I want a couple of devices that could open and close my blackout curtains depending on a schedule or smart home integration. Cheaper to make one or buy one?
This is very small potatoes, but I DIY'd a paver stone pad for my trash cans so they'd stop getting infested with bugs.
A Marimba I built last year - took me a bit over half a year to complete. 61 keys made of Padauk, all hand-tuned, on a frame of Red Oak and Walnut
