This is a project which spans across 4 generations. The frame was forged by my grandfather who was a blacksmith in the 1950s. It’s made out of spring steel and I’m planning to keep it exactly as it is as even the paint is original. The boards are Siberian Larch which is naturally rot resistant….
3D printer enclosure with automatic fire extinguisher
I decided to build an enclosure which has a separate dry space for feeding the filament, and has an automatic fire extinguisher which will fill the printer space with powder if it reaches 79 celsius (174 in freedom units). The filament is fed through the floor of the upper cabinet via PTFE tubes directly to…
Wooden sauna curtain
I couldn’t find a good curtain for my sauna, so I decided to build one. Traditionally the curtains are made by crocheting cotton thread, but I decided to do something different. The inspiration came from bead curtains which were popular in the 60’s and 70’s. I needed to find wooden beads without any treatment to…
Traditional Finnish wood-burning sauna
I’m originally from Finland, the promised land of sauna, but I’ve been living abroad for nearly 20 years. I’ve missed the tradition immensely, so I decided to build a proper sauna on my backyard. The project took about 6 months to plan and 2 months to build. The overall budget is unknown to me as…
Flight controller table
This is a project from before the time I started to document my builds. When our first kid was born, we needed to reallocate the office we had in our appartment to become the kids room. This also meant that I needed to make sure that I can still sit comfortably while I work on…
Tortoise Terrarium
This is a project from before the time I started to document my builds. I had a companion from the age of seven until far into my adult life; a horsefield tortoise called Ramses. I wanted to make a new terrarium for him which is not the usual square shape.
Composite shlongboard
This is a project from before the time I started to document my builds. This is yet another very old project of mine. It is a maple/fiberglass composite short longboard (a.k.a schlongboard). These potato quality pictures are all I have left of the build process, but the board is still going strong and still being…