Nacho’s Bowl Table
Nacho needed a new table for his bowls, and I needed a project to do to take advantage of being around family members that have shops. This was made out of maple, mahogany, and steel pipes. I cut the holes with a plunging router, sanded down to 220 grit, and used five coats of gloss poly. Nacho approves.
Computer Build
Computer build with custom water cooling, colored matched the coolant to my A&M jersey, mechanical keyboard, and a cement bust with a new paint job to hold the headset. Since I didn’t have a shop anymore, I had to find something to work on.
60” Pedestal Table
We decided our dining room table could use an upgrade to seat more people for dinner (and of course, for board games). So with limited space in the dining room, we went with a 60” diameter table with a pedestal base. The top is made out of poplar with a weathered gray finish, and the base is douglas fir painted white. It was my first real experience with making multiple circular cuts and nearly resulted in disaster, but with a little patience and some spare wood, I was able to get flush fits.
Catan Board
I love board games, and Settlers of Catan is definitely one of my favorites. I got inspired from seeing other people’s home made Catan boards and decided to give it a try. I started with a blank wood board that I ordered from Etsy. I then worked several iterations of designs for the different pieces on paper. Once I was satisfied, I hand drew the each design on the hexagons with pencil and burned them into the wood with a soldering iron. Sarah and I then sampled all of the wood stains we had from old projects and picked what we thought would fit each piece. Finished it with a couple of coats of gloss poly.
Boardgame Table
As most projects go, this started as a simple idea that was to use only scrap wood. As I was working on it, I got more and more ideas and it evolved into quite a beast. I ended up satisfied, but it was so heavy and impractical that it turned out to be just a stepping stone for creating the pedestal table. To add some flare to project, I burned maps of Westeros, Middle Earth, and Houston.
Jeep Top Pulley
The hard top for our jeep was a little too heavy for just Sarah and I to lift properly. I made a pulley system that made it to where one person could remove the top by themselves. It also can hang in the garage for storage.
Modern Industrial HiFi
Another isolation project. Drew up the plans myself. Made out of Maple, Walnut, and steel pipes.
Steel Pipe Lights with Edison Bulbs
We added a projector to the man cave / yoga room, so we had to find a new lighting solution. I built new fixtures that would be out of the way enough to not get in the way of the projector. We rerouted the existing wiring for ceiling fan to go to each spot and has the ability to be controlled by individual switches.
Office Makeover
The whole house is basically an ongoing project of slowly replacing Ikea furniture with homemade pieces. For the desk we used a slab of cherry with hairpin legs. The shelves are cherry stained pine with steel pipe supports.
Coffee Table
This was probably my favorite simple project. I just did some trig to figure out the lengths of the 2x12s and did two cuts. Then sanded, stained, and pollied. Also I painted the steel pipes black.
Outdoor Bar
This was the first project I did in our new house. Sarah was gone one weekend, and I was bored, so I decided to completely redo the bar top. Ended up pretty happy with the results.
Cornhole Boards
Quick and easy build from plans I found online. I decided to get a little intricate on the paint job to make it interesting.