The repurposing thread

[cpttuna]

I manually put out 14 pounds of feed in 2 feeding pans every day... 7 in the am ... 7 in the pm. I feed the deer to lower my blood pressure. I sit and watch them bring their babies.

This year... One of last years triplets had triplets... a single had twins and someone had a single. Last years triplets were born in my yard... behind the big shed in a sheltered clearing.

I took their land... I repurposed a section back to them...

Enclosed is a picture when I had the time to take more food to pa. Off to the right of the alfalfa hay (out of pic) is a 55 gallon barrel with the side cut out full of apples. I use to have(before the trees were cut down) full access to apple trees for apples for the deer.

 

[selectedgrub]

Hope I can play here.

Main ingredients car jack and a G Clamp.

 

[Old Man Roger]

What does it do?

 

[FMB4]

10" table saw also used as a stand for a small bench top drill press.
Large plastic tub cut down for use as a over-sized oil drain pan.
Silver HF tarps (2) are now used as curtains to cover a long/high garage shelf unit.
A dead speaker (driver) magnet now used as very strong pick-up tool.
Tall 'flip lid' stackable cat litter buckets are used store tall auto gear oil bottles and the like.
Worn out recip saw blades made into 'Puko' (Nordic) style knives. I haven't done this, but others have.
Dead LED light bulbs used in place of good bulbs while hosing down and cleaning (powered off) outdoor light fixtures (with suitable sized rubber O-Rings on the base). Note: I started doing this when a day/night sensing LED bulb failed after hosing it down (my fault).

 

[cpttuna]

Enclosed is a picture when I had the time to take more food to pa. Off to the right of the alfalfa hay (out of pic) is a 55 gallon barrel with the side cut out full of apples. I use to have(before the trees were cut down) full access to apple trees for apples for the deer.

Nobody has said anything , but there are two green turtle sandbox lids in the back of the alfalfa hay picture that I used as temp roofs instead of tarps. I had one of the lids and was able to pick up two more when we had our local annual trash pick-ups at the street.

 

[Modern Garage]

Here's a two-fer. Almost everyone has made a hose rack from an old car wheel but when I changed out a cracked front hoop on my KTM I thought the narrow motorcycle rim would be good for electrical cord storage in a smaller space. Just mounted it on an elbow bracket thru one of the spoke ****** holes.
The round lump screwed onto another ell bracket (epoxy may have been easier) is an old speaker magnet that grabs onto my smaller bench vise to stop the occasional, but startling, door slamming on breezy days.

 

[fartymarty]

Hope I can play here.

Main ingredients car jack and a G Clamp.

Kinda looks like an overbuilt Kindle holder...

What does it do?

...so yeah just what is it now after repurposing?

 

[atch]

10" table saw also used as a stand for a small bench top drill press...

I did the same thing with a defunct Craftsman 10" table saw but mine has a "full sized" table-top drill press of the 1950's cast iron variety. The table saw is plenty strong enough for the abuse it suffers. And the size of the table top allows me to store many items there: drill indexes, blocks with a "V" groove in the top to hold round objects, drill press vises, wood blocks, etc. This DP is for metal ONLY. I have a floor model for wood use. This way I never have steel shavings in my wood projects or sawdust in my metal projects. Both of these DPs are 65 year old (+/-) cast iron Craftsman that are identical except for column height.

This is the metal working one on the table saw table. Note in the pix that there are several holes in the drill press table that weren't from the factory. These are tapped. You can also see that a couple of these holes have studs sticking up from them. These are actually bolts with the heads ground off. They are quite handy to rest your workpiece on to keep it from spinning. Very few of you can honestly say that you've never had a drill bit grab your workpiece and spin it out of your hands; usually with a cut/gash or at least yelling an obscenity.

Unfortunately I don't have any pix of all the stuff I've got on the saw table but take my word for it: there's hardly a square inch that doesn't have anything on it.

edit: I've added a pic that better shows the bolts threaded into the drill press table.

 

[Copymutt]

Minor use of a RR spike to help trailer hitching.
Every time I connect my trailer I have an extra step of pulling it w/ the truck for 50 feet or so to get the hitch coupler to drop fully onto the ball. Locking the coupler latch in the full open position solves that. I may permanently attach the spike w/ a short chain.

