The repurposing thread

[larry4406]

I didn't have to make the curve. The wheel, the handles and the tines were already made. They were stuff I had saved from the scrap pile.....As far as making a curve a lot of the times I use a anvil and just shape it. I would consider myself a novice fabricating so maybe some others here can chime in on how to bend a good curve. I have thought about making one of the homemade rollers when I retire.

I watched this guy's technique and am not sure I have his skill to form a hoop. I do have a piece of railroad track though.

A roller would be ideal, but spendy.

I was thinking of two pins or pipe end welded to a plate some distance apart. Put plate horizontal in a vise with the pins upward. Gently pry the bar between the pins to bend it. Rinse and repeat and check against a drawn circle on cardboard. I can see the pry action creating a series of bent small "corners" so it would likely not be exactly round in the end

Or make circular disk from plywood plies screwed together. Form the piece around it. I can see this being a challenge with spring back.

Want to make an outdoor fire pit grill for a friend of mine. But, I want to be able to use a standard Weber kettle grate for the insert vs expanded mesh.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

I was thinking of two pins or pipe end welded to a plate some distance apart. Put plate horizontal in a vise with the pins upward. Gently pry the bar between the pins to bend it. Rinse and repeat and check against a drawn circle on cardboard. I can see the pry action creating a series of bent small "corners" so it would likely not be exactly round in the end

I've done the pins welded to a chunk of steel and held in a vise.

Can't remember where I got these pics, seems like a great way to do it. I like how all the pieces are interchangeable and adjustable.

 

[willy3486]

I've done the pins welded to a chunk of steel and held in a vise.

Can't remember where I got these pics, seems like a great way to do it. I like how all the pieces are interchangeable and adjustable.

That is a fantastic idea. I saved these pictures and I will make a setup like this for myself. Looks like a great way to bend a curve. Thanks for this info.

 

[PugetDude]

I have thought about making one of the homemade rollers when I retire.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Showing off is beneath you.

 

[PugetDude]

Showing off is beneath you.

Attached photos were for informational purposes only...

 

[Jgaz]

Showing off is beneath you.

It ain’t bragging if you can back it up!

 

[larry4406]

Attached photos were for informational purposes only...

Feel free to ship that to me!

 

[landrover bodger]

Got fed up tripping over the hose pipe so i repourposed an old rangerover wheel into a hose reel

 

[Beerhippie]

hose pipe

I haven't heard that phrase in many a year! It's pretty common usage in the US South.

 

[larry4406]

My small oil-less compressor STB several years ago. Parts not available. I kept the tank.

Made a portable air tank from it today.

1/8” npt plug at old pressure switch, schrader valve with 1/8” npt at old compressor inlet.

Then made a handle from scrap steel and 1/2” gas pipe. Flat black paint as that’s what I had.

Fun project for today.

I need it to inflate the test balls tomorrow for inspection Monday at the master bath project.

 

[Beerhippie]

Got fed up tripping over the hose pipe so i repourposed an old rangerover wheel into a hose reel

Works for brewery hoses, too!



Great minds think alike....

 

[PugetDude]

Feel free to ship that to me!

Here's the simplest design for a roller I have seen...

 

[larry4406]

Here's the simplest design for a roller I have seen...

Interesting approach. Title says hydraulic jack but its not.

Rather crude and nowhere near as stout as the one you built. I will still take yours any day.