/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.539337]

What's the most impressive thing you've built or are building by yourself?

How long did it take you?

[Anonymous No.539346]

I built a set of ankle stocks for tickling. It wasn't that difficult, only took 2 days to finish.

[Anonymous No.539357]

I made myself a kilt using a pattern from around 1600 that i found on the internet. Took me around 20 total hours, about 8 yards of tartan, and a ship full of profanity.

[Anonymous No.539359]

>>539357
You are a true Scotsman.

[Anonymous No.539367]

>>539359
Nah, he was too sober for that.

[Anonymous No.539375]

>>539337
My house. 10 years later, it still isn't finished.

[Anonymous No.539504]

>>539337
I'm a sculptor, so the sculpting itself is the most impressive stuff I've 'built' but honestly I'm much more proud of the sculpting and carving tools I've made. Even though they're quite simple I designed each one for a specific purpose, shaped the steel (by cold-working, grinding and sanding), polished it to a mirror finish, and fitted them into hand-finished hardwood handles.

[Anonymous No.539511]

>>539504
wow that's sweet

did you buy the equipment required to produce the tools? or you visited some kind of workshop?

[Anonymous No.539535]

A homemade Spring-Plunger Nerf gun that shoots accurately up to 120 feet. I made the plans available online and dozens have been made by myself and others since I made them available.

[Anonymous No.539540]

>>539367
He didn't include the whiskey, because he would have been drinking that anyway.

[Anonymous No.539593]

Posted it before but pic related

[QuadrucepBro No.539596]

>>539337

Who's the chinese guy in your picture Op ?

[Anonymous No.539598]

>>539596
Jackie Chan

[QuadrucepBro No.539599]

>>539598
Cool, I liked him in Enter the dragons

[QuadrucepBro No.539600]

>>539598
does jackie do a lot of diy ? i guess he can chop wood in half with his fist easy, comes in handy

[Anonymous No.539614]

>>539599
I don't know if you're serious or joking, but Jackie Chan actually was in Enter the Dragon as a henchman.

[Anonymous No.539618]

>>539593
bretty gud

[Anonymous No.539639]

Redid the walls, ceiling and flooring in livingroom, hallway and bedroom.

Ceiling was painted concrete, is now painted wooden panels(?)
Walls were concrete with shitty tapestry, is not beatiful wooden panels, white ofc.
Floor was shitty laminate, is now Parquet oak

did also the skirting(?) and the rest of the moulding(?)

I realize I do not have the english vocabulary for contruction and housing. lulzballs

[Anonymous No.539641]

>>539639
>is not beatiful
*is now beatiful

I blame the beer

[Anonymous No.539648]

I've done a fair bit of work on my car, which my ex wrote-off but I made roadworthy again. That and a whole bunch of dumb bikes, but the coolest thing came out of a high-school era arms race.

My mates and and I went crazy with building potato cannons and were always trying to one-up each other. Our final collaboration resulted in a breach-loading stainless steel cannon on a swivel mount in the back of an old Holden Kingswood wagon, that ran off LPG with the fuel nozzle on the outside of the car so we could fill it up at the service station. The Kingswood had a roll-down rear window, and in its last stages the cannon had a useless laser sight and a computer-fan setup to vent the chamber through the breach after firing. Also, it had a collapsable barrel made from PVC pipe at one point, but half of that got launched into orbit at some point.

Stupid, stupid Times.

[Anonymous No.539665]

swapped a motor and transmission from one car into another one when i first got my license. just me and a haynes manual. those were the days

[Anonymous No.539671]

I'm not a hardcore /diy/er but pic related I guess. It's not like I built it from scratch, just sorta... chopped and repurposed it. Came out great though!

I'm planning making a dodecahedron loudspeaker soon but it's gonna take a lot of moneyfunds so it has to wait

[Anonymous No.539675]

>>539535
that's pretty kickass! what fun

>>539593
looks comprehensive enough

[Anonymous No.539685]

i want to make a fedora in a ironic way

[Anonymous No.539976]

>>539535
Now this is something that would give one an edge in Nwars.
Link for said plans, pretty please?

