Paper towel holder

[jdod85]

Now this ist the most important tool in a shop, but every shop has one or could use one. I had a couple of old pistons out of a 350 chevy engine. I took off the rods. Cut them to length. Welded flat stock to the back. Wife had a not used towel rod. It wont fall apart. And it does take a few minutes to build. But its cool as hell. And a lot of people look at it.

 

[thightower]

Cool project. Nice job.

 

[jamesc]

nice, I like that idea, I may steal it.

 

[jdod85]

OK its all done and hanging on the wall

 

[n2ocamaro]

Neat idea! I will be using that

 

[NUTTSGT]

Did you heat the cast up before welding it ?

 

[hobie1dog]

There is another thread on here on the same subject and someone else bolted their connecting rods under one of their cabinets.

 

[hobie1dog]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=178201&highlight=towel+holder

This is the other thread I was talking about.

 

[tomshep]

Great link. I am stealing the connecting rod idea and just screw the large end to the wall directly. Cut a piece of pipe to fit and done.

Thanks! Tom

 

[Kevin54]

If you use connecting rods, I would use the complete rod. Shorten the rod bolts and mount them to a board that you can mount on the wall. Then find a wood or metal dowel the size of the wrist pin hole. Two hairpins will keep the rod from sliding out. You could also do that for ******* paper if you have a bathroom in the garage.

One thing you might want to do, if you make one and do attach it to a wood board, is on the board, in the middle, attach a hinge. Then on the hinge, attach a piece of metal that would lay on top of the towel roll. This will keep the roll from unwinding on it's own. Anyone that has a roll of paper towels in the garage with the doors open and breeze blowing, knows what I mean. Don't make fun of the sketch. I can't draw.