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Old semi truck brake drums make great bases for grinders and pedistols . I had 50 at one time sold for scrap saved two for me , also make great forges , the casting olds lots of heat in. Was going to make an green egg style cooker out of a couple too.
 
all right, let's bring it on :)

antenna
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power steering pulley puller after your idiot correspondent put it on backwards. took me 3h to get to this point through trial and error. Made from a DIY cam spanner
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wine bottle stopper from a piece of chem lab monkey bar
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Christmas tree present from a piece of scrap alu a friend gave me (not really repurposing, but you know..)
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Cannondale headshok castle nut tool from a piece of black pipe I found
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Various LED lights from old heatsinks and pieces of scrap
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and in the background of that last pic you can see a couple of drill chucks that I made arbors for from an old axle of some sort :)

I even made a paper mache dragon with my eldest for an art fair from those wire tomato frame things, they're very useful!
 
Silverbullet said:
Old semi truck brake drums make great bases for grinders and pedistols . I had 50 at one time sold for scrap saved two for me , also make great forges , the casting olds lots of heat in. Was going to make an green egg style cooker out of a couple too.
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With the addition of an old hot water tank stand, a few links of proof coil, and a concrete base they also make dandy backyard/city dweller campfire pots. Doesn't scorch the grass, and the next morning just drag it off to the side like nothing ever happened

-frank

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nice casting, and nice use. What powers that set of steps.
 
cathead it most have been fun building that. Just getting the photo looks like it took so care.

Mark
 
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