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I was browsing my pictures and came across a home improvement projects I did.  I thought it would be interesting to see other people's projects they have done whether it be welding, carpentry, painting etc...  I don't have all the finished pics, just ones during construction.A deck I built for my wife's aunt and uncle.  I had to build it around the concrete step that was already there.  A bunch of notching and shimming, but overall a quick job, and a quick paycheck.   An add-on to my grandparent's house that I helped my wife's grandfather build.  New laundry room and the the roof was extended out for a shaded patio.
Reply:Building a flower bed (no, I don't swing a hammer that way, I was picking it up!)We put some annual florist's poppies in it and it worked great!  We now have some sweet peas in it since the other flowers finished their season out and dried up.
Reply:Awesome work welder boy...You are a definetively a "Brasso"(Multi-use)My Babies: HF Drill pressHF Pipe Bender3   4.5" Black and Decker angle grindersLincoln Electric PROMIG 175that´s it!
Reply:nice work welderboy. i'll post pics of my outdoor projects tomorrow.  i love building deck, always have.
Reply:this is my grill cover, got tired of the smoke staining my patio coverthis is my storage shed and potting area this is the cottage garden i built for my wife. 4 tons of landscape mix and 2 tons of crushed stone
Reply:tortis, that is awsome!  As simple as it is, I like that bbq cover a lot.  I am going to steel that idea and stick it in the back of my brain for later.
Reply:Here is one I did.  Outdoor fireplace.  Required both metal working and Masonry work.  Hows this thing work?Day 1 Stopping PointNext Post
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Reply:Wouw Jeep... good job...however, outdoor fireplace? first one I´ve ever heard ofMy Babies: HF Drill pressHF Pipe Bender3   4.5" Black and Decker angle grindersLincoln Electric PROMIG 175that´s it!
Reply:Originally Posted by elvergonWouw Jeep... good job...however, outdoor fireplace? first one I´ve ever heard of
Reply:Jeep, I love the brickwork on that fireplace.I am getting a lot of ideas from you guys!  Going to bookmark this thread, hopefully there is more coming.
Reply:jeep that is a super nice build.  everybody needs to lay brick at least once in their life.  nice job.
Reply:Ok, I know that this is not a very original home project, but hey, my wife and I built these two tricycle motors by ourselves!       Attached ImagesLincoln Power Mig 210MP MIGLincoln Power Mig 350MP - MIG and Push-PullLincoln TIG 300-300Lincoln Hobby-Weld 110v  Thanks JLAMESCK TIG TORCH, gas diffuser, pyrex cupThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101My brain
Reply:Ok, my other post was supposed to be funny....Here is an entertainment center I built for my wife. She wanted it because she saw it in a model home and said WHY CANT YOU BUILD THAT?  So I did. We painted the colored design on it together and we get a lot of compliments so I guess it looks nice. Sorry, I lost the detail when I resized the picture. She loves it. As you can see I finished it in time for Christmas. We spent a few years finding an HDTV to fit there as well as we wanted. It is no longer empty and is filled with pictures and knicknacks as well as the kids Wii, PS2 and games and DVDs. The carpet in the picture actually was pepto bismol pink. It was in the house when we bought it. We no longer have carpet at all. Attached ImagesLincoln Power Mig 210MP MIGLincoln Power Mig 350MP - MIG and Push-PullLincoln TIG 300-300Lincoln Hobby-Weld 110v  Thanks JLAMESCK TIG TORCH, gas diffuser, pyrex cupThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101My brain
Reply:My main hobby woodworking, some of the retirement boxes I've made for my friends.Navy Chiefs Seaman's Chest, many many hours and new things learned (Tying the becket handles) My Flight Chief and another coworker got thisAnother CoworkerMy first retirement box for a guy that worked for meA Clock made from an unserviceable aircraft part Keeps me busy and out of troubleLast edited by MrRodeoCC; 08-28-2007 at 09:58 PM.
Reply:Some really nice stuff there !! Those are TREASURES for sure !!Anything worth doing is worth doing RIGHT
Reply:Well, Hell, those projects stomp ALL over mine! Those are awesome! Nice work. I love it when a serviceman gets something nice like that. I live in a Marine town and I see a lot of struggling young men laying it all on the line. I thank them all.JokerLincoln Power Mig 210MP MIGLincoln Power Mig 350MP - MIG and Push-PullLincoln TIG 300-300Lincoln Hobby-Weld 110v  Thanks JLAMESCK TIG TORCH, gas diffuser, pyrex cupThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101My brain
Reply:MrRodeoCC, These are the nicest projects I've ever seen.  I did 9 years in the AF as a TMO troop.  Got out, my husband is a helicopter pilot and he just started making some of these "plaques & cases" yours are really awesome.  We're stationed at Camp Lejuene for a Marine exchange.  It is completely opposite of the AF.  Certainly an adjustment for us.  Anyway, great work.Laura MM 180Chop SawDewalt grinderhelpful husband
Reply:MrRodeoCC thats some realy nice work  here is my home projecthttp://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...othalfpipe.jpgChuckASME Pressure Vessel welder
Reply:Originally Posted by chopper5MrRodeoCC thats some realy nice work  here is my home projecthttp://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...othalfpipe.jpg
Reply:Originally Posted by Jeep07Awesome project, who needs a deck when you can have a halfpipe.  Where are you going to put the grill?
