/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Post Your Latest Project(s) No.431534]

Here's one I just finished recently. It is a cage for small chickens and ducks. It uses all new parts. It is treated pine lumber and metal hardware. It has 2 doors. The largest door opens the entire side of the cage; outwardly. The smaller door is inside the larger door and opens inwardly. Both are held closed using an aluminum rod that is run through 2 hasps and fastened with a hairpin-style cotter pin. The hardware cloth is inset so that there is less chance of animals crapping directly on the wooden frame and to give your hands a nice place at the top to grab and move the cage. The corners are simply butt-end joints with 2 long screws fastening them together in addition to thick L-brackets in every inside corner. The dimensions escape me at the moment, but you can see a large cinder block in one image and the boards are 2"x2". Hopefully, it will last a lifetime.

Total cost in newly purchased parts: $165 USD

What have you been up to, /diy/?

[Anonymous No.431582]

Thats a solid looking cage but to be honest with you the welded wire on the top and sides, other than the door face, is overkill if the cage is for small chicken and ducks. Try the same design but with poultry wire on top and sides and ill bet you cut like 50 bucks from design cost.

[Anonymous No.431590]

>>431582

If that cage is going to be outside, that's probably the MINIMUM he'd want on there.

[Anonymous No.431595]

>>431590
Yes, it will be outside, hence the treated lumber. I was actually going to use rabbit cage welded wire, but no place had any. It is tougher. Hardware cloth isn't all that great and chicken wire is terrible. I still have a rabbit cage welded wire cage that has lasted over 20 years outside. It's all rusted looking, but it isn't weak or rusted through in any place.

>>431582
The hardware cloth to make that was $25.

[Anonymous No.431596]

>>431582
Oh, and there's one more thing. The better welded wire like the hardware cloth helps protect against racoons. My property is dog and coyote proof, but not raccoon proof. Otherwise, I'd be using 1-inch heavy duty welded wire ($6 per foot!) with the hardware cloth.

[Anonymous No.431841]

>>431534
bump from page 3

No one has projects they are doing or is there another projects thread I didn't see in the catalog?

[Anonymous No.431844]

Semi-related diy: took the door off the end of my dog's crate and reinstalled it on the side.

[Anonymous No.431870]

>>431844
I hope he doesn't sit in there for long periods, 15min +.

[Anonymous No.431871]

>>431844
Hmmm...yes.

[Anonymous No.431962]

Here's my rocket stove (posted on /out/ a few days ago).

It is insulated with fiberglass and has been doing really well. I only need a little bit of sticks to boil water in about 5 minutes. I need to make a pot skirt for it though to keep wind off it.

[Anonymous No.431989]

>have an idea
>google it
http://www.google.com/patents/US4860370
>everything has already been done

[Anonymous No.431993]

>>431962

Nice stove.
Do you have any more info or plans?

[Anonymous No.431995]

>>431870
It usually has bedding, toys, etc. He's only in there when we're not home.

Pic related, his typical sleeping spot

[Anonymous No.432000]

>Resolder pipes on heater core.

About to go air test it in a bucket now.

Fingers crossed nothing else wrong.

[Anonymous No.432018]

Rigged this busted LED panel to working status. Now I'm going to cut it down further and slap it inside of a PC, and make a micro-grow box.

[Anonymous No.432024]

>>431993
It is just a simple rocket stove made with steel food cans. It is double walled with fiberglass insulation inside the wall and under the combustion area. There's tons of ways to make them. Mine uses rivets to make most things solid. It uses coat hanger wire on the top for the pots/skillets. It weighs 0.6lbs. I used pipe crimps to be able to slide the end of one can onto another for a tight fit.

When I say it uses hardly any fuel, I really mean it. It is amazing. I think I'll make a larger, taller one, with thicker metal were the coals rest. I want one that will work with one of my stock pots. I really recommend using fiberglass or rockwool/mineral wool as insulation because it is so light and won't leak out and make a mess.

This is someone else's video, but mine is very much like this one, only mine uses fiberglass instead of sand or vermiculite. My fuel rest is also riveted in place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ValmUnjz4

[Anonymous No.432109]

Me and my father decieced to make a small light weight camper trailer that a Prius would be able to haul.

So we bought a Mostly all aluminum trailer. The trailer is a Rance trailer.

This is a picture right after we bought and got it's title

[Anonymous No.432112]

>>432111
Here is another picture of the unfinished interior.

[Anonymous No.432111]

>>432109
This is what the trailer looked like when we bought it. Except there were two long pieces of wood on the each side to protect the siding, but we removed them.

[Anonymous No.432115]

>>432111
Here is another picture of the unfinished interior.

[Anonymous No.432118]

>>432115
We put styrofoam insulation on the sides, the door and the roof. We thought this was the best idea because it was lightweight and it fit perfectly.

We also but some snap together fake wood flooring. This type is pretty durable, very hard to scratch and chip.

[Anonymous No.432119]

>>432118
Another picture of the insulation and flooring

[Anonymous No.432120]

>>432119
This is the first wall we finished. We deciced to use. We used B-board for the walls since they look nice and durable.

