Ham-made

Pete this is a fantastic idea! I'm going to try this with a 5 gallon bucket to store my single hose for the winter season (9 months where I live). Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey Pete Buxton!It's good to know that others also consider my writing humorous! One last pro tip for ya Pete, dried versions of the herbs are easily achievable; the secret? Neglect!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Excellent job boys! Rad bit of modular design!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Such a great use of 3D printing! It would be interesting to make 3D shapes with integrated air deflectors to guide your blowing precisely, improving the efficiency of your bubble blows and creating conjoined bubble structures. Cheers! Mr. Ham

Thanks Penolopy! :)Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey Becky!Rad design!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Great use of scraps!Cheers!Mr. Ham

This is taking lawn striping to a whole other level!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey proctor!That's exactly right!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey DavidF15!Thanks for sharing the 8 page configuration, I was unfamiliar with it! Like you mentioned, the ability to create variable sheet sizes by simply unfolding the notebook is ultimately why I've stuck with this design for so long. Being able to unfold the notebook into a full 8.5 x 11'' sheet to completely flesh out ideas has proved invaluable.Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey stone3408!Great suggestion! I'll have to print some off and try it out!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey Spencer Jackson!You are definitely not alone! Glad I could help!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Thanks CaptMike001!If you're the seafaring captain type you might want to look into getting some Puffin Paper to do this with! You're completely right, the options are limitless! Have fun with it!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Salut Astuces de Trentes Secondes!En fait, c'est la couleur naturelle du bois, j'ai simplement ajouté un peu d'huile minérale!Cheers!M. Ham

Hey Wolfgang_Haney!Not yet, but hopefully this summer and I'll let you know how it goes!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey SimonAndYou!IMPRESSIVE first woodworking project! Much more impressive than the wooden fish I made as my first woodworking project...Before receiving any criticism from anyone I want to sincerely acknowledge that you did everything right by following through with an idea using the tools at your disposal and by learning as much as you could along the way. You see, I'm a teacher and unfortunately a lot of today's youth are failing at failing and never starting anything for fear of making a mistake. I try to instill in them everyday that you can never finish what you never start. And that making multiples is part of the creative process. You should be extremely proud of yourself! So, when do we get to hear this axe in action?Rock on!Mr. Ham

When they're all in tune it sounds great! We have baritones, tenors, concerts, and soprano ukes that make up the orchestra and it's a whole lot of fun!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey Barb!I agree that it is cool, in fact, I was thinking...what if you exploited that transparency in your composition. Say you create a landscape in which you use the tape to create only the foreground, and placed against the window, the background becomes the actual background of your view from the window! Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey ClausD!Definitely not a silly question, in fact, I'll be adding its definition in parenthesis next to the first mention of the acronym, because you are not alone in not knowing what it stands for! As karnuvap stated in his answer, EDC stands for Every Day Carry and usually includes the objects on your person that you can't seem to be without everyday. For me, a measuring tape is one of those objects, for most others it includes a pocket knife, pen, ice pick, etc. Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey! Unrecoverable is perhaps the accurate term (but I understood!). I also use those magnets everywhere and have also found that the best ones come out of the oldest hard drives. For instance, old mechanical Macintosh drives have some of the thickest magnets I've found and require only a Phillips screwdriver to disassemble! Cheers!Mr. Ham

Thanks jrm8069!I've stuck these magnets to pretty much every tool that I own, including hammers and bladed tools, and they are an indispensably useful addition! Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey seamster! Classic choice! I've also removed the belt clip of my 16' Stanley Powerlock and replaced it with a neodymium magnet so that I can stick it to my toolbox stack, metal workbench, and now to my magnetic holster !100%! :DCheers!Mr. Ham

Il n’y a rien comme du vrai sirop dans lequel tu peux tremper tes pets-de-sœur! Ou bien le sucre à crème à mémère! C'est un miracle que je n'aie pas encore le diabète! Merci pour l’excellent partage Simon! M. Jambon

Mets-en mon ami! :)Continue le beau travail!

Hey Barb! Beautiful work! Great way to get students to understand values! Have you thought about adhering a piece of Mylar or tracing paper to the back of the piece? This would to diffuse the light and prevent you from being able to see completely through the lightest parts of the work. Cheers!Mr. Ham

Recipe book quality images! Delicious!Mr. Ham

Wealth of knowledge and a good read!Thanks for sharing!Mr. Ham

As a high school music teacher, I've incorporated all of the ukulele variants into my curriculum and have a mini uke symphony! I was going to purchase a StewMac kit for my first uke build but thanks to your 'ible, I'm no longer intimidated and will just dive in when the time comes! P.S. That's exactly what my shop looks like after every project!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Great alternative to Lee Valley's ridiculously priced versions! http://www.leevalley.com/us/Garden/page.aspx?p=502... Cheers! Mr. Ham

