Goat Roaster:
A friend called on Monday and said he needed help for a goat roast on Friday. Luckily I had a BBQ grill rotisserie that I was able to modify. :)
Goat Roaster:
A friend called on Monday and said he needed help for a goat roast on Friday. Luckily I had a BBQ grill rotisserie that I was able to modify. :)
We recently started renovating this apartment, and somehow the beams and brackets throughout had never been painted or stained. It was a huge pain, but I think it was worth the 15+ hours of overhead ladder work. :(
Tip: A corner rounding end mill also works great in a lathe.
When throwing away electronics I try to be responsible and recycle or upcycle the useful components. I recently bought a bike that came with a nice rechargeable flashing light, but the battery did not charge. After digging around in my pile of goodies I found a similar battery of a smaller capacity that I soldered in to fix the issue. Now I only have to recycle the bad battery and won’t have to pitch the whole thing!
I recently cobbled together a flat bar road bike that I leave at work for tooling around downtown Springfield MO. Yesterday I realized that I did not have a way to air up the tires at work. After sifting through the parts bin, I found that a 3/8″ brass compression insert (for plastic tubing) fit nicely over my air gun and sealed well enough to air up the tires. Cost 0$
Water Bottle Cage Lock Holster:
I had originally fabricated a simple lock holder for my work bike from aluminum sheet, I didn’t like how it looked. So I decided to bend and strip the paint from a water bottle cage, making it into a very serviceable lock holster.
Paint Remover You Already Have:
Need to get the paint off of a small part? Put it in a bag with some PVC pipe cleaner. Outside of a bag, the smell is terrible and it evaporates too quickly. After sitting for a bit, you can rub the paint off through the bag and pull out a nice clean part. This is a bicycle water bottle cage that used to be red.
I recently cobbled together this flat bar road bike together from two bikes and some internet parts. I decided to keep it at work so that I could use it to run up to our Airbnb or grab a quick sandwich.
After having it there for one day I realized that a non-obtrusive bike rack was a must. After staring at the scrap metal pile for a few minutes, I decided that a piece of steel flat bar and a piece of uni-strut could be cut and welded into a serviceable rack that could be hooked on the outside of my cube.
A couple of pieces of split plastic tubing fit nicely over the rounded uni-strut and serve as a buffer to protect the bike from repeated rackings.
Sometimes it’s more efficient to buy more than you need. Take for instance this hitch mount bike carrier. I bought this 5 bike carrier for a little more than the equivalent 3 bike carrier. Two cuts and two drill holes later, it’s now a 3 bike carrier with spare parts.
