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How about a hand rail from an old well pump.
So what is its purpose ?
The repurposing thread
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So what is its purpose ?
alpinewhite
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It's a handrail. Rotate your picture clockwise and you'll see it.
various stands made from old bell housings,truck brake drums,mag wheel for air hose a stand made from a gas pump frame for disc sander. a walk in light from an old street lamp
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an old alemite cabinet for my shop entertainment center,seating from an old theater.more seating from old cast iron school seating frames with bomber seats attached the arm rest are even old army duffel bag material.reading light in an old ford headlight with and old oil company base.the on/off switch is run with an old craftsman wrench
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Bought on Facebook for $25, $20 in lumber/fasteners, and a gifted drill press. Voila, roll around tool cart / fab table. Best part is, the table is full steel.
what a deal!!!!
tcianci
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It's not overly exciting but my dad used a two wheeler from a Coke truck, originally used to deliver wooden cases of Coke to the store to make a cart for his Oxy-Acetylene setup. He fabricated up a tray and attached it behind the handles to hold tips and the striker and such. He also welded tubes to the sides to hold rods. It's got a nice spring tensioned chain retainer for the bottles too.
alwaysFlOoReD
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You have some great stuff. I like the lamp.
Hi Folks:
I take the old 1 pound ice melt containers with their nicely design distributor top and refill them for use. I have been using the same ones for about ten years. I just buy the fifty pound bags and use a scoop to transfer product then keep a couple of the containers ready on the front porch. The problem is the little plastic hinged lid eventually breaks off (also note the little velcro dots I use to keep the container lid from closing as I spread the ice melt). I save some cheap little hinges from some interior window shutters and attached the as the hinge for the lid, problem solved. I used a 1/4" long and 1/8" diameter pop rivet as a fastener. Couple of photos below.
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rmalkow2
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Some really awesome ideas. Thanks for posting.
dpaton
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Jim_No_Garage
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Ahah - brilliant. I have two of those in the garage that need a fix like that.
They are getting a workout this winter.
Jim
littleponderosa
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What to do? I've got 2 used receiver hitches that need a new job. One is off on old full size Blazer and the other off a newer Chevy 1 ton. Offered them up on the local radio trading post thingamabob, no calls. So I'm going to make them into something.
Question is what can I use them for? Any ideas are most appreciated.
Thanks
Bill
Question is what can I use them for? Any ideas are most appreciated.
Thanks
Bill
Ed ke6bnl
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people will use the receiver on a work bench and put vice grinder etc on 2 in tube and slide into receiver for use and then remove to store. I modded mine and made a hitch on the back of my 5th wheel
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littleponderosa
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Nice. Now I have a plan for one at least. 2" tube from present receivers to the repurposed model with a frame like yours to carry "stuff" and assorted gear. Now I gotta get going - bear season in just over a month and this will work most excellent.
Thank You!
Bill
Thank You!
Bill
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Old endoscopy cart:
Only mfg info I could find on it:
Got it for 75 bucks at a scrapper.
It had a crushed caster (visible on the RH side of the first pic) from someone dropping something very heavy on it and had been left outside for a long while. The scrapper had tried to reshape the caster as it was folded over. He straightened it out "sort of", but really just messed it up more. I pulled the caster apart, took out the ball bearings and races, reshaped it back to original with body hammers and an anvil, cut the tall side down, re-welded it back together and mounted my 10" atlas lathe on it:
Its all steel and solid as a rock. Its got an all steel tube skeleton and is covered with what seems lome 12 gauge sheet. Casters are medical grade, roll smooth as glass over pretty much anything on the garage floor and don't even twitch when locked (I move a lot and my shop all has to all be on wheels). The tops are 1/8" steel (or closest guage to it) and the whole thing weighs 150-200 lbs (without lathe).
The lathe is currently bolted through the tops with a couple 1/4" plates against the back side of the tops. I still have to make a support beam system under the top to keep the lathe rigid, but its already pretty solid.
Still thinking about how to make internal storage (shelves seem the obvious choice) and misc bits like chip/drip tray.
Its at just the right height for me when working. When standing straight (important with my messed up back) the carriage wheels fall right at my hand with my elbow at 90 and I can look right at the work point with just a very slight dip of my head.
Worked out better than I thought it would.