[Anonymous No.539977]

>>539671
Good work anon!

[Anonymous No.539989]

i guess my bathroom. started with this.

[Anonymous No.539990]

>>539989
now it's this. took about 6 months.

[Anonymous No.539992]

>>539337
a boat
never finished because ran out of money
sucks

[Anonymous No.539993]

Six years to finish. it's an old picture but it's night in my timezone anyway.

[Anonymous No.540007]

>>539337

I statistically modeled and coded some dog track software that can predict winners about 80% through cherry picking metrics of races. Took 3 years in my spare time. The real kicker was the ROI was only 10% in a failing dog track gambling system and dropping. I had a new method to work through to get a significantly higher ROI, but I lost interest and shifted my time to other endeavors. Dog racing is all but dead.

May take methods and apply them to horse racing sometime in the future, but I've lost my taste for handicapping.

[Anonymous No.540024]

>>539671
hoyl shit anon i was planning to do that, any tips?

[Anonymous No.540027]

Shower rip out and re-tile. Ignore the unfinished surround. Took way too long and actually I still have to finish painting.

[Anonymous No.540030]

>>540027

[Anonymous No.540038]

>>539535
you are not captain fucking slug and you didn't design the +bow faggot. go back to nerfhaven or where ever you came from

[Anonymous No.540040]

>>539976
google plus bow or vist nerfhaven

[Anonymous No.540051]

I guess it's this bartop arcade machine

[Anonymous No.540115]

>>539976

>Nwars

At least shoot pellets or something, jesus

[Anonymous No.540147]

>>540115
In an office? You are a cruel man..

[Anonymous No.540171]

>>540007
Do you have an open repository of the code? I"d love to look into it.

[Anonymous No.540209]

I built an NH3 applicator for putting nitrogen alongside corn rows. It is similar to the picture, but twice as big, 24 rows.

Right now I am putting a new motor on a snow-blower for a friend.

[Anonymous No.540218]

rebuilt my bathroom from scratch.
had to knock down a wall and lay extra cement floor too.
3 part pictorial inc.

took about 2 months

[Anonymous No.540219]

>>540218
part 2
rebuilding the wall and making everything waterproof before tiling was the most work.

[Anonymous No.540222]

>>540218
>>540219
and all that work cause i must have a bath. (didn't fit in the old bathroom)
totally worth the work though.

stil looking for an affordable glass folding door. haven't found one yet.

[Anonymous No.540239]

>>540222
Have looked at IKEA? They have large tempered glass table tops, maybe one will fit with a few modifications.

[Anonymous No.540267]

>>540222
looks pretty neat but I don't like the flooring, it doesn't fit well. Other than that, very nice!

[Anonymous No.540288]

I make nylon whips for supplemental income.

[Anonymous No.540305]

took me nine months

[Anonymous No.540308]

>>540305
Your body built that. That's like being proud of a tumor, or a particularly massive pimple.

[Anonymous No.540309]

>>540305
Are you sure you got the tongue attached correctly?

[Anonymous No.540318]

>>540308
Pimples and tumors are not normally choices.

[Anonymous No.540321]

>>540318
I suppose they could be, if you cultivated a benign cyst or something for the sole purpose of growing it.

Saying that's the most impressive thing you've built is kind of sad, since mentally retarded people can squirt out babies just as easily as you can.

Why are you even on this board?

[Anonymous No.540342]

A few things I'm proud of:
chainmail belt
tube amp (I didn't design the schematic, but I had to modify it slightly and debug it because I didn't use the same tubes the schematic asked for)
wood stove
bought a house and finished it up, tiled floors, caulked, installed baseboards, painted, did some plumbing, etc.

[Anonymous No.540351]

I have no idea what to do with it now..

[Anonymous No.540356]

>>540351
details on that? looks awesome

[Anonymous No.540362]

>>539671

That's legit, do you ever run the bass through it? Do you gig out with that setup or is it just for practicing?

