What We're Making

[Ronstar]

^ looks great!

 

[Surewhitey]

Finished a biggie office unit 7'x12' with some custom features. Installation was a bear.

 

[Ronstar]

^Very nice surewhitey! Lots of work in that one.

 

[Surewhitey]

^Very nice surewhitey! Lots of work in that one.

Yeah, the most stressful (& challenging) is fitting everything into a closed space and making it fit with minimal spacers. The middle shelf was final cut & assembled on site. Everything else fit perfectly. I've found that dados are your friend for all assembly, but especially for the on site assembly.

Had a friend help haul it all upstairs and put in place. Now off to Italy!

 

[street]

Finished a biggie office unit 7'x12' with some custom features. Installation was a bear.

Beautiful!!

 

[Music Lover]

I started this project in 2020, finished it in 2021 but too late for planting. This year my wife was able to plant early and it came in nicely.

I started with lumber from a couple of old ground level decks. A lot of it was crooked and unusable but I sorted through it and was able to use a good 80% of the wood along with other assorted lumber that I had lying around. My wife originally wanted a raised planter bed about 16' or so but I realized that I had enough wood to make a 20' x 20' planter that would also serve as a shelter for a fire pit. Framing started:



Framing completed and faced with purchased fence boards. Shingles from garage roof being laid out in place of landscape cloth, saved a trip to the dump:



Landscape cloth lined the inside and topsoil added:



16 yards of 1.5" granite gravel was added late summer last year to the planter area plus around the deck and garage:



Pic taken a couple weeks ago with mature plantings, a mixture of vegetables, flowers, and some ornamental grass:

 

[Jerry1]

Nice! Good job reusing the wood. That saved a bundle. Looks like a great area to relax and enjoy the fire.

 

[Surewhitey]

That's a big job, ML

Turned out really nice.

 

[street]

Music Lover, that is beautiful! Looked like a fun project and great job.

 

[Sue J]

Music Lover, That is lovely!

 

[Music Lover]

Nice! Good job reusing the wood. That saved a bundle. Looks like a great area to relax and enjoy the fire.

Saving money was a bonus, but I'm more happy that a pile of unused crooked lumber which had become an eyesore was able to be used. I tore apart the old decks in spring 2019 and dumped the lumber in the back yard. I looked at the pile all summer and then most of the next summer before deciding on a project.

 

[Ronstar]

^ Looks great and saved you a lot of dough, and saved you from having to dispose of the old wood. It's a win-win-win!

 

[RobbieB]

My new lid installed. Fits perfect! Works good too, full length SS piano hinge.

 

[Ronstar]

Turned an old Jeep grill into workshop wall art.

 

[JoeWras]

Turned an old Jeep grill into workshop wall art.

So cool Ronstar. For my workshop, I want to do something funky with my old mechanical clock movement, maybe creating my own mad scientist clock face. Maybe next winter.

 

[Ronstar]

So cool Ronstar. For my workshop, I want to do something funky with my old mechanical clock movement, maybe creating my own mad scientist clock face. Maybe next winter.

Thanks - I like your clock idea! There’s probably some YouTube videos out there to give you some ideas.

 

[street]

Turned an old Jeep grill into workshop wall art.

WOW!
That is very creative! I remember in a post that you went to pick the grill up from out of state.

I like it a lot.

 

[Ronstar]

WOW!
That is very creative! I remember in a post that you went to pick the grill up from out of state.

I like it a lot.

Thanks - I found a YouTube video where a guy used a string of 5 Christmas village lights to light his grill. So I got the lights from Amazon, drilled out the backs of the headlights and turn signals, and installed the lights in the holes. I didn’t try to get the original lights working.

 

[aja8888]

Turned an old Jeep grill into workshop wall art.

Garage art, nothing compares, nice job!!

 

[Ronstar]

A friend's daughter makes and sells rustic home decor items. She wanted some tool totes to hold floral arrangements. I whipped up 5 of them - she has to paint/ decorate them.

 

[aja8888]

A friend's daughter makes and sells rustic home decor items. She wanted some tool totes to hold floral arrangements. I whipped up 5 of them - she has to paint/ decorate them.

Very nice job Ron!

 

[Surewhitey]

A friend's daughter makes and sells rustic home decor items. She wanted some tool totes to hold floral arrangements. I whipped up 5 of them - she has to paint/ decorate them.

I need to use up some scraps. Thanks for some motivation.

 

[street]

That was a fun tutorial to watch. You make it look so easy! Lol

 

[JoeWras]

Nice Ron!

Have you ever tried using glue with sawdust for nail hole fill? It is harder to work with, but if I get the mix right, it can cause the holes to just disappear.

 

[Surewhitey]

Nice Ron!

Have you ever tried using glue with sawdust for nail hole fill? It is harder to work with, but if I get the mix right, it can cause the holes to just disappear.

Definitely use this on walnut or cherry or any colored woods...