The laziest Susan...what a fantastic evergreen project! (As in the ones that keep on giving!) Perpetual potential!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey AndrewW1977!Incredible build! Thanks for taking the time to thoroughly explain a project that for me was an intimidating endeavor! Loads of work, but possible, and the result is beautiful!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey yaduff!This would make for a cool piano stool like the ones from the turn of the century! Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey Jiří!Brilliant work incorporating the coin cell batteries into your designs! Have you ever considered making 3D shapes that connect together with magnets to form larger light structures? That way you could create a modular platform and let the consumer decide to build anything from a table lamp to a chandelier! You could even make templates available for light diffusion sheets that you could fold around and glue to the 3D shapes, that way you could choose what material to use from Mylar, to rice paper, to fabric, etc. as well as, have a choice in the colour! Cheers!Mr. Ham

Also! Have you ever seen the work of Leonardo Ulian? I think you'd like his Technological Mandala series! http://www.leonardoulian.com/works/

Hey Penolopy!Beautiful design and great use of 3D printing! Just curious, due to the susceptible nature of string, do you think they would lose tension and begin to unravel due to changes in humidity over time? Simply wondering as I've seen this happen to other string art pieces exposed to high humidity environments such as bathrooms and I wouldn't want it to happen to your beautiful jewelry if you have them in the bathroom with you while you're getting ready! Cheers!Mr. Ham

Accio pen! Great 'ible!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey LondonThunder!Storing them in a pencil case for those whom are cursed with false hope pant pockets is a great idea! Thanks for sharing your experience! :)Cheers! Mr. Ham

Brilliant!

These are incredibly beautiful! As an art teacher I must also tell you that these are some ironic appendages! Being that they're Van Gogh inspired earrings!

I agree with Penolopy, some Fruit Loop studs would be awesome!

Sounds like a loose solder joint! Sometimes the soldered joint on the crystal slurry of the piezo element (the inner disc) will tear off the coating and become disconnected without showing any visible sign of disconnection. If that is the case, simply re-solder the connection to a different part of the inner disc. Another tip that I've picked up over the years is to sandwich the piezo element, once soldered, between two pieces of a harder material. In your case, using two larger squares of leather would be perfect for this! Use a bunch of hot melt glue to ensure that the connections remain in place and your piezo element will be a lot less susceptible to becoming damaged by regular wear and tear. Good luck! One last thing, sometimes replacing the piezo element entirely is the only way t...

Sounds like a loose solder joint! Sometimes the soldered joint on the crystal slurry of the piezo element (the inner disc) will tear off the coating and become disconnected without showing any visible sign of disconnection. If that is the case, simply re-solder the connection to a different part of the inner disc. Another tip that I've picked up over the years is to sandwich the piezo element, once soldered, between two pieces of a harder material. In your case, using two larger squares of leather would be perfect for this! Use a bunch of hot melt glue to ensure that the connections remain in place and your piezo element will be a lot less susceptible to becoming damaged by regular wear and tear. Good luck! One last thing, sometimes replacing the piezo element entirely is the only way to get things operational again, but should be a last resort. Cheers!Mr. Ham

Cheers brianchadorourke!Mr. Ham

Hallo alleshochladen!Superb use of piezoelectric elements! I'm a high school art and music teacher/tortured artist and I've been making, modifying, and amplifying instruments for years. I had an idea for a potential additional trigger for your cajon setup and have included some images that I quickly modeled up. You wear it sort of like a slipper or sandal and activate the trigger by bringing down your heel. If you observe yourself playing your feet are already in the perfect position! Mach weiter!Mr. Ham

Hey Nick! Incredibly beautiful bag! Cheers for highlighting the importance of wearing gloves when working with leather dyes by providing photographic evidence of your martian fingers! It's a bit odd and perhaps a bit grim to think about, but we often forget that we too are made of leather...which is why the dye is so damn efficacious at dying our hands! Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey jackreno11,The grain of the inlayed ham slice is much more obvious in person. I was going for a cartoon look which might explain why the colour seems a bit off to you. As far as using cherry, I was set on only using maple for this project. Cheers,Mr. Ham

Cheers ruudcreates!Mr. Ham

Thanks for sharing with the community Dolon12!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey Dolon12!AWESOME job! My personal goal when creating Instructables has always been to inspire others to make my projects! Would you mind sharing the .stl or .obj file? I'm sure others would appreciate your generosity! Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey JohnC430,As I mentioned in the introduction, the stud finder nomenclature is deceiving as the device locates screws, which are made of ferrous metals, being the only types of metals magnets stick to. If you're worried about hitting a copper or PEX pipe, I recommend that you stick with a traditional electronic stud finder or X-Ray vision. Good luck!Mr. Ham

Hey Dolon12!It sure is! Let me know if you end up modelling and printing it!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey CHARLESCRANFORD!This wood ;) be perfect for chopping up kindling on a camping trip! Clever mechanism for having it fold up, pocket and froe is a combo I would've never thought of! Makes me want to make a pocket sized version of my Ham-mer!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Cheers!

