A mixed bag of older projects
Not quite my best work at all and poorly documented...
Pallet wood Guitar Amps storage
When pallet wood became in vogue a few years back, I found myself in need of storage for my Amps (Bass and Guitar) so I gave it a go. Here's how I proceeded as far as I can remember:
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Breaking up the pallet: not quite easy especially if you want to keep the full length of the boards; you need to remove all the nails.
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Everything is sort of square so cutting and assembly were pretty straight forward
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All assembly done with brackets, I did not know any better back then
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I used also Meranti (closer colour I could find) for the shelves and the door
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I tried to "age" the whole thing by burning with a blow torch
Overall not bad, works as designed and still going strong. Not the prettiest though...
Wetsuits Storage Unit
This one came out of necessity: where to properly store your wetsuits (knowing that everyone in this household of 4 has a couple)?
Simple: measure the space you have and build a custom cabinet. A few notes:
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Most of it is built with plywood (the cheap stuff) and pocket holes joints
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The doors are MDF, a mistake in hindsight as ripped out the hinges a couple of times in the building process. I was out of Ply :-(
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The main closed compartment (with the skull) had a pad lock, very particle to hide things form the kids...
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No varnish, just a coat of spray sealer
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I since add a few hard shelves to put my extra fins, leashes, wax, etc...
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Very glad I made it, it is a great storage solution, not the prettiest but it does exactly what I needed.
Surfboard Racks
Once again, necessity was the trigger: I needed a place to store all the surfboards. Lucky for me, my garage ceiling is quite high and I could install this rack straight on the concrete ceiling:
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2 very simple square frames (pocket holes + glue) directly bolted on concrete ceiling
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Bit of padding on the bottom one (foam strips from Bunnings, the Aussie equivalent of US Home Depot or France Leroy Merlin)
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I linked them on the side for strength
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Timber rods (10 mm in diameter) were used as spacers
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The spacing was done according to the quiver I had at the time to maximise space, another mistake in hindsight as the quiver evolves, if I had to do it again, I'd probably make the whole thing most flexible.
All that being said, it works a treat and supports very well the weight of over 10 boards now.
Drinking Horn Holders
My first and only customer order (not from my better half;-)! Drinking horns are great, however, not practical to put down so a mate of mine challenged me to come up with a solution and here it is:
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All Maple
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My first attempt at doing some sort of wood carving: it is bloody hard !
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Not fantastic looking but very useful and fun to make, with a few "special" features
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The hole you can see on the bottom is used to to lock the whole thing on a wall plug (you can see the plug in place in the one standing up): when you're not using them, you simply slide them on the wall plug, great decoration for the home if you want have viking themed room for instance
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I added on the front (you can see it on the one standing up) a Viking beard bead with the first letter of my mate and his partners name in Viking runes (you may wonder why I would have beard jewellery: simply because I like it :-)
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On the front as well, I transferred (with acetone) a viking symbol: Shield Maiden for her, Thor's hammer for him
The "customer" are happy, that is all that matters ! that being said, at the price of $0, it was a bargain !!! :-)
