Scottsdale10
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Scrap steel dividers made from welder wire spools
This is awesome I like it simple effective and it's all related welding and scrap metal that is.
The repurposing thread
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Kevin54
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I've posted this before in an auto part repurpose thread but I guess it's fitting here too. 63' Impala rear end with a 79' Dodge bench seat, it's now my garage sofa. Used 4x4's (this was before I got my welder) and casters to move it around.
I have to find me the rear end of a car. That looks great
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every thing except the concrete lol
6 x 6 post from a machine shipping crate
other wood from a scrap pile due to a tornado we had
free man door and garage doors from craigslist
metal siding from a left over- storage building site
throw away paint from a painter and lowes
6 x 6 post from a machine shipping crate
other wood from a scrap pile due to a tornado we had
free man door and garage doors from craigslist
metal siding from a left over- storage building site
throw away paint from a painter and lowes
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I have to find me the rear end of a car. That looks great
63 impala!!!
every thing except the concrete lol
That's fantastic!!!
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Fire&Steel
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That's nuts. And I love the windows. How much do you have into it?
I'm using a baking pan as an ash catcher.
crewchief888
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cabinet from a service van we sent to the auction,
it's now a wall cabinet that holds grinders and consumables.
8' x 3' wooden table from a local libray that was tossed out during a renovation
"workbench" and storage on the back wall of the garage.
trash day pickup 48x48x18 metal office cabinet
now up on the wall containing oil, A/F ect.
all my gararge shelving and storage has been salvaged or repurposed.
nothing was bought new for use in the garage...
it's now a wall cabinet that holds grinders and consumables.
8' x 3' wooden table from a local libray that was tossed out during a renovation
"workbench" and storage on the back wall of the garage.
trash day pickup 48x48x18 metal office cabinet
now up on the wall containing oil, A/F ect.
all my gararge shelving and storage has been salvaged or repurposed.
nothing was bought new for use in the garage...
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CAOS
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That repurpose wins! Amazing!!!
rshadd
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These ammo storage containers from MTM case-gard also work well for storing your rechargeable batteries.
For AA batteries, I purchased the MTM 50 Round Flip-Top Rifle Ammo Box WSSM, 500 S&W (Clear Blue).
and for AAA batteries I purchased the MTM 41/44 Cal 50 Round Flip-Top Ammo Box (Clear Red).
They're made in the U.S.A. too.
For AA batteries, I purchased the MTM 50 Round Flip-Top Rifle Ammo Box WSSM, 500 S&W (Clear Blue).
and for AAA batteries I purchased the MTM 41/44 Cal 50 Round Flip-Top Ammo Box (Clear Red).
They're made in the U.S.A. too.
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Fyrme
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Turn of the century gas pump stand now serving as a industrial end table.
TOOL_MONGER
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Im going to be re-purposing a surplus stinger missile shipping container into a gun case for my bench guns...
mdbeck1
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These ammo storage containers from MTM case-gard also work well for storing your rechargeable batteries.
For AA batteries, I purchased the MTM 50 Round Flip-Top Rifle Ammo Box WSSM, 500 S&W (Clear Blue).
and for AAA batteries I purchased the MTM 41/44 Cal 50 Round Flip-Top Ammo Box (Clear Red).
They're made in the U.S.A. too.
You can get these fairly cheap at midway (http://www.midwayusa.com/brand/mtm)
willy3486
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I had this old wheelchair taking up space and I always thought it'd make a good cart for the plasma cutter and welder. So here it is so far. I've still got to add some cord hangers, a magnetic strip and other options to doll it up. Wish I could get these pics to show up in the thread instead of having to click on them.
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crewone
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Picked up some cheap office stuff for holding small stuff.The one with the sockets is in top of my tool cart.also have two small round ones for small bolts and what not in the parts washer works great
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sberry
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I like both the last ones here a lot. The wheelchair is worth seeing and the office stuff is super easy too.
Great thread! My first though on finding it: Hmmm, repurposing thread... into what? Yarn?
I got tired of tools and other stuff falling down behind my workbench onto the all-too-frequently wet floor. I had salvaged some sheet metal from an old shower stall, and it finally occurred to me I had a solution at hand. A quick couple of passes through the bandsaw yielded some thin angle. A few screws into the pegboard and voila' , no more gap. The DOE's you see on the magnetic rack are particularly bad offenders, since they fall off with the merest touch. Maybe some day I'll repurpose something into a decent wrench rack.
I got tired of tools and other stuff falling down behind my workbench onto the all-too-frequently wet floor. I had salvaged some sheet metal from an old shower stall, and it finally occurred to me I had a solution at hand. A quick couple of passes through the bandsaw yielded some thin angle. A few screws into the pegboard and voila' , no more gap. The DOE's you see on the magnetic rack are particularly bad offenders, since they fall off with the merest touch. Maybe some day I'll repurpose something into a decent wrench rack.
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CRDDBE/?tag=atomicindus08-20
My wife got one of these magnetic knife holders and loved it so much we gave a couple to my mother, who also loved them. They are basically the same idea as you have already, but the knives (many of them much larger/heavier than your wrenches) stick nice and firmly to it.
MM
Yes, I can believe that. A putty knife sticks to my magrak fine-much larger area to stick-1 1/4"wide vs about 1/4". Also, my magrak is old enough to far predate rare earth magnets, and to have weakened with age. I'll check into the one you mention. (even though buying something new would go against the spirit of this thread!)
