I got a couple of pallets that someone was throwing away. I salvaged the wood and made this cool Chicago flag wall art. I think it turned out really cool!
Pallet Wood Flag
Tag Archives: DIY
Worm Bin
My wife wants a worm bin for her birthday so I built her one. These are great for household composting. They don’t take up much room, are easy to make, and provide a nice supply of worms for fishing compost for gardening.
Supplies (Amazon):
Coconut coir – http://amzn.to/1SxLJD4
10 gallon bin – http://amzn.to/1IfpjH6
Worms – http://amzn.to/1RKjc2c
Wine Cork Bobbers
I made some fishing bobbers, some people call them “floats,” from some old wine corks using my homemade, drill-powered lathe.
Supplies (Amazon):
Bobbin – http://amzn.to/1GLHuhP
Gesso – http://amzn.to/1GJ7jy3
My favorite neon orange paint – http://amzn.to/1JtMcXt
DIY CO2 Reactor
I have an aquarium with live plants and I wanted to add CO2 injection so I made this yeast-powered CO2 reactor from a 2 liter pop bottle and some tubing.
Links to supplies (Amazon):
Airline Tubing – http://amzn.to/1eVh3ir
3/16″ Rigid Tubing – http://amzn.to/1KMJPvS
Check Valve – http://amzn.to/1KhijZk
Quick Set Epoxy – http://amzn.to/1ASKjR1
Airstone – http://amzn.to/1eVh7Pc
Resin and Wood Pendant
My 1 year wedding anniversary is coming up and, traditionally, you are suppose to give your spouse paper for that anniversary but I decided to spice it up a bit and make a paper flower and embed it in resin surrounded by wood and turn it into a necklace for my wife. This is how I did it.
Links to supplies:
EasyCast casting resin (Amazon) – http://amzn.to/1Ki2R02
Mod Podge (Amazon) – http://amzn.to/1IOusni
Fancy string (Amazon) – http://amzn.to/1AiPuZZ
Jewelry clasps (Michael’s) – http://goo.gl/uLwvIM
Memory wire (Amazon) – http://amzn.to/1FxrgO0
Spice Board (Rack)
When we moved in to our current place, there was a spice rack installed in one of the cabinets but it was pretty high up and my wife had a hard time reaching it. We have a baker’s rack with a top shelf that seemed like a better place to store spices so I made a simple spice board-rack-thing so we could store spices in a more convenient place. This is how I made it.
Drill Lathe
I have an old, cheapo drill that I rarely use so I decided to turn it into a lathe. The lathe is made from 8 pieces of wood mostly 3/4″ x 3 1/5″ boards with one part made from a 3/4″ x 1 1/2″ board. It’s simple and easy and this video shows how I did it. It works quite well for turning cork.
You can download free plans (diagrams with measurements) here.
