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The repurposing thread
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Old Man Roger
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My girl and I are both pretty small, moving the California king mattress with no handles has alway been a real *****..lol Using the straps made it a non issue.
vrinner
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So I got commissioned to make this Rush clock based on Rush's Time Machine tour. Client just wanted the clock and me, being a big Rush fan as well...oh...and a drummer...not Peart level but still love bangin' on the skins, decided to model it after Neil's drum riser.
So as for how it applies to the repurposing thread, the gear ring around the outside of the clock, is a flywheel starter gear from I think a Toro mower/tractor.
So as for how it applies to the repurposing thread, the gear ring around the outside of the clock, is a flywheel starter gear from I think a Toro mower/tractor.
WOW!!!!!
I loved the stage decor of Rush's later tours. Unfortunately, I only saw them live once, back in 1987. But, their music lives on through local classic rock stations and youtube is a great way to see what I missed live.
Mike
I loved the stage decor of Rush's later tours. Unfortunately, I only saw them live once, back in 1987. But, their music lives on through local classic rock stations and youtube is a great way to see what I missed live.
Mike
nadogail
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If it was not for the repurposed Steel I would have no welding projects or creations. I make everything from repurposed materials. That is how we “Depression Kids” grew up.
Make it last, Wear it out and then Fix It.
Make it last, Wear it out and then Fix It.
Old Man Roger
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1987 in Massachusetts? We may have been at the same concert lol If memory serves, I saw Rush at the Worcester Centrum in 1987.
We bought our tickets at the door, and our seats were parallel with Perts position on the stage. I felt as though I got to sit next to him for the whole concert lol
No, RPI Fieldhouse in Troy, NY. I was a volunteer EMT (in training, mind you), so I got in for free!
Saw three shows there: Heart (bought tickets for that, ran up to be 2-3 people from the stage in general admission), Sting (free / EMT) and Rush (free / EMT).
Heart was amazing (as ALWAYS). That was probably the third (and I think last) time I saw them.
Sting played for three solid hours, I think he stopped once or twice to change shirts, otherwise he just kept playing, even when the rest of the band took a break).
Rush was just on a whole different level. Funny thing was, I never considered myself a fan, but knew most of the songs they played (apparently by osmosis from listening to the radio). To this day, I can't get over how much incredible sound came from just those three guys on stage. Oh, and Neil's lazy-susan three-kit drum setup was just ridiculously cool!!!
I would have seen more, but the group leader was a complete maniac and wasn't worth being around long enough to make the free shows worth the aggravation.
Sorry for the thread tangent, live music is a major memory trigger for me...
Mike
Saw three shows there: Heart (bought tickets for that, ran up to be 2-3 people from the stage in general admission), Sting (free / EMT) and Rush (free / EMT).
Heart was amazing (as ALWAYS). That was probably the third (and I think last) time I saw them.
Sting played for three solid hours, I think he stopped once or twice to change shirts, otherwise he just kept playing, even when the rest of the band took a break).
Rush was just on a whole different level. Funny thing was, I never considered myself a fan, but knew most of the songs they played (apparently by osmosis from listening to the radio). To this day, I can't get over how much incredible sound came from just those three guys on stage. Oh, and Neil's lazy-susan three-kit drum setup was just ridiculously cool!!!
I would have seen more, but the group leader was a complete maniac and wasn't worth being around long enough to make the free shows worth the aggravation.
Sorry for the thread tangent, live music is a major memory trigger for me...
Mike
PugetDude
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I only saw Rush once.
At the KC airport.
Bo Snerdley was traveling with him.
At the KC airport.
Bo Snerdley was traveling with him.
BMWBOB
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Rolling pin stand - all reclaimed: wood is from an old window buck, granite was a store sample of our countertop slab, steel is from an old hay feeder rack
Old Man Roger
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I see what you did there
Here’s a coat hanger I made that I could never find a good spot to hang it up. It’s pretty big for what it is. I didn’t pay for anything I used to make it which was pretty sweet
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Server Racks are a great source of materials for many uses. There are 2 types. Actual server racks have square aprox. 7/16" holes that hold spring mounted nuts that you screw the servers to for mount the servers in the racks. The holes are spaced oddly, that is they are not uniform in their spacing. The other type of racks are for electronic equipment and use 10x32 or similar taped holes for mounting electronics or video gear etc. The holes are not evenly spaced for them either but usually the whole mounting strip screws off leaving the metal cabinet.
I'm using server racks here. The sides and rear doors are heavy guage sheet metal, very useful (not shown). The bases are made to support a lot of weight. I've had 700 - 1000 lbs in 7' racks and they rolled so well I used to joke you could play shuffle board with them.
These are some mounting rails or the uprights that join the top to the bottom. The rear ones have the openings for cables to pass through. I use the solid ones for thin shelving.
I've zip cut the top edge here opening access to the square mounting holes.
These make great hangers for....
Here are some thin shelves for places you don't want wider shelving.
I cut these bases down to fit some heavy filing cabinets that I use for rolling tool bases.
Government surplus is a great place to get these cheap. They often have to throw them out. The wheels can be excellent quality although maybe a bit soft rubber for shop floors.
