My '73 Roundie Revival [BMW 2002]

[dillon7]

Whenever I get out of college I'm giving you a call. That's some awesome furniture man. Absolutely love the modern look to it.

I'm sure you have thought of it, but I think using aluminum and doing a brushed aluminum finish would look fantastic as well.

[CubbyChowder]

Shot you a PM, sorry for the clutter in here man.

Not at all man, it's appreciated!

[F34R]

Shot you a PM, sorry for the clutter in here man.

[CubbyChowder]

Nice work man! Love all your work. Where would I list my furniture for sale? Craigslist definitely isn't happening in my area haha

[F34R]

Here is my roof rack made from white oak:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=241501

And two pieces of furniture I made from a fallen tree and a piano:



This piece was just pure crazy, I stripped all the bark off it. It is held together with just dowel pins. No nails, glue or screws.
20 layers of polyurethane with sanding in between each stage. Makes the top rock hard and stain proof.


If you need any advice on wood or what finish to use, just PM me. Glad to help out, and seriously...list your furniture. That is some nice pieces.

[CubbyChowder]

Wow, your attention to detail is impressive. I really like the triangular table

and the 02 of course

haha thanks!

You should get into selling modern furniture.

As a woodworker, my advice for the future; hard woods. Pine and other soft woods do not hold up well for tops etc.

White oak, cherry, Walnut are some of the best grains and easy to work with(due to the hard nature). Hemlock has a gorgeous grain and plays well with stain combos, but it is very hard to work and plane smooth. It tends to splinter. I plane to the thickness, then I hit it with a 220 belt sander for a smooth finish.

Thank you for the input, I've been told by several people that I need to step it up in the wood department (ba-zing), and I totally agree. This project was my last time working with pine, at least for something like this. I am researching different hard woods and will definitely use something nicer on my next project. Keep an eye out for custom e30 specific metal/wood roof racks in the near future!

[F34R]

You should get into selling modern furniture.

As a woodworker, my advice for the future; hard woods. Pine and other soft woods do not hold up well for tops etc.

White oak, cherry, Walnut, beech, redwood, ash, Birch(cheap and easy to get) and hard maple are some of the best grains and easy to work with(due to the hard nature). Hemlock has a gorgeous grain and plays well with stain combos, but it is very hard to work and plane smooth. It tends to splinter. I plane to the thickness, then I hit it with a 220 belt sander for a smooth finish.

Personally:

Oak, Walnut and hard maple are my favorites. If you can afford it, walnut is my all time pick. But at about 8.00 a board foot, it is pretty expensive to build with. My computer desk is made from All three of those, I recovered it all from pianos thrown away. If you have the time and a truck with the man power, you can get top end hard woods for free. Seasoned and ready for a new life.

[Jb325is]

Wow, your attention to detail is impressive. I really like the triangular table

and the 02 of course

[CubbyChowder]

Just a quick update on the 2002 and what's been going on with my life as of lately. I'll start off with '02 related progress, as that's what this thread is actually meant for haha.

Engine disassembly has been slow, because I've had a bunch of other stuff going on. I managed to get the head off:



Proceeded to strip that completely. I managed to ruin all of my exhaust side rockers because I didn't follow the steps correctly, so that was kind of a bummer, but everything else went smoothly:






Need to wait until I can afford to take the head to a machine shop and have them work their magic on it. I sold the original M10 and getrag 245 and used my engine stand to mount the M20 block, so there is sits, waiting to be refreshed:



Unfortunately that's all the '02 related progress I have for you guys. I made some pretty big life decisions and am focusing on other things as well. I decided to quit my job and focus solely on my shop, and have some big plans for 2014 and hope I can find ways to support myself and possibly make a business of some sort. Nothing is set in stone and I'm leaving all my options open, taking it one day at a time. I've been on my own for almost two weeks now and am having a blast being completely on my own schedule.

I have been doing a lot of custom metal/wood work on the side, and have been particularly focusing on tables lately, although I plan on branching out and creating other things as well.

