The Makers Thread

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

Do you know what kind of plastic it is?

No idea. Canadian tire sled.

[fotze2]

Go to the sledding hill, kick a baby in the head, take sled. Bonus marks for being able to kick a baby in the head.

[MacDaddy77]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Ok collective: tell me how you’d repair something like this?

My kid ran over an ice chunk on the bottom of his sled and subsequently torn a giant rip down the bottom of the sled. It’s not even a week old.

I looked at videos on plastic welding, maybe fiberglass over the spot, tuck tape?

What is the best way to make this thing water tight again? I don’t want snow getting in there and melting/expanding and creating a bigger issue.

Fiberglass tape and a thin layer of epoxy? might be less to buy a new sled.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by surferguy

No idea. Canadian tire sled.

Looks like this one? https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/s...-0821106p.html

If so, the bottom is HDPE, which unfortunately bonding to is difficult. You would need a special glue which will cost you more than the toboggan is worth. You could try going to Industrial Paints and Plastics and seeing if they have any left over sheet stock of HDPE and melt fuse it together. https://goindustrial.com/products/as...-weight-per-kg

Having said that, you'll be left with a bottom that won't be flush, and lots of work for a low value toboggan. I would go with an injection molded poly sled which will hold up better to tears. Kid will be slower on the hill, which could be a good thing.

[surferguy]

Thanks for this, yes that is basically the sled. I didn’t have time earlier to link anything. Thanks for the info you found. I’m gonna go a bit more research

[surferguy]

I’m at another market this weekend - Triwood Community Association in the Brentwood area.

3-9 today
10-4 tomorrow

Come sat hi if you’re in the area like Puppetguy did last week.

[surferguy]

I'm showing tomorrow for my last time this season. Ill be at the wildwood community association from 10-4pm.

This is my local market and I am helping organize this year.

The link in my signature takes you to my website. You can see digital versions of all the pieces I've built for this season. Come to the market to see the real deal, and you can meet me which *CAN BE awesome (*up for debate).

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[Fuzz]

Can confirm, totally awesome. If you time it right(or buy stuff!), he'll have the sales gong ringin'. One of the true 7 wonders of Calgary.

[Puppet Guy]

All sorts of weird things have been found in sea chests. But...an actual sea?!


This one's a combo of having a long-simmering idea and wanting to see just how cheaply I can build something. The whole thing is made of balsa wood scrap, clay, toothpicks, Kleenex and plastic plant parts - the only thing bought specifically for the project was a dollar store chest. Just picked at it over the weekend, maybe five or six hours of work. I'm considering this a prototype for a larger, more ambitious project down the road, now that I know what kind of work goes into it.

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[Ped]

Love it!

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

All sorts of weird things have been found in sea chests. But...an actual sea?!


This one's a combo of having a long-simmering idea and wanting to see just how cheaply I can build something. The whole thing is made of balsa wood scrap, clay, toothpicks, Kleenex and plastic plant parts - the only thing bought specifically for the project was a dollar store chest. Just picked at it over the weekend, maybe five or six hours of work. I'm considering this a prototype for a larger, more ambitious project down the road, now that I know what kind of work goes into it.

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This is a neat one!

Puppetguy you should sign up for the CPSS next year! One of these would be super fun on the shelf!

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by surferguy

This is a neat one!

Puppetguy you should sign up for the CPSS next year! One of these would be super fun on the shelf!

Pardon my ignorance, but what's CPSS?

[surferguy]

The Calgary Puck Secret Santa!

[RoadGame]

Somehow I've only just come across this thread for the first time. I have worked on a few different projects that might be of interest to those that post here, but I'll pick this one for starters.

Part of my interest in the military includes military history, and of course WWII is rich with all kinds of interesting stories and battles that get overlooked by most. My kids have shown interest in military history too, so to help them deepen it I built a set of miniatures to serve as the basis for tabletop wargaming. We use pre-measured dowels and dice to determine movement and hits, according to a slightly modified version of the ruleset in the book shown. Oh and the "ammo crate" storage box was made from scratch too, meant to be a reasonably close approximation of a real example (weathering and all).

We use felt layers for the playing surface, and there's a set for North African Theatre and another for the Western European Theatre 1944-45. I have written up 9 scenarios for each spanning the relevant timeframe that, taken together, should serve to give a good overview from a UK/Canadian-focused perspective.

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The base of the tank mini in the picture above is about the size of a loonie

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Incorporation of aircraft is one of the areas where we've elaborated on the Neil Thomas rule set. The mini itself uses some very small magnets and a clear plastic lollypop stick to elevate the plane a few inches above the ground. This particular shot was taken midway through playing the First Battle of Fort Capuzzo in June 1940.

[Sliver]

Those are cool as hell, dude.

[Puppet Guy]

The creative juice is flowing like cheap draft right now. Another prototype for something bigger down the stream.

The fascination with putting stuff in bottles got fired up when I saw this:

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Played around a bit and the first attempt didn't work, so it went back to the drawing board and this is the result.

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Polymer clay at that size is a bit tricky, and my fingerprints are all over it (though it kind of works). I got a bit pretentious with the bottle opening and used some plasticine to mimic wax and stamped my initials into it. A bigger one of these in a Kraken rum bottle is gonna look really cool!

And this is the creative gift that keeps on giving, as there's an epic poem about the incident being composed!

[You Need a Thneed]

Just a few last minute ornaments to be made:

[You Need a Thneed]

[RoadGame]

Is that for woodturning?

[RoadGame]

Here's a project I worked on over most of 2024, to finish in time for the holidays. For those unfamiliar with N scale model railroading, the tracks are 9mm apart and the box cars in the picture you'll see are 2cm tall.

The glow is created using a mix of side glow and 0.25mm end glow fibre optic. Drilling hundreds of holes and threading them was incredibly time consuming, but weirdly satisfying when you get to the point of having bundles of fibre optic ready for the LEDs.

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