I'm using server racks here. The sides and rear doors are heavy guage sheet metal, very useful (not shown). The bases are made to support a lot of weight. I've had 700 - 1000 lbs in 7' racks and they rolled so well I used to joke you could play shuffle board with them.
These are some mounting rails or the uprights that join the top to the bottom. The rear ones have the openings for cables to pass through. I use the solid ones for thin shelving.
I've zip cut the top edge here opening access to the square mounting holes.
These make great hangers for....
Here are some thin shelves for places you don't want wider shelving.
I cut these bases down to fit some heavy filing cabinets that I use for rolling tool bases.
Government surplus is a great place to get these cheap. They often have to throw them out. The wheels can be excellent quality although maybe a bit soft rubber for shop floors.
cpttuna
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One of the best places to find items cheap that can be repurposed in the clearance section at Wal-Mart. I found fancy grill covers with the original price like $40 on clearance for $4. With a pair of scissors and hot glue my homemade grill and my son's store bought one each got nice covers. The did not fit perfect but were FUNCTIONAL.
v6buick
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I'm not as crafty as some of you guys, but I do hate throwing things away. About a year ago, I finally decided to stop being a hoarder and start making stuff out of my scrap. This one the clock of doom. Other than the clock mechanism and welding wire, all of the materials are failed car parts. This is my best one so far because I didn't have a clock in the basement before this.
My most recent is a coffee table which will also go in the basement. We've all seen engines made into coffee tables, but I wanted to do mine a little differently. All these spare parts are still good, but they're taking up a lot of space. If I ever grenade an engine, I'll be happy to have these available and ready to swap out with the junk parts. I've also had a this massive chunk of glass since my dad disassembled the bar that my great-grandpa made. It's not just glass though. It's an Electromotive train windshield! Anyway, let's get all this old junk out of the garage and make it useful.
Studs, union nuts, and table leg adjusters for the block to rest on.
The windshield
Very tediously, I made a windshield frame out of angle iron. It was basically cut, bend, check, weld, check again, and repeat 1000 times.
Weeks later...
Get the idea? Yeah, this thing with it's iron heads and block is going to be super heavy. I can't wait to take it down the stairs.
It's not done yet though. I finished fabrication and started cleaning up all that dust yesterday. I hope to finish cleaning, put up some plastic, and start painting today. I'm so excited to see the end result! I think it will be well worth the effort if not simply for my space savings.
My most recent is a coffee table which will also go in the basement. We've all seen engines made into coffee tables, but I wanted to do mine a little differently. All these spare parts are still good, but they're taking up a lot of space. If I ever grenade an engine, I'll be happy to have these available and ready to swap out with the junk parts. I've also had a this massive chunk of glass since my dad disassembled the bar that my great-grandpa made. It's not just glass though. It's an Electromotive train windshield! Anyway, let's get all this old junk out of the garage and make it useful.
Studs, union nuts, and table leg adjusters for the block to rest on.
The windshield
Very tediously, I made a windshield frame out of angle iron. It was basically cut, bend, check, weld, check again, and repeat 1000 times.
Weeks later...
Get the idea? Yeah, this thing with it's iron heads and block is going to be super heavy. I can't wait to take it down the stairs.
It's not done yet though. I finished fabrication and started cleaning up all that dust yesterday. I hope to finish cleaning, put up some plastic, and start painting today. I'm so excited to see the end result! I think it will be well worth the effort if not simply for my space savings.
BMWBOB
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You don't want to stub your toe on that table leg! Cool.....
atch
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I'm glad I live far enough away that you won't be asking me to help you move it.
shortykorte
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Not sure if this is repurpose.
95# pull HF magnet, 1/4 bolt, 2 nuts. Probably switch out for the smaller 25# magnet send dustpan is super light.
95# pull HF magnet, 1/4 bolt, 2 nuts. Probably switch out for the smaller 25# magnet send dustpan is super light.
v6buick
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It wasn't that bad. My wife and I got it down to the basement without issues and she has a bad back! That was of course just the block and crank though. I brought the rest of it down separately.
I'm glad so many people liked seeing it. Here's the finished product. Unlike most of the rods welded to block deck designs I've seen, this one actually sits at a great height and still resembles an engine!
Modern Garage
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Here's the latest shop hodge. Bean can hanging immediately above the grinder so I don't have any excuse to ignore PPE for "just this quick job" anymore. I think the only reason I never saw this before is because my dad never wore safety glasses or hearing protection in his life.
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I like that idea! My safety gear currently sits in a Rubbermaid tote. It's helpful because it's the only white tote I own, and the boys have their stuff in there as well. But, it's another tote taking up horizontal space...
Mike
Mike
cpttuna
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I have several sets of safety glasses and gloves. I'm not the best at putting things back where they belong.
It was bent up a bit from taking a spill, so I can see someone without a shop being done with it.
Monza Harry
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"Right Time Right Place" for the win! Unfortunately repair for those, is usually same/more than replace. Harry
Slednut
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I converted this Craftsman 90 degree drill to use a lithium ion battery.
