Next project I am planning is a paver patio. I will be renting the equipment and doing the work myself. Just need to draw up plans for the city.
I am wondering what projects you guys are working on outside of software.
I like them and they remind me of him, but Grandpa glued them to either side of a sheet of OSB. So if I want to hang them in a way that a) Doesn't look tacky and b) Won't damage them, I have to build something custom.
The current project is a beer stein made out of white oak reclaimed from an old whiskey barrel. I'm trying to retain the burnt interior, but make it less fragile and not able to flake off. I'm trying to find a way to evenly coat the walls with resin to smooth things out (it won't be used often, so I don't particularly care about it being food safe or containing BPA). I probably need to keep it spinning while the resin spreads and cures a bit, then pour the rest out.
It's nice to have a different set of rules where I need to plan my order of operations out more carefully. e.g. I can't glue the handle on before I do the resin because it'll make it much harder to spin.
It's about 10 foot deep at the center. And should hold somewhere between 300k-600k gallons of water.
I dug it out with a backhoe. You wouldn't believe how scary it is driving a backhoe, it feels like you are gonna tip over at any moment.
And no permit was pulled, building codes are fairly relaxed out in the country.
It’s sadly mostly Midjourney + Pixelmator. And my sister, when Midjourney fails me.
- Comparing lime versus Poland cement for stabilizing poured earth. These mixes have a cure time measured in days and multiple experiments are in progress... - Research into latex cement for panelized wall and roof coverings over exterior insulation, mostly for temporary shelter structures. - Modular forms lined with geotextile fabric to minimize surface cracking in poured walls. - Other techniques to assure reliable performance of earth structures. - small mechanical projects to help make DIY practicable, e.g. auger mixers I can run from my tractor PTO, DIY trommel for grading materials, etc.
But then again, I did small engine work as a job function for nearly a decade before getting into software. Usually when I reassemble something there isn't much of a question as to whether it's going to start or not.
Edit: not trying to say it's not challenging, it certainly is a lot of the time.
2. I'm building a chicken coop in my backyard.
3. As more of a background project, I'm slowly building myself a proper Roubo style woodworking workbench.