Stuff You've Made...

[Oilchange]

Well, having seen the rather groovy barbeque Mr BB-Q knocked up from a few shopping trolleys and a 50 gallon oil drum I was wondering what other useful things people have made, automotive or not, that they use and are constructed from bits that would otherwise be thrown...

[everitj]

Made a Top Gear table copy

[Captain Cadillac]

I made sweet love down by the fire once

[ytrebil]

everitj said:

Made a Top Gear table copy

Looks cool, but a bit small?

[mrmaggit]

Glass doesn't look too stable.

[NiceCupOfTea]

One (four?) up on those nasty common V8 coffee tables!

What's it from? Jag?

[EDLT]

The jag engine was an iron block I think. Is it out of a BMW?

[The Black Duke]

I love that coffee table.

[B17NNS]

That's the nicest variation on the theme i've seen.

What is the block?

[everitj]

Block is jag v12. All aluminium, not that heavy once it's stripped, I can lift it and carry it on my own ok.

[Nobody You Know]

10 of us designed and built this from scratch in 8 months, still incredibly proud of what we achieved at Formula Student '06.



And here we are building it up a few days before the event.



Another build pic:

[Super Bad]

I like it!!

everitj said:

[A1GOY]

Super Bad said:

I like it!!

everitj said:

I want one...

[Mannginger]

Love the table!

I'm rubbish at DIY - this is about the best thing I "made" by cobbling together an old table/tray thing and some chipboard.



And this is about the extent of my modelling "skills"!

[Super Bad]

A1GOY said:

I want one...

https://www.andythornton.com/details1.asp/ProductI...

[littlemidgetgem]

Loving that coffee table!

I make alsorts current (eventual) lol project is to make my own clarinet and even more long term I'd like to start producing tailor made instruments for musicians for the moment though I just repair them!!

[SirDigbyChicken]

When i still had some time on my hands i was going to make a 1/2 scale fully working model of my classic bike. This is how far i got in the end. I dont have alot of time now so nothing will happen till the summer. I was thinking a classic-mini-moto




The pic was taken at the ascot model engineering exhibition in 2008

Edited by SirDigbyChicken on Sunday 18th January 14:52

[elster]

I've been tinkering since I was about 13. Do you want me to list everything, or shall I just choose the most interesting things.

For example I made a GPS for a friends boat that sent a SMS to his phone when it moved out of a certain location. It also enabled him to remotely shut down the boat.

Later this was installed on several Network Rail Modules as a GPS monitoring system.

[glazbagun]

SirDigbyChicken said:

When i still had some time on my hands i was going to make a 1/2 scale fully working model of my classic bike. This is how far i got in the end. I dont have alot of time now so nothing will happen till the summer. I was thinking a classic-mini-moto




The pic was taken at the ascot model engineering exhibition in 2008

Edited by SirDigbyChicken on Sunday 18th January 14:52

Wow! Do you have a CNC machine locked in your shed, or was that all done on a lathe?

[Oilchange]

That CNC work looks utterly brilliant, were you a machinist or designer?

Also, electronics completely elude me so making a gps transmitter that does things is equally impressive. Any photos?

Also, Elster, just put interesting things that you have a photo of. I curious to everything.


There's nothing quite like hand made things that show off a bit of true craftsmanship imo