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A few years ago I made a "string art" portrait for my girlfriend at the time. It's made from a continuous† 2 km long black thread, woven around a loom made from a bicycle wheel rim. I'm still very proud of how it turned out. †OK fine, it broke at a few points and I had to knot the ends together, but it's the principle that counts. https://imgur.com/gallery/ljoJeal I really wanted to make something creative for her, b…
Impressive creation, creepy gift.
I'm a sucker for old games and good pixel art and I've built a pixel art frame powered by a LED matrix. It is not the most impressive thing I've built, but it is the one that brings me the most joy. Videos: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stanko/retro-frame/dev/ret... https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stanko/retro-frame/dev/ret... I wanted something that has a feel of an art object and sits on the shelf, rather tha…
I got into woodworking during the pandemic, built several pieces of furniture, my favorite is a firepit table [0]. The top is made out of concrete, and the rest is wood. The propane tank fits inside so it is out of view. I did buy the piping and the grill from where the fire comes out of, but other wise all done in my basement. Other builds include a kitchen island, a coffee table, and a live-edge standing desk. I th…
But I think my favorite moment came from the trim I did in the basement. We have been re-doing a lot of our basement and I did all of the trim that is in there now. There is a transition in floor from carpet to tile right near a corner. Looked kind of like this [0] Lots of angles to make everything match up and tiny cuts to finally get it to match up correctly (made more difficult because of course the wall isn't a true 90 degree angle). Turned out really well and looks seamless, but not something most people would ever notice. But one of my friends who is also an avid home DIYer was in my house saw it and said "dude, that trim is fire!". Felt good to have someone recognize the work that went into it.
[0] https://kyimages.kyinbridges.com/baseboard_different_heights...
This may or may not fit into the OP's intention but some of my favorite physical achievements are repairs that might be impressive for a random suburban dad :) 1. Two years ago our basement flooded a week after we bought the house. I ended up tearing out the now-saturated carpet and put in vinyl plank flooring. Mainly straight forward but requires planning and at some points tricky sawing. It's cool when people come…
I read this like a joke that the far right of his touchscreen doesn't work anymore and can't type the letter "L"
I made a farm table from reclaimed lumber. https://imgur.com/a/QDrUJzu My family uses it everyday.
I got into woodworking during the pandemic, built several pieces of furniture, my favorite is a firepit table [0]. The top is made out of concrete, and the rest is wood. The propane tank fits inside so it is out of view. I did buy the piping and the grill from where the fire comes out of, but other wise all done in my basement. Other builds include a kitchen island, a coffee table, and a live-edge standing desk. I th…
I know that fire pits (and outdoor stoves) need high heat mortar ... did you use that here or is the heat level low enough that it's not necessary.
I built a two-story straw bale house with lime exterior stucco and clay plaster on the interior walls. Many details in the house use reclaimed/salvaged lumber (fake box beams on the ceiling, deep window sills in every window, wood paneling, fireplace mantel, pantry shelves, etc). I had construction skills at the start of the project due to my dad who is a contractor. But through the project I started doing some finer…
I watched some YT series about dirt buildings covered with plaster and that was fascinating.
Last spring, I had my dad woodwork a large (cabinet door sized?) solid silhouette of Michigan, where I live. I then drilled holes throughout it, ran WS2811 LEDs through the holes, and coded up live temperature data to be shown as a color spectrum. It's a nice piece of wall art! https://github.com/leoherzog/michigan-temp-map
