Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Crib Pot Rack

The ends of an old crib make for a great Pot Rack

Place hooks at ends.


Find ceiling joists, without a stud finder you may make a few extra holes. Attach rack with chains.

Level with eye hook tensioners.

Attach other ends and level.

Attach other crib ends to bottom of first end for a split level look.

Hooks evenly spaced.

Plenty of room for extras, maybe a hanging plant...

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Table to Wine Rack

I had one leaf of a hard wood table left over after I moved all the legs onto the other leaf making a half circle foyer table.


We had wine bottles with deteriorating corks sitting around, so here goes a wine rack.



Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Solar Evaporative Cooler

It's getting hot again, time for some recycled tinkering.
1. Source an old ice chest
2. Cut holes for some DC fans
3. Wire up the fans to a solar panel.
4. Optionally install a switch for control.
5. Use a glue gun around the holes of the wires.
6. Now simply drop ice into the cooler, or reuse containers with frozen water.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Recycled Bench becomes Gate

For this project I started with a used bench that was falling apart. I thought it could still be useful, and I needed a gate. The gate features tall chest high angled handles made from the tall ends from the bench, tapered at the bottom to match the bottom gate rail.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Solar Powered Pond Waterfall

Start with a nice sized pond and add:

- One DC pump (750 gph)
- One 28 amp 24 volt charge controller
- One garden accessory 12 volt battery
- One 135 watt Kyocera 24 volt solar panel (greater than 40 watt substitute)
- A pinch of blood
- Lots of sweat

Bake at 90° for three hours.

Enjoy