Christmas Gift from Scrap - Page 2

Very nice Patriot!

A few recent creations. The boot scrapper in the upper right hand corner was for a client. The salt/pepper and napkin holder was a birthday gift for my sister, the gun rack in the lower left a birthday gift for my brother, and in the bottom right is a necklace holder and belt rack made for Valentines Day for my wife.



The boot scraper was made from 1 in. angle iron, two horse shoes, 3/4 rod, and scrub brushes. The salt and pepper/napkin holder was made from a farriers rasp, four horse shoes and purchased salt and pepper shaker. The belt holder is a rake and horse shoe with a buckle from a Hames rig to attach it together. The gun racks are horse shoes, spurs, and a deer hide from the 1960"s.

My brother actually got three sets of gun racks. This is the finished product for my dad. It is a crossbow/gun rack. Unable to shoot my re curve, long bow, or compound at this point in life, the cross bow is my favorite. It is an antique Barrnet Wildcat made of solid oak. Sorry it is not a good picture but the best this blind photographer can do.

This is not a Christmas gift, but instead a birthday gift. In the tumbleweed thread I talked about salvaging barn wood. This is a frame that I built from some of the barn wood.

It is for my brother in law, a pilot and a WW II buff. My son is an artist so he was recruited to provide the picture. This is the first time money has been invested in this type of gift. It cost $ 8 for the glass (something I cannot do) and mating (something I did not want to do.) It was a gift for his 60th birthday from his mom and two sisters.

Given the tight metal market, many gits this Christmas are made from scrap. Some are repeats of previous gifts, but a few new ones will be posted. For my mom and mother in law squirrel feeders were created. They like watching animals from the comfort of their homes. Notice the bale hook is home made and it is guessed made in the 1940's. Financially worth more than scrap metal, but emotionally it is where it belongs. Newattitude and Matador, this is what I use bale hooks for.

In honor of the crappy scrap prices this year, the wife received a toilet paper holder. A plow horse shoe, curb bit, dowel, and lynch pins were used. It is heavy enough to mount on the wall or lay on the counter.

I had forgotten about this thread. Thanks for bringing it back.

I know you could make some money selling this stuff. Perhaps make some of them and hoard them in the out building.

When you finally get to the retirement time of your life you could sell on ebay and travel around to interior decorating firms in the big cities. Mike

Hopefully everyone here had a great Christmas and looking forward to a positive New Year. Mine was great spending time with the family, great food, snow and the rare full moon at Christmas. The last time this happened was in 1977 and the next one is not expected until 2034. Some of us will not be able to enjoy the next one so this lousy picture is to remind me of this great experience.



Sometimes I create things for a special purpose. Many times the wife has a different idea in mind. This was created to be a belt rack for all of her western belts. For those whose wife has to many shoes, imagine a different belt for every pair of shoes. This is the result of a belt rack.



We started two new traditions this year. The first was the Christmas Jars mentioned in another thread. The second one was the brain child of my wife. We use to string popcorn and cran berries to put on the tree on Christmas Eve. This year we made lights out of shot gun shells. This was not our idea but something we saw in catalogs. With the number of shot gun shells laying around and the cost of commercial strings, this was a no brainer. Sorry, no pictures, just an idea for others out there.

Happy New Year.

Forgot about this thread until I found pictures of Christmas gifts last year. The woodwork here is cedar taken from the old watertank project.

https://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scra...ht=water+tanks

Many on the forum talk about better than scrap value. I am to impatient to sell on line, but I do sell or give to friends and neighbors. Better than scrap value for me is repurposing items, as seen in the previous posts. The cedar was taken from the pump house of the water district before I tore it down and is still being used in different projects. I hope to encourage others to look at scrap from another perspective.

This is a cedar shower that has been redone several times because of water leaks in the old ranch house.




An old door latch was used to cover a mistake in cutting the shower head.

This is the wall next to the shower.



The towel rack is made of horseshoes and rebar.

The sink area is redone with cedar, the racks on the walls are old coke crates, and sliding shelves were built with cedar and wheels found on various jobs. My kids give me crap when I reuse nails.

I also use barn wood for remodeling the house. I tear down old sheds and barns and instead of selling it, use it for my own projects. This barn door was built using the hangers from an old grain bin, barn wood that is plained to retain a rustic look without the bugs and dirt, and a mirror I found on one of my escapades. It is the door to the laundry room.



Inside the laundry room, recycled barn hangers were used to create these cut off barn doors that cover the laundry room shelves. The entire laundry room is remodeled in Cedar.

The center part of this picture is a heating vent that stuck out into a hallway. The linen closets are made from cedar and the mirror was a scrapping find. the bottom of the right cabinet is not complete because a heater vent is under it and I need to build a metal duct and trim it out. The hinges are antique and recycled and the railroad ties are great for hanging wet clothes. At the top are hay hooks welded to horseshoes that usually hold cowboy hats.



On the main floor that same heater duct stuck out in the kitchen and a pantry was built out of old barn wood, recycled hinges, and railroad spikes. At the top of the picture is a turkey feather keychain that my wife made from a turkey she shot. To the right of the picture is an oak file cabinet that was rebuilt and refinished from several compliments of a local school district.



It is never to late to start thinking about Christmas and this is evidence I have to much time on my hands during the blizzards we have.

All you need is more snow, eh? Love the sliding doors. Thanks for sharing, 73, Mike