My son’s godmother is an amazing crocheter, and always hand makes all birthday and Christmas presents. As Christmas was getting close, I decided that I will hand make something for her as well; namely a metal…
‘Cold Forged’ banister
Our cellar staircase was missing a bannister so I decided to give a go on building one. I was lacking most tools required for bending metal, so a lot of that work was improvised. The result…
Sauna dressing room bench with hinges
Ever since I built my new sauna, I ended up sitting on a foldable chair in the dressing room while we were cooling down with my wife. You can guess who was using the nice bench…
Special sauna ladle
This was the first project with my TIG welder. I wanted to have a very specific ladle for my sauna, so I decided to make one myself. I find it difficult to get the water around…
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…
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…
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….
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…
Mercedes SLK Carputer
This is a project from before the time I started to document my builds. When you see through the pictures, remember that most of these features were unheard of at the time, even though today these…