this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
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Do It Yourself

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Make it, Fix it, Renovate it, Rehabilitate it - as long as you’ve done some part of it yourself, share!

Especially for gardening related or specific do-it-yourself projects, see also the Nature and Gardening community. For more creative-minded projects, see also the Creative community.


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[–] JuBe 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I turned a ring “box” on a lathe and my fiancée said “yes!”

[–] circularfish 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe congratulations are in order. Getting a good surface finish on a lathe can be really hard, but you did it!

[–] JuBe 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you! The surfacing part was actually done mostly by hand because if a chicken and egg situation of making the inside components and adding the hinge, without throwing things off balance on the lathe. But after four prototypes, I definitely learned a lot!

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