HATE bringing heavy shit with me. That and the price of wood has gone up 500% in the last 13 years or so.

Electronics on the other hand are smaller, and thus more portable, The relative price of even newer technology has dropped a lot in the last 10 years. And a lot of obsolete tech is cheap as free.

I'm going to keep working with electronics. But if I ever buy a house I'll build some awesome woodworking stuff. As a kid I designed a combination entertainment center/bookshelf/desk that fit into the corner of my room quite nicely.

[Anonymous No.162677]

>>162675
>buy an axe
>go get your own wood
>carry it more
>become more stronger
>stop bitching and making up excuses
>stop being a kid

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.162696]

>>162613

I don't have the time, and I'm not on here consistently enough. I already spend more time than I should answering questions.

>>162614

Possibly janitors, but agreed, not Mods. The only way it would work out otherwise would be if the tripfag could separate their tripfag personality from their status as a Mod, and not mix the two. A tripfag being a mod and making it known that they are a mod would probably cause thread derailments almost every time they posted. And having a tripfag that is also a mod would be dangerously close to forum ranking systems they have elsewhere; as-is tripfags are just regular posters with names, and I don't think there would be any good reason to change that.

[Anonymous No.162702]

I'm drawing up designs for a piece of wood furniture that will double as a computer case (in the top half) and a storage chest (in the lower half). I have a slab of counter-top grade green marble that will be inset in the top of the thing to serve as the base for my secondary monitor.

Going to go buy the wood and nails I need tomorrow, and pick up a table saw this weekend.

You mad my wimpy electronics project is more manly and awesome than your "shelves" ever will be?

[anonanon No.162828]

>>162431

My buddy pointed out to me this weekend that we were dragging a trailer I had about 100$ in down to a location to cut wood that was being given to me in exchange for clearing it out to burn in a wood furnace that I built for less than 100$. I AM /diy/ !!! LOL

The next day I built the wife a real simple desk out of half a sheet of plywood. Fuck yea! Great weekend!!!

[Anonymous No.162841]

>>162431
This post is a baited troll post intended to create dissent between people on the board on several levels in order to cause this board to fall into typical /b/ shit. Report this thread and hide the thread. Do not reply further to it.

[Anonymous No.162901]

>>162431
I'll bite. Pic related is my only big DIY project. Getting the deck up to this point has taken me about 5 years since I can only work on it during breaks from school where I have the money for materials. I should be able to put the railing up sometime in the next few months.

[Anonymous No.162906]

>Irrigation job will have tons more work soon
>Will be making a good chunk of change because of this
>Want to get started building stuff with wood
>Have no idea where to start so I've decided to beg /diy/ for help

Share the knowledge, O wizards of woodworking.

[Anonymous No.162911]

>>162906
Sorry, I forgot to add "please" to that.

[Anonymous No.162943]

Fuck wood!, lets talk about concrete.

Last job i did, a big ass base, 6.9 X 3.2 Meters and a height of .6 cm. a lot of rebar, 1 inch and 5/8. 13.248 cubic meters of concrete

[Anonymous No.162958]

>>162943
>>162901
here. I am a complete novice when it comes to concrete. I can pour post holes just fine, but if you look along the bottom of my stairs, I fucked up the concrete pad. I think I tried stuffing too much into the hole. I ended up skimming off a lot of the finer materials that give the smooth finish, leaving visible aggregate at the surface that wouldn't sink. The end result was lumpy but level enough to bolt the stairs to and forget about it. I want to try again, but it's not every day that I need to pour a concrete pad.

[Anonymous No.163007]

>>162958
if you want a smooth finish, you need to wait for the right "cure point" then you can polish it while still fresh so you wont have the visible aggregate that you talk about. Sorry if i dont explain myself very well, not english native here, and there is a lot of technical words that i dont know how to translate.

[Henry Bankshaft No.163043]

Shelves? Really dog? I bet you want us to make maybe make a fucken spice rack or some shit for mom too. WTF you think this is? High school wood shop? Mother fucker, we got people building every type of god damn fucken thing up in this bitch.
mother fuckers over here >>161822
are building a god damn city.
This mother fucker's into some crazy assed paint >>154210
You like stencils? >>152443
We like stencils too.
Check this bitch out >>162421
Makin a weed eater powered bike.
How bout makin some real mother fucken rubber? >>162140 BAM!!
Into chemistry? >>162369
Ask a stupid question and a fucken chemist will appear.
If your into terrariums...No, fuck that, I ain't even linkin that shit.

My point is FUCK YOUR SHELF BITCH.

[Anonymous No.163049]

>>163043
>>163043
>Building a city.
Never going to happen.
>Paint.
Fuck off, liberal hippy community college art student.
>Stencils
See above.
>Weed eater bike.
Go to bed, Wayne Szalinski.
>Rubber.
Yawn.
>Chemistry
See above.

[Anonymous No.163075]

>First time on DIY
>Hmmm, looks interesting
>Bitching
>Whining
>Simple, overtly glorified tasks

Let's see you guys do something like this.

[Anonymous No.163088]

Does DIY liek my tall bike? My first welding project ever. It turned out alright and I'm just happy I didn't get heavy metal poisoning or burn my apartment building down.

I put a lot more support pieces in than they normally have because I wanted to get more practice and so it doesn't break under me if a few welds are shit.

[Anonymous No.163103]

>>163088
i hate hipsters

[Mr. Married !!aLfIg3pjRUP No.163105]

Here's a closet shelving unit to accommodate my wife's shoe and purse addiction. Built it with no plans, $35, and three hours of free time. Half the shelves are scrap wood from another project. Hardly perfect...but it doesn't need to be.

