JoshPrime Makes Stuff

Hey Reader, I don't have much to say this week, other than I have finally figured out my storage in my craft room. I found these amazing metal shelving units from HomeDepot . I had set up two of them in my garage and realized that they happened to be the same size as the closet in the sewing room. This kind of coincidence must be exploited, so I brought home another one and started assembling it inside. It is a little harder to get the shelves on when you are trying to put them up in a closet. See, the shelves are comprised of four long metal poles and size shelves. The shelves are held in place by plastic dividers that clip on the metal pole and then the shelves slide over them. The first shelf provides the stability to hold the whole thing upright. That had to go in while inside the closet. That seems like not a big deal, but it is. Then it gets harder as the shelves get higher and higher and there is less space to maneuver since we already established the shelves fit perfect...

Hey Reader! I was invited to a murder mystery dinner party. I eventually want to throw one of my own, but I can live with being in attendance for now. Because I can't stand to do anything halfway, I have decided to make my own costumes. First costume on the list is Mrs. White. I am sure she has many secrets, and probably a few flames coming from the side of her face. I have only made one dress using a pattern before and I think it came out pretty great. However, this is a much more challenging dress. Its Simplicity 8848  and it is super pretty and 1950's inspired. I decided to see if YouTube would be able to help me out and the answer is YES. TheLifeKawaii has a lengthy tutorial making this exact dress. Unfortunately, by the time I found it I realized that I had already made some mistakes. Since this dress is doing to be worn by a man at a costume party, I am a little less concerned about perfection. I do want it to be better than what I made already though. In case ...

Hey reader, It has been some time since we dealt with my sewing/crafting/making room . It has many names. I have spent a long time trying to figure out what work desk would make the most sense for me. I have found many different kinds of desks that I thought would be cool. The issue - if you can call it that - is that most of the options assume that the room has to serve a dual purpose. My space is a craft room and nothing else. I had considered trying to make my craft space also be a sitting area or have a daybed inside, but at the end of they day I already have a guest bedroom, a room with a twin (although it is a racecar) and a couch downstairs. I can't remember the last time I had more than one person sleeping here at the same time as me, so I decided to just make this room be what it is. "Square boxes? But why though?" - Ikea That meant I had space! I have decided that I want two work spaces. This is only going to be one of them, but eventually there will b...

Hey Reader The time has finally come to move the piano into it's home in my living room. It isn't quite done, there is still some fabricating to do, but that can all be done and applied to the piano later, and I am interested in parking my car in my garage again. Let's get in to what I did! This is where we last left the piano. The casters are in place, the piano is painted and it was time to move on to the next steps. Then a truck arrived with my childhood bedroom on it. My folks decided that I could store my own crap, and so I got 44 boxes of toys, clothes, textbooks, and other fun memories that distracted me from piano construction for a while. The next step was antiquing. I never really thought of antiquing as being challenging, but I was having a bit of a hard time. Essentially, you water down brown (or any color you want, I suppose) paint. Then you rub it into the furniture, and immediately wipe it off. In theory, it will stick to the deepest crevices and give...

Hey Reader, Not all projects can be successful. I remember this blog started with a failed attempt to make a pumpkin shaped puppet (that really I think I can do better this time, but thats a blog post for another day). Recently, I have been on a 90s kick. I can remember an employee I had once sharing feedback with me that it was hard to relate in conversations with me because I talked about the 80s so much. I told him he was a child and that I was, in fact, talking about the 90s. Suffice to say, this 90s obsession has been happening for a while now. I really wanted to make some Hi-C Ecto Cooler. If you are not as obsessed with "the eighties" as me: 1. What is wrong with you? and 2. Here is an explanation of Hi-C Ecto cooler . Ecto Cooler was a drink produced by Hi-C in a brand deal promoting the The Real Ghostbusters TV series from 1986. It was actually just a repurposing of their Citrus Cooler flavor, but this time dyed a funky green color like the character of Slimer fr...

Hey reader, It has been a long time since we talked about the drive in movie theater . I finished painting it and got the bed in place, installed the fencing, but that was about it. I finally got some more stuff to put in that room, and that means getting some shelving in the closet. I have been really hesitant to start working on the closets. Not only are the walls not perfectly smooth in there - gasp - but closet organization stuff is kind of absurdly expensive. However, I can't put it off forever. The closets throughout the house have the absolute bare minimum. This one has a shelf and a rod hook so I could hang clothes. I don't really have a need to hang clothes in there, and I have a lot of games and other silly stuff I want to throw in that closet. It is going to need to be like Hermione's growing purse because it is going to be FULL.  I spent easily a month looking at the Container Store, Pinterest, and a million other places for closet organization ideas. All ...

Hey Reader! When I was getting the piano to me, there was an incident in which one of the four casters snapped. I figured this was a good opportunity to update the casters, and replace them with rubber ones that wouldn't ruin my floor. I went out to my local home improvement store with the broken caster in hand and found myself faced with a lot of math questions. Casters are weight tested and you need to make sure that you have casters that can accommodate the weight of the thing you are attaching them to. The casters in sizes similar to the one I already had were rated to about 90 pounds. I was faced with some questions that seem silly now. Question 1: Is that 90 pounds per caster for a total of 360 pounds (90 times 4). I quickly answered that one with, yes - obviously. Question 2: How much does my piano weigh? Average piano weight is 400-500 pounds, and the harp is 150-200. Since my harp is gone, I could expect the piano to be about 200-350 pounds. To be safe, I decided to ...