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carbidetooth said:

did not make amplifier or railing

 

Really nice. Care to tell us more about the speaker? Mono? Center Channel? Final location? What's the story behind the railing?

Planning on 3D printing an air box for twin Weber DCOEs. It's going to be held on with extension springs and a 3mm o-ring groove around the base.

Shapeways can print it out of PA12 nylon for a little under $300, but it'll probably be a year before I do that because I'm putting money into the engine it's going on. 

So I just had the base plate made for now to satisfy my impatience.

Since the other carb is currently on the car, first I 3D printed a dummy carb for measuring and checking the base plate in paper before it was made by SendCutSend.

Sure, it should be as simple as measuring distance between the mounting holes on the manifold but checking it physically is my way of measuring twice.

Actual test fit with the other carb.

turned this engagement ring box out of brass on my mini lathe. then did the lining myself from fabric from Joanne. Didn't make the ring though

Unapproved, owner fabricated, LED panel replacement for incandescent bulb in airplane's dome light

Aluminum bit would have looked better if I had access to a shear and a brake, but still, less than $20 for 2 panels and the rest was bits I had laying around. 
 

It IS father's day after all.

Mrs. 914 knits a bunch of 6" squares, stores them in a bag and eventually links them together into a blanket.  She asked for a means to have them lay flat as usually after making a blanket the corners of each square are turned up and bumpy.  This rack fixes that.

Chunk of plywood, two 36" dowels, each cut to 9" lengths.

Wanted some comfortable chairs for the porch at the new house.  Found these on YouTube, the guy offers plans and templates which was nice, with all of the band sawed curves. 

Made this first pair out of $70 worth of construction grade yellow pine, finished with Penofin oil.  I might use nicer wood if I build another set; a pair may be enough though.

Man, some of you guys are true craftsmen! I don't have anywhere near the skills you guys have lol.

Here is a whiskey barrel fountain that I made. And by made I mean assembled from stuff I bought. I tried to stain the board the pitcher pump is mounted on with a gray Minwax stain to look weathered but it turned out blue-gray. It bugs my OCD that it doesn't match the whiskey barrel. Instead to gravel, I bought 30lbs of cobalt blue "fire glass" cubes. The pitcher pump is gutted to allow water to flow through it from the pump. I might add a blue LED for some night illumination.

It was a fun project and it adds something interesting to our boring front porch.

.... but you have to pee after 5 minutes of rocking. 😁

In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :

That blue-gray Minwax stain is the WORST.  I used it on a project and it came out really patchy  (the fountain is awesome, by the way).  I think the stain is supposed to be a "patina" thing on top of already finished wood?   Sure doesn't say that on the container.

I love weird and gimmacky surfboard fins. I like this 4.5" Twin Fin that I bought so I decided to make it bigger as a Single Fin. I scanned it, GIMPed it up to 8.75" to make a template and made it. The layup is 14 layers of 6oz, 8 layers of 6oz biaxial and another 14 layers of 6oz. I used polyester resin. It's the first surfboard fin I've ever made and I'm pretty happy about it. My forearms are going to itch for a while after grinding that thing down. 

In reply to buzzboy :

Looks nice! Are surfboard fins usually solid or do they sometimes have a balsa/foam core? 

Usually solid fiberglass but wood core is pretty common. Foam core not so much.

Rad!

While we are on the topic I'll share the latest stick from here as well. I like to buy misscuts from the local shapers. It gets me 90% there if I can find a blank with enough meat left on the bone for what I am shaping. This one was pretty close, just needed some width removed and a bit of foiling.

Recording tire pyrometer, any number of different driver/cars, cars can have 2, 3, 4, or 6 tires (just in case someone wants to use it with a Morgan or a Tyrell P34), 3 measurement positions per tire. Hosts it's own wifi with pages for viewing results and setting up cars and drivers. Uses an ESP32 processor.

In reply to Asphalt_Gundam :

That looks interesting!  What's the plan, what's going into it, and is it going to go straight or turn corners?

Why add bends to the rear mainstay? Doesn't that make it less sturdy?

Club members: No wonder you're fast in the tricky stuff, you have an advantage, you're always working in the trails

My back yard:

printed a micrognome to test the resin printer at work after a bunch of maintenance. Liked him so much I made a pedestal out of delrin on the lathe for him

Last night I made some zines to promote an upcoming zine meet-up that I’m hosting.

Currently working on in the shop.

Customer is getting the bar powdercoated.  POs in japan hacked the frame rails for its first intercooler.  So I had to cut them back more, then make reinforced end plates that added 2 more bolts (4 per side).  He wanted to be able to jack up on it.  Mission accomplished.

I made the bi-fold doors and the awning. The awning to the architect's design, the doors I adapted from a couple of articles in Fine Homebuilding and an online source or two. I was very, very relieved when they fit and moved well (okay, the one I use the most drags on its weatherstripping more than I'd like). Finding 5'x10' marine ply for 9' tall doors was fun.

I'm probably more proud of figuring out how to put a 700-lb awning on the side of a building 9' up than the awning itself...

In reply to gixxeropa :

"Delrin" is an absolutely perfect name for a micrognome. If anybody asks, tell them his full name is "Delrin son of Delrond."

In reply to buzzboy :

Yeah, but it makes easy round holes to cut for passing through the cab and bed.

In reply to Kendall Frederick :

Just a street thing, no racing at all or I'd have designed the tubes much different to maximize safety. Customer wanted this for someplace to hook up harnesses and look cool. But its definitely adding a little safety too. Just has a mild SBC in it