Thursday, February 27, 2014

Stairs!!!!



       Post # 13



        So as I said I would have a post of a custom staircase. The pictures are kind of self explanatory so this probably won't be a very long blog post.

     These first two pictures were taken after the construction had already started and was half way done.

      At the back side of the stairs the was a wall that had an outside corner and a lally column in the corner.  So we had taken out the walls, lally column and the main beam. The main beam was replaced with three 2"x16"x16' Microlams to open the room up more.      


      As you can see the stairs made no sense at all. When you walk down them you were facing the wall and not walking into the room. (Stupid design for a finish basement)



     So now the stairs Are facing the right way and look much much better. Everything on the staircase with the exception of the rails and spindles is 100% hand made.

     I wish I had more time to have been able to make the rails by hand as well but time is money and this job went on for way too long. As soon as we opened up the walls and ceiling it was a nightmare of wires and pipes and just all around hacked together crap. So best thing to do is if you don't know how to do something right don't do it. Because its people like me who have to fix it one day.


      Well thats about it for the staircase post like I said short and sweet. And not very steampunk-ish at all but still a fun project I felt like sharing. The lamp build will be coming soon. In the process of finding a new job to pay for it so might take a bit.

      Again thanks for reading and to all the continued Readers thanks for coming back to read more. Please feel free to follow my blog and give it a like It will give me more motivation to keep going, keep building, and keep blogging.



Friday, January 31, 2014

This is 12



  Title says it Post 12


      Yes sir yes sir post number 12. This post is not going to be a whole build, Nor will it be a half of a build. More of just the start of the build.

       So as I said in my last post I will be building up my small project to completion just to get some post up and waste time really till I can get a new workshop up and running. Also like I said the first build to be completed is going to be the lamp. Now I have quite a few good Ideas and are being put in motion right now, However this will turn into quite the pricey endeavor.

        I recently remodeled my parents basement and had to move a substantial amount of plumbing pipes. After the job was done I was left with a good amount of leftover copper pipe stock. The first thing my mind turns to is of course my lamp. After it was all said and done I was left with A few three to four foot lengths of 3/4" pipe, One of 1", And one seven foot length of 1/2". (left picture)
 Also I had a whole mess load of 3/4" pipes that had to be cut out to be relocated and eliminated. Naturally all the pieces that were not being use were also going to go straight to the lamp project. (right picture)


          So as of right now I am in the process of cut and fitting and figuring out just how I'm going to put this whole thing together. so like I said before this is not a build post but more of an update.

          More to come soon I promise. Thanks for reading. thanks to the people who keep reading and I will have a nice new lamp build post soon. PS. Off the Steampunk topic ( I know blasphemy right?) I will have some nice custom staircase pictures to show off and a bar top build. (hopefully a full bar build to show as well)

Monday, January 27, 2014

Copper Lamp Anyone?



         Long over due post #11



         Hello to all ye who are reading my blog. (which I'm sure is very few)
Well to start this post I should point out that I haven't been building or posting at all for the past few months because of some personal things going on. Needless to say they have changed everything about my life, and housing arrangements have been hindering my ability to build anything. (no workshop = no build)

       However I did manage to grab my Lamp shades on my last visit to ye ol' workshop. (my old basement)
I plan on finishing this project first. Starting today I have been working on this project and will be uploading new pictures and new post about it.

      After that I also have the tea lights project to finish, And once again will be doing so and posting soon. To all the people who read my blog. Sorry for not keeping up with it, And I will start the new postings very shortly. In due time I do plan on finding a new place to set my workshop back up and finish all of my projects and of course start some new ones.