Spring / Summer Projects Thread (non-game related)

NeoSneth · May 17, 2017

Small Project, but i halted everything else in my life until i finished this.

Stripped all old and solid grease. Stripped blades. Stripped gearbox. Stripped cage. reshaped emblem.
New wiring. New felt. Lucas Green Grease to pack gearbox.
Polished and left some brass exposed.
Epoxy Paint on cage and gearbox. Meguiar's polish on old Coil housing and case.

Quieter than anything on the market today. All metal.
Moves a ton of air.

Before

After

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NERDtendo · May 18, 2017

WOW! Excellent work.

Late · May 18, 2017

Nice restoration job Sneth.

aaronjmill · May 18, 2017

Trying to dig myself a fire pit in the backyard. Cleared off a bunch of overgrowth on my back parking pad (I live in the city), and I need to re-hang a gutter that fell off during a rainstorm a little while back. Planted some flowers out front and trying to make my house not look like a total piece of shit lives there any more.

I mean, I still do, but I don't want it to LOOK like it.

HDRchampion · Jun 2, 2017

Been working on my movie room a bit. Finally put blackout curtains, popcorn machine, & some new wall art. Finish making myself a poster lightbox. Turned out better then expected.

blakeb8111 · Jun 3, 2017

Looks good HDR, u should share some of ur movie room pics

tighecg · Jun 5, 2017

First semi big project of the year. My daughter asked for a swing set for her birthday a few weeks ago, so we got this. Came as a kit, and had to buy the 4x4s separate. No special tools or techniques really, drills, shovels and a level was about all it took.

(wow, these pics turned out big on this post)

radiantsvgun · Jun 5, 2017

Having a ton of rain lately, great for the cucumbers and tomatoes, bad for the peppers. Ghost peppers didn't make it, might not be able to make hot sauce this year.

HDRchampion · Jun 7, 2017

blakeb8111 said:
Looks good HDR, u should share some of ur movie room pics

This my current movie room, eventually going to buy that nice house with a big ass basement. For now its in the family room haha.

Going to replace the other two shitty walmart poster frames w/ lightboxes eventually. Also maybe next year ill be getting those nice power leather seats, had these chairs for 15years now time for an upgrade.

mjmjr25 · Jun 10, 2017

Great work on the playground tighe - those kits are really nice. It's rewarding to get something substantial and well made in a day or two.

Movie room is awesome and those superhero busts are really cool. Is the Han Solo a picture, or that a full on 3D item?

We got a few more projects going this weekend.

Started day by taking down a few trees that have an orange fungus which slowly kills it and it spreads pretty quickly - wood is still good for for fireplace though. Took down 2 larger trees and then some sucker branches that are shading garden too much.

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A busy day and got a ton done, but kids still had energy for some fishing at dusk:

Started at a pond near our house that leads to a larger lake - lots of catfish but their pretty small:

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LoneSage · Jun 11, 2017

Did your girl just flick her hair at that moment? Hahah.

It's uncanny how similar the environment is to where my aunt's/cousin's home was. Deep in the woods and near a pond.

Keep updating in this thread, I like it.

blakeb8111 · Jun 13, 2017

@HDR, I like the movie room. Lots of cool stuff in there, that's a project I want to do hopefully in the near future. Bruce lee should get the next poster treatment.

For the guys with gardens, do any of you have problems with rabbits? I have so many and they're destroying my flower beds. Any good methods to get rid of them or keep them away?

Neodogg · Jun 13, 2017

blakeb8111 said:
For the guys with gardens, do any of you have problems with rabbits? I have so many and they're destroying my flower beds. Any good methods to get rid of them or keep them away?

we have barn cats that protect our garden. You can also put up some chicken wire fence around the area, easy enough to do. Or you can hook up an electric wire to run around the perimeter but they'd probably just jump it.

My Oma would put vinegar and lemon zest around the perimeter too. There is also the ol' 0.22 option?

mjmjr25 · Jun 13, 2017

blakeb8111 said:
For the guys with gardens, do any of you have problems with rabbits? I have so many and they're destroying my flower beds. Any good methods to get rid of them or keep them away?

Our only real issue is birds - particularly right after we plant, not so much once things get going. Not much you can do about them.