We had done this to one of my wife’s small leaf blowers but she bought a new one so this stuff was available. I don’t know how much life is left in the battery but it will do for now.
We hardly ever use the old obsolete drill, thing weighs a ton.
We had done this to one of my wife’s small leaf blowers but she bought a new one so this stuff was available. I don’t know how much life is left in the battery but it will do for now.
We hardly ever use the old obsolete drill, thing weighs a ton.
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vrinner
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I have one of those crafstman's too. Battery has been dead for years and it's just been laying around. Maybe I should do this...but like you said, thing weighs a ton and I probably wont use it either.
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Modern Garage
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I have a decent collection of the Craftsman 19.2V tools and use only C3 lithium batteries (MUCH lighter) but have been looking halfheartedly for an adapter to use a more common battery. Maybe I should just make my own like this. Nicely done.
cpttuna
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I delivered mail for almost 27 Years. One of my customers was a pizza/sub shop. If you bought a sub, it came with a pickle. They were always throwing away 5 gallon pickle buckets. I asked and they started saving them for me. When hurricane Katrina hit, my brother -in-law(a pastor) went down to help along with a gentleman who has a saw sharpening business. He went down to sharpen chainsaws etc. I found out he would take buckets and lids with him to help the people down there. I sent 200 buckets with them. They were repurposed better than I ever hoped they would be.
Simple, quick, bullet proof.
I borrowed the idea from an “Instructables” post. Original use was for needle files. Concept works better for chainsaw files.
Spent CO2 cartridges, drill out the cap to the cartridge neck size, jam the file in. N/C, ergonomic grip, I think it will stay put better than the plastic handles.
I borrowed the idea from an “Instructables” post. Original use was for needle files. Concept works better for chainsaw files.
Spent CO2 cartridges, drill out the cap to the cartridge neck size, jam the file in. N/C, ergonomic grip, I think it will stay put better than the plastic handles.
BMWBOB
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I'm going to steal this idea from you!
BMWBOB
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I repurposed this welding cart from an old, cheap freight cart that a friend gave me several years ago, a file cabinet that I bought at a yard sale for $5 when I was in college 40 years ago (back when we saved actual papers) which has been holding grinders and consumables in one drawer and repair and owners manuals in the other for at least 2 decades, some scrap steel, some 1/2" pipe from lighting down rods (chopped off some 2" stubs, welded 2 of them onto a 18" pipe, threaded them and bolted them on for cord winders).
I still need to add a tip holder for the MIG ( i could buy one, but what's the fun in that?), some hangers for grinder consumables, slag hammer, and wire brush, and a few other do-dads...
I still need to add a tip holder for the MIG ( i could buy one, but what's the fun in that?), some hangers for grinder consumables, slag hammer, and wire brush, and a few other do-dads...
cpttuna
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Watched An episode of "Alaska The last Frontier" the other night. Otto used a pair of old work gloves to make a set of door hinges.
JMLangford
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I picked up this nice (made in USA) heavy duty older model under-bed table last week at Goodwill for $6 and added 4 new harbor freight wheels for $6 ($1.49 x 4) and I repurposed it into a neat little tool tray/table for only $12
This is a discontinued Invacare table, model #6411 and it is built like a tank....thick wall chrome tubing, spring assisted height adjustment, the table tilts but I bolted it solid at 90º, the wheels still worked o.k. but I gave them a refresh, underside of the table is supported by heavy-duty round tubing, super strong that lets the table hold a lot of weight without sagging.
I drilled holes at both ends to hold various shanked tools and added some hooks for a few wrenches.....
.....I like it
This is a discontinued Invacare table, model #6411 and it is built like a tank....thick wall chrome tubing, spring assisted height adjustment, the table tilts but I bolted it solid at 90º, the wheels still worked o.k. but I gave them a refresh, underside of the table is supported by heavy-duty round tubing, super strong that lets the table hold a lot of weight without sagging.
I drilled holes at both ends to hold various shanked tools and added some hooks for a few wrenches.....
.....I like it
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Miss the Pontiacs
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Great job.
Do me one favour, no maybe a couple. Start wearing knee pads and use proper safety equipment. You can thank me in 20 years if I’m still around. 
foghorn1966
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JMLanford...
You need to check out bass guitar tuner bushings to trim the holes in your tabletop.
You need to check out bass guitar tuner bushings to trim the holes in your tabletop.
jon72vega
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I pulled too hard on the pull-chain for the light over my work bench, and broke the chain up inside the switch.
Because I'm sometimes a cheap bast@*&d, I added a toggle switch and made a bracket to hold it to the light, rather then throw the light away.
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr
The bracket was made from the map pocket cut from my V8 Vega dash when I installed additional gauges in it many years ago.
See, it does pay not to throw too much away!
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr
Because I'm sometimes a cheap bast@*&d, I added a toggle switch and made a bracket to hold it to the light, rather then throw the light away.
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr
The bracket was made from the map pocket cut from my V8 Vega dash when I installed additional gauges in it many years ago.
See, it does pay not to throw too much away!
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr
Light switch repair by jon72vega, on Flickr