Hobo shack

Build a small shed in the side yard.   Used leftover decking (thanks Sandie!) for the siding.

Hobo Shed 

View out the door - snow covered pine and pond waterfall

before the siding

True hobo style booze bottle lighting!

Used a metal roof from Menards.  My days of using asphalt shingles are over!

Wall sculpture

Here are a few concepts-turned-into-reality.  Sometimes you get an idea, and don't know what it will look like until you are all done.

Cutting board

Hickory wood - the design was cut with dremel tool, painted silver and filled with resin, Then sanded flat and finished with mix of mineral oil and bees wax.

Pallet Coffee Tables

A couple of recently finished coffee tables.

Portrait

Here is a photo of me that I found from a 'Service day' project my work team participated in in 2018.  We are mostly IT folks, but I was allowed on the 'Red Team' (The power tools users) since I have handyman experience.  Someone took this photo of me with my back towards them, near the end of the day, while I was helping one of our guys put together a play structure.

We had worked most of the day, so my hands are dirty, everything is grubby and we were all tired.  I was totally in my comfort Zen zone at that point. I really like this photo because of that. 

Working on some Christmas Trees

A couple of request jobs...

Check out the cool stool - used MC pillion seat on a swivel

I drew a grid on the welding table to line up the project.  I do that to help with alignment.  If  you look at the table, you can see the 'golden spiral' I used on the previous weld up.

Tree 1 - Steel Horse shoes (used)

'small' horseshoes tree - After ornaments added

Welding project layout

Laying out the next welding project :

UPDATE - FEB 2020  - Completed Project:

Walnut base, glass orb and welded sculpture, ready to hang.  (Custom bracket included)

I created a custom hanger - once bracket is mounted to wall, art can be rehung any direction without removing the bracket from the wall.  Simply lift off the art piece, rotate and rehang.

Lamp Ideas

A couple of new lamps.

 

 

Noodle Soup

Somedays, nothing hits the spot like a hot bowl of Noodle soup.  I needed to upgrade my bowl with some accessories.

First - Check out the AMAZING Bowl cozy that Callie May made for her pa!!   Beautiful craftsmanship!!!  (and the color is super!)

Noodles were hot an delicious, and I was able to get them back to my desk without BURNING MY FINGERS OFF !!!  THANKS CALLIE !!!

Second - I made a walnut lid for the bowl on the lathe - this way the noodles stay hot longer, and less likely to slosh out. 

Vintage Bed Restore - 2

Finally have the veneer glued down, used Bondo to fill the gouges and rough spots, and getting some primer sprayed on.

 

BTW; my 'Spray Booth" is actually a bunch of plastic hung in the garage.  Kind of a pain to put up - takes about an hour to set up.

Home made paint booth