[Anonymous No.432121]

>>432120
We also put some light carpeting on the ceiling because it's light and looks good.

[Anonymous No.432123]

>>432122
This is the trailer all packed up and ready to camp.

[Anonymous No.432122]

>>432121
We also put a nice screen on the window

[Anonymous No.432124]

>>432123
The trailer with the cots and bedding

[Anonymous No.432125]

>>432124
Our workstation

[Anonymous No.432128]

>>432125
Well those are all the pictures

We still need to do somethings like add some windows or a vent on the top. We also are thinking of adding some more electrical to the trailer. Like being able to charge phones or just have working lighting without having to be hooked up to the car. I think a small car battery would work or something.

Any tips/suggestions or comments?

Thanks.

[Anonymous No.432143]

It's 1AM California time, just finished this LED panel for a friend who has an emergency and needs a new light in their kitchen for their kitchen herbs.

[Anonymous No.432241]

>>432143
>two fans for a light fixture
oh lawdy

[AP No.432245]

>>432128
Impressive! Thats all i can say. I dont think i could get such a good finish on the job!

[Anonymous No.432246]

>>432143
WTF man? Those leds are not going to keep the herps alive. Wrong spectrum of light and power of light is too low. Also they dont need any fans.

[Anonymous No.432263]

>>432246
Only you don't know the specs on those LEDs.

[Anonymous No.432355]

>>432241

>doesn't know that high-power LEDs can melt themselves and thus need a heat sink, plus fans.

>>432246
I'm just going to let your comment stay as-is so you can keep reading it and eventually realize how dumb you sound.

[Anonymous No.432398]

>>432246
>power of light is too low.
>they don't need any fans
tee hee

[Anonymous No.432504]

I was piddling around today and made a small wind turbine. This is my first horizontal axis wind turbine. I prefer VAWTs around here. This one makes around 3.2 volts in a stiff breeze. It's a very poor design, but I don't care.

[Anonymous No.432506]

>>432504
>.gif

This isn't animated, fyi. There's just a problem with non-gif images coming up with the "embedded file" error so I had to save it as a gif to upload it.

[Anonymous No.432508]

What happened to MechDood? did he leave?

[Anonymous No.432513]

>>432504
3.2v is meaningless.
measure with a load and calculate the power

[Anonymous No.432514]

>>432513

Enough to drive an LED during a windy night.

>implying some devices aren't 100% voltage-dependent in their operation.

[Anonymous No.432547]

>>432513
It is enough to charge a couple AA batteries. I've yet to hook it up to test the load. I'm not looking for useable power with this anyway. I'm just testing out things with the blades and RPMs. I'm building up skills and items to build much larger S-VAWT turbines in the 1KW range. No failures yet.

[Anonymous No.432549]

>>431962
I just finished fitting a pot skirt to this stove and testing it out boiling some water. It gives me all sorts of ideas for the next one I'll be making. I found that the pot skirt needs to be a little larger to there's more air flow around the pot to keep the fire efficient. There was some black smoke a time or two.

I've also decided to build the pot skirt into the next stove so that it is also insulated.

[Anonymous No.432561]

>>432024
I've been thinking of making one of those for camping. My plan is to build it inside a large ammo can for easy storage and transport, possibly with a small, removable grill for cooking meat.

[Anonymous No.432565]

>>432128
I'd suggest adding a ventilation fan or two to the top. I imagine it'd get hot in there with 1-2 people sleeping in the summer.

I'd like to do something similar in the future for my little Fiesta, but I was under the impression that small cars would not be able to tow anything.

[Anonymous No.432566]

>>432549
>>431962
Wow this is amazing

[Anonymous No.432571]

>>432561
I've seen that exact same thing on youtube and it looks pretty sweet. I can't seem to find the right video, but this one has an ammo can and optional grill from which you can get some additional ideas maybe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4e-WHhR97A

I recommended getting a roll of flashing to use as the chimney. You can keep it tightely rolled up and when you go to use it, you unroll it then roll it the opposite way to make one long chimney. So, you have a single roll only like 16" long or whatever the size of flashing you get, but it can be really really long when you unroll it and chimney it. Use hose clamps to keep the roll and chimney shapes.

>>432566
Thanks. It is really easy if you have the proper tools,

-pipe crimper (optional, you can use pliers to twist in crimps)
-tin snips (box cutter can work, but it is much more difficult)
-rivet gun (optional)
-pliers (optional)
-gloves (optional)
-drill or spike/ice pick if you use rivets (I used a metal spike to make the holes)

[Anonymous No.432594]

>>431962
I wanna make one of these stoves but I dont know where I can get the larger size cans. I dont think they sell anything in cans that size at regular grocery stores where I am, I've never seen them. Can you guys think of something else inexpensive I could use?

[Anonymous No.432597]

>>432594
The smaller inner cans and one where the wood goes are all bean/vegetable cans. The cans those fit down into are pumpkin cans (Libby's brand.) The largest can on the top in >>432549 used as the pot skirt is a coffee can.