 

[FMB4]

@ atch, Yep to all that you've mentioned. I took into consideration that my small drill press weighs slightly less than the average 4x8' 5/8" inch thick sheet of plywood. Probably takes me less than 5-7 minutes to clear off the press and all the other stuff I have on it. Oh, and then there's all the stuff I have stacked under it. So make that 7-10 minutes max.

 

[selectedgrub]

What does it do?

For camera monitor

 

[lakelandcat]

Had some bed sides from a 1950 Chevy PU, needed shelves, rest is history.

 

[Old Man Roger]

For camera monitor

Ahh steampunk, I like it.

 

[gahrajmahal]

This was my first welding project, so the welds are pretty bad, but as long as they hold I am good to go.

Whether you are MiG welding or stick welding you need to turn up your amperage. If it is flux core you drag the weld (same for stick). when placing tack welds, weld towards the tack. Your welds look like they will hold. You can always grind some to see if you have penetrated. Carry on!

 

[selectedgrub]

Truck diff.

 

[Thedevilsequal]

Great, something else I now need in my life.. Looks awesome!

 

[lardy1]

I made this mobile stand to hold my router accessories. I used a discarded stand from a cheap table saw and used and/or scrap stuff to build it. The casters, door catches and fasteners were new. I build most of my stands and work benches this way.

 

[isb cornbinder]

My Dad made this cuttings torch carrier out of some surplus aircraft parts. This would have been in the 1940s.
The four wheels run on a 4 inch channel iron track. The electric motor drives the four wheels and is reversible.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Truck diff.

That is fantastic. where did the glass/housing come from? I’m guessing that is a reflection of a fire. Out fitting it with a light to high light some focal point would be amazing. Good job.

 

[rslaback]

I did the same thing with a defunct Craftsman 10" table saw but mine has a "full sized" table-top drill press of the 1950's cast iron variety. The table saw is plenty strong enough for the abuse it suffers. And the size of the table top allows me to store many items there: drill indexes, blocks with a "V" groove in the top to hold round objects, drill press vises, wood blocks, etc. This DP is for metal ONLY. I have a floor model for wood use. This way I never have steel shavings in my wood projects or sawdust in my metal projects. Both of these DPs are 65 year old (+/-) cast iron Craftsman that are identical except for column height.

This is the metal working one on the table saw table. Note in the pix that there are several holes in the drill press table that weren't from the factory. These are tapped. You can also see that a couple of these holes have studs sticking up from them. These are actually bolts with the heads ground off. They are quite handy to rest your workpiece on to keep it from spinning. Very few of you can honestly say that you've never had a drill bit grab your workpiece and spin it out of your hands; usually with a cut/gash or at least yelling an obscenity.

Unfortunately I don't have any pix of all the stuff I've got on the saw table but take my word for it: there's hardly a square inch that doesn't have anything on it.

edit: I've added a pic that better shows the bolts threaded into the drill press table.

Can you do me a favor and get yourself a strong neodymium magnet and stick it to the upper casting of your drill press(es) and use that to hold your chuck key for storage. I've seen those chains do nasty things if they get tangled in the spinning arbor.

 

[selectedgrub]

That is fantastic. where did the glass/housing come from? I’m guessing that is a reflection of a fire. Out fitting it with a light to high light some focal point would be amazing. Good job.

Thanks alot Miss the pontiacs it's a ships porthole, comes with hardened glass.

selectedgrub

selectedgrub.blogspot.com

Some build photos if anyone is interested.

Here's another addition to the thread my nieces bed head made from pallets

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

^^^All I can say is WOW! My youngest daughter would have loved that headboard. She was into the Jack Skillington thing. Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and others. Hell she probably would love it today.

 

[PugetDude]

Can you do me a favor and get yourself a strong neodymium magnet and stick it to the upper casting of your drill press(es) and use that to hold your chuck key for storage. I've seen those chains do nasty things if they get tangled in the spinning arbor.

This has worked well for me for 35 years. 1” conduit strap and two pop rivets. Puts the key front and center at eye level where you can’t miss it.

 

[harley jim]

I dont know if this technically qualified but I just repurposed 200 lbs of pears into wine.


Pureed into 5 gallon buckets

Sorry if this not quite what you had in mind

 

[Johnny Generic]

I YOUR GARAGE!

