Backyard Engineering - What did you fabricate or create???..........Thread.

[Mainely Wake]

They look awesome. Good job

[h_2_o]

Meet the newest members of the army. These elephants have a name that is some variation of Bubba.

I have to ask are these to resell or do you have an army of small metal animals around your house?

also love them and i am really rooting for army of animals. put red led's on them for eyes at Halloween and scare all the little kids.....

[lakedrum03]

I have to ask are these to resell or do you have an army of small metal animals around your house?

also love them and i am really rooting for army of animals. put red led's on them for eyes at Halloween and scare all the little kids.....

Thanks!

Have thought about making some to sell, but I am so slow doing it that the price would be too high, so I just give them away as gifts.

Yes, I have these things littered everywhere around the house. At last count, 2 crabs, 3 turtles, 3 snails, 1 owl, 1 lizard, 1 frog, 1 deer, 4 elephants (3 of those will find new homes), 1 hummingbird.

[CantRepeat]

Yessir. I used to have a gravel driveway and wanted something that I could wheel outside when I work on larger projects. Its made from 1.25", 0.120 wall, square tubing. Needless to say, its pretty heavy.

Nice!

I made a cart for my TIG machine and the first go around the wheels were way to narrow. I felt as if the cart may tip over so I ended up moving the wheels out a bit further.

[lakedrum03]

Egg maker wanted $400 for a wood table. I said aaaaaahhh NO. I made this out of stainless, even the casters.

That is gorgeous! Great work!

[lakedrum03]

Back to working on the bathroom. The tile finally came in so, I got the Kerdi board installed in the shower yesterday. The shower is 38" wide and 95" long. 3 heads (one on each wall and one rain head in the ceiling in the center. Next steps are dressing joints and screws with the Kerdi paper.

[waterlogged882]

I just finished a bathroom remodel with the Schulter system. I like it all around. I used their pan / drain, etc. A fellow can't go wrong with their products.

Your project looks good.

[Mainely Wake]

I did my bathroom with Schutler too, worked really well and has held up nicely. Lakedrum, that is going to be one nice shower with all those heads! I'm jeleous

[proey]

I’m doing the bathroom at my parents place now. Schluter walls and ditra heat on the floors. Careful removal on Sunday, smashing and bashing out old tile on Monday. The original base was formed with 2x6, covered in drywall (yuck) and then lined with black thick poly and light cement to form a slope towards the drain. The new base is preformed “marble” (stone dust and epoxy).

[h_2_o]

any of you guys ever put a steam generator in your shower? the shower has to be fully sealed but man if the person whose shower it is ever gets migraines it is an awesome add-on.

[lakedrum03]

Not my usual work in the shop today. Casting plug finally gave out on this aluminum exhaust manifold. Forgot to get the before photos, but required grinding out the old materials. Made a new plug out of 1/4” materials and then TIG welded it all back.

Bonus points if you can correctly identify the make and model that this piece belongs to.

Double bonus points and my enduring admiration if you tell me the color of the paint. I can’t seem to find it.

[waterlogged882]

Any points for defects? :-)

Innovation, adapt, and overcome. Good on you.

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[WhiskeyTango]

Not my usual work in the shop today. Casting plug finally gave out on this aluminum exhaust manifold. Forgot to get the before photos, but required grinding out the old materials. Made a new plug out of 1/4” materials and then TIG welded it all back.

Bonus points if you can correctly identify the make and model that this piece belongs to.

Double bonus points and my enduring admiration if you tell me the color of the paint. I can’t seem to find it.

I’ll go with an old Seadoo...?

And it's purple. 😂

Nice work.

[Ironhorse]

Is that from a 96 GSX?

Not sure if this will help, but here are the seadoo exhaust paint codes.

[lakedrum03]

I’ll go with an old Seadoo...?

And it's purple. 😂

Nice work.

Close! This is from a Mastercraft Wetjet. Not sure of the vintage, but late 90s I think.