Reply:i guess it couldnt be called a home project b/c it aint at home anymore, i gave it to a school in central arkansas. Attached Imagesnothing fancy, just a few hot glue guns for metalwww.sicfabrications.com
Reply:lol no broken window yet ,allmost took out the new french doorChuckASME Pressure Vessel welder
Reply:Like any good grandparent, the wallet has a few photos...Thanks for asking!Tom Attached ImagesLast edited by Tom1313; 09-09-2007 at 11:25 AM.
Reply:Tom1313, that is an AWSOME entertainment system!  Do you build those for a living?  I saw you are in Oregon, we are looking for a quality dresser, want to make some $$?Thanks WelderBoy but no more commission gigs for me, too much "how much?"P'sCab was $320 for materials and it took the buyer six weeks to pick it up. The entertainment cab was built because anything even close was $4k retail and that's criminal.I think I'm sticking to yard art.Tom Attached Images
Reply:Nice work Tom, but I hear ya about the "How Much?" I can usually get a price estimate after I draw my plans for building it, but people dont want to pay what it cost if you were trying to make a living doing it. I'd love to do it for a living, but being able to make a living at it a whole different thing. Costs of tools, consumables, wear and tear, facility costs, etc all mean labor costs have to go up well beyond minimum wage.
Reply:Good idea for a thread. Maybe others have something to add. I think I can come up with some, even.
Reply:Here's a patio block walkway I made a couple of months back. It is 14' long and 4' wide. There is a concrete sub-base under the blocks to keep it all in line, and the blocks were set into the concrete while it was still wet, so they are there to stay. These go up to the front porch steps I made a few years ago. I will eventually extend it around the corner to the other set of steps I built on the side of the house. There are 30 80lb. bags of Kwikcrete under there for good. Attached Images
Reply:Excellent thread bump!I have stuff but nothing on this puter. Subscribe for future stuff though.12v battery, jumper cables, and a 6013.I only have a facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/VPT/244788508917829
Reply:Built a new shed last summer does that count? Even though it's not welded...
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Reply:Knowing Jeep and who built his house there will be no problem.
Reply:I found some pictures of the retaining wall that is next to the walkway I posted earlier. I needed to build this so I could remove the sand ramps the moving company made to bring the house in. Otherwise it would have eventually killed those two trees, and I was wanting to preserve the shade. This was my first attempt at any kind of masonry project. I think it turned out well considering. Believe it or not, but there IS some welding in THIS project. I used 1" bar grating in the footing of the wall as my reinforcing steel for the concrete. I had to weld sections of it together to get the length I needed. I don't believe this footing is going to break up in this capacity. Attached Images
Reply:Originally Posted by BistineauHere's a patio block walkway I made a couple of months back. It is 14' long and 4' wide.
Reply:Originally Posted by DSWI've got to teach you how to do stamped concrete. Much nicer and easier to work with as well as more options. It's really not all that hard. Toughest thing is getting a hold of the stamps, though there are plenty of places that rent them and they are getting cheaper all the time. Basic block/brick patterns really don't even need stamps. A simple textured skin and some home made chisels would work for something that narrow, though it would be slower. You don't even need to cut in grout lines. Some prefer that "rock" look you get when you just do seamless mats.
Reply:If you were closer I'd be glad to show up and help, I've still got access to a lot of the stamp patterns, tools and some of the colors and releases. I doubt your offer includes an all expense paid round trip ticket though.  Louisiana is one of the few states I haven't managed to get to yet. Seriously if you have questions I'll be glad to answer any I possibly can if the idea interests you. One nice thing about stamp work is it can "hide" a lot of flaws since you are making the surface irregular to begin with. Originally Posted by Bistineau I have a 3 cubic foot concrete mixer already, or else I would not have gotten the slab for the walkway done by myself.
