Showing off a few projects

[gunrunner32]

Well I had 4 months in TN this year before work sent me off again. In that my wife had my old house sold and a new one bought within a week of me getting home from my previous trip. With the new house came the new projects. First one up is a fire pit. I wasn't happy the new house was in the middle of a neighborhood, but I'm not home enough to make it a big deal. So I did something to make it a little more of what I wanted.




It's 14' across with 14" garden border stones around the outside, the fire pit itself is 42" outer and has a 30" steel ring inside. It's got crushed slate for the base of the sitting area. My wife will be looking for some adirondack chairs for us and next year I'll be hitting up a lumber mill to get some rough cut stock to make benches out of.

Next my wife put me on a few projects she wanted...butcher block. It was cheaper to make it than buy it and I could make it how I wanted. I made one that bolted to the wall in the kitchen in an open space my wife was unsure what to do with. So we threw some bar stools under it and now there's a spot to pile crap on and the kids to eat breakfast at.



She saw an idea on Pintrest, (horrible place never let your wife know about it if she doesn't already, you'll never run out of projects) so I started on another to sit on the washer and dryer for more crap to get piled on and as she puts it "a place to fold clothes". I never saw that before I left. Again it was easier to make it than buy it so I could leave some space to access the water since I didn't get the chance to move the dryer vent line before I left, a project for next year.



So I had a bunch of scrap left over and decided to make a reloading bench. I pulled out the acetylene torch and began to give it some character. My 6 year old daughter got curious so I let her try her hand at torching and after putting out a few fires she got the hang of keeping the flame moving. I threw some 4x4s under it with some support boards and the bench came to life. Now all I need to do is get some reloading equipment, it's hard when all that I do have is a co-use in my shop. So for now it's just a place for crap to get piled on in my gun room.





Now what you all are really hoping for...some gun porn...

A friend of mine was looking for the atacs and kryptek pattern for a couple of his Glocks (34 & 17). So here was what I came up with.




There are 6 colors in total for each pattern and it wasn't based off anything either company makes. I like picking my own colors, artistic freedom is great when still working out the bugs in a new idea.

Now prepare to have your mind blown...or hang your head in disgust...either way.
























You guessed it, it's a Marlin 336 30-30 pre-safety with a red dot on top, WWG large loop lever, XS long scope rail and RamLine stock set. It's been finished in a green kryptek inspired pattern on the stock set and an OD green on the metal. It's also had the mag tube and barrel shortened by 3.5", crowned and threaded 5/8x24. I strapped on my YHM stainless phantom (direct thread) and now factory loads are taken to ear safe firing. Before I left I had steel at 150m and was ringing it all day. I'll be working on some sub loads next year. This thing is already a blast to shoot even with factory loads.

Why??? You may be asking? My reply: Why not? I've got 3 pre-safety's and one is getting turned into a 10.5" SBR. As a few friends and family have put it with my firearms, I'm all about the project and I've got a few months to think up the next one. I'm thinking a Henry Mare's Leg in .22lr would be fun with a suppressor.

Edited August 17, 2014 by gunrunner32

[musicman]

Not gunna lie... that Marlin has me all kinds of excited! What a sweet SHTF woods gun!

[peejman]

Nice work on all accounts.

[TrickyNicky]

That marlin is sweet. I love a tasteful modernization and you hit the nail on the head IMO. Your carpentry is also looking very good, I really like how that bench came out.