Cool things you built at home or at work

Got it closed up. Now it's sand, seal then sand some more and more. In About 3 weekends the artwork will begin, going to wood burn artwork.

Definitely nicer looking than the stone. Just me maybe!!

a while ago, the GFwas thinking about getting a wood mantle for her fireplace instead of a plain concrete block hanging on the wall, I said I think I could handle that !!!
it's amazing what you can do with some flat pine boards, a piece of floor shoe base and a piece of trim of some type....she loves it 😀 

Mskyadk,45 years ago I saw my first wood strip canoe and swore I would build one some day.  Eventually I discovered Royalex canoes then kevlar canoes then in  1999 I discovered roto molded kayaks that wont be destroyed in Class V rivers.  Ive owned and sold about 25 kayaks since then.  I even destroyed a few.  Wood is beautiful but plastic is outright amazing. 

Bud...a buck fifty nine. The relief is.....too much to calculate. 

Nice, as much as I like wood working and a cedar strip kayak, that's probably the route I would take.

This just saved me 100hrs, ahhhhh

Next project is to repair the 1st one. The wife gave a challenge to make her a 8 footer as well.

I have built a few canoes like that. Always an ego stroker when you take them out because everyone comments on how awesome they look. Good work and a great project to under take. I found the fiber glassing day to be stressful. If you want another project after the canoe I built my daughter a wooded paddle board. They are fun to make.

Polski............You are so damn good.  I'm embarrassed to show any of my stuff.  BB

Been a while since I was able to get any work done on this canoe. Drawing into closing up the bottom. Those last strips are the hardest ones, very easy for them to shatter from the curves and twists. 

Ski, You’re almost done with a Lombardi Trophy Replica!,,, That’s outstanding for a Metal Guy! Reminds me of a Lombardi. You have to PM me how much you’d make a Lombardi Trophy for me, and I will put the Brass Plate on it when Dr Love wins his first SB! Good work Ski! 

I was in the steel industry my whole working life but I still enjoy wood working. Last fall I put together parts I had for a little wood lathe and have been making little projects like a couple French rolling pins for both of my daughters, pretty basic stuff.

Anyway I glued together some oak and maple boards and while turning them into something it started to look like a football on one end so I went with that. Long story short, turning a football shape by hand in a lathe is not as easy as I thought it was going to be, but I got it done. I then went one step farther and made the iconic pedestal which was as much of a challenge as was the football. Anyway, not to shabby and timing is everything.


 

Mskyadk, I think it needs more bacon. I like bacon !!!

Went to my grandson's birthday party last night and my daughter in law built this cake. I thought it was pretty cool.
For scale that is a Pizza plater. All cake, chocolate and frosting.