We have a lot of rabbits, but our beds are high enough they mostly leave them alone. We have lots of deer too, but our garden is centered in the yard and they tend to not wander into such an open area. We do have a fence at the ready but haven't had to use it. Be prepared for death from any type of netting. They do kill mice, chipmunks and rabbits - so we try to avoid it wherever we can.

A quick fence can be made with 4 of these: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...t-Green-Steel-Fence-U-Post-901154EB/205960882
And a roll of this: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Easy-Gardener-7-ft-x-100-ft-DeerBlock-Protective-Mesh-6050R/100328622

A sturdier fence and safer for wildlife, but more time to put up and take down: http://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-2-33-100-ft-x-50-ft-Garden-Welded-Wire-Fence-308371HD/204331903

Either option is economical and takes less than 20 mins up and down; assuming your garden isn't football field sized.

mjmjr25 · Jun 13, 2017

Treehouse continues to progress, but kids more interested in playing than helping, which is ok. Put up a swing that allegedly can hold 800lbs - we'll never go that close, but if it can do 400 we'll be pleased with it:

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radiantsvgun · Jun 24, 2017

Well I'm going to have way too many cucumbers this year thanks to all the fucking rain in GA. Everything else isn't doing so well.

radiantsvgun · Apr 10, 2018

Rise from your grave:

Time to step up to the big leagues and make a real garden.

Used some treated wood, weed killer and then cardboard on top of the weeds. Will put down another layer of cardboard before I add soil.

sr20det510 · Apr 10, 2018

radiantsvgun said:
Rise from your grave:

Time to step up to the big leagues and make a real garden.

Used some treated wood, weed killer and then cardboard on top of the weeds. Will put down another layer of cardboard before I add soil.

Looks great. What's the size? 6'x8'?
What are you going to plant?

Is that your backyard? That's a huge area.

radiantsvgun · Apr 11, 2018

sr20det510 said:
Looks great. What's the size? 6'x8'?
What are you going to plant?

Is that your backyard? That's a huge area.

8 foot landscape timbers. Cut a few in half. Yeah that’s my backyard, it is a pretty wide area. All the wood costs about 35 bucks and the nails about $4.

mjmjr25 · Jul 10, 2018

Busy busy summer - tons of camping and fishing, but have managed to knock out a few projects as well:

My wife wanted a 3 line split rail fence to keep the deer out of her garden;

Here's a shot just before the final rail was put in place:

Had a nice tree go down in a recent storm - plenty thick for benches and no rot or bug damage. Sliced in half and notched for leg supports:

A good time to extend the ring around our firepit - extended from 3' out to 9' out with 2 yards of river rock:

Have since sealed the tops and treated bark so no concerns of water damage or bugs getting under bark.

Built an obstacle course w/my dad for 4th of July party:

My dad is 63 and still put up the best time out of 25+ kids and adults:

Montatez · Jul 10, 2018

Nice Mike. I here ya on the busy summer taking time fishing and camping just about every other weekend teaching my kids to eat fish on a stick and such.

Last winter I scored a roof top tent and have been taking every chance to sleep in it. Had to install the rack as well.

mjmjr25 · Jul 11, 2018

Nice man. We just bought our first new tent in 15 years. We had a Wenger Suisse 6-person, but it just isn't big enough any longer as the kids keep growing. We got a CORE 12-person Instant and will get to use it for first time later this month. They're actually doing a 20% off promotion and free ship on their site right now.

NeoSneth · Jul 15, 2018

Did a few more restorations. I like restoring lots of antiques, but people have started to funnel Fans to me. There's actually a few barn-find Emerson's in St Louis as they were built here for almost a century. The engineering was/is impressive and their slogan is quite true " Built to Last"

My oldest is from 1920, so almost a century old at this point.

Here's one from early summer. Low Res Images this time.

Before

After

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mjmjr25 · Jul 17, 2018

Very nice man. I have similar visions with a couple National cash registers I have, but i've made very little progress so far.

GregN · Jul 17, 2018

New garage. My old one is from 1940 and was ready for the bone yard.

Took them 2 months to demolish the old garage and put up the new one, but it's finally done:

https://imgur.com/a/CjhpaWT

Next on deck in a few years: solar paneling on the garage. (If the city allows it).

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