Hephaestus29
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I like the knives, I bought some Ice skates & have plans to make a knife out of them if I ever get a round to it.
The repurposing thread
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Hephaestus29
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My latest Repurpose, is turning an old Scovil Dual Head Snap Press into a Fret Press.
My dad makes canjos & i've made several jigs for him & this is another tool to help him & his wife speed things along. They've been hammering the frets in but this is much faster & sinks em flush no problem.
I had to take the pistons out & machine a keyway in each of them & I also had to machine the slot in the bore. These were the first keyways I machined, the second one was better. The reason I had to install keyways was because the pistons were rotating in the bores but wasn't a problem when it was set up to do snaps. I knew it would have to remain straight or it would be a big waste of time. I had to remove the snap dies also, & then I machined a piece of aluminum to help install the frets.
I also had to cut off & bend part of the flipper to switch between sides, for some reason part of it went underneath the bottom of the piston.
After I got all the machining & fabrication of the metal done I took it to my dads & we worked on building up the table around the press so the necks could slide smoothly across the press. It's pretty much perfect for what they need.
If you look at the aluminum part I made My dad currently has it installed backwards, it should be clear of the left side because i'm gong to make a shear for the left side to cut the fret material off after it's pressed in.
My dad makes canjos & i've made several jigs for him & this is another tool to help him & his wife speed things along. They've been hammering the frets in but this is much faster & sinks em flush no problem.
I had to take the pistons out & machine a keyway in each of them & I also had to machine the slot in the bore. These were the first keyways I machined, the second one was better. The reason I had to install keyways was because the pistons were rotating in the bores but wasn't a problem when it was set up to do snaps. I knew it would have to remain straight or it would be a big waste of time. I had to remove the snap dies also, & then I machined a piece of aluminum to help install the frets.
I also had to cut off & bend part of the flipper to switch between sides, for some reason part of it went underneath the bottom of the piston.
After I got all the machining & fabrication of the metal done I took it to my dads & we worked on building up the table around the press so the necks could slide smoothly across the press. It's pretty much perfect for what they need.
If you look at the aluminum part I made My dad currently has it installed backwards, it should be clear of the left side because i'm gong to make a shear for the left side to cut the fret material off after it's pressed in.
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HubbaBubba
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Great thread guys and gals!!
Awesome thread.
This stuff is right up my alley.
Here are a few things I've got photos for.
I'm not sure what these were used for but I picked them up for a couple dollars each.
I blasted, primed and painted them.
Then, fitted them with some scrap 2x6 and made a small (tall) and heavy work-space I can hammer on. It sits away from the workbench and I seem to use it a bunch.
I picked this cantilever rack at an industrial salvage yard. It was far too large for anything I would want to store on it.
I narrowed it, blasted and painted it. Now I've got a spot to hold hot rod parts slated for builds.
This started as a Craftsman table saw. I parted the saw out after realizing it was too big and bulky for my space (and couldn't sell it whole). It's now complete and put into use polishing small parts and such.
I have no idea what this stand went to. It's old and VERY heavy.
Now my Cman/Atlas drill press sits on it. It probably gets the most comments from visitors.
I've posted this before around GJ. Its made from extra pallet racking I had. I've got too many old Ford wheels. This is an old pic from when it was in my storage unit, now it's in my garage and completely loaded!
This stuff is right up my alley.
Here are a few things I've got photos for.
I'm not sure what these were used for but I picked them up for a couple dollars each.
I blasted, primed and painted them.
Then, fitted them with some scrap 2x6 and made a small (tall) and heavy work-space I can hammer on. It sits away from the workbench and I seem to use it a bunch.
I picked this cantilever rack at an industrial salvage yard. It was far too large for anything I would want to store on it.
I narrowed it, blasted and painted it. Now I've got a spot to hold hot rod parts slated for builds.
This started as a Craftsman table saw. I parted the saw out after realizing it was too big and bulky for my space (and couldn't sell it whole). It's now complete and put into use polishing small parts and such.
I have no idea what this stand went to. It's old and VERY heavy.
Now my Cman/Atlas drill press sits on it. It probably gets the most comments from visitors.
I've posted this before around GJ. Its made from extra pallet racking I had. I've got too many old Ford wheels. This is an old pic from when it was in my storage unit, now it's in my garage and completely loaded!
NAPPY
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if any of you have ever messed with an rv, you would know that no matter how much they cost, they are all held together with staples and silicone. i got tired of dragging the hose into a coach to do small repairs. i had and old oxygen tank i got from a thrift store. put a hose on it and a double male to fill it from shop air.
