#use old stuff

[wells-creative]

Here’s an old project we did for my goats an extra shelter. The epitome of making the best of what you have.

We had the roof piece which is fiberglass on an aluminum frame. I believe it used to be part of an old box truck. My dad collected old vehicles for scrap and called it his life insurance (he had a heart issue and couldn’t get a decent policy way back when) and this was something leftover that we still had laying around.

We cut some chinaberry trees for posts and screwed the roof to the existing shelter (also part of an old truck). We thought about sinking the posts in the ground but decided against it in the end.

After that we used some old pallets to frame around the legs for additional stability and a wind block.

And the finished result was a very good, slightly sketch looking, goat shelter. I think the whole thing only took about two hours to do. It is not pretty but it cost nothing but labour. Sorry for the low lighting. We were running out of daylight when we finished.

It’s been up for almost four years now and it still keeps my critters dry ❤️

Products used:

Kobalt impact

3 Inch Wood Screws

Phillips head bits.

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[s0ph1eemma]

[sperocordolium]

some misc dividers :3

[count-pudding]

Wizard Installer🧙✨

[krysmcscience]

I have some questions about karaoke night, Alex Hirsch. Very Important Questions. Which I will happily scream at a poor hapless baby triangle who can have no answers for me, and possibly also does not have object permanence yet.

Follow-up that is I guess suggestive, but let's be real here, Bill's a fucking triangle:

Dude slipped right into his birthday suit, lmao

this is so stupid :D

Anyway, I don't care what anyone says, this brilliant individual knows what's up - Bill is absolutely way more of a monsterfucker than Ford could or ever will be, full stop.

[maiko-coy]

So, that happened.

[struggling-academic]

I am probably going to be annoying by adding my input here, as this is not a Universal Experience ™️, but I have grown to love and appreciate old sewing machines - like really old ones. My dad runs a soft goods business, working with canvas and leather, and the newest sewing machine he works with is circa the late 70's or early 80's. These are all-metal machines, and they just. don't. break. There a few parts that will go, mainly belts and sometimes the wiring (I thought my sewing machine was possessed for a bit, but that's a story for another time). However, there are people out there who know how to fix these things, and if you buy a refurbished machine, they will last forever.

My baby is a Singer Featherweight 221k, made in Scotland, and has likely been used on and off for 70 or so years. It may only sew a straight stitch, but it certainly works at that!

One of my other personal favorites are hand-crank machines, which don't require electricity at all and can be set up anywhere, powered by your hands. It takes some getting used to because one of your hands is occupied, but I sewed hundreds of face masks during the Covid lockdown on a hand-crank, and it worked really well!

Anyways, this is my pitch for the continued use of vintage/antique sewing machines because they are built to last and will run for years with basic upkeep.

bros yall probably already know what i’m about to say but i’ll say it anyway just in case

learn to sew, the joys of sewing are never ending. I sewed a witch hat last month, this week i turned some old pants into shorts, if my favorite socks and tshirts get ripped i can stitch them back together, i made a mouse plushie from an old airline blanket.

you can do a lot of things by hand sewing, albeit slower. but there are more basic cheaper machines too. if you don’t want to invest in a machine sometimes there are public places where you can use the machines. I did most of my sewing at my university campus library, some public libraries have machines too. but if none is available remember you can fix stuff by hand (i learned hand sewing solely so i can repeatedly fix my favorite socks, and it’s doable)

so yeah learn sewing, it’s a good skill

[lovldr]

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obligatory beach divorce doodling

bonus rough cover redraw of x-men #41 (1995) But Beach Divorce below cut

[lunarcrown]

His ass was NOT listening (but he still did phenomenal!)

[s0ph1eemma]

[aardvaark]

everyones fave thieves

[hellspawnmotel]

i love you always forever

[mewdoodles]

I just love sketching this dude... he's so shaped

[claybooots]

Chop chop chop

[gelarshiesprofruitboarder]

i always forget i can post these here also