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[servant74]

I love to see what innovations other come up with for both practical and artsy items. Lots of practical creativity here!

[Jon]

Hi servant74 - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

Great avatar! So what kind of stuff are you looking to build?

[servant74]

I am a retired software geek, developer, sysadmin, administrator, systems analyst, basically total computer geek for 35 years. Now retired, and finding something else to do (other than strictly honey-do's <grin>).

I love seeing what other people are doing. My most recent builds are benches for outdoor porch for the wife , and an under cabinet knife storage for my daughter.
Plus a few small things here and there. Having little room for a shop keeps me limited on what I do build, even when I would like to do much more.

These images are not my projects, but look very similar.

I tend to learn by watching others, then apply it in my own way. It turns out OK more often than causing mistakes, but it keeps me busy as I want to be.

[kbalch]

Hi servant74,

Welcome!

I just had the "what's the cloud" conversation with my elderly mother a week or so ago. Your avatar sums it up better at a glance than I managed in half an hour.

What sort of homemade tools do you like best?

Ken

[servant74]

As a software geek, and son of mechanical engineer, making things was in my DNA, whether virtual or physical.

A couple of long term current projects are building a CNC router and a 3D Printer. My dream would be a Mechmate.com style CNC machine, but more likely is a small gantry to route 2'x4'x4" or so. The 3D Printer that is started is a Reprap Mindel (the kind made with lots of all-thread). But some health issues and the holidays are slowing those projects down.

I have made tools to hold the tongue of a trailer to roll around our garage, various worktables from time to time, need to do some simple cabinetry for both a shop and my dauthers garage. I have the start on converting a small log cabin into a shed (but it has started growing junk rather than workshop stuff). I have the starts of the conversion here:

- It was piled waste deep in trash including a sofa someone had tried to set on fire. All the junk is out and I did put in a floor on 2x6 joists, but still needs to 'critter proof' the sides and make them water repellent. It is about 13'x17' inside. 2 windows that open, 1 door that can open just top half if desired. Yes, this was done a long time ago, but I just haven't had the energy. Good intentions and all that.

[Jon]

Lots of potential there. You know the log buildings are old when some of the chinking is wider than the logs. It reminded me of a 1924 log cabin restaurant near us; the chinking has visually overtaken the log.