Yeah Pledge is death on a floor, unless you've done it on purpose for sock sliding in the hard floor hall ways
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Tips & tricks, uses for non tool items. Re-purposing, and home made tools
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Yeah Pledge is death on a floor, unless you've done it on purpose for sock sliding in the hard floor hall ways
Some of these things I post are things I just happened upon. Like for instance, This little cleaning brush. I had to clean it in alcohol and it loosed up the glue on the handle holding the ferrel and bristles to the handle. Instead of regluing it, I just used a spring punch to detent the ferrel in a couple places. Worked perfectly. And this can detent method can be used like this for other things too possibly.
On this airline for my compressor, I needed a short piece of hose to go from the compressor to the filter then into the air dryer. I bought a crappy off brand of hose but it was rated at 300 psi, so I though cool I'm good to go. First time I opened the valve the hose swelled like crazy and does everytime its pressured up, though for sure it may pop, never has though. But the swell and the possibility of it blowing and hurting anyone was too much, so instead of replacing the hose I though of wire wrapping it with bailing wire. Then taping it over to look at least a little better. Yeah it's redneck but my parents were both from Arkansas, so even though I may be a Cali boy, I got some gool ol' Red Neck still in me 
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On this airline for my compressor, I needed a short piece of hose to go from the compressor to the filter then into the air dryer. I bought a crappy off brand of hose but it was rated at 300 psi, so I though cool I'm good to go. First time I opened the valve the hose swelled like crazy and does everytime its pressured up, though for sure it may pop, never has though. But the swell and the possibility of it blowing and hurting anyone was too much, so instead of replacing the hose I though of wire wrapping it with bailing wire. Then taping it over to look at least a little better. Yeah it's redneck but my parents were both from Arkansas, so even though I may be a Cali boy, I got some gool ol' Red Neck still in me
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There are times wood is fine, but there are times you may want/need a clean piece for some reason and a piece of wood just wont work. So Tape a piece of wood up. It will make a dirty piece of wood into a clean piece. I prefer a good plastic type vinyl tape 2" wide. At my work we can't even have wood in our clean room area. It's dirty and contamination to hardware, so we tape all wood blocks we use and we use a crap ton.
Ever need some filtering cloth and have nothing? Cut the stupid freakin gay panty liner out of boys/mens swim shorts. It won't filter fine fine stuff but larger debris it will great. This fits over my largest 8" funnel. I save it in a bag ID'ed to find easier. And of course paper clips make great clamps as you all should already all know
So this is one of the things I used the Pledge on. I have my tube roller build on my jig table but don't want the raw aluminum plate edges sliding on the cast iron table. So I put this plastic trash can table top on top the cast table then the roller machine on that. It slides fairly well but has drag. So I Pledged it. Now it's so slick and easy to slide the plastic table on top the cast table, even with the roller weight it's butter.
Ever need some filtering cloth and have nothing? Cut the stupid freakin gay panty liner out of boys/mens swim shorts. It won't filter fine fine stuff but larger debris it will great. This fits over my largest 8" funnel. I save it in a bag ID'ed to find easier. And of course paper clips make great clamps as you all should already all know
I have used the screens they sell at convenience stores for pot pipes or the brass faucet screens from a home center in my funnels to strain out the crud when I'm adding used oil to an engine...I robbed every screen from the house faucets long ago,so I had to buy quite a few to replace them..
I also found the largest sized pipe screens fit my old glass bowl fuel filters on my old tractors perfectly,and you can also roll one into a cylinder shape and solder it to the gas tanks on old small engines to replace clogged original ones--so I have been buying quite a few packs of them when I go into the corner store the past few years..they probably think I'm a stoner now!..
I use solder flux brushes for a lot of other things besides spreading flux,like painting touch ups on things ...I squish the ferrule in a vise so the bristles wont come out first...
I have used the screens they sell at convenience stores for pot pipes or the brass faucet screens from a home center in my funnels to strain out the crud when I'm adding used oil to an engine...I robbed every screen from the house faucets long ago,so I had to buy quite a few to replace them..
