Upcycled/repurposed projects (MANY)

[Joel_BC]

It might be just me but I gave up on that first post. Read 3 lines and click on <read more> gets old in a hurry for me. Just one opinion.

I almost always make a practice of scrolling down a page. There's nothing interesting to me in the first few sentences on that page... but those sentences are not why I posted the link for the site.

Not sure what your perimeter of interests encompasses, ~gd, but I do feel there is interesting and useful stuff on the site.

Did you check out the second link I gave?

 

[Joel_BC]

This is a water containment cabinet I built for my wife. She's a sculptor who works in glass and bronze. And since these can generate a lot of unhealthy dust, she works with water-cooled tools that dampen the dust, making a slurry and keeping the dust out of the air. Some of the processes utilize smallish power tools, and this containment contraption - fundamental to which is a sort of basin - acts as a sink for the slurry and then routes the liquid into a drain system we built in her studio.

I built the basin and back-splash by cutting down a prefabbed fiberglass shower surround. Got it for half price from a plumbing-supply dealer. It had been damaged during shipping, though the damage was superficial and wasn't going to be a problem for our purpose. I cut it down by a bit more than one third it's original height.

This is a closer view of the portion of the shower surround that I retained as a sink/backsplash...

I put the portion of the shower surround that normally gets sealed down to a bathroom floor up onto a five-legged wooden framework made of 2x4's and 2x6's, using lag screws as fasteners. I determined the height of the framework when we decided what height the basin should be. That height has to allow for sitting and working, comfortably, for hours at a time. We used an old shower curtain to enable enclosure, if desired, while working at the cabinet.

 

[Jeremy_31]

Joel_BC - That's really considerate of you to build that for your wife. It's really quite clever!

 

[Joel_BC]

Joel_BC - That's really considerate of you to build that for your wife. It's really quite clever!

Thanks. Well, I'm a guy who is inclined toward cooperation. And if a guy can't do things for his wife, what sort of husband is he?

 

[SSDreamin]

Great idea for the wet cabinet, Joel!

I want one of those Bonsai trees! Those are awesome!

 

[Jeremy_31]

Joel_BC - That's really considerate of you to build that for your wife. It's really quite clever!

Thanks. Well, I'm a guy who is inclined toward cooperation. And if a guy can't do things for his wife, what sort of husband is he?

Divorced?

 

[Joel_BC]

This site has good text and pics of the construction of a rocket mass heater from a repurposed water-heater tank:

http://streetjesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/rocket-mass-heater-project.html

 

[Denim Deb]

Joel_BC - That's really considerate of you to build that for your wife. It's really quite clever!

Thanks. Well, I'm a guy who is inclined toward cooperation. And if a guy can't do things for his wife, what sort of husband is he?

Divorced?

 

[Joel_BC]

This guy built a couple of quiet compressor units using old refrigeration compressors and a pressure tank and a few other parts. Says he spent only 65-70 Euros on it (that's $94 U.S., tops)! Pretty cool.

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php...le=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=128644&page=1

I found the site by searching for pages about re-using old fridge compressors. I don't yet know much about the site it's on... possibly has other projects on repurposing, possibly not.

My own compressor, while extremely useful, is anything but quiet when running. (Ear protectors, bigtime.)

 

[Jeremy_31]

The engineer did a really good job. If I didn't know that it was two different compressors combined into one then I never would have guessed! That's pretty awesome! Thanks for sharing it Joel!