Only mfg info I could find on it:
Got it for 75 bucks at a scrapper.
It had a crushed caster (visible on the RH side of the first pic) from someone dropping something very heavy on it and had been left outside for a long while. The scrapper had tried to reshape the caster as it was folded over. He straightened it out "sort of", but really just messed it up more. I pulled the caster apart, took out the ball bearings and races, reshaped it back to original with body hammers and an anvil, cut the tall side down, re-welded it back together and mounted my 10" atlas lathe on it:
Its all steel and solid as a rock. Its got an all steel tube skeleton and is covered with what seems lome 12 gauge sheet. Casters are medical grade, roll smooth as glass over pretty much anything on the garage floor and don't even twitch when locked (I move a lot and my shop all has to all be on wheels). The tops are 1/8" steel (or closest guage to it) and the whole thing weighs 150-200 lbs (without lathe).
The lathe is currently bolted through the tops with a couple 1/4" plates against the back side of the tops. I still have to make a support beam system under the top to keep the lathe rigid, but its already pretty solid.
Still thinking about how to make internal storage (shelves seem the obvious choice) and misc bits like chip/drip tray.
Its at just the right height for me when working. When standing straight (important with my messed up back) the carriage wheels fall right at my hand with my elbow at 90 and I can look right at the work point with just a very slight dip of my head.
Worked out better than I thought it would.
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made a reading lamp from a cast iron wheel from a company that went out if business in 1882 along with a car light from a very old Studebaker. made a desk light from a water valve wheel gas pump nozzle and headlight from thirties something ford truck.made a pub table from a sprocket off a manure spreader crankshaft from a john deere tractor and a wheel from corn sheller made a coffee table from a wheel from coffee grinder base is wheel from small corn sheller
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alwaysFlOoReD
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Really nice work!
Junkmanryan
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x2!!
bubinga
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guys put light bulbs in those and use them for bowl blank drying kilns.
Good when you don't want stuff to freeze, glue and the like .
I'm wanting to repurpose an old vintage Zenith console stereo/TV and I need to remove the pic tube. Should I release the vacuum first or not? I've googled how to release it and it seems the best way is to cover the tube with a heave blanket or carpet and then puncture the glass ****** on the back as this is to lessen the chance of an implosion. I kind of hate the thought of working around that tube while I'm gutting the console but I also dont want to break the seal and have large shards of glass everywhere either. Any thoughts?
Craptain
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I used to remove the tube and break the neck later. They are pretty strong until the vacuum is gone. They are also considered hazardous waste and should be disposed accordingly.
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Mopar, please more info on that old Ford headlight task light. I want to build one!
if you are talking about the black one with red pinstriping it is really simple. I found the old headlight took the guts out of it replaced it with a small light fixture that uses the halogen bulbs.the rest is basically black iron pipe.the top is 1/2" 2'long then a brass one way flap valve gutted out with a simple rotary switch and a craftsman 5/16 wrench drilled and tapped on the boxend side with a set screw to attach it.the bottom pipe is 1" 2'long. the base you can come up with different kinds that would work wire it up paint and pinstripe
brianh
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I got stuff all over thats been repurposed, I will start with this one a vacuum pump made from a lawnmower engine, its use is to hold patterns on wood blanks to be shaped, I had a small gast pump but it did not pull enough volume to keep up on porous woods. I made it 3 years ago it still works fine a little rough looking but I save the details for my furniture.
I made a short video of it https://vimeo.com/78819653
I made a short video of it https://vimeo.com/78819653
Jolomite
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Wow, BrianH, that is clever! I can think of a couple uses for a pump like that- re-packing radial bearings and such. Cool, thanks for the post.
bubinga
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Had this in it's own thread, but thought it belonged here better.
Did this compressor switch lever modification to the arm or lever on the switch for my compressor.
It is not real out in the open, tucked under the stairs, and I was tired of groping around feeling for the switch.
Was looking around for a suitable rod or bolt to modify,
when I found this feed handle from a small drill press, god knows where I got it.
Center drilled it in the lathe, and drilled the end out for a press fit over the switch lever, with some bearing/sleeve retainer, and tapped it on.
Lot easier to see and feel now.
Did this compressor switch lever modification to the arm or lever on the switch for my compressor.