I also found the largest sized pipe screens fit my old glass bowl fuel filters on my old tractors perfectly,and you can also roll one into a cylinder shape and solder it to the gas tanks on old small engines to replace clogged original ones--so I have been buying quite a few packs of them when I go into the corner store the past few years..they probably think I'm a stoner now!..
I use solder flux brushes for a lot of other things besides spreading flux,like painting touch ups on things ...I squish the ferrule in a vise so the bristles wont come out first...
Good ones
Bringing this back to the top for any new guys. Somebody has to keep in interesting in here.
I just repurposed an exploded IPhone for a door wedge....
I've found that old panty hose or nylon stockings make a good strainer on a funnel for used oil,etc...I found a bunch of them when I cleaned out the house after my mom passed,I figured I'd use them for that rather than toss them..
I read in Mother Earth News they used 3 layers of nylon stockings to filter used engine oil for re-use in engines and waste oil burners shortly after I tried using them,so I guess I'm not the first one to think of it...they also clain using old blue jean pant legs tied in a knot also will filter oil very well..
I read in Mother Earth News they used 3 layers of nylon stockings to filter used engine oil for re-use in engines and waste oil burners shortly after I tried using them,so I guess I'm not the first one to think of it...they also clain using old blue jean pant legs tied in a knot also will filter oil very well..
God that must be slow.
I'm too impatient to do much filtering.
I tried to filter coolant through a sock once. It takes forever
The Army was using panty hose to protect the air cleaners/engine during Desert Storm.
Just a quick one that saved my but today. Bought a couple steel shop book cabinets the other day but had my bed full, couldn't take them then. Went back today to get them. Haven't supplied the new truck with all my tiedowns and all that BS yet. Needed a length of rooe to tie cabinets down. Had the perfect thing. My dogs 20' lesh with a loop handle and a key lanyard to attact to the collar. Perfect for tying down. Went and bought a 30ft least to keep around too just now.
I drilled three 1-1/2" holes through two layers of 1/8" aluminum in the floor of a food truck. Decided I needed to do things differently and needed 2" holes. I thought about air sawing them bigger. But it seemed like it would be slow and noisy. So I welded the the 1-1/2" hole saw into the 2" hole saw to center the 2" saw. Worked great. 20 seconds on each hole and I was done.
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Awhile back I wanted to make a cart/trailer for around the yard use to tow with my garden tractor,but I lacked any steel round stock in 5/8 or 3/4" size to fit the wheels I had.
I had a cut up pipe railing that had one "T" shaped welded section that was made of 1-1/4" galvanized pipe,perfect width and length for the axle and tongue,to hinge the bed onto (an old whellborrow tub!)..
I thought about buying round stock,but I'd still need to somehow reduce the I.D. of the pipe somehow to use it--like weld big washers to the pipe,or buy 3/4" shaft collars and weld them to the pipe.
I hate buying stuff like that--its not cheap,nor is it always easy to find "in stock"..
I dug out some 3/4" nuts I had and found they fit perfectly inside the 1-1/4" pipe ,so I tapped them in almost flush with a hammer,and welded all the way around them to the pipe..
I had some 3/4" bolts long enough to fit thru the rims I wanted to use with enough threads to fully engage the nut,but not tighten up too much before bottoming out to prevent the rim from being able to spin freely on the shank of the bolt..Ta-Da,it was done!..
I'll spend hours trying to use something I have already ,to avoid a trip to Lowe's or other stores--especially now with covid everywhere..
Another thing I re-used--the plastic carry handle on my old battery charger broke off,so I looked around the garage for something of suitable size to replace it with..
I found an old serpentine belt ,that was the perfect size,same as the old plastic handle was,I just had to trim each end to let it slip into the slots in the case of the charger..
I didn't like the way they designed it,the plastic strap could come out pretty easy and let the charger fall,so I drilled a hole in the case and the belt,and used a pop rivet and a washer to secure it permanently..
These belts work well for grab handles or drawer pulls too..
I have used old serpentine belts for lots of other uses too--like using a long one for carrying logs into the house,you place the logs on top of the belt and loop it back thru itself to make a choker hold..long V-belts work for this well also..
