When I brought home at least 50 pounds
worth of scrap metal, junk, and hardware "stuff" from
an auction recently, there were oodles
of nuts, bolts and screws.
Now, I love rusty old metal,
but I was seriously drawing a blank of what I
could do with all that hardware, so
I put them all in tin cans in my workshop,
and figured they'd sit there forever.
Little did I know that a project would
quickly get created with some of them,
because of another item brought home
from the same auction.
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I also bought an assortment of old,
galvanized items, which included 4 buckets
and an old oil pan. The oil pan was filled
with tools, so it wasn't until I dumped everything
out that I realized the inside of the oil pan
had paint marks on it. I was a little bummed,
because the pan was in great shape,
and had some nice patina on it.
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That's when a light bulb when on.
I remembered I had some advertisements from a
1920's magazine and decided to use
one to cover up the paint marks.
I picked out some nuts, bolts and screws
and added some really strong magnets to them.
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I also have several old oil cans,
so I picked one to add to this project.
I love the dings, dents and authentic wear these have.
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In a very short time, I had
a very industrial-looking little magnet board.
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Although this definitely isn't for everyone,
I can see this in an office or workshop and it
was nice to be able to find a use
for some of that hardware.
Now to find a way to use
the other 49-1/2 pounds of hardware!
Blessings,
Saturday
worth of scrap metal, junk, and hardware "stuff" from
an auction recently, there were oodles
of nuts, bolts and screws.
Now, I love rusty old metal,
but I was seriously drawing a blank of what I
could do with all that hardware, so
I put them all in tin cans in my workshop,
and figured they'd sit there forever.
Little did I know that a project would
quickly get created with some of them,
because of another item brought home
from the same auction.
.jpg)
galvanized items, which included 4 buckets
and an old oil pan. The oil pan was filled
with tools, so it wasn't until I dumped everything
out that I realized the inside of the oil pan
had paint marks on it. I was a little bummed,
because the pan was in great shape,
and had some nice patina on it.
.jpg)
I remembered I had some advertisements from a
1920's magazine and decided to use
one to cover up the paint marks.
I picked out some nuts, bolts and screws
and added some really strong magnets to them.
.jpg)
so I picked one to add to this project.
I love the dings, dents and authentic wear these have.
.jpg)
a very industrial-looking little magnet board.
.jpg)
Although this definitely isn't for everyone,
I can see this in an office or workshop and it
was nice to be able to find a use
for some of that hardware.
Now to find a way to use
the other 49-1/2 pounds of hardware!
Blessings,
Angie
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Love it Angie! Great and original idea! x Julie
ReplyDeleteC u t e as!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea, and a great use of your finds. Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea! I Love it! Where did you find the strong magnets? I'm always looking and can never find any. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend!!
ReplyDeleteAngie, you rock at Heavy Metal! Love this!Yes...where do you find the good magnets...and what glue did you use????
ReplyDeleteAngie,
ReplyDeleteLove how this turned out.I also love looking through piles of tools and stuff.
Anne
Angie, Love this original idea. Would love for you to share on Simple & Sweet Fridays. It's a great design. Have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteJody
Hi Angie,
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever! I love this idea, and the oil cans are just genius.
It looks amazing! Thanks so much for linking.
Hugs,
Patti