Reply:I don't intend to use the blocks for the rest of the walk, but would like to color it the same and possibly use stamps to create the same/similar pattern. I likened to have killed myself doing all this in one day by myself. Between mixing, spreading, leveling and setting the blocks, too. I did not anticipate having to use 2400 lbs. of concrete, more like half of that is what I had mistakenly calculated. I had to send the wife to the building supply for 10 more bags when I saw how far the crete was going and how far I still had to go. She asked me, "can't you go get it? I don't know what to get". I sent an empty sack with her, and told her to get 10 more full ones. I have enough to work with till you get back, to keep a wet edge. If I had gone, I would have had the start of a cold joint to deal with when I got back. More than an hour round trip with the time at the store, too. As it was, I was done with the crete on hand and was setting some more blocks when she arrived back home. But I got it all done.DSW, is there any way to restore the original pictures from page one of this thread? I would like to see them if possible, as I am sure others would, too.Last edited by Bistineau; 12-09-2014 at 08:51 PM.
Reply:Made this dining table set for someone using Douglas Fir. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLincoln Pro Mig 180HF Stick/Tig Inverter WelderLincoln AC225s
Reply:Originally Posted by SpicytunaMade this dining table set for someone using Douglas Fir. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:Originally Posted by BistineauNice picnic table. Any plans on making seats for the ends, too?
Reply:A pergola and privacy screen that I built at our old house. Cookie cutter mold neighborhood mostly filled with plastic people. Ironically, when we moved into that house, I had a Pow-con SM200, torches and a small handful of hand tools to do small jobs. I sold the welder and torches within a year of moving in because I didn't want to be "that guy", as the lots were sub 1/4 acre.. We moved away from there a little over a year ago, and damn glad that we did.We built it in an effort to tell ourselves that we can stay and be happy, but ended up selling the house within 6 months after building the pergola and moved to the country. The little old lady who bought the house promptly ripped it down and built a screened in porch to replace it. Can't blame her though, cause that's really what we wanted, but just couldn't justify the cost post construction..This was eventually stained to match the deck color.Attachment 932841Attachment 932851Attachment 932861Attachment 932871Last edited by NicheFab; 12-10-2014 at 05:42 AM.Reason: It's early.. I'm tired.
Reply:Paver patio and privacy trellis (Carolina Jasmine is what covers it). Niche was a tired boy that day. Maybe it was from all the home-brew! Attachment 932891
Reply:This is a project I did for my brother in Isaquah.The bids he got to do the job were all over $30,000, so I told him I would take a week, come over and do it for him( My BIL volunteered to go with me and help).I had him take measurements, then figured out a materials list for him to price. When he told me how much it would cost to buy it there , I nearly had a stroke.I told him I could save him more than $8,000 buying it here, and renting a truck to take it over there.My brother,BIL, and I with help on the weekend from my nephew and a friend demoed the old and built the new in 6 loooong days.I had never done a project with my brother before and while it was a lot of work, it was also a great time. Here are some pics.The old decking and most of the structure had rotted and had to be replaced.New framing
Reply:Here are the finished deck pics.
Reply:A few months after completing the deck in Isaquah, we decided we would do ours.My brother from Isaquah and my BIL from here helped, so with their recently experienced help this smaller project went together in a couple of days.
Reply:Tool Junkie, did you get to acquire any new tools for these deck builds, or did y'all already have all the tools you needed? Those decks turned out real nice BTW. I might would be looking at doing a roof, over at least a portion of the last deck for some summer time shade and also so you could use it during rainy weather.Now you need to build you a nice BBQ/smoker to go out there.
Reply:Originally Posted by BistineauI found some pictures of the retaining wall that is next to the walkway I posted earlier. I needed to build this so I could remove the sand ramps the moving company made to bring the house in. Otherwise it would have eventually killed those two trees, and I was wanting to preserve the shade. This was my first attempt at any kind of masonry project. I think it turned out well considering. Believe it or not, but there IS some welding in THIS project. I used 1" bar grating in the footing of the wall as my reinforcing steel for the concrete. I had to weld sections of it together to get the length I needed. I don't believe this footing is going to break up in this capacity.
Reply:Originally Posted by NicheFabA pergola and privacy screen that I built at our old house. Cookie cutter mold neighborhood mostly filled with plastic people. Ironically, when we moved into that house, I had a Pow-con SM200, torches and a small handful of hand tools to do small jobs. I sold the welder and torches within a year of moving in because I didn't want to be "that guy", as the lots were sub 1/4 acre.. We moved away from there a little over a year ago, and damn glad that we did.We built it in an effort to tell ourselves that we can stay and be happy, but ended up selling the house within 6 months after building the pergola and moved to the country. The little old lady who bought the house promptly ripped it down and built a screened in porch to replace it. Can't blame her though, cause that's really what we wanted, but just couldn't justify the cost post construction..This was eventually stained to match the deck color.
Reply:Here is a little grill table I made.  The wood is all old pallet wood and the grill is a small propane bottle cut in half.