seldom (dick renker) Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 i used to have my tongs hanging on a cut down 55 gallon drum. I got tired of reaching and bending so tried this. This is a steel wheel off an old wheelbarrow. I mounted it on a 1/2 inch rod and inserted it in a pipe and then welded both to a 1/4 inch plate. So far seems to work ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockmaker Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Very Nice. Now I have something else to look for... an old steel wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Nifty idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Oh MY can a guy overload that puppy and not take up a bunch of floor space! I LOVE it another reason to browse yard, garage, etc. sales! If that's not a win win I don't know what is. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beammeupscotty Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Excellent repurposing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Greetings Seldom, I have been using the old wheel style hanger for years. I decided to convert it to a hammer rack and come up with a rack for my most used tongs. I found a large diameter steel tube , welded a few 1/2 in round bars across the center . Both work very well. I have another rack behind those two for less used tongs and hammers. Ahh the good old wheel has many possibilities.. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 ThomasPowers recommended this to me a while back, and it does work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 thanks folks. the wheel cost 20 bucks and the rest i had laying around the shop. and i dont think you can overload it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 That's a great rack idea Dick. I will be making one as soon as I get my hands on a wheel. I know just the place to get some wheels too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Herr Daswulf, Where do you get your wheels? I am, now, in the market for a set myself. Thank you, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I found mine by the side of the road; someone was ditching an old wheel cultivator. Add a section of pipe (from the support for an old bird feeder) and the base from an artificial Christmas tree, and voila! (Although I will admit that a wheelbarrow wheel would probably be rather more robust, but those are seldom available.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I don't see wheels like that around here very often if at all but I don't see anything about them to make them hard to make. Double up some of the spokes for hammers. Oh GREAT something else for the to do list! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 3 hours ago, SLAG said: Herr Daswulf, Where do you get your wheels? I am, now, in the market for a set myself. Thank you, SLAG. Last time I got coal, I was talking with the owner and he mentioned having a lot of old metal wheels he was willing to sell. He said he didn't have a use for them but he hated to just scrap them. I'll have to give him a call and see what all he has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Very nice idea. I assume it spins on the shaft to bring the desired tool within easy reach without having to do all that laborious walking around. Another project to add to the list! I'm having fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Das, Thank you very much you are a capital fellow. Regards, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seldom (dick renker) Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 yes it turns nicely. takes about 2 fingers even with all thats on it. be careful on the wheel that you use. some of them are pretty light weight and im not sure how they would hold up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaDooks Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 have a couple of old hoops from barrels behind the shed. might have to weld some bar across em and chuck in a hub n make one of these puppies. I guess you could also make your own from some flat bar if only you have some kind of heat source and some kind of rounded metal item to shape it over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 One of the items I pick up whenever I find them cheap at the fleamarket or scrap yard; I've gone as high as US$5 at the fleamarket but ran across 4 of them at the scrapyard for 20 cents a pound a couple of years ago---I have 4 with me right now; 3 on stands and 1 hanging on the wall in the tool shed. They don't need to be very heavy for tongs; but barrel hoops like we have here in the USA are probably too thin. One of my stands is a trident base that gets stamped into the ground for a traveling set up, the others were sourced at the scrapyard---I'm lazy and lacking couth and quite willing to let other people do the work on such things so I can spend my time forging or visiting scrapyards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gote Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 16 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: ---I'm lazy and lacking couth and quite willing to let other people do the work on such things so I can spend my time forging or visiting scrapyards! The word is EFFICIENT Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I like to minimize my daily therbligs so I have more time to spend on my projects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeltree Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Put this one together this week, wheels were a couple bucks at auction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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