DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

[mlowen]

So I painted it (and both my new batteries) with nail varnish! [/quote] Brilliant and awesome!

 

[nascarjunkie1]

Got my oster shell feeder and pellet feeder installed. Turned out great!

 

[marktoo]

I have a nailgun AND an impact driver (dewalt. black and yellow is the way to go

) I have a husband who gives the BEST christmas presents. I like the impact driver because it's so light, and ever since I had hand surgery I just can't use a heavy power tool for very long. I don't do nailing by hand. I have a habit of hurting myself with the hammer.... I'm hoping to get my new upcycle nestbox painted and post pics this week. It's a bit hob cob but it was free except for the hardware, and works great.

I have fallen for the Ryobi rechargeable battery line. They are almost fluorescent lime green. Love the impact driver! Can't believe it took me so long to discover it! I call the chain saw my "sissy-girl" chainsaw. It cuts big branches, small trees. A friend once told me, "For every project, you get a new power tool. (Even if you don't need a power tool for the project." I haven't quite followed her advice, but too close for my financial health sometimes. I can flat build stuff, though!

My "girlie drill" as I call it is a Makita and my family all loved it so much they used it until it wasn't pretty any more (they are all boys and don't care about that)

http://toolmonger.com/2009/02/05/makita-lct203w-compact-driver-set/ --

So DH and I went to get something different for me (so they wouldn't all use my new girlie drill and loose drill bits and leave it discharged etc)

Well,

I didn't like the other ones as much, I liked mine the best, that is why I bought it the first time. So I bought another but this time bought the matching impact driver that comes in the set above with a cool box to hold my drill bits

So I painted it (and both my new batteries) with nail varnish!

Wasn't very long ago this would have been a punchline to a joke. "Oh, I bought my wife a skilsaw or drill for her birthday, Christmas or whatever"....basically meaning you bought yourself a new toy. What lucky husbands to be able to shop for your gifts in the Tool Department instead of Women's Laugerie. Only thing better would be, not to have to shop at all. "Happy Birthday Babe, don't forget to buy yourself something" This is what I do!

 

[yogifink]

Quote:
LOL. Sounds familiar.

 

[rojororeo]

Wasn't very long ago this would have been a punchline to a joke. "Oh, I bought my wife a skilsaw or drill for her birthday, Christmas or whatever"....basically meaning you bought yourself a new toy. What lucky husbands to be able to shop for your gifts in the Tool Department instead of Women's Laugerie. Only thing better would be, not to have to shop at all. "Happy Birthday Babe, don't forget to buy yourself something" This is what I do!

Hehe, no kidding huh?! I waaay prefer to slowly cruise the aisles in the feed store, tack store, or Lowe's... and lingerie... not too functional when you have to fun out to fix something during the night, lol. Tho very odd- our first anniversary- he got me an espresso machine and a small fish tank, very odd combo! (I grew up with fish tanks and always found them calming- chickens have since replaced them, lol)... of course, he never learned to operate the espresso machine... fairly sure that was so I would make him stuff with it!

Got my oster shell feeder and pellet feeder installed. Turned out great!

That is cool! We are going to give our chickens a chicken-port (covered outside area, I hafta find a cute name for it still, lol). I have a nifty feeder which is similar that I want to get hung up when we are done...but I can't take the credit for it... might make something to better hold the oyster shell as well.. currently it is in a ratty old pot. Though that does admittedly work!

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Hehe, no kidding huh?! I waaay prefer to slowly cruise the aisles in the feed store, tack store, or Lowe's... and lingerie... not too functional when you have to fun out to fix something during the night, lol. Tho very odd- our first anniversary- he got me an espresso machine and a small fish tank, very odd combo! (I grew up with fish tanks and always found them calming- chickens have since replaced them, lol)... of course, he never learned to operate the espresso machine... fairly sure that was so I would make him stuff with it!


That is cool! We are going to give our chickens a chicken-port (covered outside area, I hafta find a cute name for it still, lol). I have a nifty feeder which is similar that I want to get hung up when we are done...but I can't take the credit for it... might make something to better hold the oyster shell as well.. currently it is in a ratty old pot. Though that does admittedly work!

I also would rather be in a feed store or Lowe's. If anyone ever gave me a table saw they'd be a friend for life. Last Christmas I asked for saw horses. I wanted the metal kind. Didn't get it. Oh, well.

 

[Twinklin]

Wasn't very long ago this would have been a punchline to a joke. "Oh, I bought my wife a skilsaw or drill for her birthday, Christmas or whatever"....basically meaning you bought yourself a new toy. What lucky husbands to be able to shop for your gifts in the Tool Department instead of Women's Laugerie. Only thing better would be, not to have to shop at all. "Happy Birthday Babe, don't forget to buy yourself something" This is what I do!

My boyfriend got me a Home Depot gift card for Valentine's Day. He knows I don't like fresh flowers because they die. Funny because I used to be a florist. But he figured he would get me a gift card so I could spend it in the garden center... we ended up getting a shop vac with it

 

[AK Baha]

My boyfriend got me a Home Depot gift card for Valentine's Day. He knows I don't like fresh flowers because they die. Funny because I used to be a florist. But he figured he would get me a gift card so I could spend it in the garden center... we ended up getting a shop vac with it

A few years back my dad gave my mom a 30/30 for mothers day,he got flowers for fathers day that year.

 

[marktoo]

A few years back my dad gave my mom a 30/30 for mothers day,he got flowers for fathers day that year.

I trust she enjoyed her 30/30 as well as your Dad's flowers. Turnabout is fair play!

 

[rojororeo]

I also would rather be in a feed store or Lowe's. If anyone ever gave me a table saw they'd be a friend for life. Last Christmas I asked for saw horses. I wanted the metal kind. Didn't get it. Oh, well.

We got some of the metal ones on CL. They are awesome! Cumbersome, but awesome still