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I have been working on a man cave in the basement. The goal is to build a spot that is set up to do deadlifts and 12oz curls. Its getting close

First thing is first get slave labor to do the heavy lifting





I painted the celling black put in cheap can lights and left it open.



Then acid stained the floor ebony


cheap 1x4 furring strips stained ebony for base and case


Talk my wife into building me a barn door and sofa to match



Still Working on it but its getting close
 

Kiel

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how did the acid staining turn out? I really want to do that to my basement this winter
 
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how did the acid staining turn out? I really want to do that to my basement this winter

I like it. It was not as cheap to do as I thought it was going to be but it turned out great. It fits the feel of the room really well
I picked up everything from these guys up in Layton. I used their stain, sealer and wax http://concretecoatingsinc.com/
 

BlueWolfFab

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What's that yellow tool hanging from the floor joist overhead? turned out nice. I like the barn door. We acid stained my brothers driveway, and while it looked awesome, it made it super slippery.
 
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What's that yellow tool hanging from the floor joist overhead? turned out nice. I like the barn door. We acid stained my brothers driveway, and while it looked awesome, it made it super slippery.

It's a laser. I went back and cut a straight black line one the top of the wall. It makes it so the ceiling just disappears and looks level. Working construction as long as I did you get a chance to see the little things in a lot of different trades.

And Ya with the wax the floor is slippery. My boys have already biffed it a few times running around in socks
 

nnnnnate

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I've been working on this way longer than I should have but I kept putting things off, then the baby came in August and I realized how much less time I was going to have with him around. I started to rip down sheetrock on March 16... and I finally gave myself a deadline of today (november 1st) to get things wrapped up. I still have some things to wrap up I got really close. My wife hated the cubby hole above the gas fireplace and wanted a "real" mantle. The one in place came off the wall only about 1". I found that it was sheet-rocked 2x4s.

Here are some before pictures of the main floor.
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We decided on tile for the whole main floor after debating between combinations of wood, tile, and carpet. We crossed off wood since it since I've got family that has warped their wood from leaking refrigerators and my great dane would have a real fun time scraping it with his claws. We crossed off carpet off the list because we couldn't figure out how to integrate it in the main room while still maintaining a hard surface walkway from the kitchen to the stairs and front door. We've got finished edge carpet squares from a family friend that installs it that we'll use as area rugs.

After picking the faux wood tile and already having the paint picked out from our house work last year I put them up in the kitchen to see what it would look like with the cabinets and counter top that was there. We weren't happy about how the two new colors looked with the honey oak cabinets so I looked into gel coating the cabinets a dark brown. I posted up about that a while ago and have been impressed with first how they turned out but also that there is no wear on them to this point.
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The tile got installed and wrapped up one day before my wife was induced with our son. We are very happy with how it turned out although as I progressed with baseboards and whatnot I've found a ton of grout that didn't get quiet cleaned all the way up. Still though, its by far the best part of the remodel.
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Then it was just a matter of getting the drywall mudded and looking half decent above the fireplace. It doesn't look great despite my honest best effort when I look at it but others have said it looks fine. I wish I had better mudding skills and may try to get it looking better in the coming months. The mantle got ordered and installed then I painted it and the walls.
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This is no where near the level of quality of work that most of you guys would do but it stretched me and I've certainly learned a lot from it all. I'm still scared of mudding and would have loved to pay someone to do it but that part just didn't work out. In the end though I think it is exactly what both my wife and I have wanted done with it for several years. We have a couch/chaise that we are picking up tomorrow and I'm exhausted and am quiet happy to make sure it gets broken in right. Thanks for letting me share.
 
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ricsrx

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Moved the Mustang to the back lot.
It hasnt seen the light of day for about 20 years

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nnnnnate

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Maybe this doesn't qualify as a real project but I've certainly spent a lot of time playing with/in it the last couple weeks.

I decided to turn an unfinished bathroom in our otherwise finished basement into an electronics workshop after getting a few quadcopters and deciding the kitchen wasn't the best place to solder and tinker with them. I had cleared out a bunch of clutter that was being stored in there and put in a drafting table I used to use for a homework desk. It was working great but my wife surprised me with a small 3D printer for Christmas and I decided I needed to expand my desktop space in the new workshop.

I cleared out all the rest of the stuff and more or less built in a giant desk the width of the room (83") and 36" deep. I bought a pegboard that I still need to mount on the one wall and a whiteboard for the other so I have a quick place to jot down notes on prop placement or print settings for different prints. I still plan to add plywood to the big wall at the end of the desk then add several shelves so that I can get all the little bits and bolts in a proper place. While I was at Costco I also bought an LED shop light that I hung from the ceiling that give me plenty of great light right over the desktop.

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With the workspace there I spent all week putting together my 3D printer, doing an upgrade to get a bigger print bed, and dialing in some of the settings. I printed a few little trinkets then found FJ40 model on Thingiverse that I started to print. It took just over 18 hours and 67 meters of filament but I got all the parts done this afternoon. I still need some skateboard bearing that will go in the frame and allow the wheels to be attached but I think its pretty slick.

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I'm at the mercy of others to design and upload neat things but my printer (Printrbot Play) came with a one year subscription to some 3D software. I'm hoping to find some time to figure it out enough that I can design some crude and simple things. I told my dad that I might start with a door stop or toothbrush holder. lol.

Anyway, I'm pretty excited with all this and thought I take a few minutes to share.
 

ricsrx

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can you put a chunk of aluminum in the printer so you can make something other than toys?
 
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