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Finished another scrap material project: Rod Rack
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<blockquote data-quote="JMichael" data-source="post: 385601" data-attributes="member: 7544"><p>I never really thought about it, but I guess I'm the same way. I hate to throw things away that I figure I could re-purpose some day. Here's one I built a few years ago. Care to guess what it was before? :lol: If you want to guess, scroll down slowly but don't go past the bottom of the picture until you want to see the answer. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74985[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It was a stainless steel floor lamp. I removed the top section of the post (there were 3) along with all the wire and other stuff that made it a lamp. I figured the weighted base would be useful for this application. Then I made the upper and lower wood pieces and attached them to the lamp base. The latches at the top of each slot pivot on the screw that attaches them to the top section. The latches are supposed to look like fish hooks. :mrgreen: 2 of the latches have broken over the last few years and I've been meaning to replace them but just never got it done. But now that you've got me thinking about it, I think I'm just going to make all new latches out of 1/8" aluminum and I won't have to worry about them breaking again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMichael, post: 385601, member: 7544"] I never really thought about it, but I guess I'm the same way. I hate to throw things away that I figure I could re-purpose some day. Here's one I built a few years ago. Care to guess what it was before? :lol: If you want to guess, scroll down slowly but don't go past the bottom of the picture until you want to see the answer. [ATTACH type="full" alt="RodRack.JPG"]74985._xfImport[/ATTACH] It was a stainless steel floor lamp. I removed the top section of the post (there were 3) along with all the wire and other stuff that made it a lamp. I figured the weighted base would be useful for this application. Then I made the upper and lower wood pieces and attached them to the lamp base. The latches at the top of each slot pivot on the screw that attaches them to the top section. The latches are supposed to look like fish hooks. :mrgreen: 2 of the latches have broken over the last few years and I've been meaning to replace them but just never got it done. But now that you've got me thinking about it, I think I'm just going to make all new latches out of 1/8" aluminum and I won't have to worry about them breaking again. [/QUOTE]
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