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No pictures because I am too tired to go down to the basement, but I am using a muffin or cupcake pan to hold welding tips on my welding cart. The big drawer on it is an old metal filing cabinet drawer I got from Dad. The lid on the drawer is, for now, a cookie sheet. The main structure of the cart is from an old power rack I had. Going to make a shop press out of most of the rest of the power rack.
Case IH
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Awesome thread.
This stuff is right up my alley.
Here are a few things I've got photos for.
I'm not sure what these were used for but I picked them up for a couple dollars each.
I blasted, primed and painted them.
Then, fitted them with some scrap 2x6 and made a small (tall) and heavy work-space I can hammer on. It sits away from the workbench and I seem to use it a bunch.
I picked this cantilever rack at an industrial salvage yard. It was far too large for anything I would want to store on it.
I narrowed it, blasted and painted it. Now I've got a spot to hold hot rod parts slated for builds.
This started as a Craftsman table saw. I parted the saw out after realizing it was too big and bulky for my space (and couldn't sell it whole). It's now complete and put into use polishing small parts and such.
I have no idea what this stand went to. It's old and VERY heavy.
Now my Cman/Atlas drill press sits on it. It probably gets the most comments from visitors.
I've posted this before around GJ. Its made from extra pallet racking I had. I've got too many old Ford wheels. This is an old pic from when it was in my storage unit, now it's in my garage and completely loaded!
The yellow things in your first pics look like the pads off the landing gear of a semi truck...not for sure though
PCO6
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I repurposed some old milk crates into handy stools/tear down boxes. I got tired of standing on my toes when working under the hood of my Jeeps. I tried a 2 step ladder but it was a pain in the **** as I kept on having to move it around. I cut two 12" squares of 3/4" plywood and screwed them to each other inside the boxes. I can use them both to stand on or one to throw all of the stuff I remove (alternator, water pump, junk, etc.) in to.
I also repurposed 3 beach towels into fender & grill covers. One is shown in below in place over the grill. I made 2 others for the fenders. I sewed strips of Velcro into locations where they catch something under the hood (latches, hinges, wiring looms, etc.). Each one is marked L - F - R so I know where they go. Unlike a lot of covers I can throw these into the washing machine.
I also repurposed 3 beach towels into fender & grill covers. One is shown in below in place over the grill. I made 2 others for the fenders. I sewed strips of Velcro into locations where they catch something under the hood (latches, hinges, wiring looms, etc.). Each one is marked L - F - R so I know where they go. Unlike a lot of covers I can throw these into the washing machine.
That's pretty swooft, my buddy used one for working under his hood but he had a single one with a piece of 3/8 plywood on top, screwed to a scrap 2x4 inside to hold it on and had some skateboard grip tape on the plywood to keep from slipping when oily. He also had a couple stools he made the same way but they were 2 crates high and instead of grip tape, he cut some pad and wrapped the tops with black vinyl, awesome seats for cheap.
rdsk8ter
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Scrap steel dividers made from welder wire spools
The milk crate idea for a seat would be really cool
The milk crate idea for a seat would be really cool
PCO6
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Good ideas nine4gmc. 
I have some work to do.
I have some work to do.Great thread I love re-purposing things and finding new things to re-purpose! A couple of things off the top of my head, that I haven't seen mentioned yet.
-15mph speed limit sign and length of old fence pipe into a giant sidewalk wide snow shovel.
-EMT conduit into car roof basket
-Railroad spike, head stud and control arm into a domed hammer.
-Paracord into belts, dog collars and leashes.
-Railroad track to anvil.
-Waterbed frames into a door, and table.
-Pallets into rolling pins, mallets, pens (with brass center punch parts), boxes.
-Metal seat headrest into a belt buckle.
-Shipping crate plywood into 6x4 bandsaw stand, and dovetail jig/tablesaw sled.
-Black plumbing pipe into spool holder and another into a clamp rack.
-Cooking vinegar into cleaner, and rust remover.
-15mph speed limit sign and length of old fence pipe into a giant sidewalk wide snow shovel.
-EMT conduit into car roof basket
-Railroad spike, head stud and control arm into a domed hammer.
-Paracord into belts, dog collars and leashes.
-Railroad track to anvil.
-Waterbed frames into a door, and table.
-Pallets into rolling pins, mallets, pens (with brass center punch parts), boxes.
-Metal seat headrest into a belt buckle.
