Things I Have Built

[walkenvol]

You have a form? Wheels on the bottom? What concrete mix do you use?

 

[sona]

You have a form? Wheels on the bottom? What concrete mix do you use?

I create molds. I design in CAD and create mold masters from HDU foam on the CNC. From there I create molds with urethane rubber or silicone. I don't use wheels but rather a swivel plate bearing and a bottom disc. Wheels don't work well on anything but a smooth surface, and even then they tend to wander. This works anywhere. The next designs incorporate epoxy resin with cement and those masters will need to be 3d printed. I only have a basic 3-Axis CNC and it isn't up to creating the designs I want.

As for mix...I have tried and tried to find an alternative to the expensive stuff I use to no avail. I stay with Rapidset Cement-All and add polymers and glass fiber for strength. I have tried a lot of alternatives and never come close to the strength and rapid curing of Cement-All products.

This is a pic of bottom disc and bearing. I have a few different bottom discs but same idea for all.

 

[utchs81]

Just purchased my first thickness planer and needed a mobile cart to put it on. All scraps I had around the shed, only purchases required was a box of screws. Kind of looks like it too.

 

[CountryBoyBob454]

Trying to learn how to carve. I want to someday build the dressing table in the picture. First I have to figure out how to carve the shell. This attempt is pretty close, but there are some things, that seem really simple, that I have to practice a little more.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Trying to learn how to carve. I want to someday build the dressing table in the picture. First I have to figure out how to carve the shell. This attempt is pretty close, but there are some things, that seem really simple, that I have to practice a little more. View attachment 431635 View attachment 431634

Looks good, keep it up.

 

[KSPVol36]

Range hood for a house I’m remodeling.

 

[VolinWayne]

This is our first domed ceiling kit we built a while back. We cut everything out of plywood with our CNC machine and then laminate the poeces together

 

[Professor Nono]

Barred Owl house

 

[Carl Pickens]

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Anybody moved in yet?

 

[utchs81]

View attachment 457419 Barred Owl house

And who is your real estate agent?

 

[Professor Nono]

Nob

And who is your real estate agent?

Nobody moved in yet but I am watching. Homeowners association is kind of overbearing

 

[KSPVol36]

Cedar mailbox for the same house.

 

[VolNExile]

Cedar mailbox for the same house.

That’s great, but more importantly, where do you live? The front of your house is identical to mine, except that we have weird tilting windows in our dormer and don’t have the middle columns on the porch (note the gentle sag in the roof🤪):

 

[KSPVol36]

That’s great, but more importantly, where do you live? The front of your house is identical to mine, except that we have weird tilting windows in our dormer and don’t have the middle columns on the porch (note the gentle sag in the roof🤪):

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Beautiful house, my friend. I love these old Craftsman houses.

I’m in Kentucky. My house was built in 1919, and I’ve done a complete remodel. I gutted the inside down to the studs, moved some rooms around, and turned the attic into living space. On the exterior I’m just painting the siding, but I’ve put on a new roof and new windows. The cedar trim is all new, too. The interior columns are for looks only… there is actually a slight swag in the middle of my porch too. I just liked the look of these columns and it gave me a chance to add more cedar to the front. I haven’t put the “build” pics on here because I think the OP said other than houses. So, I’ve just shared a couple project-type work I’ve done.

Anyway, thanks for the like!

 

[VolNExile]

Beautiful house, my friend. I love these old Craftsman houses.

I’m in Kentucky. My house was built in 1919, and I’ve done a complete remodel. I gutted the inside down to the studs, moved some rooms around, and turned the attic into living space. On the exterior I’m just painting the siding, but I’ve put on a new roof and new windows. The cedar trim is all new, too. The interior columns are for looks only… there is actually a slight swag in the middle of my porch too. I just liked the look of these columns and it gave me a chance to add more cedar to the front. I haven’t put the “build” pics on here because I think the OP said other than houses. So, I’ve just shared a couple project-type work I’ve done.

Anyway, thanks for the like!

That’s great! We’re in Asheville, and there’s a ton of Arts and Crafts houses around here. Ours was built in 1923.

I’ve seen a dozen or more houses with this plan in my neighborhood alone. I’ve gone through the literal Craftsman (as in Sears) house catalogues but haven’t found it, so I guess it might just be something that a local builder liked.

We did a gut job on the kitchen and downstairs bath, but otherwise it’s pretty much original plus a hodgepodge of remuddlings done over the past century. —Plus we added AC, of course. whew

 

[n_huffhines]

Picked this up at Goodwill. Power washed and painted it. The wife painstakingly painted the flowers. Moved it into my daughter's room while she was sleeping. Sure beats paying $40 for a POS bookcase with no aesthetic.

 

[VolNExile]

Picked this up at Goodwill. Power washed and painted it. The wife painstakingly painted the flowers. Moved it into my daughter's room while she was sleeping. Sure beats paying $40 for a POS bookcase with no aesthetic.

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Your daughter is an incredibly sound sleeper! 😲

Great job by both of you. 👍🏻

 

[barknoxbrawler]

I built this tile shower, tile backsplash and trim at stairs and floating shelves!

 

[walkenvol]

I built this tile shower, tile backsplash and trim at stairs and floating shelves!

Which system did you use behind the tile in the shower?

 

[barknoxbrawler]

Which system did you use behind the tile in the shower?

Sentinel board, rubber pan and pre slopped, waterproofed with membrane never had a leak but do outside showers. I’ve started to WP on outside of curb at least a foot due to splash and spillage from kids.

 

[Professor Nono]

Lantern box for “Old Grumpy” and the fuel etc

 

[volkyries]

Lantern box for “Old Grumpy” and the fuel etc

Nice. Might have to borrow from your design a bit. I have been meaning to make one of these, but my projects tend to stall when I have to be "creative".

 

[Professor Nono]

Only thing I would do different is may

Nice. Might have to borrow from your design a bit. I have been meaning to make one of these, but my projects tend to stall when I have to be "creative".

be use a light plywood and maybe have a bucket handle attached to the sides so you could carry it with one hand

 

[barknoxbrawler]

Stone on the fireplace

 

[VolNExile]

Lantern box for “Old Grumpy” and the fuel etc

Ok, no one else has asked, so maybe they know, but:

“Old Grumpy”?