You can also use them in this manner to store things like extension cords and other stuff,just loop the belt around them in choker fashion and hang it on a nail or pegboard hook..
They are very strong too--I have used one to pull things behind my tractor and was surprised it held up--we even lifted engines out of cars with them at the junkyard before!..
I'm wearing one as a belt to hold my pants up too,I've had it about 10 years--I just transferred the buckle off the old leather belt that finally broke to the belt and used stainless 1/8" screws,nuts & washers to attach the buckle..friends laugh at it--but I could use it as a weapon in a pinch,and many other uses..
I had a cut up pipe railing that had one "T" shaped welded section that was made of 1-1/4" galvanized pipe,perfect width and length for the axle and tongue,to hinge the bed onto (an old whellborrow tub!)..
I thought about buying round stock,but I'd still need to somehow reduce the I.D. of the pipe somehow to use it--like weld big washers to the pipe,or buy 3/4" shaft collars and weld them to the pipe.
I hate buying stuff like that--its not cheap,nor is it always easy to find "in stock"..
I dug out some 3/4" nuts I had and found they fit perfectly inside the 1-1/4" pipe ,so I tapped them in almost flush with a hammer,and welded all the way around them to the pipe..
I had some 3/4" bolts long enough to fit thru the rims I wanted to use with enough threads to fully engage the nut,but not tighten up too much before bottoming out to prevent the rim from being able to spin freely on the shank of the bolt..Ta-Da,it was done!..
I'll spend hours trying to use something I have already ,to avoid a trip to Lowe's or other stores--especially now with covid everywhere..
Another thing I re-used--the plastic carry handle on my old battery charger broke off,so I looked around the garage for something of suitable size to replace it with..
I found an old serpentine belt ,that was the perfect size,same as the old plastic handle was,I just had to trim each end to let it slip into the slots in the case of the charger..
I didn't like the way they designed it,the plastic strap could come out pretty easy and let the charger fall,so I drilled a hole in the case and the belt,and used a pop rivet and a washer to secure it permanently..
These belts work well for grab handles or drawer pulls too..
I have used old serpentine belts for lots of other uses too--like using a long one for carrying logs into the house,you place the logs on top of the belt and loop it back thru itself to make a choker hold..long V-belts work for this well also..
You can also use them in this manner to store things like extension cords and other stuff,just loop the belt around them in choker fashion and hang it on a nail or pegboard hook..
They are very strong too--I have used one to pull things behind my tractor and was surprised it held up--we even lifted engines out of cars with them at the junkyard before!..
I'm wearing one as a belt to hold my pants up too,I've had it about 10 years--I just transferred the buckle off the old leather belt that finally broke to the belt and used stainless 1/8" screws,nuts & washers to attach the buckle..friends laugh at it--but I could use it as a weapon in a pinch,and many other uses..
Cool old thread!
Rob sure always was thinking... miss that guy!
Rob sure always was thinking... miss that guy!
runamok151
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I'm very disappointed in all of you. No one has mentioned the most important repurposed item. The old coffee can turned-odd-screw-and-bolt container.
Meh..cans rust,and the plastic lids get brittle and break..and you have to open each one or label them to see whats inside..
I used to use glass jars by screwing the lid to the underside of a shelf--but glass breaks and more than one jar got smashed..plastic jars like mayonaise comes in are better..
I have saved the plastic tubs that sandwich meat comes in to store nuts,bolts,screws,solderless connectors,etc in,they are transparent and stack nicely...only trouble is I now have well over 100 of them and nothing more to store in them!.
..hate throwing them out or burning them,when they are useful still..
I used to use glass jars by screwing the lid to the underside of a shelf--but glass breaks and more than one jar got smashed..plastic jars like mayonaise comes in are better..
I have saved the plastic tubs that sandwich meat comes in to store nuts,bolts,screws,solderless connectors,etc in,they are transparent and stack nicely...only trouble is I now have well over 100 of them and nothing more to store in them!.
..hate throwing them out or burning them,when they are useful still..
