DIY and Hobby projects, small to big. Pictures of course

What’s a “cuddly”?

Probably a faulty translation :rofl:. I mean a toy animal, sometimes attached to a square of fabric, for a young child to cuddle with. I’m not a native speaker.

That sounds far more complicated than a blanket!

It’s quite small and usually not that complicated. The cloth part in this case is one of those patterns that actually not that interesting but does need constant attention ,in that you can’t just mindlessly keep going. The result will be worth it (pics forthcoming), however it requires discipline, which is not my forte.

Have fun with your threads btw, I can’t do embroidery but i love seeing yours and @JaneDoe42 's

Strawberries.
I started with this:
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Then did this:
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An unrelated project (printed canvas on homemade frames):
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Very nice!

Wow :heart_eyes:. Beautiful, and looking forward to LOTS of strawberries!

Another project using my Mavic 2 drone. I captured the video, edited, added music and sound effects:

Yeah, I would try something other than a Dremel if you have it. I really wouldn’t try to cut anything with a Dremel that was bigger than the blade. I usually only use them on things like small dowels etc.

Nice! Is the one picture bottle openers?

I don’t understand about half of it, but I’d say it counts. :grinning: Are you twining all the threads into a single braided line?

I guess this proves FairyChatMom is nice, dammit! And you do nice work.

Is that a drainage system or watering system on the side? Great reuse idea with the gutters.

I love this design. Many years ago I did an eight piece painting of Marvel Comics Venom vs. Carnage. I loved it, but ended up giving it to a little kid with leukemia who was a big Venom fan. The kid’s in college now and has it on his dorm wall.

It’s kind of a crossover between weaving and braiding. I make use of warp and weft, so in the strict sense it’s weaving. Braiding is done with only vertical strands. But the warp threads are manipulated and rearranged for every pick, so in that sense it’s more like braiding. Vikings had a comparable technique for weaving bands, where cards or tablets would be used to seperate and manipulate warp threads.
Not sure if this is a clarification but there you go :wink:

Watering. Drip irrigation.

Yep, that helped, thanks. Really beautiful piece of work. And a homemade loom! I think you are in the running for top of the DIY list.

Excellent idea and very well done. Our strawberries were a disaster this year. Between birds and squirrels, I think about 90% were half eaten or torn off the vines. I’m one of those people that won’t put up barriers because I don’t want to destroy my view. :roll_eyes:

I can’t tell exactly, but is the path the saw cut going straight through the wood? It looks like a small arc to me. If it is, that will cause the side of the saw to burn wood. Use a straightedge to guide the saw.

Also, if saw teeth are dull or not set side-to-side, cutting will be difficult and smoky.

Almost … done … finally to the last color.

It’s odd to me that the blade is only blued in one spot. You were using a regular rotating Dremel, right? Not an oscillating tool made by Dremel? Because for it to blue the blade that way, it would have to have been binding and not rotating.

If you were using an oscillating tool, I think you just need to slow down. For accuracy, you’ll want to try to keep the blade perpendicular to the wood, and keep it to a straight line you’ve drawn.

If you were using a rotating blade Dremel, then as others have said, the blade was binding because of a curve in the cut.

For those who are asking, it was a regular rotating Dremel 200-1. It is 20 years old and needs replacing. I think what happened was a combo of things: Cheap, bendy blade, me going too fast and it hitting that knot there.

The poor Dremel is 20 years old and I should replace it, but it’s my old friend! However, it gets too hot to quickly (I’ve tried blow cleaning the vents, which used to work but doesn’t do it anymore) and it complains a lot more than it used to. By complain I mean it makes non-smooth sounding noises.

Oh and. . . this was really problematic wood. Abandoned by a guy building a deck because it was too splinter-y and cracking. I tried to even another piece of it quickly on my son’s miter saw. It exploded. I mean-- KABLOOOEY!!! exploded. Shattered the plastic guard on the saw. Good thing I’m a scared of power tools and was bracing it with another, longer piece of wood and not my hand. Also, now I’m SUPER, DUPER AFRAID OF ALL POWER TOOLS GREAT AND SMALL!!!

Very nice!

Little things, mainly to bump this thread:

So I noticed the deep sink had some serious bracket points on it and realized it would be ideal for a small shelf. But wood would be a bad choice. I remembered I had some plastic pegboard material left over from an old project. I knew I had brackets. I found some bolts that would work and threw it together last night. Required 2 drill holes and went together with ease.

As the shelf as leaning down, I was going to go back, undo it all and bend the brackets to level the shelf. But realized I could just make a pair of small shims and get the same result. Done.




Combination of crafted items, repaints and commercial bits for a battle.

I built a case for my HTPC using my new tabletop laser cutter.

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It needs better cable management, but I think it came out fairly well.