Let's see your repurpose project

[Achto 27,502]

The powers that be filed a complaint that her petunias were too close to the porch supports. When the wind blew it would cause them to rub against the porch supports and damage the flowers on that side. To remedy this issue I scrounged around my garage for a solution. What I found was a couple of spring teeth from a dump rake. Why did I have these?? I might need them some day & today was the day.

 

I welded a piece of 1/4" by 1 1/2" steel to each of the spring teeth to use as a mount to the porch support. This new hanger will keep her plants plenty far enough away from the porch support..

Plus I get amusement from lifting the plants a bit & then letting them drop. They will bounce for a long time!!  What can I say,  I amuse easily.

 

Let's see your repurpose projects.

Edited June 22, 2020 by Achto

[bc.gold 3,403]

Sailors Knot.

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,490]

1. Two folding chair carts (long car and caboose) and a wheel barrow now perform as the the SL & WHN RR.

 

2. An old fertilizer spreader now functions as my kayak cart (the blue one)...

 

 

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

A new main engine piston and cylinder head turned up on the ship one day. I had to take the wooden packaging to the skip, so it ended up in my van.

 

We found an old steel framed BBQ on the farm, so stripped it down, repainted, new stickers, added a temperature guage and then turned the wood into a BBQ trolley. Total project cost about £20 and it's a great little unit that fits nicely in my garden trailer so we can cook anywhere we like.

 

Making the custom sticker and nonsense instructions was fun. Then my brother pointed out that I had spelt my surname wrong in the graphics!  Oh well, will change it some other time.

[bc.gold 3,403]

Pressurized sand blast pot made from 100 lb propane tank, top is cut off then inverted and welded back onto the tank, be sure to cut holes for the pipe fittings before closing the tank.

 

With the inverted top it makes it easy to load the tank with blasting media, the filler hole has an over size gasket you can actually purchase the proper gasket from Empire

 

The aluminum stopper has a pig tail that fits loosely inside the air supply pipe, when air pressure is applied the aluminum stopper pops up then seals against the Empire gasket. But the pig tail is long enough to keep the poppet from falling out.

 

On the larger 600 pound sand pot a proper sand regulator was purchased,

 

The smaller pot just used a rubber lined squeeze valve to control the amount of media being fed to the blast nozzle.

 

Proper respiratory gear is a must and many of the paints etc. being removed contain hazardous materials.

 

Below the crappy drawing an image showing a proper commercially made media control valve.

 

 

 

Edited June 22, 2020 by bcgold

[ebinmaine 67,271]

Excellent thread idea!!

 

Trina is famous (or infamous) for using and reusing absolutely whatever we have laying around.

"Use what ya have"

 

Couple weeks ago she made sliding door panels for the chicken coop from scrap lumber and pvc boards.

 

 

Here's a few pics of her/our projects.

 

These garden boxes were once the shelves of cantilever racks in my warehouse at work.

 

 

 

 

Egg laying box was once a garden box.

 

 

On this woodshed the roof frame was a greenhouse roof structure. The floor is 2 old pallets. The wall studs are old ones shaped like bananananananas.

 

 

 

This shed ramp is made from the same cantilever racks and the base boards are reused deck rail posts.

 

 

And the front steps are self explanatory in the video.

 

 

 

 

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

6 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

We are the same, always reusing old  items. I seem to always be dismantling people's sheds and garages and then either keeping the wood for various projects or rebuilding them after taking care of rotten bits.

 

This year alone we have taken down two sheds, a pidgeon house, a garage and two greenhouses. All free as no longer wanted.

 

I needed a garage a few years ago and found a half rotten one for free. It ended up half the size by the time I had rebuilt it, but cost very little. I got it in Pitlochry Scotland, it moved to Perth, then Lockerbie with me, then I gave it to a friend in Doncaster England - it's had an interesting life!

 

That's the one in the photographs. The doors and trim all ended up painted black but for some reason I can't find a finished photograph.

