Carpentry?

[TommyHotWheel]

Anyone on here into woodwork like routers and coping and building their own tables..chairs...entertainment centers? I love going into the workshop and creating something and am just getting back into it...fuggin ex and taking all of my tools and s#!t! Looking for some projects and tips. I am gonna try to make my own router cut led lit sign for my bar. Post up some pics.

[AquaPython]

well i built the canopy for my fishtank. its still needs a finishing touch...

edit: i also just recently built stand to hold two garbage cans filled with water.

i have pics of these if you want...

[Particle Man]

not presently. I have built a few bars but I live some place now where I really can't do anything like that. :(

[TommyHotWheel]

well i built the canopy for my fishtank. its still needs a finishing touch...

edit: i also just recently built stand to hold two garbage cans filled with water.

i have pics of these if you want...

Post them up!

[Mr Lefty]

ehh the only wood working I ever really got into was when I installed car stereo... really got into it when I had to lay frame for fiberglass molds.

but then figured out that Styrofoam works just as well and takes no time to make and shape... and if ya fuck up it's easy and quick to redo.

[AquaPython]

ok lets see
the canopy:
building process:
started with over 400 bucks in oak and plywood
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Apr07/IMG_1507.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrade%20May07/IMG_1636.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrade%20May07/IMG_1648.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrade%20May07/IMG_1647.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Sep07/IMG_1857.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Oct07/IMG_1936.jpg

size fitting
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Jan08/IMG_2004.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Jan08/IMG_2005.jpg

building the hinged top
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Jan08/IMG_2007.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Jan08/IMG_2014.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Jan08/IMG_2016.jpg

interior priming / painting for water proof
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Mar08/IMG_2259.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Mar08/IMG_2261.jpg

exterior staining
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Mar08/IMG_2284.jpg

[AquaPython]

hinges
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2676.jpg

knobs
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2677.jpg

fan system (not my chocolate hand)
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/0627081423.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2678.jpg

lights being secured to lid
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2679.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2682.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2684.jpg

placement
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2692.jpg
back
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2691.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2685.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20July08/IMG_2693.jpg

i ended up cutting a large rectangle out of the top for heat escape and weight issues.
i still need to add the trim around the front doors to block escaping light, and some handles on the top to help lifting.

[AquaPython]

and here is a stand i was building.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Dec08/1124080849.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/Tank%20Upgrades%20Dec08/1220081448.jpg

since been painted

[TommyHotWheel]

Nice job. I like that you used hex shapes instead of just circles and the lit fans to match the lights glow. Very creative and now I feel like building something.

[AquaPython]

cool , take some pics of the progress.

[derf]

My last big project 2 years ago was a beer pong table that I built with my brother, with the works. I don't have any other really good pictures, but there are led's under each cup, plus lights under the table.


http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v82/55/51/8848259/n8848259_35091419_7594.jpg

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v82/55/51/8848259/n8848259_35091421_8111.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v156/54/8/704080485/n704080485_1681270_9396.jpg


My next project which I will be starting in the near future is a small shed.