[Anonymous No.540380]

>>540356
the throwing arm is around 3.5m long. built over 8 weeks with very little monetary input- only the fastenings and ropes were bought. drew up my own plans but had to make some changes along the way. it will throw a fist sized rock around 80m with the counterweight loaded with lose rubble. i havent yet fully loaded the counterweight (wet sand/lead would be idea) so i havent had full performance from it. is been sitting in my garden for over a year now and a few of the chassis bracing beams need replacing due to untreated wood problems.. one day i will get it back to its former glory. another feature i designed into it is that it is all bolted together therefore its flatpack

[Anonymous No.540384]

>>539976
http://www.captainslug.com/plusbow2.html
>>540038
Yes I am, deal with it.
I haven't been in the Nerf community for 2 years.
This was my primary for my last few years of Nerfing.

[Anonymous No.540388]

>>540351
kill someone 200 yards away
make a thermite canister
burn down a house by landing on the roof

[Anonymous No.540389]

I also have done some remodeling in my home and the apartment above my garage.

Picture is my kitchen after I painted all the cabinets.
>>540222
>stil looking for an affordable glass folding door. haven't found one yet.
You might have to make your own using display case or shower hinges and tempered glass panes.

[Anonymous No.540506]

>>540389
you have such a nice kitchen, why do you cover it in clutter?

[Anonymous No.540513]

10m diameter revolving stage floor. Designed so that it can also be set up as 2m and 6m diameters.

About 5 weeks full-time.

[Anonymous No.540522]

>>540513
Impressive.

[Anonymous No.540523]

>>540513
Glenn, is that you?

[Anonymous No.540657]

This is my biggest solo project so far. Took about five months.

[Anonymous No.540658]

>>540523
Sorry bruh, never met a Glen.

[Anonymous No.540660]

>>540384
You Sir, are awesome and a scholar.
Can I have your opinion on ready made tuning kits that can be found online? I found some by Blasterparts on Amazon, dirt cheap, do they work as advertised?

[Anonymous No.540671]

>>540658
Hmm, you should, you both make a mean revolving stage.

[Anonymous No.540673]

>>540657
That was very cool.

[Anonymous No.540693]

>>540657
From the look of that picture it's a pussy magnet.

[Anonymous No.540712]

>>540693
Yup.

I'm going to modify it to take a passenger before next summer. I want to do the American Graffiti thing with this machine.

[Anonymous No.540722]

>>539990
nice one

[Anonymous No.540723]

>>540051
I have that exact same powerboard

[Anonymous No.540741]

>>540389
>dat microwave/vent 12"over the stove
how do you even cook like that?

[Anonymous No.540745]

>>540741
My thought exactly. Most of my pots wouldn't even fit under there and I could forget canning completely.

[Anonymous No.540749]

>>540741
>>540745
Nevermind steam into the unit and possibly shorting shit out. Poorly conceived layout is poorly conceived.

[Anonymous No.540754]

>>540513
won't the bars slip off the wheels, given that they're straight?

[Anonymous No.540758]

>>540754
I thought the same, but if you look carefully at the shadow of the closest edges you can see the rounded rail the wheels sit on. Its very deceptive bro.

[Anonymous No.540759]

I make build to order cnc machines. I've build routers, plasma, and hot wire for cutting giant 5x10 blocks of foam

[Anonymous No.540760]

>>540759
Aftermath of cutting outside storefront Styrofoam

[Anonymous No.540761]

>>540759

>>54076

Currently working g on a 5x10 cutting area, with a 3' z axis for foam sculptures. Same client as the hot wire cutter

[Anonymous No.540762]

made a creeper for my son. Its about a foot tall. Took maybe a couple hours.

[Anonymous No.540915]

>>539977
Thanks!