[JPWH 6,033]

I have had these two cabinets for over 20 years. They were supply cabinets in an old hospital. I scraped the old paint off and replaced the glass with plexiglass and applied a new coat of paint.

Now I have 2 tool cabinets.

[JPWH 6,033]

On some remodel jobs we tear out old switchgear and replace them with new. This was a very large switchgear I salvaged the back and side panels from.

It's 48" wide and 32" deep.

It opens from the front for easy loading.

The new switchgear had shipping supports that had to be removed so I salvaged them and built this press to remove stubborn steering wheels.

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

When l worked for a high end 

appliance place a few years back they

where changing out their display cabinets

in their showroom and discarding all the 

cabinet doors. Took them home ,cut 

them up and put this bed side table 

together. 

[squonk 41,023]

I feel so ashamed!  My only re-purpose item around here is I used the only part of a Tecky that never breaks, THE AIR CLEANER HOUSING!! I drilled a hole in my outer shop wall and use the Tecky filter as my air compressor intake instead of the hot air inside.

 

[D_Mac 8,593]

Friend of mine is the builder, I gathered parts and ideas. this was the first one. Radio Flyer Rat Rods.

Edited June 23, 2020 by D_Mac

[D_Mac 8,593]

The other two that followed. Used to take my great niece and nephew to car shows. We got more attention then any car at any show. I sold the red one. Kids have out grown them. All they do now is collect dust and not memories. Sad 

[Stormin 9,981]

 The most useful thing I've ever got for free. Multi purpose, mobile, hydraulic workbench.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ex hospital bed rescued from going in a scrap skip. Even the ply top was free.

[squonk 41,023]

6 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 The most useful thing I've ever got for free. Multi purpose, mobile, hydraulic workbench.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ex hospital bed rescued from going in a scrap skip. Even the ply top was free.

That table looks like it was built for the 500 pounders! 

[Stormin 9,981]

3 minutes ago, squonk said:

That table looks like it was built for the 500 pounders! 

 

It'll keep up a tractor.

[bc.gold 3,403]

Offered to purchase but the tire shop instead gave me a few hundred pounds of wheel weights, some are Fe iron, some lead  and the sought after Zn Zinc that I'm after.

 

Fe - iron is magnetic

Lead is soft with a low melt point, when struck against a metal object has a dead sound

Zn - Zinc a harder metal than lead has a higher melt point, has a ring tone when struck against a metal object.

 

Sorting is a tedious scutt job, I'll keep the zinc and give the lead away to someone casting bullets or fishing weights.

 

The fry pan is zinc.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2020 by bcgold

[bc.gold 3,403]

Some scrap iron and few dollars worth of welding rod, I'm using these ramps today.

 

[bc.gold 3,403]

Interesting trivia, how round lead shot was made in a shot tower.

 

Baltimore Shot Tower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2020 by bcgold

[Stormin 9,981]

Wind chimes from tubular curtain rail.

 

[RandyLittrell 3,877]

This is a much easier project than you guys, but helpful none the less. I took the original ground lead from my new welder, and made a ground strap to help you ground to odd shapes that your clamp won't work on. Stripped the insulation off and separated the bundles, then braided them together with lugs at each end to hold it together. 

 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

  If I can't get a haircut soon, Randy, it'll be braided like that. Neat job!

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

Got sick of breaking weak clothes hooks with our boiler suits in the laundry/porch.

 

Happen to have a whole pile of steps that they put on power lines for the guys to climb up. These are now mounted on a bit of old shed flooring and screwed to the wall - surely that will be unbreakable!

[Stormin 9,981]

 S.W.M.B.O. wanted an outside toilet. So I got her two.

 

 

 

 An old Belfast sink.

 

 

 Pedestal from a broken bird bath and a seat found on a stall at a rally.

 

[formariz 11,987]

One never really thinks about it but nearly everything here is repurposed in one way or another. Countless little stuff that is repurposed.
 Picture frame for someone important here from his own handscrew using his brass bolts I inherited from him.

Hooks made from branches are common here and an old ticket holder for a key hook.