Other good sources for these medium large and tall cans are pineapple juice cans, big bean cans, and similar. For the really big ones you should check the local restaurants for their throw-aways/recycles. I think the one I'm planning to make as my main rocket stove will employ a metal, 5-gallon bucket as the outside of the stove. If I want to make it look really nice and be a bit smaller, I'd go to the local dollar store and buy one of those really cheap and thin stainless steel stock pots as the outside of the stove. They are like $5 to $20 here and really nice sizes (just super thin bottoms not worth more than for boiling water.)

Other sources,

ammo boxes
cooking oil cans
paint cans
roofing buckets
stove pipe
various metal venting tubes
downspouts

Essentially anything you can find that has a large size and a small size with insulation between them.

[Anonymous No.432603]

>>432597
Maybe I can get something from a restaurant, that's a good idea, thanks.

[Anonymous No.432637]

Record shelf/bin to hold my records. I want to do an inlay on it, and a drawer, before I finish it. I plugged all the screw holes with walnut.

[Anonymous No.432644]

>>432637
cool.

Why is it up in a corner like that?

[Anonymous No.432659]

>>432644

It's in the garage, still have a few more things to do before I move it into the music room. Here's a closeup of trimming the walnut plugs.

[Anonymous No.432775]

>>432659
Oh wait, I see, the image is just rotated in >>432637 lol

[Anonymous No.433044]

>>432659
I really need to get a hand planer and some other wood working tools I've been neglecting to get.

[Anonymous No.433063]

>>432128
i love your dog. great jpb on the trailer, it looks really good.
>tfw i will never build something like that with my dad because he's dead, and was kind of a douche while alive

[Anonymous No.434401]

bump

[Anonymous No.436006]

Bumping to keep all these awesome projects alive

[Anonymous No.436046]

Isn't there some dude on this board building their own mecha or some shit?

[Anonymous No.436047]

>>432637

Here's an update on this one, finished the inlay on the front. Used walnut, maple and purpleheart. Now it's time to sand and finish.

[Anonymous No.436049]

>>436046
I seem to have missed that.

>>436006
Thanks. I'd post my current project, but it is /ck/-related. I'm making yogurt. My gardening is just tilling soil and removing winter weeds. though, I think I may whip up a hot box/cold frame top out of patio doors for a raised bed I have. I need to find some self threading screws though.

[Anonymous No.436692]

>>436047
>inlays

How do? This wizardy always astounded me. How does it get so perfect?

[Anonymous No.436762]

>>436046
>>436049
It was a mecha simulator of sorts, from what I recall. Not an actual mecha.

[Anonymous No.436783]

>>432000
Not leaking after about a week on the road so far.

[Anonymous No.436799]

>>431595
>Yes, it will be outside,


Not sure where you live and I am too lazy to read big posts right now but where I am from, that shit would be destroyed night one from feral dogs, coyotes or foxes. It might keep out an opossum but not much more.

[Anonymous No.436837]

>>431534
>2013
>not raising your chickens and ducks free-range
Heartless fucking asshole, jamming them in a cage. How would YOU like being jammed in a cage your entire life? Go drink poison.

[Anonymous No.436878]

>>436837
You clearly live in some magical land without racoons, foxes, and dogs. A magical land where free range chickens don't choose to roost in trees instead of the hen house, freezing to death over night.

In short, die in a fire, you retarded faggot, in most locations, a "free range" chicken has a lifespan of less than six fucking months.

[Anonymous No.436934]

>>436837
The cages are for chicks and ducklings who don't have a parent to care for them. If you let them roam free they up and die the first night or get eaten by the many kestrels in the area. After the birds are grown the cages are only used for transport. Instead of living in the cages as adults, they live free range in a 3 acre fenced in area. The fence is 6 feet high 2"x3" welded wire. It won't protect against racoons. I also will be employing a chicken tractor for a coop and directing them to various garden soils for my off-season garden. That will help fertilize those areas.

I have a pond in my 3 acre area and if parentless ducklings were to swim in it they would die within hours. The mother duck rubs her oil on the ducklings to seal and protect them from the water. Without a mother duck the water wicks right to their bodies and they become drenched. They soon die of exposure. So, the ducklings must be fenced in until they grow their own feathers and learn to oil themselves.

[Anonymous No.436935]

>>436799
My entire place is fenced in with dog and coyote-proof fencing. Opossums and racoons can't get into the cage.

[Anonymous No.436936]

>>436783
>>432000
Nice.

[Anonymous No.436948]

>>436878
>racoons, foxes and dogs
build a well protected hen house
>freezing to death overngiht
find the right breed, my hen hous temperature is the same as outside, and in winter it can go down to -15º. they don't freeze to death

free range works verywhere. youre just giving out excuses to be lazy

[Anonymous No.436949]

>>436948
>>racoons, foxes and dogs
also forgot, have guard dogs or guard swan. tha fucker bet the shit out of a fox or coyote