-Shipping crate plywood into 6x4 bandsaw stand, and dovetail jig/tablesaw sled.
-Black plumbing pipe into spool holder and another into a clamp rack.
-Cooking vinegar into cleaner, and rust remover.
NASTYZEN
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Turned a old rusty heating oil tank into a sandblast cabinet.
senlow
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That's bitchin'.
Is that a suction feed or a pressure feed blaster? Can you tell me what kind of blast gun you used?
NASTYZEN
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Suction type gun. I got the gun from a auto parts store. About 40 bucks or so with spare ceramic tips.
Brass Kick plate from a hospital door for calipers. old 10" saw blade and left over purple heart and some other wood for a hand plane. The Plane box was also left overs from another project. Stainless nail copper tube and piece of Russian olive for an awl. Some odds and ends for a couple of marking gauges, one uses pencil lead and the other a sharpened nail.
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bullfrog123
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Those calipers are AWESOME!!!!!
the gypsy
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your wife or girlfriend can use them to leave you a hint for what time of month it is.
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the gypsy
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No! what I am saying is sometimes your in the garage playing with your toys and she would prefer you play with her. Dah!
the gypsy
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Can also be used to indicate if you belong in the doghouse or if she reconsidered her position.
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Do you really need calipers to figure that out
The signs are usually plenty clear.
Most definitely
ilovevocs
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My contribution. My hose reel at my cabin had a broken handle. This was my quick fix. Talked about turning a new handle on my late for moths but never got around to it, this works just well.
I bought a Rockwell table saw for $30, only to discover that it was a cheap enough design internally not to be worth fixing up.
So far, I've repurposed the stand, adding locking casters and a plywood top,
into holding my Ryobi router table, which then has holes drilled into it to mount my B&D chop saw on that.
I'm still working on ideas for the solid steel table saw deck, about 150 lbs,
and the two extension tables.
Still have the fence and rails, although they're not as good as what's already on my C'man table saw from the 70s.
So far, I've repurposed the stand, adding locking casters and a plywood top,
into holding my Ryobi router table, which then has holes drilled into it to mount my B&D chop saw on that.
I'm still working on ideas for the solid steel table saw deck, about 150 lbs,
and the two extension tables.
Still have the fence and rails, although they're not as good as what's already on my C'man table saw from the 70s.
Slowly turning a garage sale $10 weight bench with a lot of good components into this weld cart and misc extremities on a soon to be started weld table....
Starting parts:
To this 80% done cart
I plan to rework the front end a bit. I went with one caster because I had to offset its height to be level with the rears (which I repurposed from swivels to straight!) and needed the turning room. Even though its a swivel/roll lock caster and is pretty damn stable; after rolling it around loaded last night I am thinking it needs two up front. So I have to hack off the front side and rework that to have two casters.
Starting parts:
To this 80% done cart
I plan to rework the front end a bit. I went with one caster because I had to offset its height to be level with the rears (which I repurposed from swivels to straight!) and needed the turning room. Even though its a swivel/roll lock caster and is pretty damn stable; after rolling it around loaded last night I am thinking it needs two up front. So I have to hack off the front side and rework that to have two casters.
That's cool.
the gypsy
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You are lucky mine goes from happy to mean and crabby in an instant. This is why I figured the caliper can come in handy.
PCO6
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Nice job.My contribution. My hose reel at my cabin had a broken handle. This was my quick fix. Talked about turning a new handle on my late for moths but never got around to it, this works just well.
I have the same hose cart and now I'm waiting for the handle to break!The one I now have actually replaced a similar one on which the hose and other fittings broke. I didn't throw it out because I'm sure I can repurpose it for SOMETHING ... just haven't figured out what yet.
ilovevocs
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Nice job.
The one I now have actually replaced a similar one on which the hose and other fittings broke. I didn't throw it out because I'm sure I can repurpose it for SOMETHING ... just haven't figured out what yet.
Thanks for the compliment. Mine broke where the hose connects to the reel. I used an internal pipe wrench to pull out the fitting and rigged a new one on to the t. For the price this thing has been quite the disappointment.
Hephaestus29
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I'm thinking of re-purposing a scroll saw into a hand tapper, anyone ever done this ?
jhn9840
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I like that bench top.
jhn9840
John
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the gypsy
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I don't know what a hand tapper is may you please post a picture or explain its purpose?
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thank you for taking the time to research. I was not thinkking Tapper as in tap and die. I must admit, that would be a good repurpose project.