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TomT
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Small DIY Pojects

Thought a good topic would be DIY projects.

Here are a few small ones I did:

Bamboo Tree Border: Free bamboo, old tire, old carpet, dirt, rocks I already had from another project, 100yen in screws, and clear coat spray paint
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Next Years Flower Box: wood from a few years ago, dirt, steel l-brackets, screws
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Wood/Rock Border: wood from a few years ago, rock from an old project, old carpet
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Driftwood/SeaShell Craft: driftwood and seashells from the beach, clearcoat paint, glue
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Heater Enclosure: wood from Homac (expensive!), L-brackets, screws, anchor screws
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Simple but fun!

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Oh, bravo, Tom! Especialy like the first two. The top one especially could have come out of a catalogue. Keep 'em coming!

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Yeah Tom, good stuff ! Once I get into some small DIY projects I'll post some pictures here.

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Here is a rough bench made out of wood and rope I found on the beach. Used an electric chainsaw, worked pretty good.

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Hey TomT,

Nice work ! Does that skewer looking black rod stick in the ground under the bench ? Talk about anchor.

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Ooops, nevermind. That's a tool, idn't ? What's that called ?

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Hey TomT,

Nice work ! Does that skewer looking black rod stick in the ground under the bench ? Talk about anchor.

ken


HA! With the wind around here sometimes I feel I should have anchors on everything.

It's a wrecking bar, used it to dislodge the wood where the "feet" were going. I like to call it the "equalizer", the bar plus me equals about 3 guys emoticon... another useful item.

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