Ego Eram Reputo Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 I've had a harrowing time lately..... Largely fabricated from 12mm rebar. 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 ...fortunately I've got a handle on it.... Rest assured the wood is sustainability harvested 😁 I cut it down last year for firewood. It's known locally as tree lucerne (Cytisus proliferus or tagasaste) 2 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 45 minutes ago, welshblue said: Did you use a jig and heat to bend it ? Nope. I cold-rolled it using a simple handmade jig. The 16mm rod on the end of the harrow required a bit of physical exertion and led to the demise of four bearings. 47 minutes ago, welshblue said: The welding isn't bad either Thanks. I'm self taught. Had to learn when I built a horse float Damn that pumpkin is spooky all lit up! Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I did not carve a pumpkin. I made a paper skull for the Mexican celebration "Día de Muertos". 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I love the effect a blow torch has on wood. I’ve done something similar with unfinished plywood—made it look expensive. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I love to sew by hand; I find it very relaxing. I made this bride doll for my niece. I did all of the sewing and beadwork by hand. It took many hours, but I enjoyed it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 That looks amazing Maggie! The bead-work is really beautiful. @Welshy: Great tray. Lots of good wood in pallets. Me, I'd need more finger holes I saw a home make-over show which burned the exterior wood cladding of a two story home. I thought it looked horrible on that scale. It was not sealed so the carbon kept coming off. Made a terrible mess. 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Very talented people on here That skull is superb @Eli - I see it's one of those folding ones. I guess you printed it after making it in PDN? @Ego Eram Reputo that handle is top notch and so shiny @welshblue the wooden tray is fabulous I just know @Woodsy would have been very impressed too @Maggie that dress is so beautiful - jolly well done 😍 1 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 4 hours ago, Pixey said: I see it's one of those folding ones. I guess you printed it after making it in PDN Yes, @Pixey . I saw a skull on the net but it did not have the pattern so I decided to make one. I printed it probably ten times before I got it right. It is just a cube but those angles gave me a fight . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 What does one do after tearing down a play fort that is hardly ever used? In my case, build planter boxes for growing herbs on the back porch. It didn't cost me a penny to build it and it's as basic as they come. 1 Quote Paint.NET Gallery | Remove Foreground Object Tutorial | Dispersion Effect Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 1 minute ago, welshblue said: What else do you need for herbs, except excellent drainage. Nice use of surplus timber. Compost. Herbs love compost especially if it's organic made of organic materials - food scraps (no meat, big NO-NO), grasses, leaves (makes excellent mulch and compost), chicken or sheep poo, and hay. We have a neighbor that has a John Deere tractor and he recently turned the compost pile. Thanks...I had made 2, the one in the picture is the 2nd one. When I have a chance, I will take a picture of our enclosed, raised-bed garden for growing our own vegetables. Quote Paint.NET Gallery | Remove Foreground Object Tutorial | Dispersion Effect Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 15 hours ago, welshblue said: One for the herbs that like it moist and one for the herbs that like it dry ? Your compost sounds a good mix - I like to add paper/ cardboard (brown only) to add a bit of bulk - but then it's not organic You ever thought about keeping the leaves separate and making a leaf compost ? Real black gold I only grow veg because I'm told to. Forcefully ... This year potatoes, cucumber, sweetcorn, spinach, 3 different types of peas, 3 different types of bean, 6 different tomatoes, 3 different lettuces, 3 different onions. Plus various soft fruits. The work involved can be nullified by the crappy, volatile Welsh weather sometimes and the yield isn't worth the space and time taken up My real passion is flowers. My wife still finds it amusing that 'someone like me' is so into raising them either from seed or cuttings You should see our compost pile. It is a gorgeous shade of black. I like to add leaves to the compost pile because of its organic matter. The stuff you are growing are similar to what we are growing and right now, we are growing cold weather plants - kale, strawberries, cabbages, and onions. As soon as the calendar flip to mid-May, we will begin to plant late spring/early summer variety and then plant heirlooms in late summer. I'm not familiar with how Welsh weather operates although I know in the mountains of southwest Virginia, it has its own weather system. We had weird weather pattern. Quote Paint.NET Gallery | Remove Foreground Object Tutorial | Dispersion Effect Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewDavid Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Just watched an episode of Grand Designs that featured this shed built from the ground up from an existing plot of land that had a 100 year old shed built. I must say - t was impressed. At a cost of about 250K Pounds. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/376261743860159802/ Edited August 20, 2020 by AndrewDavid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 I have a huge German-built belt sander which I suspect is a repurposed war engine. I have two grits for it Digit removal Limb removal On the plus side, the beast is so heavy it takes two hands to operate it. I'm in more danger of being dragged right across the work piece and thrown into the far wall. 1 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 My most recent creation...A wooden rowing machine. Seat is mounted on some repurposed skateboard trucks. A cycle computer provides some basic feedback about time, distance & speed. Ratchet & seat return are powered by 10mm bungy cord. Yep - I even turned the pulleys & the handle. Surprisingly, it works even better than I expected! Except for the noise. Yeah, it's a bit noisy. I might reduce the teeth height on the ratchet to see if that quietens it. 2 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 That's pretty impressive! Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 16 hours ago, BoltBait said: That's pretty impressive! Thank you . I really enjoyed making it. 13 hours ago, welshblue said: That's a great fusion of carpentry and engineering. Is that a bog standard log/post lathe turned for the cord housing ? Thanks Welshy. Yep - I found a bit of firewood and turned the five pulleys from it. I think the wood was Tree Lucerne (Tagasaste [sp?]). I'm judging that by how pale the grain is. 13 hours ago, welshblue said: I'm guessing the 'ratchet' is the return mechanism and tension adjuster ? Normally the closer the mesh the more quiet it is. What sort of ratchet have you used. Different countries use different terminology eg a ratchet to me is like on a socket set or a ratchet strap ... one click at a time Yep- the return, no for the tensioner. I made a friction pad which runs on the back of the flywheel to tension the thing. The ratchet was to provide positive drive in one direction and freewheeling return in the other. I actually designed the ratchet in PDN - I'll upload the image later. Pathway = poured concrete which is imprinted with a pattern using a stamp like a heavy metal cookie cutter. The pattern is similar to Random Stone on this page https://www.concretenetwork.com/stamped-concrete/patterns.html Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 I'm going to reduce the height of the teeth. My theory is that the pawl dropping 10mm is too much. If I went down to 4mm I reckon it would be quieter. My second option is to pad the tip of each pawl. Felt or leather come to mind. It has to survive the rotational forces - I can see padding being ripped off quite quickly. Sorry about your glossy finish I have MDF dust everywhere. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 My latest build....a DOOM BOX (links are thumbnails - click to see larger image) This thing is a desktop size arcade cabinet for playing Doom (and other early PC games). The box is fabricated largely from MDF and some odd bits and pieces of wood I had lying around. The edging and controls are from Aliexpress. Paint is out of a spraycan. Well, several spraycans. Powered by a HP Thin client which boots into the WAD selection screen. I chose LZDoom as the software due to the low spec hardware. Sound is via an ex pair of PC speakers. It does sound pretty cool! Acer mumble mumble inch screen (possibly 19") is placed so that the screen controls are still accessible at the top right of the control panel. Graphics were assembled in Paint.net, printed out & installed behind clear perspex. You can't tell from the photo, but the marquee graphic has pulsing LED lights behind it. Ooooo! Looks awesome in dim light. The little silver knob reveals a hidden drawer containing the keyboard (for those rare times I need to type something) and mouse. Id fans will 'get' the rear cutout which allegedly lets the heat out. In reality, it just looks good. Am I right? 3 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Well done! A lot of work & thought gone into your creation. Maybe a video to show it in action? Awesome! Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Thanks @barbieq25 I'll see what I can do about a video. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 I've been designing & building boardgames since I was a kid. Paint.net has really opened up opportunities to make these early prototypes much nicer than they used to be (all marker pens and recycled cardboard ). Here are three tilesets for my latest creations. Bunny-hop. A tile-based game with rabbits, predators and veges! I 3D print & paint little counters to go with the tiles. Ur-Dom Clans of Dwarves fight each other and monsters to claim land, resouces and bragging rights. Most of the images I stole from the interweb. Gameplay was based on the game above. More tiles means a longer game. With more complexity and even simple combat. A fantasy version of Mah Jong. Based on this competition which I was too slow to enter . This sheet is the first draft and is at the printers. I'll be able to play-test it for the first time next week. There are 180 tiles for no reason other than that is what fitted onto an A2 poster. Basic Mahjong has 144, so I'm thinking the fantasy version will be quicker to play and hopefully simple to learn. 3 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I made this for Christmas Dinner for friends who visited. It took me 2 days of preparation😖 Beef Wellington 3 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Looks fabulous! I bet it was delicious too! 1 Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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