Show us something that you MADE

AWSX1686 (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to AnthonyGS (Forum Supporter) :

What did you coat it with? I need to do something to the contrete floor in our mud room. 

The stain and etch / degreaser were from a company called Surecrete.  The clear (semi-gloss) was made by Artcrete.  I went to a Concrete Design Center in DFW. I recommend talking to someone as they were very helpful.  The etch and stain were sprayed on using a low pressure sprayer and the clear roll on like paint.  

Rack for my Ridgeline. I made it as a single piece, tying into the factory studs on the roof and drilling new holes into the camper shell. Then I cut it in half and capped the ends so that I could remove the shell and still have a rack over the cab. Pretty happy how it came out, although it looks like I'll have to add a deflector, as the wind noise is pretty bad. 

Been working on something to add more visual interest to a boring wall in the living room while simultaneously making it a bit less dark.

Starting point:

Basic concept roughed in:

Trim moulding added, everything filled/sanded:

Completed as of yesterday:

First time doing any unsupervised trim carpentry. Lots of lessons learned, but I'm happy with the overall result.

I made a holder for my Rhino tank. It's supposed to mount to your ladder but I don't have one. 

My off-road shopping cart for hauling water jugs and groceries 50' on a gravel driveway to the cabin front door.

Really small but super helpful project! I've had this articulating light in my basement for ~7 years bc I didn't have a mount for it. I used a little square tube and a nice $1 C-Clamp, even closed off the tube to make it purty.

Prompted by the "You have no excuse not to be making stuff | Column" in today's email blast, I decided to check out this thread...

If you have a BMW Z3 or '98-'02 M Coupe/Rdstr, you know what this is.  I'm coming up on having made 1000 of them (there's one shipping to Capetown, SA today).

I've made lots of other stuff, but most of it never gets seen, like the spanner tool I made to tighten the swimming pool jet-port eyeballs, which looks similar to these tools I made to remove BMW shift-levers (FROM INSIDE THE CAR, DO THE WHOLE SWAP-JOB FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT). 

I slapped these adjustable door aperature braces together when replacing sills/rockers on a Triumph GT6, but they also work on Big Healeys, Spridgets, and seen here on an MGB GT.

I especially like the fact you can close the door to check for panel/swage-line alignment, etc.

Then there's the oil-jet for a Vortech supercharger, out of necessity, when the original brass one failed around 5:00 PM on a Friday (ever notice that about failures happening at that witching hour?)

Yes, that's a .07mm drill bit (from my Weber jet-drill index) used in a power drill__without breaking!  The final orifice size of .095mm was opened up using the pin-vise (didn't want to push my luck).
  

But wait, there's more... ;) 

Teardrop trailer, self designed and built down to the steampunk hatch lights 

Multi-channel race data logger (GPS, IMU, Wheel speed, Analog/Digital). Going in the car this weekend for first on track test

Upper clam shell leaf spring bracket for Jean Clyde Damn Van.

Adding a wind deflector makes all the difference sound-wise. Without it, the howling was way too much.  16 ga steel with 4 gussets to stop fluttering.