Please excuse the variation in picture quality, I get carried away sometimes and forget to take nice pictures, so the phone has to come out.

I figured I'd show you guys some of my recent work, starting with my most recent. I came up with an idea and wanted to build it, so off to the metal supply I went:



Built the table top frame. Measures 6'x3', with an "X" to make things interesting:



This is the part I was excited to build. I recently finished my tubing roller, and have a set of 1.5" square dies, so I put a subtle bend in this 1.5" square tube. I bent two 10' pieces and cut them each to size, resulting in 4 legs for the table:



After some measuring, marking, cutting and welding, I ended up with these:



I welded everything together and had the basic metal frame all together:



I didn't document this step too well, but I bought 10 planks of select pine wood (I plan on learning more about wood working, and using higher quality woods in the future). I then cut them to size, so they would all fit in and sit flush, like this:



The wood slats sit on top of these guides, which are welded along the inner frame of the table:



I then stained the wood a Reg Mahogany color and topped it off with a satin varnish:




I then sanded all the metal so it has a uniform look throughout the whole frame and through some clear coat on it. Here are some finished shots:









Pretty happy with how that turned out. I'm planning on going around to some local wineries and seeing if they would be interested in my tables for their tasting rooms or something similar.

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Here are a couple other projects which I have completed over the last few months:

I built this wall mounted decorative shelf for my girlfriend for Christmas and started out by lightly rolling some 1.5" square tube to have a nice subtle bend.

I then built these two outer frames:



I connected them and added "X"s with various sizes of square tube. This is the final metal frame:




I cut out all these wood slats to fill up the empty space in the X's and sit flush with them:



In the process of staining them. I later sanded them lightly and restained:



And the finished product:



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I designed this table to be used with an L-shaped sectional couch, hence the triangular shape. It includes a custom metal frame with flush sitting wooden slats. This one took me a LONG time:








And I built this table for my mom for her birthday back in July. She wanted a coffee table for her living room, and had a 30" piece of nice round glass which she wanted as a top, so I designed and built a metal frame for it to sit on. This one is kind of difficult to photograph:









Anyways, that's what I've been focusing most of my attention on lately. I am planning on putting in work on the 2002 a lot over the next few months so progress will definitely still be happening, I just need to figure out ways to make money and support myself at the same time, so progress might be a little bit slow. Hope you guys enjoy!

[CubbyChowder]

Hi Cubby, I apologise if you've covered this before or if the question has already been asked but I was skimming through your thread on SW and I saw that you had purchased a DIY powdercoating kit. Did you ever use it and if so how did it go for you?

Keep up the good work - I'm loving your choice in body mods and componentry :)

You know, I never got around to using it, because the oven I acquired ended up not working and I haven't had the chance to source a new one yet. I do plan on using it eventually though, just got too much stuff going on at the moment. And thank you!

need updates!

Updates are happening soon, I've been doing a ton of research and buying/selling of parts to clear up some funds and get things going again. Been super busy, but expect updates by next week for sure!

[dillon7]

need updates!

[Klasse]

Hi Cubby, I apologise if you've covered this before or if the question has already been asked but I was skimming through your thread on SW and I saw that you had purchased a DIY powdercoating kit. Did you ever use it and if so how did it go for you?

Keep up the good work - I'm loving your choice in body mods and componentry :)

[CubbyChowder]

Cubby........just saw this car..have u seen it....sorry if its old news..lol

Haha that rendering was honestly a huge part of why I initially became interested in building a 2002. I didn't really know about them at all, and when I saw that picture I knew what I had to do haha I started researching them immediately and pretty much fell in love with these cars. I am DYING to finish mine just so I can finally drive around in it

[JRKOUPE]

Cubby........just saw this car..have u seen it....sorry if its old news..lol

[ngampleh]

dude if i ever am near where you live i have to meet you and that car and shop. So freaking cool!!!!!!

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