Fixit Fingers

Very cool cache container! :D

That little 5 minute job kept me going for over 2 years until I finally upgraded to the Kreg one because I needed a longer version and decided it was time to invest (aka I didnt have any scrap long enough to make it :P)

Awesome Jamie, welcome to Instructables. It is a fun platform and great community :D

G'day mate. Short honest answer is "I don't know", as I've not tried to make a bigger version. Thinking about the idea if I were to go longer the main concerns I would have is weight, the wheels and the stability. Firstly, that hardwood decking is HEAVY. It is often used for large gates, but they tend to be motorised. Hand sliding 3 or 4 times the weight could be a challenge. Using a lighter wood like treated pine and I think you'd be fine (You'd want to paint it probably then and lose the nice wood finish). Secondly, while the guide box works great for this size gate, I think you'd want a ground track and appropriate larger wheels to guide anything much longer than a meter. My final concern would be the rigidity. At 1.2m there is very little flex in the design at all... but ove…

G'day mate. Short honest answer is "I don't know", as I've not tried to make a bigger version. Thinking about the idea if I were to go longer the main concerns I would have is weight, the wheels and the stability. Firstly, that hardwood decking is HEAVY. It is often used for large gates, but they tend to be motorised. Hand sliding 3 or 4 times the weight could be a challenge. Using a lighter wood like treated pine and I think you'd be fine (You'd want to paint it probably then and lose the nice wood finish). Secondly, while the guide box works great for this size gate, I think you'd want a ground track and appropriate larger wheels to guide anything much longer than a meter. My final concern would be the rigidity. At 1.2m there is very little flex in the design at all... but over 3 to 4m I am unsure that would remain true. You may need to introduce "X" bracing instead of the simple vertical brace I've used here. If you do take on the project let me know, I'd be keen to hear your results.

Hey Sally, thanks so much! I think community voting has been phased out as community judging by past winners has rolled out. Glad this was useful! You can unofficially vote by hitting the favourite button. I'm sure comments like this are read by judges too so thanks! 😀

Thanks for the perspective mate, I think you are right it is about location and what you are used to working with. I was just nervous for our poor North American friends who are used to walnut and maple and not familiar with what is normal in Aussie timber. Cheers! 👍

G'day Gerry, Im in Sydney and run my group with some old school friends. We are half way through "Storm Kings Thunder" currently. While I don't have time to run any additional games right now I'd be happy to show you or your DM how to use this VTT over a Google meet. Drop me a provate message here or on my socials ;)

Awesome Sunny, Cheers! I'll add that tip to the instructable as yeah I took a quick look at GIMP and while powerful it does look daunting... glad I have Ps6 ;) Glad you liked the dice roller. We couldnt find a simple free one we liked so my mate coded it. It works great as is but will hopefully get more features as he finds time. (I really want sound and animations :P)

Again!? Well well well you learn something new every day ;) We only started in 5e. Cheers Grant!

Winner! Well done and well earned Jimmy. I picked up 1st prize with my digital version... you can't beat real life builds. Great stuff!

Thanks Jess, yep! Once the setup is done you can just copy, drag'n'drop creatures onto an appropriate map and by the time the Adventurers have topped up the beverage of choice be ready to run a random encounter. The 'set piece' maps take a little while depending on how much detail you want to add usually 30 minutes to an hour for a dungeon that should last a 3 to 4 hour play session.

Awesome effort... your game would be epic to play in

It is quite fickle with its movement that is for sure. It's also quite brittle and splintery. However, especially for our North American friends, I wouldn't call it close to soft anything, there are only a few species harder than it commercially available. It rates at a very high 11.0 on the Janka scale of wood hardness, New England blackbutt is also pretty darn tough at 9.5. Tassie Oak / Vic Ash is what I'd call a softer Aussie hardwood coming in at 5.5. For reference, European & American Oak is 6.0, Walnut 4.5, and Pines come in around 3.0. Aussie wood is generally just tough on the world stage! Here's a quick simplified reference from Australian Sustainable Hardwoods and another with some imports added :) Thanks for the comment, it's an interesting point of discussion.

Awesome little jig Paul. Love it.

Rare Earth is a great idea Keith for the catch. Make sure you let me know if you make it, I'd love to see pics. Give me a shout if you get any questions.

Cheers for the feedback! It's been up a year now and the boys have made more attempts to dig under it through the concrete than try to climb it 😅. It had to match the existing privacy screen too but there is no reason why you couldn't flip the slats vertically, that may match some people's decks better too. - James 👍

Awesome I'd love to see it rebuilt. Avoiding needing tracks was one of my design criteria and accidentally making a plant/drink stand with the gudie box was a nice outcome😊 Shout out if you run into any errors in the Instructable (it was my first one) or need something clarified. Can't wait to see it.

Thank you! The water-based oil really evens out the decking material... now I just have to remind my brother to touch it up each year to keep it looking that way unlike his privacy screen 😅

Absolutely awesome Grant, one of your best and that is saying something. You couldn't bribe that reaction any better from your son with any amount of sweet treats. Great stuff!

Very cool mate! Really caught my eye, good luck with the comp.

Oh that's very cute... and it's hard not to love a JRRT themed project :D

Thanks Jess! Very stressful doing my first Instructable but it was great fun. Very excited to have it featured so quickly. Cheers, James

That's what I call an accidental feature to be honest but it does work well 😅 My brother has a couch next to the gate so it's a good beverage holder.

Cheers Sam! A friend encouraged me to get some of my projects on here and while this first one was a lot of work it was a good learning experience in itself and heaps of fun. I was super excited to get this featured and will have to go through my back catalouge for other suitable builds to share with the community. - James