>>540024
Hmmm not especially... just be sure to plan it out really well, measure twice cut once etc. The first big thing to look out for is to make sure you don't cut it down too small - everything has to fit back in the cabinet!
Also when I wired up my pedal the first time stepping on it would cause a massive EMI burst and all my MIDI and USB gear would blow out. I needed an electrical engineer friend to design that circuit you see, so the pedal doesn't directly pass current but only a control voltage. Other than that just be careful, they're really nice cabinets and accidentally damaging it would be sadtimes

>>540362
I run lots of stuff through it, including bass. I have a safety HPF on the Leslie speaker plus I'm now using a 2ch graphic EQ, so the 12" speaker I normally set with a LPF for woofer work only and the Leslie covers about 500Hz+
I don't gig though, I'm not much of a musician, I'm an audio engineer - so I record through it much more than actually play anything myself.

Pic Related - you can see the stompbox is in its storage cubby and I have the paddle switch attachment on the Hammond. And sorry about all the dust, I didn't really notice it until the flash went off ghee whiz

[Anonymous No.540921]

>>540761
Awesome - where do you get the parts from?

[Anonymous No.540925]

>>540657
>>540657
i remember reading this a few months/last year
i think?

[Anonymous No.540927]

>>540915
i may be wrong, but just put a resistor in series?

[Anonymous No.540926]

Put together framing/tubing for a hydrogen pressure tank. Me and 2 other guys used to do it for a living. Tank was about 1000ft in surface area and about 2 stories tall.

[Anonymous No.540930]

>>540927
for the HPF you mean? Yep. The footswitch circuit is a good deal more complicated but I'm not versed enough in electronics to explain how it works, just that it does work :D

[Anonymous No.540940]

>>540506
My wife is a bit of a slob.
>>540741
>>540745
>>540749
>dat microwave/vent 12"over the stove
Yeah, the previous owners didn't do any measuring prior to replacing the vent hood with a microwave. My largest pot just barely fits under it.

I will eventually get around to replacing the cabinet above the microwave to one that will allow me to reinstall it at the right height.

[Anonymous No.540947]

>>540921
Motion electronics are from automation technologies Inc. They have some of the best prices, are not a warehouse in China, and also have warranties unlike Chinese companies.

Also order bearings, balls crews, and 8020 with open rail online. Open rail is some damn cheap linear solution, and if you can turn your own v sleeve for over ball bearings it's awesome. Don't use open rail v wheels, they're total pieces of crap.

Everything else is made, milled, turned, or welded by myself.

Pic is my crown molding installed on walls build off-site.

[Anonymous No.540957]

Made a pressurized pumpkin cannon with a few buddies of mine. Also can shoot bowling balls. Will try to get pics

[Anonymous No.540988]

vanity I made at work. shit turned out better than I thought it would. alder mdf core plywood and solid alder for the towel bar rack

[Anonymous No.540989]

I made a horse tac box for an ex girlfriend, wish i had it back...it came out nice

[Anonymous No.541057]

>>540947
Tyvm. I'd love to have my own cnc stuff but at the moment not possible. I get some mdf work done by the people I work for (Biesse Routers) but I really want a cnc plasma rig.

[Anonymous No.541070]

>>540759
you make complete systems? how much do you charge? is this custom and specialized or cheaper than the usual market?

[Anonymous No.541075]

>>540758
Fuckin' low whistle. Damn.

[Anonymous No.541078]

>>540239
i live almost next to a large ikea concept center.
but so far no luck

[Anonymous No.541086]

>>540759
hnnnnggggggggg i have a small shapeoko that i am modding at the moment but that thing looks amazing.

[Anonymous No.541137]

>>540513
impress
>>540762
not so impress

[Anonymous No.541158]

>>540305
Dont care what others say but Good job!

[Anonymous No.541201]

>>541158
to be fair, anything that could be made by accident isn't *all* that much of a 'complishment really.

maybe when they've grown up to be a good person with sense, justice, morality, and ethic they could be proud of making it

[Anonymous No.541222]

Go-Kart Motorcycle.
It's a Pressure Washer motor and Go-Kart CVT installed in a Dirt Bike frame with a pile of custom-made parts and frame modifications.
2 Months to get it moving under it's own power.
10 weekends spread out over a year to get small teething issues and functional items refined to bring it to its currently pictured state.