 

[harley jim]

Yes Sir

 

[65ranchero]

I know this has been done before but....
Found the cast iron treadle base at a garage sale a few years ago.
It had some decent surface rust and most of the paint was gone and no top.
The wife said we needed it!
took it home and wire brushed it and freed up the treadle portion and painted it with Rustoleum gloss black spray.

now I needed a top, could not find a wide enough piece of wood that didn't cost a fortune,
While I was getting a hair cut one day I asked the ladies husband who is a part time hobby woodworker where he sources wood for his projects.
After he askes me the size I need he said come by the next day. when I show up he hands me a perfect size of what he says is probably
80-100 year old piece of pine that was on a torn down barn.
It had some old square cut nails in it removed them and left it as seen, except for a water based Minwax poly coat on it.

 

[JonBoehman]

Way to go Harley Jim! Homemade Perrywine is awesome!

 

[captain14]

I know this has been done before but....
Found the cast iron treadle base at a garage sale a few years ago.
It had some decent surface rust and most of the paint was gone and no top.
The wife said we needed it!
took it home and wire brushed it and freed up the treadle portion and painted it with Rustoleum gloss black spray.

now I needed a top, could not find a wide enough piece of wood that didn't cost a fortune,
While I was getting a hair cut one day I asked the ladies husband who is a part time hobby woodworker where he sources wood for his projects.
After he askes me the size I need he said come by the next day. when I show up he hands me a perfect size of what he says is probably
80-100 year old piece of pine that was on a torn down barn.
It had some old square cut nails in it removed them and left it as seen, except for a water based Minwax poly coat on it.

Double Score on the treadle base and the recycled barn board.

 

[selectedgrub]

Used alot of different pieces to make this (still to be finished) clock.

 

[atch]

Can you do me a favor and get yourself a strong neodymium magnet and stick it to the upper casting of your drill press(es) and use that to hold your chuck key for storage. I've seen those chains do nasty things if they get tangled in the spinning arbor.

Thanx but no thanx. I always know where my chuck keys are. They NEVER leave where they are supposed to be. Both my DPs have a hole on the back of the table that is to put the chuck keys into (the equivalent of using a magnet). If I were to use either of these methods it would be only a short time before one or both were lost. I've been doing it this way for many years and have never had (or even seen the possibility of) the chain getting caught in the arbor. The wood DP has had the chain for roughly 50 years and the metal DP for roughly 25 years. (my metal DP shown below). I'm not criticizing your method; but I'll continue to do it my way.

 

[paulsomlo]

Can you do me a favor and get yourself a strong neodymium magnet and stick it to the upper casting of your drill press(es) and use that to hold your chuck key for storage. I've seen those chains do nasty things if they get tangled in the spinning arbor.

Or go keyless

 

[atch]

Or go keyless

Keyless is nice but what I have "ain't broken so I'm not gonna fix it." I love the keyless on my battery powered drill though.

 

[Modern Garage]

A valid argument about the chain getting into trouble, and also a valid point about lost chuck keys - we've all been there. Perhaps a good compromise would be one of the springloaded keychains the high school janitor always had on his belt.
My Wards DP has a socket in the side of the power head to receive the chuck key that also acts as a safety lockout. The drill press won't start unless the key is in it's socket.
Joe

 

[selectedgrub]

 

[JohnKal]

Selectedgrub, you’ve got some amazing skills there! Kudos.

 

[larry4406]

Selectedgrub, you’ve got some amazing skills there! Kudos.

Selectedgrub is really good! I got lost on his web page for several hours. His fabrication and photography skills are 5 stars!

 

[JohnKal]

Thanks Larry, I didn’t catch the website link. Outstanding!

 

[PCustoms]

I know this has been done before but....
Found the cast iron treadle base at a garage sale a few years ago.
It had some decent surface rust and most of the paint was gone and no top.
The wife said we needed it!
took it home and wire brushed it and freed up the treadle portion and painted it with Rustoleum gloss black spray.

now I needed a top, could not find a wide enough piece of wood that didn't cost a fortune,
While I was getting a hair cut one day I asked the ladies husband who is a part time hobby woodworker where he sources wood for his projects.
After he askes me the size I need he said come by the next day. when I show up he hands me a perfect size of what he says is probably
80-100 year old piece of pine that was on a torn down barn.
It had some old square cut nails in it removed them and left it as seen, except for a water based Minwax poly coat on it.

Should get around making mine. Some other good repurpose items in there too...

 

[isb cornbinder]

Nothing to add, here. Self explaining.