Ben There
@ben-j-min.bsky.social
geeky gay incarnate 🌈 🫘 🌶️
Firmware engineer, DIY homeowner, cat dad.
Architect of dreams.
Firmware engineer, DIY homeowner, cat dad.
Architect of dreams.
The AUDACITY of James to set this out before me and deny me access. Fuckin meat tease
March 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The AUDACITY of James to set this out before me and deny me access. Fuckin meat tease
Ope! They almost got me…
March 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Ope! They almost got me…
When she takes the one way door to the other side of the fence
February 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When she takes the one way door to the other side of the fence
I feel like I’m supposed to interact with this doorknob
February 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I feel like I’m supposed to interact with this doorknob
Add the magnet back to the trim. It sticks the door HARD.
Cats aren’t opening this!!!
But it works… enough. Painting next weekend.
Cats aren’t opening this!!!
But it works… enough. Painting next weekend.
February 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Add the magnet back to the trim. It sticks the door HARD.
Cats aren’t opening this!!!
But it works… enough. Painting next weekend.
Cats aren’t opening this!!!
But it works… enough. Painting next weekend.
Nail in the trim, put together a backing board with holes for the rail mount bolts
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Nail in the trim, put together a backing board with holes for the rail mount bolts
Door project round 2
Add a magnet, replace a holey vinyl floor piece so I can add a correct rail guide…
Add a magnet, replace a holey vinyl floor piece so I can add a correct rail guide…
February 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Door project round 2
Add a magnet, replace a holey vinyl floor piece so I can add a correct rail guide…
Add a magnet, replace a holey vinyl floor piece so I can add a correct rail guide…
Vibes. The long winter.
February 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Vibes. The long winter.
One month of habits.
Don’t mind the dicks: they’re medieval. And also the days of the week are very wrong on this calendar.
Don’t mind the dicks: they’re medieval. And also the days of the week are very wrong on this calendar.
February 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
One month of habits.
Don’t mind the dicks: they’re medieval. And also the days of the week are very wrong on this calendar.
Don’t mind the dicks: they’re medieval. And also the days of the week are very wrong on this calendar.
Cool. My 10+ year old iPad Air had been happily playing YouTube in my kitchen up until now, where the app forces an update or I can’t continue. But the app doesn’t support iOS < 15, and iOS 15+ doesn’t run on this iPad, and that was its one function, so… throw it in the trash? Thanks tech bros.
January 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Cool. My 10+ year old iPad Air had been happily playing YouTube in my kitchen up until now, where the app forces an update or I can’t continue. But the app doesn’t support iOS < 15, and iOS 15+ doesn’t run on this iPad, and that was its one function, so… throw it in the trash? Thanks tech bros.
From the other side!
It’s not much but it’s honest work.
It’s not much but it’s honest work.
January 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
From the other side!
It’s not much but it’s honest work.
It’s not much but it’s honest work.
Magic ✨
It works! And so concludes the rough part of this project. Now it doesn’t slide open on its own, and only goes where you tell it.
Glide, baby, glide.
Next weekend: trim it out and repaint the mudroom.
Booyeah.
It works! And so concludes the rough part of this project. Now it doesn’t slide open on its own, and only goes where you tell it.
Glide, baby, glide.
Next weekend: trim it out and repaint the mudroom.
Booyeah.
January 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Magic ✨
It works! And so concludes the rough part of this project. Now it doesn’t slide open on its own, and only goes where you tell it.
Glide, baby, glide.
Next weekend: trim it out and repaint the mudroom.
Booyeah.
It works! And so concludes the rough part of this project. Now it doesn’t slide open on its own, and only goes where you tell it.
Glide, baby, glide.
Next weekend: trim it out and repaint the mudroom.
Booyeah.
Oh hey it fits in the hole!
Just had to give it an encouraging whackin’, but he opened up!
Just had to give it an encouraging whackin’, but he opened up!
January 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Oh hey it fits in the hole!
Just had to give it an encouraging whackin’, but he opened up!
Just had to give it an encouraging whackin’, but he opened up!
Cleaned the hole out. Cut and primed a piece of wood to fill the hole. Hole.
Used the laser level that the hubs reminded me that I had to get the hole lines straight.
Not sure it made any easier…
Used the laser level that the hubs reminded me that I had to get the hole lines straight.
Not sure it made any easier…
January 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Cleaned the hole out. Cut and primed a piece of wood to fill the hole. Hole.
Used the laser level that the hubs reminded me that I had to get the hole lines straight.
Not sure it made any easier…
Used the laser level that the hubs reminded me that I had to get the hole lines straight.
Not sure it made any easier…
Rail slot cut. Man dusty. Yeah.
January 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Rail slot cut. Man dusty. Yeah.
Progress + complication. It overlaps the other pocket door on the other side of the wall for the bathroom to the right.
I think I’m just going to set a board in this hole, then trim around it. It will bump the door out a bit, but I’ll use brushes around the frame to keep it sealed and contacting
I think I’m just going to set a board in this hole, then trim around it. It will bump the door out a bit, but I’ll use brushes around the frame to keep it sealed and contacting
January 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Progress + complication. It overlaps the other pocket door on the other side of the wall for the bathroom to the right.
I think I’m just going to set a board in this hole, then trim around it. It will bump the door out a bit, but I’ll use brushes around the frame to keep it sealed and contacting
I think I’m just going to set a board in this hole, then trim around it. It will bump the door out a bit, but I’ll use brushes around the frame to keep it sealed and contacting
LOL wow this hack work tho
January 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
LOL wow this hack work tho
Step 1: argue with the hubs about the feasibility of this project ✅
Step 2: remove the door and its sagging rail ✅
Step 3: be appalled at this hack job of an installation ✅
Who on earth would do such janky work?? 😠
Step 2: remove the door and its sagging rail ✅
Step 3: be appalled at this hack job of an installation ✅
Who on earth would do such janky work?? 😠
January 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Step 1: argue with the hubs about the feasibility of this project ✅
Step 2: remove the door and its sagging rail ✅
Step 3: be appalled at this hack job of an installation ✅
Who on earth would do such janky work?? 😠
Step 2: remove the door and its sagging rail ✅
Step 3: be appalled at this hack job of an installation ✅
Who on earth would do such janky work?? 😠
This weekend I’ll be taking on an “add some studs” project to fix a sagging barn door that (no surprise) I fucked up installing a year ago. It travels over my basement stairs (a former bulkhead) so the first step is to build some stability scaffolding so I don’t die on a ladder. Stay tuned, you two.
January 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This weekend I’ll be taking on an “add some studs” project to fix a sagging barn door that (no surprise) I fucked up installing a year ago. It travels over my basement stairs (a former bulkhead) so the first step is to build some stability scaffolding so I don’t die on a ladder. Stay tuned, you two.