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Title: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: JCKnife on April 13, 2006, 11:29:12 pm: Let's see some other hobbies.

Here is my latest build:

(http://www.cpu-net.com/host/jcknife/romy.jpg)
Romanian AK-47 (semi-auto, of course) on an Ohio Ordinance Works receiver.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: toolaa on April 13, 2006, 11:32:26 pm: Wrong msg board,

Try . . . BYOAK
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: missioncontrol on April 13, 2006, 11:42:05 pm: nice... now you need to turn it into a light gun
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: AtomSmasher on April 14, 2006, 01:46:07 am: Quote from: missioncontrol on April 13, 2006, 11:42:05 pm
nice... now you need to turn it into a light gun
lol

on a similar note, I have a semi-auto M1 garand rifle with bayonet :) I've heard its easy to modify it to full-auto, but I haven't done so yet.

And could you explain how you built it and not just assembled it?
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: SNAAKE on April 14, 2006, 11:13:05 am: Quote from: toolaa on April 13, 2006, 11:32:26 pm
. . . BYOAK

:laugh2:
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: Daniel270 on April 14, 2006, 11:20:47 am: A few years ago, I got bored enough to build several boards of the game Aggravation out of 3/4 inch plywood (the older 4 player board, not the newer 6 player one). I printed out directions, included marbles and dice and sold them all... made a nice little profit ;D
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: nullb0y on April 14, 2006, 06:59:01 pm: i build lots of skate ramps and sell em every year when im done with em........ mostly plywood and plywood with 2x4s underneath lol (free wood usually)
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: JCKnife on April 15, 2006, 10:32:10 pm: Quote from: AtomSmasher on April 14, 2006, 01:46:07 am

on a similar note, I have a semi-auto M1 garand rifle with bayonet :) I've heard its easy to modify it to full-auto, but I haven't done so yet.

And could you explain how you built it and not just assembled it?

True, stated correctly I assembled it--a de-milled parts kit onto a new receiver.

And regardless of the ease of modifying any semi-auto to full-auto, it's a sure ticket to Club Fed (highly illegal).
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: AtomSmasher on April 15, 2006, 11:56:46 pm: Quote from: JCKnife on April 15, 2006, 10:32:10 pm
And regardless of the ease of modifying any semi-auto to full-auto, it's a sure ticket to Club Fed (highly illegal).
Yes, but a full auto is so much more fun :)
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: crashwg on April 16, 2006, 10:49:55 am: I've got a half built DDR Hardpad and a half built Pop'n Music controller to go along with my half built arcade machine.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: PCtech on April 17, 2006, 11:47:06 am: other than the sawhorses I used to build my cabinet....

The only other thing I seem to be good at building is debt... :-\
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: Otraotaku on April 17, 2006, 01:39:32 pm: i built a lightsaber outa a pipe i found along the road of my house, i built a few watches, oh and my computer of course ^.<
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: GGKoul on April 17, 2006, 03:05:31 pm: I'm in the process of finishing my basement... Almost finishing the digging.. :laugh2:
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: shmokes on April 17, 2006, 04:32:42 pm: I built this light table for my wife (graphic designer). The desk I just bought and hacked. The light table I built from scratch. It was a really fun project. I've also built a couple of other relatively minor things. A shelf for my kitchen, shelving in closets.....stuff like that.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: RayB on April 17, 2006, 06:20:13 pm: Flower-bed box.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: Zathras on April 17, 2006, 10:01:33 pm: I built a theremin
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: MYX on April 17, 2006, 10:26:24 pm: Quote from: Zathras on April 17, 2006, 10:01:33 pm
I built a theremin
sweet! That's not an easy one. Killer schematics.

I built a fence in my back yard. (big one)
I have built several Irish Low "D" whistles (Gosh the internet is a great thing)
The muther of all spud cannons. (Again the internet is a great thing)
I built my old computer desk. Nuthin fancy, Just a door, some 2 x 4s and a heck of a lota screws.
I built my speaker stands. Very nice audiophile quality. After I get done with my cab (hopefully May) I will be building another set.
In progress of refinishing my kitchen.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: MYX on April 17, 2006, 10:27:19 pm: Then I built my robot. my girrrrrl robot. ;D
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: ErikRuud on April 18, 2006, 08:47:57 am: Let's see...

I built a slot car track (http://erikruud.freeservers.com/maelstrom)
I have built some wooden toys.
An oak stand for a 55 gallon fishtank.
A fence around the yard.
A swing set for the kids.
I replaced all the windows, the garage door and resided my house.
I built a ghost and cemetary! (I also made the Lion costume for my son.)
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: Hurray Banana on April 18, 2006, 09:31:32 am: I've built a custom TV cabinet with storage for consoles, dvd player and dvd's/games etc, to fit in an alcove in the living room.
Large budgie cage 7 foot tall 5 foot wide 2 foot deep (waiting for budgie to die so I can have the room it's in as my arcade ;D).
An arcade machine out of an old bookcase and bedside table (in the early 90's wobbled like hell but like a dream to me) so I could rig my playstation and namco classics up with my twinsticks to play assault.
Multi Scart switchboxes.
Built a few wooden gates.
A small table out of 36 waterbottles and paper machee.