[Anonymous No.541231]

>>540384
>Yes I am, deal with it.
apologies. didn't expect to run into you on 4chan. i thought some teenager was taking credit for your design. i still have a +bow made by ryan in my closet and i've actually nerfed with you years ago. also, i thought you have made cooler things then that- didn't you build an electric powered moped?

[Anonymous No.541236]

>>541231
>> i thought you have made cooler things then that
I've made lots of things. Which ones I consider "impressive" would depend on the criteria I'm selecting them by. I'm happier with projects that were successful at achieving their goals.
Picture related was a ton of work and looks impressive. But I wasn't entirely happy with it since it wasn't going to work well when not attached to a compressor.
>>didn't you build an electric powered moped?
Fired a couple motors and got tired of the battery weight. Eventually turned it into this
>>541222

[Anonymous No.541238]

>>541236
>>Fired a couple motors
Meant to say FRIED, but basically I never found one that would work.

[Anonymous No.541245]

I'm in the process of building 8 foot bookcases in a side room of the house I just bought. After that I'm going to build a desk for the same room. I'll probably eventually switch out all of my wooden furniture for things I've built.

[Anonymous No.541246]

>>541245
I should say, it's taken me a week and a half since I first started cutting wood, I only have to sand and stain and it'll be done.

[Anonymous No.541388]

wait, we have a nerf community celebrity in diy? i love this place

[Anonymous No.541531]

I replaced the motor in my bathroom vent fan. I bought the motor based on the physical dimensions, not realizing that the original was a cheap piece of shit, whereas the replacement was an awesome industrial unit.

It promptly ripped the center out of the squirrel-cage fan blade unit. So I made a new mount for that that could withstand the startup torque and operating speed of the motor shaft.

The pressure in the bathroom dropped noticeably whenever it was turned on. Cleared the place out in seconds flat.

[Anonymous No.541669]

this is in the works with stripped wood and shit out of a sectional sofa to mount an elec. dart board on a studless drywall section in da gerrage.

[Anonymous No.541675]

I built a rail gun for my grade 12 physics project

[Anonymous No.541794]

I built a system for converting direct gear to sequential gear just to play Gran Turismo 4.

I got a Volkswagen gear handle and made it activate 6 different switches. Based on the difference between the previous switch and the new one, it sends signals to the R1 button on the playstation pad if the difference is positive (Example: 2nd gear to 6th -- difference is +4 = 4 clicks on button R1) and signals to L1 button if the difference is negative (Example: 6th gear to 4th -- difference is -2 = sends 2 signals to L1).

I used a PIC controller, programmed in C and by using bridge mini protobards I soldered wires straight to the Dualshock PCB.

Had to rearrange the clock because the PS2 only used to detect if a button was pressed in between frame refreshes (let's say 30hz), so the flag up on the PIC needed to be extended in order to R1 or L1 be on during more than that time.

Used that on a cockpit so i was able to change gears like a real car..

[Anonymous No.541796]

Biggest? I built a 12x15 playhouse on an old corn silo base for my cousins at my grandmothers. Full sized door, windows etc. Even had electrical ran to it.

Coolest thing? A murphys bed. That was a pretty cool thing to do.

[Anonymous No.541801]

I extended my patio with pavers. Got some muscles too. NOw it's going to go away

[Anonymous No.541947]

>>541222
Awesomesauce.

Since you're one of those people who doesn't just dream about stuff, but get down to it AND follow through to completion, do you have any tips on that side of things? It is just that you're naturally motivated or do you have some insights on motivation, stick-to-itivness etc.?

[Anonymous No.541979]

>>541947
>>It is just that you're naturally motivated or do you have some insights on motivation, stick-to-itivness etc.?
It's not confidence, but practice.
The more things you make and the more tools you have experience with the more insight you will have into what is possible. This allows you to plan any given task out with more specifics as to what materials will work and what tools can perform what tasks efficiently, safely, and reliably.

Failure is always an option, and I have experienced it (even recently). But you can always re-approach a task once you've had time to reevaluate your plan based on what you learned when you failed. Knowing what WON'T work is pretty valuable information and you often times can't learn it any way but the hard way.