It is not real out in the open, tucked under the stairs, and I was tired of groping around feeling for the switch.
Was looking around for a suitable rod or bolt to modify,
when I found this feed handle from a small drill press, god knows where I got it.
Center drilled it in the lathe, and drilled the end out for a press fit over the switch lever, with some bearing/sleeve retainer, and tapped it on.
Lot easier to see and feel now.
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ClintNZ
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After all the carpentry, sanding & painting I've finally got to the fun part of renovating my bathroom
Big ol spanner as a towel rail:
Borg Warner transmission housing & demo yard basin for the vanity unit.
Cheers
Clint
Big ol spanner as a towel rail:
Borg Warner transmission housing & demo yard basin for the vanity unit.
Cheers
Clint
After all the carpentry, sanding & painting I've finally got to the fun part of renovating my bathroom
Big ol spanner as a towel rail:
Borg Warner transmission housing & demo yard basin for the vanity unit.
Cheers
Clint
I'm doing what I hate, and quoting all the pictures just to add one line - that's fecking marvellous! Love it.
brianh
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After all the carpentry, sanding & painting I've finally got to the fun part of renovating my bathroom
Big ol spanner as a towel rail:
Borg Warner transmission housing & demo yard basin for the vanity unit.
Cheers
Clint
Thats great very creative. Home or shop bathroom?
bubinga
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After all the carpentry, sanding & painting I've finally got to the fun part of renovating my bathroom
Big ol spanner as a towel rail:
Borg Warner transmission housing & demo yard basin for the vanity unit.
Beautiful!
Cheers
Clint
I hate it too.........LOL
Worth it in this case though!
My guess goes to Shop?
Here is a re-purposing before picture.
I picked this up on the weekend because I love the look of it and I can picture it all cleaned up with new paint, chrome and maybe some pin stripes.
But what to re-purpose it as? So far I'm thinking of adding draws and wheels and using is as a cool tool chest, but thought I'd post a pic here and see if anyone has any other ideas?????
Its just a shell, structurally sound and complete but no motor etc and I don't want/need it to be a working fridge..
I picked this up on the weekend because I love the look of it and I can picture it all cleaned up with new paint, chrome and maybe some pin stripes.
But what to re-purpose it as? So far I'm thinking of adding draws and wheels and using is as a cool tool chest, but thought I'd post a pic here and see if anyone has any other ideas?????
Its just a shell, structurally sound and complete but no motor etc and I don't want/need it to be a working fridge..
Vegaman_Dan
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Here is a re-purposing before
Its just a shell, structurally sound and complete but no motor etc and I don't want/need it to be a working fridge..
Paint / flammable storage cabinet?
Really cool computer server cabinet?
Steampunk retro look?
Air compressor cover?
Some good ideas.
The computer cabinet idea is a good one, although I should have mentioned up front that ideas will need to limited to garage / workshop locations. Unless I can work a miracle I don't think this will be approved for use in the house!
The computer cabinet idea is a good one, although I should have mentioned up front that ideas will need to limited to garage / workshop locations. Unless I can work a miracle I don't think this will be approved for use in the house!
rmalkow2
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Give it a cool two-tone paint job following the body lines, add a reproduction gas pump globe to the top, shelves inside and make it your storage for cans, bottles, sprays, and all garage consumables. It will look like a wide gas pump and be functional. If desired for the theme you can also get front displays from old pumps and cut out the front of the fridge to fit the dials in with a glass lens.
Here is a re-purposing before picture.
I picked this up on the weekend because I love the look of it and I can picture it all cleaned up with new paint, chrome and maybe some pin stripes.
But what to re-purpose it as? So far I'm thinking of adding draws and wheels and using is as a cool tool chest, but thought I'd post a pic here and see if anyone has any other ideas?????
Its just a shell, structurally sound and complete but no motor etc and I don't want/need it to be a working fridge..
I made a smoker out of one of these.
ClintNZ
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Thanks, I stole the sink idea from the internets of course
It's in my house, it's just a small old place so a good opportunity to have some fun with the decorating, no point going crazy on $$$$ renovations.That fridge - I'd outfit it for consumables, or as a powertool cabinet - might be a little unwieldy to use as a tool chest? It'll certainly look great with some fresh paint.
Cheers
Clint