Alex H
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When we lived in France, I bought this sewing machine in it's cabinet, in order to repurpose the cabinet. We still have the machine ( Singer 319 - 1956 vintage electric) Total cost €17.
Post a pic of something you have recycled
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Fantastic and the aroma of whisky would be better than any glade plug in .I used to work for a packaging co many years ago and they made barrels up in Glasgow so ive seen those packs of staves. A realy nice recycle Woops i should of read "details here" they looked like the end of staves in pic that will teach to check full posts , as the kids say "my bad "
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HamsterJam
Let’s take it apart to see what’s inside….
Just thought i would post a pic of a fantastic book where recycling is concerned the scroll saw on front cover is a wonder to behold
Ttrees
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Old beer fridges make good cabinets.
I used to come across a few of them when i lived in town.
Mind you I got quite a surprise whilst I was gutting the Heineken one.
That gas really stinks and heard quite a few folks gagging as they walked past the bottom door
The other one had very little gas in it compared.
I used to come across a few of them when i lived in town.
Mind you I got quite a surprise whilst I was gutting the Heineken one.
That gas really stinks and heard quite a few folks gagging as they walked past the bottom door
The other one had very little gas in it compared.
List of contents of book sorry it on 90°
I think page 10 sentiments are so true
I think page 10 sentiments are so true
There is even a chisel honing wheel made from an old waste disposal unit
Ttrees
Iroko loco!
I don't know why one would want to make a wooden tablesaw, seeing as you can find them cheaply,
and you get all the bells and whistles including a proper riving knife.
Here's a fancy one just for fun.
and you get all the bells and whistles including a proper riving knife.
Here's a fancy one just for fun.
pops92
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Cooper
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I haven't got a picture of a recent job but everything I make is from recycled materials or firewood. I have enjoyed this thread enormously, I hope it is a regular feature.
Martin
Martin
My bottle bird feeders are made completely with recycled materials oak ash varnish stain stainless mesh and screws all come from skips my brother has a skip hire business it’s amazing what I find when having a mooch
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and the bottles??.....
Their from the bottle bank as well.
The school across the road from us had discarded some stuff from the gym and being close to home I made a table. Forget the name of it (horse?) but it was missing a couple of sections like the top padded one but rigged up a fluro light, some wheels and a red perspex top. Been handy as well.
Roberto Flintofski
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Needed something to make window frames from for the Greenhouse build, I'm poor ( not tight ) so found this table on ebay for a Tenner - Really Pleased with the outcome and nice to do a bit to save a bit !
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heimlaga
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My grinder for spindle moulder tooling is mostly made from recykled materials found at scrap yards. The motor is most likely from a 1950-ies water pump. Only the tool holder is factory made. Bearing blocks and pulleys were bought new. I have no current picture in the computer only one from when it wasn't quite finished yet
My spindle moulder fence and shaw guard also built from scrap yard materials
My router table was once a wood framed line shadft driven spindle moulder. It had a one inch spindle which no modern tooling would fit and the fence was gone and the hole in the table was too small for modern tooling. The wooden frame had turned to mulch. The new frame is made from scrap yard materials. The wheels are from a pre-war sack trolley
My spindle moulder fence and shaw guard also built from scrap yard materials
My router table was once a wood framed line shadft driven spindle moulder. It had a one inch spindle which no modern tooling would fit and the fence was gone and the hole in the table was too small for modern tooling. The wooden frame had turned to mulch. The new frame is made from scrap yard materials. The wheels are from a pre-war sack trolley
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heimlaga
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Badly damaged 3 metre scaffolding poles being recykled as 1 metre scaffolding poles. The short ones are very handy when you put up scaffoldings under a roof overhang or when you don't want long poles sticking up and interfering with work.
Some junk pieces of iron dragged out of the heaps at the scrap yard and recykled as roof racks on my van.
Some junk pieces of iron dragged out of the heaps at the scrap yard and recykled as roof racks on my van.
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heimlaga
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The steam boiler for my steam box was once the stainless fuel tank of a motor boat and a pillar that carried a huge gantry crane in a factory plus some more materials draged outof the piles at local scrap yards
The piping for my dust collector was once the ventilation system in a municipal health care center. The cyclone was some scraps at various scrap yards and the barrels used to hold the dust once contained pear juice concentrate. The blower also took a trip to the scrapyard before I bought it and rebuilt it.
The waterstone grinder in the background was once an industrial washing machine used for washing overalls at Kemira. Though a friend did most of the conversion work because I had no welder and had not yet learned metalwork back then.
The green tool cabinet was once a fitted kitchen cabinet heading for the dump. The red and blue timber shelf had for some reson ended up in a heap to be smelted at a local scrap yard. The brown chest of drawers was at the municipal dump to be chipped for fuel before I smuggled it out of there and put it to use as a tool cabinet.
Well..... I think I must quit now or I will need a recycling thread of my own.
The piping for my dust collector was once the ventilation system in a municipal health care center. The cyclone was some scraps at various scrap yards and the barrels used to hold the dust once contained pear juice concentrate. The blower also took a trip to the scrapyard before I bought it and rebuilt it.
The waterstone grinder in the background was once an industrial washing machine used for washing overalls at Kemira. Though a friend did most of the conversion work because I had no welder and had not yet learned metalwork back then.
The green tool cabinet was once a fitted kitchen cabinet heading for the dump. The red and blue timber shelf had for some reson ended up in a heap to be smelted at a local scrap yard. The brown chest of drawers was at the municipal dump to be chipped for fuel before I smuggled it out of there and put it to use as a tool cabinet.
Well..... I think I must quit now or I will need a recycling thread of my own.
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This was the first wooden thing I ever made for myself. It was in 1987 a few months into my apprenticeship. I was really keen to make one for myself as the guy who I was apprenticed to had just had me make one for the workshop and I now considered myself a mallet specialist.
I found a lump of beech in my Dad’s garage. I said nothing when my Mum was later berating my Dad about him losing one of her Mum’s bed legs during the short time it was being stored in the same garage. Hey. I was only 17. Pretty sure Dad knew it was me but he kept schtum.
But really I ‘recycle’ all the time. I try to group all my oak jobs together, pine jobs together etc. I did 3 furniture board jobs in a row after xmas this year. The third job, which was only a (L)3m x (H)0.75m and 180mm deep bookcase was pretty much made entirely from the offcuts from the previous jobs. Meaning I got to charge for this timber twice. Does that count as recycling?
I found a lump of beech in my Dad’s garage. I said nothing when my Mum was later berating my Dad about him losing one of her Mum’s bed legs during the short time it was being stored in the same garage. Hey. I was only 17. Pretty sure Dad knew it was me but he kept schtum.
But really I ‘recycle’ all the time. I try to group all my oak jobs together, pine jobs together etc. I did 3 furniture board jobs in a row after xmas this year. The third job, which was only a (L)3m x (H)0.75m and 180mm deep bookcase was pretty much made entirely from the offcuts from the previous jobs. Meaning I got to charge for this timber twice. Does that count as recycling?
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