Irongrave
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Quick shopping cart to welding cart. Still need to add a bottle mount.
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Quick shopping cart to welding cart. Still need to add a bottle mount.
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Nice! I love to mod shopping carts. Here is mine with plasma cutter up top, welder on bottom.
Beefed up the basic welding cart to support the extra weight, added some metal desk drawers, made the top rack out of grille legs and the cooking grates.
I like this idea. You have truly built vertical.
IndyGarage
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Not really garage related, but tool related.
We had one of those big rear projection TV's in our bonus room that had died over the holidays. You know - the ones we bought just before the flat screens came out - that we thought were awesome at the time, but are now big ugly dinosaurs in every basement.
Ours was a vintage 1990 something Toshiba. It probably cost $1500 when it was new. I remember celebrating the turn of the century with it.
This weekend I decided to do something about it. I spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out why it wouldn't turn on, then I declared it dead and decided to scrap it. I went out and bought a new 60 inch flatscreen for the family room, so I was going to move the 50 inch plasma up to this room (wow that thing is heavy).
I needed to figure out how to house all the electronic junk that goes with the TV. Cable box, DVD, stereo, game box, etc.
I can't throw anything away and I was trying to figure out what to do with the old projection cabinet. It's heavy built out of black plastic coated particleboard. It had nice casters on the bottom. And it had a nice set of speakers in front. Then it hit me - I could rip out all the electronics, cut the top off the whole thing and make it into a nice TV stand for the plasma TV. I even kept the front speakers and used them for the center channel of the surround sound.
I used my cordless circular saw to cut the top off the cabinet right where it sat. Made a bit of a mess, but it was a pretty easy cleanup.
I made the table top out of some poplar that I had sitting around from another project - stained it a nice mahogany color.
behind the plastic front panel there was an opening in the wood that would fit all the electronic equipment. I cut the plastic with the circular saw so the opening shows.
There was plenty of space inside to install some outlet strips, and a network hub.
It turned out pretty good - as good as anything I could buy at the store.
Now I gotta figure out what to do with the top half of the cabinet. I'm thinking some kind of tool rack - like a pegboard or something. I also kept the projection lenses and the main Fresnel front lens and the mirror - all to be used for something.
We had one of those big rear projection TV's in our bonus room that had died over the holidays. You know - the ones we bought just before the flat screens came out - that we thought were awesome at the time, but are now big ugly dinosaurs in every basement.
Ours was a vintage 1990 something Toshiba. It probably cost $1500 when it was new. I remember celebrating the turn of the century with it.
This weekend I decided to do something about it. I spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out why it wouldn't turn on, then I declared it dead and decided to scrap it. I went out and bought a new 60 inch flatscreen for the family room, so I was going to move the 50 inch plasma up to this room (wow that thing is heavy).
I needed to figure out how to house all the electronic junk that goes with the TV. Cable box, DVD, stereo, game box, etc.
I can't throw anything away and I was trying to figure out what to do with the old projection cabinet. It's heavy built out of black plastic coated particleboard. It had nice casters on the bottom. And it had a nice set of speakers in front. Then it hit me - I could rip out all the electronics, cut the top off the whole thing and make it into a nice TV stand for the plasma TV. I even kept the front speakers and used them for the center channel of the surround sound.
I used my cordless circular saw to cut the top off the cabinet right where it sat. Made a bit of a mess, but it was a pretty easy cleanup.
I made the table top out of some poplar that I had sitting around from another project - stained it a nice mahogany color.
behind the plastic front panel there was an opening in the wood that would fit all the electronic equipment. I cut the plastic with the circular saw so the opening shows.
There was plenty of space inside to install some outlet strips, and a network hub.
It turned out pretty good - as good as anything I could buy at the store.
Now I gotta figure out what to do with the top half of the cabinet. I'm thinking some kind of tool rack - like a pegboard or something. I also kept the projection lenses and the main Fresnel front lens and the mirror - all to be used for something.
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twenty8tudor
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snow day at work, i work for the phone company so im always looking around while im driving and every once in a while i run across some things people let me buy or look around....little bored so i figured i would post a few of my quick projects. not exactly garage related but repurposed
family had a barn torn down and after asking they said i could dig through and take whatever i wanted or could use
this is the stack i came out with i thought i could use
ruffed together
put together and moved upstairs.. this thing is heavy!
second was an old pulley that i had found on craigslist.
start
hanger i made out of some scrap flat and round bar
refinished and hung on the wall
picture frames made out of left over old tongue and groove flooring and glass from an old window i had replaced.
sorry for the long post its going to be a long day at work
family had a barn torn down and after asking they said i could dig through and take whatever i wanted or could use
this is the stack i came out with i thought i could use
ruffed together
put together and moved upstairs.. this thing is heavy!
second was an old pulley that i had found on craigslist.
start
hanger i made out of some scrap flat and round bar
refinished and hung on the wall
picture frames made out of left over old tongue and groove flooring and glass from an old window i had replaced.
sorry for the long post its going to be a long day at work
taumac
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Awesome.
Have a good one, Gerard
The 5 Stitches Garage part 1 http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142100
The 5 Stitches Garage part2 http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211899