GARAGE ART: What'd you build?

I used, stole a couple of ideas here to make my next floor lamp. It's a 50th birthday gift for my friend. The prop came from an orange grove, it was very scarred up. My friend bought 7 of these because they were all powered by flathead V8's. I grabbed one of the props.

 

More stuff, Ray

 

Chipmunk feeder

 

Second floor lamp for my daughter's first apartment.

 

No two doors were harmed

 

Looks good, Joe.

 

Not Joe. My dad was Jay

 

Alright, sorry. Last time I was over the house, you were about 5 or 6. Sorry about your Dad.

 

I put a flathead cam on a lathe and driiled a hole all the way through and made it into a lamp... Apparently i never took a pic before someone bought it... It took about 7 hours on the lathe to get that hole all the way through...

Also use to build these guys from flathead stuff...

 

I used to meet so many people, thru dad and uncle. I must've liked it, cos some of it sunk in

 

Guard dog.....made by friend Tim

 

Everyone knew Joe and Jay. Your furniture looks awesome. Do you sell them? You can't have that many seats in your living room.

 

Yeah, I do sell them. I have a 50 Ford, 55 Pontiac, 58 Bel Air & another 55 Chevy. They need finishing or just re-done. Thanks for the good words.

 

Here's another piece I made. I posted it in the FAS last week.

 

Great lamp Hellfish!

 

Thanks!

 

Not car-related, but it is vintage and I did make it in the garage.

1939 Brownie.

 

That's cool!

 

Yup, gotta make one of those!

 

bttt

 

Made this for the club.
I robbed the circuit board out of a light and wired up a switch to operate it.
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Some cool things have been made guys, keep them coming
I stole this idea off here from another member.

 

Built a couple of these for the holidays..

 

I love this thread — I've been following it for a few years now. Have you guys heard of Instructables.com? It's a place where you can document your build process for amazing projects like these. The community is very inviting and has great admiration for quality craftsmanship.

This message board is fantastic, but not very many people get to see these projects, and I think the world should know about them! Instructables is a place to share your projects with a larger audience. : )

 

This weekend I finished wiring the 2nd one of these that a buddy and I built in the last year. Both are controlled by PLC units to sequentially flash the lamps. We researched the Chrondek patent info to get all of the measurements, parts sources, lettering fonts, etc. They are exactly like the one that was in service at the local drag strip which closed in 1974. The pic above was taken last year at a local car show's Racer Row and is the first tree that we finished.

Jim

 

a wooden pattern for a gear and some old car stuff......

 

Up.

 

Thanks Harv - always a favorite thread and glad to see when it comes up

 

Found this old Hudson hubcap and it just sort of spoke to me.