Currently building:
A supergun so I can play my board collection.
A cocktail cabinet (if I ever get time to finish it it will be a miracle).
A Darkroom for my girlfriends daughter in the corner of her bedroom.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: PCtech on April 18, 2006, 10:27:28 am: I'm about 75% done with my henweigh...but the final construction is killing me.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: mmmPeanutButter on April 18, 2006, 10:36:03 am: I built my own Halloween costume. I can't post a photo (it got censored last time I did) but I can tell you that it's a part of the female anatomy and we all likely came out of one.

It's so amazing. My mother is so very proud.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: RayB on April 18, 2006, 02:21:44 pm: I built character.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: SirPeale on April 18, 2006, 09:42:06 pm: Quote from: ErikRuud on April 18, 2006, 08:47:57 am
Let's see...

That's eerie (no pun intended) but that house looks like my in-laws old house (at least from that little slice I can see)

But I'm sure you don't live in Sparrowbush, NY.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: ErikRuud on April 19, 2006, 08:34:48 am: Quote from: Peale on April 18, 2006, 09:42:06 pm
Quote from: ErikRuud on April 18, 2006, 08:47:57 am
Let's see...

That's eerie (no pun intended) but that house looks like my in-laws old house (at least from that little slice I can see)

But I'm sure you don't live in Sparrowbush, NY.

Nope, St. Charles, IL.

We do have a lot of sparrows in the neighborhood, but I have never even been to New Jersey. The exterior of the house is fairly generic. From the front, it almost looks like many of the ranch houses built in the sixties, but it does have two floors and 2100 square feet.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: danny_galaga on April 19, 2006, 09:36:55 am: well there's this of course:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=26258.0

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=26258.0;attach=6907;image)

(i get so much play from this thread :) ). also, you can see my replica M1 carbine in this thread which ties in with the fire arms theme nicely.

and the odd model car:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=50172.0

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=50172.0)

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=20802.0;id=4692;image)

also a BYOCA project:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=43506.0

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=43506.0;attach=17855;image)

and right now im building a Devo hat for a costume party. expect a thread soon (",)
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: str1der on April 19, 2006, 11:39:20 am: I posted it in another thread but here's the last thing I built.

(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/ziegelmeyer/IMG_0931.jpg)

(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/ziegelmeyer/IMG_0934.jpg)

(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/ziegelmeyer/IMG_0929.jpg)
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: AtomSmasher on April 20, 2006, 02:07:05 am: Quote from: PCtech on April 18, 2006, 10:27:28 am
I'm about 75% done with my henweigh...but the final construction is killing me.
Looks like no one is going to fall for it. Its like a knock knock joke that you already know the punch line for, but you just can't leave the joke hanging...

Whats a henweigh?
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: Hoagie_one on April 20, 2006, 03:44:54 pm: str1der: Thats phenominal. I'd love to have one just like that.

I made a couple children from a mixture of cells and about 10 minutes of huffin and puffin.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: str1der on April 20, 2006, 11:30:51 pm: Quote from: Hoagie_one on April 20, 2006, 03:44:54 pm
str1der: Thats phenominal. I'd love to have one just like that.

Thanks

Quote
I made a couple children from a mixture of cells and about 10 minutes of huffin and puffin.

Bet you won't see that on an episode of New Yankee Workshop :laugh2:
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: Hoagie_one on April 21, 2006, 10:48:31 am: If you had to put a price tag on something like that poker table, what would it be?
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: PCtech on April 21, 2006, 11:16:57 am: Quote from: AtomSmasher on April 20, 2006, 02:07:05 am
Quote from: PCtech on April 18, 2006, 10:27:28 am
I'm about 75% done with my henweigh...but the final construction is killing me.
Looks like no one is going to fall for it. Its like a knock knock joke that you already know the punch line for, but you just can't leave the joke hanging...

Whats a henweigh?
Damn...I was trying to be sly.......

So, what's a henweigh, you ask?

****drumroll please*****

about 2 pounds... :laugh2:

Sorry..... :lame:
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: str1der on April 21, 2006, 02:30:14 pm: Quote from: Hoagie_one on April 21, 2006, 10:48:31 am
If you had to put a price tag on something like that poker table, what would it be?

Materials for this cost me between $500-$600. Quite a bit of labor $????? I had someone at work offer me $1200 when they saw it. I've seen people on Scott Keen's poker table site sell something like this for $2000+
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: Dustin Mustangs on April 21, 2006, 04:05:19 pm: I've built too many things to list, but this one takes the cake (and most of my cash):

(http://www.msu.edu/~remondi2/Cobra%20Exterior/images/115-1576_IMG.JPG)
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: danny_galaga on April 23, 2006, 12:23:48 am: Quote from: danny_galaga on April 19, 2006, 09:36:55 am

...and right now im building a Devo hat for a costume party. expect a thread soon (",)

job done (",)

i'll post a construction article on my website soon...
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: MYX on April 23, 2006, 10:05:34 am: Danny, that's awsome.
Title: Re: What else have you built besides a cabinet?
Post by: Mark70 on April 24, 2006, 01:00:33 pm: I'm REbuilding my boat
http://www.shareaproject.com/pages/projectTut,p,96,00.html

I also REbuilt the engine for that boat.

I built a fence in my backyard. Always hire someone to dig your post holes unless you like having blisters as much as I do.

I've built a few RC Cars.

I've shingled houses, buillt sheds, parts of houses, and flat asphalt rooves working in construction but I don't think that counts.

The boat and the arcade cabinet are easily my biggest hobby projects.