Rad!

Cheers!Mr. Ham

Great tip SomervilleDesigns!Thanks for sharing!Mr. Ham

Hey pgs070947,I cringe at the thought of putting up drywall with nails...great initiative on your part replacing them with screws! Also, great tip about putting several magnets in a row to mark a stud; hadn't occurred to me! Cheers!Mr. Ham

Thanks LondonThunder!You're absolutely right, this would make a great gift for the maker in the family! Oddly, I hadn't thought of simply attaching it to a metal toolbox, this is now where it resides! As far as sourcing magnets, you can purchase them as Scanner2 suggested, or if you have access to dead laptops, most have tiny neodymium magnets in their screen bezels, which activate a reed switch, indicating if the lid is open or closed. Free source if you can source them! If not, Amazon is probably your best bet. Cheers!Mr. Ham :)

Cheers! Another idea that came to me immediately was lining the bag with a flexible thermal liner like the ones you find in soft coolers and attaching a bottle opener to one of the wooden sides for a modern incognito party bag!Mr. Ham

Rad design!If you made a pair, they would make great saddle bags having rigid sides. Cheers!Mr. Ham

Anytime GurdilCB!I'd always a life win when you can put your art degree to use! Cheers!Mr. Ham

I agree with Audrey, great design work! If you're ever looking for an excellent source of heavy weight paper check out Frenchpaper. They have a phenomenal selection of high quality papers and even offer a sample pack so you can find exactly what your after! Cheers,Mr. Ham

Also, pouring a thin layer of epoxy over pieces that normally float (such as your little scraps of hardwood) and letting them set before pouring the remainder of the epoxy gives you a more uniform distribution of the chunks. Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey SpecificLove! With all of your left over bits of PVC pipe you should make a pen in a similar fashion and use a white pearlescent pigment to tint the epoxy. This would perhaps create a mother of pearl type of pen blank. Cheers!Mr. Ham

That tip seems to have that effect on people! Spread the love! Cheers!Mr. Ham

First, Romain518, I apologize for getting into this side discussion in the comments section of your project. Second, KimE59, votes have absolutely no effect on contest winner selection if that's what you're worried about. I understand your frustration as well as your perspective, especially as a teacher. If you would like to discuss this any further send me a direct message in order to reduce the clutter in the author's comments section. Cheers,Mr. Ham

KimE59,Respectfully, this isn't a tutorial, you're absolutely right. I believe the intention is not to boast, but rather to inspire. The amount of hours the author dedicated to this project and the result they managed to achieve deserves recognition. This is an assumption, but I highly doubt the author had a tutorial to follow, which made the project worth doing. Investing in a project like this that requires hours of research and development has a steep learning curve and it is often a personal journey. If the author intended this to be a tutorial, I agree that they did fall short. If their intention was to inspire others to start at the same place as they did, complete the R&D necessary and invest themselves in the laborious, tedious, and seemingly insurmountable task at hand, the...

KimE59,Respectfully, this isn't a tutorial, you're absolutely right. I believe the intention is not to boast, but rather to inspire. The amount of hours the author dedicated to this project and the result they managed to achieve deserves recognition. This is an assumption, but I highly doubt the author had a tutorial to follow, which made the project worth doing. Investing in a project like this that requires hours of research and development has a steep learning curve and it is often a personal journey. If the author intended this to be a tutorial, I agree that they did fall short. If their intention was to inspire others to start at the same place as they did, complete the R&D necessary and invest themselves in the laborious, tedious, and seemingly insurmountable task at hand, then they succeeded. In our community, we don't show off, we share and inspire. To be clear, step by step tutorials are the backbone of this site, but one can argue that they can only take you so far. Projects of this calibre might seem daunting, but it does not mean that they have to be discouraging. If you don't have the experience or skill set to accomplish such a feat presently, don't fret, keep at it, and one day you will. Also, as an aside, review the tail end of rule 17 from Strunk & White's Elements of Style.Cheers,Mr. Ham

Brilliant! I look forward to seeing this attachment on store shelves in the fall! This is the perfect way to make ground nutmeg. Cheers!Mr. Ham

OR Attach a flap disk and make it rain parmesan!

Hey lonesoulsurfer!Rad pocket synth! Just curious as to whether you have ever integrated one of these synth circuits into a radio or boom box in the past?Cheers!Mr. Ham

Hey serhardt!For the aquarelle pans, I've always used inverted Lego bricks. The only modification needed is drilling out the interior center post. I then stick them to an inverted flat piece of Lego plate that is roughly the size of the tin I'm using, which keeps the pans from moving around. I also carry a water brush to eliminate the need for a separate water source, although puddles are sort of poetic to use!Cheers!Mr. Ham

Perfect drawer inserts! Or desktop pencil holder? Cheers!Mr. Ham

ROCK ON!Mr. Ham

Great design aesthetic!Cheers!Mr. Ham