Oddball things to bring home....

[klassenl]

Not hoarding. I promise


A few years ago I realized my kids could turn anything into a toy (see: old washing machine drain hose). Thus I bring home random stuff just to see what my kids will do with them.

I was able to snag these large pieces of pipe from the plumbers at work.



I will get 2 or 3 more before the job ends. Other than giving them to the kids what should I do with them .

 

[Lucky Llama]

Pack them with danarite and blow up beaver damns.

 

[glentre]

IMHO, throw them out and stop bringing **** home, saying it's for the kids. Looks like the start of a hoarding problem. How much more of this kind of stuff do you have cluttering up your garage? Not being mean, just trying to help you think about this.

Glen

 

[nadogail]

They look like "Wind Gongs"

 

[klassenl]

IMHO, throw them out and stop bringing **** home, saying it's for the kids. Looks like the start of a hoarding problem. How much more of this kind of stuff do you have cluttering up your garage?

Over the years I have learned to be selective as to what I bring home.

The hoarder lies just beneath the surface and I have to beat him with a stick whenever I see something "good" in the garbage bin.

 

[Bert_]

As a kid I definitely would have found something to do with that. Could cut it down for a bin or silo with the farm toys. Lots of other stuff to I'm sure. I remember spending hours with a bucket of pipe fittings.

Best part about this is they can play with it for a few months and if they stop then you throw it out. It's no loss to you and the trash was where it was headed in the first place.

 

[CoogarXR]

Paint them, fill them with dirt and plant stuff in them?

Get some more, cut them different lengths, and give the kids drumsticks like the Blue Man Group?

 

[Nutria]

A few years ago I realized my kids could turn anything into a toy (see: old washing machine drain hose). Thus I bring home random stuff just to see what my kids will do with them.

I think that's great. Good on ya. You must be a fun parent.

 

[sixty4]

Here are a few things you can do? Some don't ask some kind of cool.

The 18 Greatest PVC Hacks We’ve Ever Published

PVC pipe is one of the most versatile materials in your workshop. You can use leftover PVC pipe to organize your garage and so much more!

www.familyhandyman.com

 

[steaks&anvils]

Make cubbies out of them. Like the chicken coop square bins. After you get all of them by the end of that job, cut them to an appropriate size for what ever space you need.

Lots of shoe storage ideas when you google: "pvc pipe cubbies". Use that as a starting point and you can find lots of storage uses for those.

 

[klassenl]

Good stuff. I may keep the biggest one and plant potatoes in it next year.

 

[cvairwerks]

Start their own junior Blue Man group?????

 

[Nutria]

Didgeridoo? I have a friend (not the guy in the vid) who performs with one of these. Lots of plans online.

DIY Didgeridoo » Scott Family Amazeum

www.amazeum.org

 

[Leroy]

 

[p00p]

Compressed air + those tubes with a cap outfitted with an air line fitting = entertainment

 

[moreover]

Mount the tall one to a base and stick your yard tools in it.

 

[Slonaker]

I would use them to store odds and ends of steel tubing, dowels, trim, etc.

Slonaker

 

[couch67]

If I was that kid I'd be trying to melt or burn them with a magnifying glass...

 

[InsanePyro]

IMHO, throw them out and stop bringing **** home, saying it's for the kids. Looks like the start of a hoarding problem. How much more of this kind of stuff do you have cluttering up your garage? Not being mean, just trying to help you think about this.

Glen

Hush, the whole reason I like taking stuff apart and building stuff was started by my old man bringing home old rotary phones when his office was updated and letting me tear them apart. You never know what something like that will spark.

 

[jrsavoie]

I would save big pieces of pvc like that in the hopes I never needed them. The last time I was in need, it was pretty pricey.

 

[Cougar]

I like that idea.

 

[nadogail]

I got my start collecting "good junk", also known as "Neat ****", when I realized that was how I was going to get more and better toys, than those my bought me, to play with.

I now buy my own; well most of the time.

 

[dffay]

I’ve got one a bit longer with a pvc cement cap. I fill it with acid solution when I need to derust something. The volume is less than a pan filled with the muriatic acid mix. It stands in a corner of the yard, capped, until it’s done it’s work.

 

[gnpenning]

When I saw the title it made me think of my ex....

Plenty of good uses for those pipes.

 

[mattbal]

Like someone else mentioned I have used a similar pipe for yard tools.
Mine was like a 12" or 14" PVC. I mounted a few sections of it to the wall and put brooms, squeegee, large pry bars and similar stuff in them. Works perfect, and since they are off the ground I don't have a black hole to drop small parts into!

As a kid... I would have made a rocket ship to blast off of the garage... or use them to try to move the BMX 1/2 pipe down the street.... endless possibilities!

 

[Metallitubby]

Build subwoofer tubes out of them.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

....The hoarder lies just beneath the surface and I have to [occasionally] beat him with a stick....

To some degree all of us have this issue or we wouldn’t be on GJ.

.... Well, except for you guys that are even MORE mentally disturbed than the rest of us and have a surgical suite for a garage!

 

[steaks&anvils]

Prairie dog relocation starter tunnels!

Their new neighbors will just love you...