The repurposing thread

[OccupantRJ]

ICE PICK
I have been working on resealing driveway cracks. Found that using an ice pick with the tip bent at 90 degrees helps get the **** out of the crevices. the only problem was i hit a snag a couple of times and the pick came out of the handle. I tried several times making a new handle but nothing retained the pick part well. Desperate, I got out an old pair of regular pliers and the welder. after 5 minutes, the pliers became the new ice pick handle. pretty? NO , but functional.

Calling @BlakeTheCarGuy ! cpttuna modified a tool! On top of that he WELDED it! Oh, the humanity!

 

[OccupantRJ]

More of a recycling than a repurposing, but there is a wellhead in our back yard so I built a low brick wall around it with bricks and leftover mortar a friend gave me and topped it with a free granite piece that I got from another friend who runs a countertop business. I used a flap wheel on an angle grinder to dress the granite edges. It made a great sitting bench on a nice day with the grandkid or dogs playing in the yard.

 

[mikeinri]

Had 10 minutes of training 50 years ago. Also have nerve damage in both hands from my open heart surgery- otherwise steady as a rock.

You’re hired

Absolutely, has to be better than my welding "abilities." To be fair, when I was "trained" the guy training me would always reach down and adjust the welder before giving me the stick. Then, he'd adjust it again after I butchered the job and he went back to welding.

I didn't realize it at the time, but I'm figuring he cranked the heat (or whatever it's called) up or down so I'd fail, and he'd get to be the only welder.

Was a high school / college (summer and winter break) job, so I didn't really care. But, I do wish I could weld so I can build / fix stuff.

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

More of a recycling than a repurposing, but there is a wellhead in our back yard so I built a low brick wall around it with bricks and leftover mortar a friend gave me and topped it with a free granite piece that I got from another friend who runs a countertop business. I used a flap wheel on an angle grinder to dress the granite edges. It made a great sitting bench on a nice day with the grandkid or dogs playing in the yard.

NICE!

Mike

 

[cpttuna]

Absolutely, has to be better than my welding "abilities." To be fair, when I was "trained" the guy training me would always reach down and adjust the welder before giving me the stick. Then, he'd adjust it again after I butchered the job and he went back to welding.

I didn't realize it at the time, but I'm figuring he cranked the heat (or whatever it's called) up or down so I'd fail, and he'd get to be the only welder.

Was a high school / college (summer and winter break) job, so I didn't really care. But, I do wish I could weld so I can build / fix stuff.

Mike

I weld for myself. Only got into welding because I obtained the metal to build some firewood racks. I got a guy in town to weld them for $10 each. after spending $40 , I decided I could do this on my own if I had a welder. I maybe have welded something for another person twice in 50+ years.

 

[rharman]

ICE PICK
I have been working on resealing driveway cracks. Found that using an ice pick with the tip bent at 90 degrees helps get the **** out of the crevices. the only problem was i hit a snag a couple of times and the pick came out of the handle. I tried several times making a new handle but nothing retained the pick part well. Desperate, I got out an old pair of regular pliers and the welder. after 5 minutes, the pliers became the new ice pick handle. pretty? NO , but functional.

Calling @BlakeTheCarGuy ! cpttuna modified a tool! On top of that he WELDED it! Oh, the humanity!

 

[cpttuna]

does Blake The Car Guy need one?

 

[txvwnut]

More of a recycling than a repurposing, but there is a wellhead in our back yard so I built a low brick wall around it with bricks and leftover mortar a friend gave me and topped it with a free granite piece that I got from another friend who runs a countertop business. I used a flap wheel on an angle grinder to dress the granite edges. It made a great sitting bench on a nice day with the grandkid or dogs playing in the yard.

If you ever move get a tombstone made and put it there when you leave. Give the new owners something to think about.

 

[PugetDude]

does Blake The Car Guy need one?

The bigger quesyion is...
Doesn't everyone need one?

 

[fishwatcher]

“Well.. I’ve retired two kitchen “tools and now might use them in the garage. As what? Cleaning vessels maybe?

One is a stoneware cassserole dish. The handles broke off. I have sanded them down. They could still be used in the kitchen, but it’s ugly and I have other casserole dishes without broken handles.

The other is a 4 quart Dutch oven. A quarter size chip of the enamel means the cast iron bottom and edge of the enamel is exposed. I sanded it smooth and am applying tub and tile touch up paint. That’ll seal up the hole, but it won’t be good to cook with. This can be a wash bin for parts cleaning.

Any other suggestions for how I could use these in my garage?

 

[PugetDude]

Those would make excellent disposable trash containers.

 

[mikeinri]

“Well.. I’ve retired two kitchen “tools and now might use them in the garage. As what? Cleaning vessels maybe?

One is a stoneware cassserole dish. The handles broke off. I have sanded them down. They could still be used in the kitchen, but it’s ugly and I have other casserole dishes without broken handles.

The other is a 4 quart Dutch oven. A quarter size chip of the enamel means the cast iron bottom and edge of the enamel is exposed. I sanded it smooth and am applying tub and tile touch up paint. That’ll seal up the hole, but it won’t be good to cook with. This can be a wash bin for parts cleaning.

Any other suggestions for how I could use these in my garage?

Cleaning vessels, or containers to put under oil bottles if refilling with used oil for recycling?

Mike

 

[gahrajmahal]

I have a stainless pan about that size. I use it for a plumbing catch pan whee a regular bucket is too tall. Think under sink etc. it also gets used as a paint pail instead of painting directly from the can. Soaking things in caustic chemicals is a use too.

 

[cpttuna]

does Blake The Car Guy need one?

let me know. I misplaced the first one and made a second one.

 

[Beerhippie]

Repurposed some parts from a defunct one of these the last couple of days.



to make a food warmer for a buffet table for an upcoming wedding we're hosting. 80 guests expected.



There's an IR heater strip hidden inside:



That oughta' work.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Needed a wheel assembly to assist in pulling Jetski lifts out of the water this fall.
I had the metal & PVC/ABS pipe, bolts, cable reels, pretty well everything except the wheels. Initally I used the cable reel ends for inner and outer wheel washers to keep wheels riding down the pipe or against the bolt. Then I remembered the wheels I was going to purchase were not as wide. Since I was at home and not at the lake I had to check lift width and sure as hell I was a little short.

Malfunction at the junction but we worked around the problem and came up with the difference.

I even had a little ABS to spare.