Old car parts. Throw them or keep them

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

My son changed the complance bushes & carriers on his Golf GTI a few weeks ago. He came round to use the press. 2 Alloy housings were left for scrap. I kept them with the idea of maybe making something out of them. Cast alloy & quite heavy. 1 st idea was a Cutting oil pot, as i am always knocking mine over .

So this is how far i got. It now looks way too nice to make a pot out of.

So far all i can think of is a Formula 1 racing car wheel, making a centre for it.

Cutting cups all the way around it & making a miniature water wheel for my pond. Attaching a generator to power my garage with… No just kidding, but maybe a man on a bike waving. Got lots of stainless tig wire for that.

Slicing it into 3 or 4 pieces & making some decorative bangles for the grand kids.

Any idea's of some things it would make.

Steve.

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

Inset a sheet base, manipulate the lug into a handle and you have a new tea mug..

pgk

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

All sorts of things, if you melt it and cast it in a suitable section.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

So what you have is thick walled alloy tube. Loads of times you need some of that. Will it work as a smokebox for some gauge of loco? Sliced to make larger cross slide dial. Slice to make small traction engine wheels.

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

More likely forgings or extrusions. Still you now have some swarf to throw out.

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by old mart on 25/04/2020 21:26:44:

More likely forgings or extrusions. Still you now have some swarf to throw out.

Not much swarf really, the centre had a metalistic bush in it. Which after pressing out left the centre that size. At least I got a bit of experience milling on the rotary table etc.

Steve.

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

I found that a steering rod tie rod end works nicely if one is building an HH basic grinding rest. The one in question came from a friend whose teenage son managed to crash his car. It was easier to find than a plastic ball, much more robust and had a spigot which really came in handy to mount the thing.

* Danny M *

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Simple but ingenious. Don't get me going, I have a spare rover v8 engine somewhere.

Steve.

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