I built 4 chairs to make an outdoor sectional couch, as well as a table for my patio. I used modified plans from Ana White for the sectional, and made the chair design up as I went along.

http://www.ana-white.com/2010/05/plans/simple-modern-outdoor-sectional-armless-section

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I bought the Boosted Dual+ 2000W Electric Skateboard a couple months ago and absolutely love it! It’s hands down one of the best toys I’ve purchased in a while - I just wish this thing existed 10 or 15 years ago!

This post isn’t meant to be a review, but more or less a post showing what I’ve done to my board in terms of mods. A review would be simple - buy one right now! It is an incredible amount of fun. Here’s a video I made while I was in Florida using a GoPro that clips to my helmet.

Bearings

One of the first mods I did to the board was to upgrade the stock bearings. I’ve spent a lot of time browsing the Boosted Board Reddit Page and this “mod” seemed like a good place to start.

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I salvaged this piece from a garage sale. It was originally (no pics, sorry!) a gold color with glass circles. I spray painted it to a darker color, and cut out 1x12 pieces of pine to circles, burned them, and stained them dark to make a fancier looking piece.

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A pretty awesome entertainment center - followed instructions pretty much exactly from http://www.diypete.com/how-to-make-a-wood-tv-console/

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I had an extra biscuit joined desktop that snapped in half from the last desk that I built, and decided to repurpose it to be the top of a new end table.

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Mike showed magic mirrors originally (https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/magic-mirror/). I had a raspberry pi lying around from a failed project, so I figured why not give it a try… how hard could it be?

My mirror shows the time, the weather, the state of my garage door (open or close), and the last 5 pushover notifications I have received.

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I pulled this metal thing out of the garbage. Gave it a fresh coat of paint, and a fancy wood piece for the top.

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A simple shoe rack built out of a single 12’ piece of 1x12 pine (25$ total).

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I built a desk. No formal plans or anything, just used some 4x4’s for the legs, 2x4’s to support the table top, and 1x6’s for the table top.

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Ikea sells this awesome table for $7.99 (now $9.99) - http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40104270/. I wanted to create my own to have a more authentic look using the same look as my Coffee Table

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