So what have you made recently?

So what have you made recently?

Author
Discussion

northwest monkey

Original Poster:

6,370 posts

188 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
Most blokes love making stuff & most blokes love showing off / looking at what other people have made, so come on & don't be shy - what have you made recently?

Earlier this year I made a pergola thing for the back of our house. The old one was a bit "fally downy", rotten and didn't go up in the air. It was also very flimsy!

Work in progress...



And finished...



Then last weekend I did a fence & gate for the Mother-in-Law. Nothing fancy but still very satisfying. Needs painting yet but I'm not getting involved...




Pheo

3,324 posts

201 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
Iroko worktop and splashback in the bathroom!


uncinqsix

3,239 posts

209 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
A bed for my son:



Currently working on some Japanese sliding doors (Shoji) for a wardrobe.

kwaka jack

270 posts

171 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
Finished my first decking around the hot tub a few months ago. Very happy with how it turned out for a first time still just need to put the bottom run in but in no hurry at the mo.




northwest monkey

Original Poster:

6,370 posts

188 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
Pheo said:
Iroko worktop and splashback in the bathroom!
Pictures man, pictures!

OldSkoolRS

6,718 posts

178 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
kwaka jack said:
Finished my first decking around the hot tub a few months ago. Very happy with how it turned out for a first time still just need to put the bottom run in but in no hurry at the mo.
Looks like we've both had a similar idea of using decking to make plant containers. smile I made an L shaped raised bed a few weeks ago and made two more square ones yesterday (no chance on painting them today though frown).

The L shaped one, painted, ready to be filled with soil. We got tired of the old road sign being kicked around the street and the council wouldn't take it away when we left it by the rubbish, so the OH decided to use it in the garden:



The two I made yesterday below, including the paint work out about £40 each. I was going to buy some fancy self assemebly beds from a firm called WoodBlox, but they worked out about £250 each for this size. Probably won't last forever, but easy enough just to screw on a replacement decking plank if it starts to rot.



Evoluzione

10,345 posts

242 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
A bird table:





Purposely made 'Rack at eye' as we say round here, no measuring, all hand formed just by eye or comparison of one piece against another from mild steel and no protective treatment so it blends in and ages (rusts!) as it gets older.





I only made one and it took me a day to make, i've been asked to make more, but unsure if it's any good. It was difficult for me to form something which wasn't precise, with no plan and not protect it from the elements as it's the opposite to what I normally do and i'm not artistic in the slightest. There is a fine line between this kind of style and a pile of crap and when I stood back at the end of that day and looked at it I honestly couldn't say which camp it fell into - it's a bit like something from the set of the Adams family or Edward Scissorhands so we just called it the haunted bird house.

I may make myself one to attract the Wood pigeons so I can make more of this:



Woody breast with lardons, shallots, garlic, peas, cider & cream lick

Cider was homemade non PC 8%+:









That did go down very well and will be making more soon.

Edited by Evoluzione on Monday 31st August 13:11

paulrockliffe

15,639 posts

226 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
Pair of fitted wardrobes:

20150601-DSC00974.jpg by paulrockliffe, on Flickr

IMAG0077.jpg by paulrockliffe, on Flickr

All ash, apart from the panels which are oak-faced MDF and the shelves which are MDF. Mortice and tenon construction, solid as fk, took me ages, cost a small fortune, but they're only to do once.

paulrockliffe

15,639 posts

226 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
A make-up/jewelery cabinet for the missus birthday:

20150701 - DSC01023 - untitled.jpg by paulrockliffe, on Flickr

20150701 - DSC01024 - untitled.jpg by paulrockliffe, on Flickr

This was made with some left-over ash from the wardrobes, the bathroom mirror that was dropped and chipped and replaced and an off-cut of oak-faced MDF. So cost nothing.

Really enjoyed making this and it's really practical. Eventually I'll make some inserts to house jewelry etc too, but lots of more pressing things to do at the moment.

I've just finished making some shelves in the living room that have turned out rather well, I'll add some pictures of those later.....

Simpo Two

85,149 posts

264 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
I'd just want to cover up the silver track at the top.

bimsb6

8,034 posts

220 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all




Woodstore made from heavy pallets and some old peg tiles from ebay , no credit for "barney the dinosaur though" .

Crumpet

3,876 posts

179 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
Love the bird table!

I've recently fitted new gates and fully automated them:


paulrockliffe

15,639 posts

226 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
Simpo Two said:
I'd just want to cover up the silver track at the top.
Me too! I cocked that up; hence the spare bits for the makeup cabinet. Deeper piece is sat at my parents house awaiting delivery.....

I need to fill that gap in one of them too, but can't decide what to put there. My idea for a sock dispenser keeps getting shot down by the boss.

kwaka jack

270 posts

171 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
OldSkoolRS said:
kwaka jack said:
Finished my first decking around the hot tub a few months ago. Very happy with how it turned out for a first time still just need to put the bottom run in but in no hurry at the mo.
Looks like we've both had a similar idea of using decking to make plant containers. smile I made an L shaped raised bed a few weeks ago and made two more square ones yesterday (no chance on painting them today though frown).

The L shaped one, painted, ready to be filled with soil. We got tired of the old road sign being kicked around the street and the council wouldn't take it away when we left it by the rubbish, so the OH decided to use it in the garden:



The two I made yesterday below, including the paint work out about £40 each. I was going to buy some fancy self assemebly beds from a firm called WoodBlox, but they worked out about £250 each for this size. Probably won't last forever, but easy enough just to screw on a replacement decking plank if it starts to rot.


I will have to hide those pictures from the other half or I'll be sent outside to make more lol. yours have certinaly come out way better than mine. Orginally I wanted to build the flower beds in to the decking but the old man talked me out of it lol.

kwaka jack

270 posts

171 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
Crumpet said:
Love the bird table!

I've recently fitted new gates and fully automated them:

Very nice. The views look amazing from your house.

tuffer

8,849 posts

266 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
A BBQ Table:

R8Steve

4,150 posts

174 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
A garden table -


Nikolai

283 posts

145 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
paulrockliffe said:
Pair of fitted wardrobes:
How did you cut the rebate in the door frames for the oak panels to sit in, router table or was it hand-routered? Very nice job. I have alcoves either side of a fireplace and looking for inspiration, something like this would be ideal.

TorqueVR

1,838 posts

198 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
It was three years ago now but I'm still very pleased with this (plans etc from Toylander).


paulrockliffe

15,639 posts

226 months

Monday 31st August 2015
quotequote all
Nikolai said:
paulrockliffe said:
Pair of fitted wardrobes:
How did you cut the rebate in the door frames for the oak panels to sit in, router table or was it hand-routered? Very nice job. I have alcoves either side of a fireplace and looking for inspiration, something like this would be ideal.
I built a router table over Christmas. Still not finished all the drawers, built a proper fence or added the tracks, but it works pretty well. Have been using a length of ash and a couple of clams as a fence. If you have a router you can put it in a table for the cost of a few bits of MDF and a plate.

Used the router for pretty much everything, apart from cutting the wood to length I think.

They did take about 30 man days to make though and cost somewhere around £400 each. Worth it I think.