#DIY woodwork

[jaubaius]

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[hylianchampion17]

i made these sword wall mounts from Link’s house in BotW! i made three in total to match the three in Link’s Hateno house. the TotK ones are slightly different, featuring a rod to stand the weapon upright, rather that against the wall.*

i’m gonna be overly descriptive here for my own reference, as well as anyone else who would like to make something similar!

here’s the specs:

mount:

h - 44 in // w(top) - 16 in // w(bottom) - 14 in

plaque:

h - 2.5 in // w - 8.5 in

- made from plywood and cut wooden sticks

- bindings used screws, wood glue, and a nail gun

- base colour using spray paint

- border colour using primer paint

- fastened with velcro temporarily

- backside is hung on wall with a wire line

i plan to add Hylian text to the plaques. probably something general rather than a specific weapon name (so i can swap swords between mounts).

also planning to replace the velcro strip with a leather strap and buckle. something adjustable for different sizes. i’ll either use rivets or simply cut two slots in the sides for the leather strap to go through.

all my swords i plan on hanging here are high-density foam/PVC pipe. so far, i have the royal claymore, great flameblade, and master sword. although the first two are larger in game, they are roughly the same size as the master sword seen in the photos. this allows me to make a one-size-fits-most build!

inspired by u/ on reddit and twitter for the inspiration!

*here’s the different versions between games:

[rhyperographer]

So I am a bit dumb and i bought a second hand aquarium and stand which is too heavy for my floor. Thankfully the front of my house has a covered concrete patio I can put it on!

Problem, the stand is timber and I am very sure it is not sealed properly against the elements. Even if it is going to be under cover.

I am seeking advice on how to seal this as best as possible to make it as waterproof as possible with as little effort as possible because I don't own any kind of sanding tools other than sandpaper and it's got lots of nice decorative curves. i.e I can't sandblast it. Also the back edges don't look finished in any way so I can see the plywood and where they didn't varnish it everywhere originally.

Help woodworking/DIY tumblr!

[ahedderick]

Retirement

My husband worked as a forester for 30 years, and retired this month. He worked as a cabinet-maker before college, and wants to spend at least part of his retirement getting back to his 'woodworking roots.'

Years ago he made a butcher-block style countertop when we updated our kitchen (from the 1950s to the 2010s) He very carefully cut out the part where the double sink would go and tucked that rectangular piece away for 'someday'. Someday came last weekend, when he took the metal base from an old Singer sewing machine, cleaned up the edges of the section of butcher-block, and put it all together.

Since there are ALL KINDS of unique bits and pieces of wood and other materials at Home Farm, he will be able to make quite a few one-of-a-kind pieces with almost no cost for materials. He just needs to figure out how to price them and sell them.

[theautismzone]

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[paran0rmality]

I forgot to take a before picture(RIP) but my first restoration/remodel!

Got this little wooden box from the thrift shop and it was in bad condition, loose wobbly off center hinges, an ill hitting lid, chipping laquer and scratched to hell.

Used what I had on hand, so it's not perfect, but I think it's pretty!

Sanded her down and sanded down the metal bits with some wd40 and put everything back together. Gave her a light coat of wd40 to make the grain stand out more and to shine it up (more of a light satin type shine) and she's done!!

[bootleg-nessie]

Kicked out of Home Depot for nailing all the 2x4s together

[just3goblinsinatrenchcoat]

Long time Tumblr enjoyer, first time poster.

Here is a chicken coop I have been building. In true goblin fashion it is 90% made from pallet wood and reclaimed materials aka trinkets from my travels. See list below for examples

Palletwood- taken from local shipping company

Nails- removed from mallet Pallet wood, bent back to shape

Windows: made from a scrap of acrylic found in the dumpster at work

Vertical posts: dug out of the creek behind my house

Cain link fence for the run: also dug out of the creek

Concrete pavers: also also dug out if the creek

These pictures are from various points in the process and trust me, I have taken loads more if anyone is interested… I’m still working on a more permanent run but hopefully that will be done soon. I’m glad to finally have the chickens in it!

[friendofthecrows]

Making a cute new cage for our piggies because they need an upgrade ^-^ Which is better:

I ran out of options to do an "other" but please PLEASE if you have more ideas put them in the tags/notes.

I'll show the sketches of the favorite ones + explain some cool ideas I had for them. We're building one of them now, but it's also built such that we can swap rooms out, so we can make more of these later lol. Ever shifting building seems a bit Magnus Archives Michael McFuckHands Distortion to you? A bit evil? Well it's enrichment. For me. (For the pigs. For the pigs.)

[sentientglue]

been collecting vintage tiles for the surface of the studio work bench I’m building. a bunch of these were sourced from demolition sites in the path of Sydney’s WestConnex motorway, scraps of vintage fireplaces rescued from the rubble by another local artist.

aiming to use recycled/second hand materials where possible…sourcing recycled timber next week <3

[batcastlesociety]

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[thomaseh]

I built this small guitar/ukulele for fun.

The neck-trough design was sculped from a single slab of pine, dyed and finished with teak oil.

The pickup cover, wraparound tailpiece and pickguard were handmade. The tailpiece was made from a block of aluminium from a power supply heatsink. I left some of the grooves to position the F string saddle.

It has a 17" scale, and uses standard guitar strings. I tuned it to G, C, F, A#. It is the same as the four upper strings of a standard guitar with a capo at the 3rd fret. This way I can play some power chords on it.

[admiraldonovan]

Second creation of the forest wave ~

[ahedderick]

Do NOT know why my father made this; however, I can use it. I removed the hinges, rough-sanded most of the surfaces, and got a nice, fragrant* coat of tung oil on it. The smaller piece will become a shallow shadow box lined with a piece of an EXTREMELY old hexagon quilt I was given by an older neighbor. The larger piece

m-i-g-h-t help alleviate the clutter that build up on the night table. Maybe. So I can take "box" off the project list and add "wood painting", because my husband got this piece sanded smooth:

and he would like me to paint this little creek on there.

So I need time to sew, craft, cook, clean, take care of Hero and the pasture, the garden, tutor, paint, and uh . . hmmmm. No, nope, I can definitely do everything. This will work.

.* well I think it smells kind of nice; it's oil from nuts of the tung tree.

[tinkertime1911]

In this video, I'll experiment with making new wood look old using vinegar and steel wool to form iron acetate. This detailed video walks you through the step-by-step process of achieving a sun-weathered effect on wood while explaining the science behind the formation of iron acetate, the role of black tea, and why the vinegar and steel wool solution reacts with wood the way it does

[barefootbaltimore]

My toxic trait is that I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I can learn to make anything.