[Anonymous No.163106]

>>163105
impressive. could you give few steps on how you made it?

[Anonymous No.163112]

>>163075

eh, tack welding?

[Anonymous No.163116]

>>163112
Arc welding.

[ATSystems No.163120]

Electronifag here, reporting with great carpentry and benches I built for my garage. Take heart OP.

[Mr. Married !!aLfIg3pjRUP No.163124]

>>163106
To be honest, I pulled it straight out of my ass...but a friend of mine from Georgia wants to build her own, but go vertical instead of horizontal. I'll upload the spec sheet I e-mailed to her.

[Mr. Married !!aLfIg3pjRUP No.163126]

>>163106
Would help if I actually attached the file.

[Anonymous No.163131]

Electronics guy here, buildin' flashlights that can set wood on fire.

[Anonymous No.163138]

>>163126
nice. i was thinking of making a box for my electronics parts, but ive never worked with wood.
i made this quick design, it should be made of plywood. any tips?

[Anonymous No.163142]

>>163138
considered something like this? I never have the money when my local surplus joint has the jars, but perhaps a few rows with some smaller jars than pictured, or perhaps large plastic pill/vitamin tubs would be suitable?

[Anonymous No.163146]

>>163088
I remember your thread. That underpowered welder got you somewhere? great!

[Mr. Married !!aLfIg3pjRUP No.163148]

>>163138
How much weight does it need to hold? Honestly, there's no reason not to use screws...glue can fall apart eventually, but screwing things really helps them stay together. If it is lightweight, particleboard or MDF will work just fine. With plywood, you can end up with a weird texture...or a lot of splinters unless you get the sanded variety, and even then....

But if this is supporting a lot of weight, go with something a little thicker, pieces of actual lumber like pine or oak.

Draw a plan and come up with precise measurements and you can have your local lumber store make the cuts in the wood for you, so all you have to do is assemble.

[ATSystems No.163161]

Prolly a bit too late for you >>163105, but have you considered a design like this >>163138?

Cant remember the name of them or i'd have googled an image up, but I threw together some of these at a school working day to make some pigeon holes, you could scale it down to your own needs using thin ply, perhaps designing the rectangles to be close to the same size as plastic drawers or something you can buy somewhere.

Easy as hell to cut, just stack your rows/colums and cut them as one with a jigsaw or wood saw. Straight cuts are of course crucial here.

Basically, take as many slats as you need shelves, cut equal lines 1/2 way through, then slot front blue pieces into the red columns to make self supporting shelves. We mounted to a brick wall, as you arent you'll prolly only to glue these (once you were certain it was square) and lock it off by screwing/gluing rectangular stock of your choice (Green blocks) into the outside corner sections for rigidity. Something strapped diagonally across the back would help here too..

[Anonymous No.163162]

Complain about /diy/ when you are just too stupid to understand what people are working on.

Also if you have some cool wood work projects, post about them. Not everyone here has access to a proper workshop where they could craft shit out of wood.

[Anonymous No.163201]

>>163162
> Complain about /diy/ users because your ego is telling you that your knowledge is superior, therefore you don't need to drop to their level.

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.163275]

Going to make a couple of swords over the next few hours, or at the very least get them started.

Pic related, I'll post progress when I'm done for the day.

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.163277]

>>163275
Er, out of wood, of course, hence why I posted it in this thread.

[Mr. Married !!aLfIg3pjRUP No.163291]

>>163161
A bit too late, but perfect for my next construct. Don't know why I didn't think of that.

[Anonymous No.163306]

lol, woodworking? What are you some kind of European socialist?!?!? Build something that runs on gasoline and shoots missiles, then maybe we'll talk.

[Anonymous No.163317]

>>162431
Wood can't compute at megahertz.

[Anonymous No.164140]

>>163317
megahertz dont keep your neck beard dry when you're stuck without shelter.

[Anonymous No.164151]

>>163112
TIG welding and pipe fitting.

[Anonymous No.164165]

>>163317
>>164140
>yfw RF wood glue.
>tfw RF in the kw range in the gluing machine.

[Anonymous No.164206]

>>163120
they look like standard workshop benches, are we supposed to be sucking your dick or something?

pic related. it's where u fucked up on your craftsman grade bench.

[scroton !SW7uh6H3p. No.164209]

>Make a thread about how there are no woodworking threads
>Simultaneously insult everyone that doesn't do woodworking
>Later on it becomes a woodworking thread
>Those people you insulted are now giving you crap
>Could have just had a woodworking thread from the getgo

[Anonymous No.164223]

>>162591
>>162593
I'm looking into woodworking. Want to make tables, chests, small trinkets, anything really. Could you recommend a forum for me to read up on basics? Really, basics. What tools to get, how to work, stuff that might be trivial to anyone with a bit of a craftsman's mind, but not your usual scrub—me.

I'm listening.

[ATSystems No.164251]

>>164206
Not at all, but I know as much about carpentry as I do about neurosurgery. Sweet dick all.

They certainly aren't the best benches, if you look carefully you'll see that I cut the front right leg of one of them waaaay too short and had to bolt another bit of timber on. Shit, the slats for the sub bench shelves aren't even screwed down, they just lay across the bottoms of the leg stringers. But they suited every design point I wanted them for. shelving to suit my component boxes and other misc, large space underneath for larger tools, and beefy surface and frame for metalworking.

Let's have a look at yours?

[Anonymous No.164269]

Pipe made from kit, stand made from solid oak plank.

[Anonymous No.165911]

>>164223

Australian forum, but excellent nonetheless

http://www.woodworkforums.com/