arty farty ideas anyone?

[mr migwire]

so what can I do with a pile of old spanners, ive got a few ideas but wondered what you guys think.

 

[Kent]

firstly if they are not damaged, consider if they are hard to find sizes as they might just be worth keeping hold of

 

[mr migwire]

the flogging spanners are a bit wide at the jaw kent and the rest were rejects from the railway restoration group,

 

[Kayos]

Cut the handles at an angle and mount them on a board to hang other spanners from?

 

[Parm]

I've seen them made in to fish, or if you've got a basic forge and anvil you could try making a knife. Mounted on a nice board they make great coat hooks once bent up

 

[oddbob]

If you want to make something sculptural rather than useful, just to stick on a shelf and admire. I'd go down he traditional 'found object' route and subvert them somehow ...taking macho spanners and tools and the like and turning them into something soft, fluffy and girly always makes me smile (and is very deep and meaningful ). Not a suggestion really (wouldn't dream of that), but something like a stiletto shoe would work well ...girly but also quite aggressive.

 

[optima21]

wind chimes

 

[chunkolini]

I have seen some amazing spanner sculptures on the internet.

More information here.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

The start of the ribcage for your very own Terminator?

 

[clueless77]

But with spanners, Have it in your garage and rule the world. Mmmwahahaha

 

[skotl]

I have seen some amazing spanner sculptures on the internet.

More information here.

Hah! Figured it out - he's shearing a sheep

 

[SmartWerks]

wind chimes

Them things get right on my t1ts, me mother had them when I was a kid and they drove me potty

 

[mr migwire]

Them things get right on my t1ts, me mother had them when I was a kid and they drove me potty

wifey has them in the back garden I made a bracket for them and fixed it in the most sheltered bit I could find...

 

[eSCHEn]

Them things get right on my t1ts, me mother had them when I was a kid and they drove me potty

Second most hated thing , just after air fresheners. Horrid inventions the both of them. Same reason - mother had (and still does have) one in every room of the house.

 

[Gareth J]

Not really arty, but I quite like using them as handles for things. Welded to a nut as a quick release thing.

Edit: google John Picolli....may need a few more spanners though!

 

[brightspark]

Second most hated thing , just after air fresheners. Horrid inventions the both of them. Same reason - mother had (and still does have) one in every room of the house.

i chucked our air freshener in the bin every time i bent down to fasten me bootlaces in utility room it squirted me in the face i smelt like a poofters handbag

 

[mr migwire]

i chucked our air freshener in the bin every time i bent down to fasten me bootlaces in utility room it squirted me in the face i smelt like a poofters handbag

oooohhhh is that what we call the angry cat air fresheners? sounds like a cat hissing when they go off...

 

[Wendelspanswick]

i chucked our air freshener in the bin every time i bent down to fasten me bootlaces in utility room it squirted me in the face i smelt like a poofters handbag

I was working in the lobby of a posh office building, stood on a pair of steps up at ceiling height feeding a cable through a wall. I heard a beep behind me, turned to see what it was and got an eyeful of air freshener from one of those timed and automated air fresheners. Bloomin thing blinded me for about ten minutes, but I did smell nice!

 

[eSCHEn]

She has every sort, it's like the fecking R&D department for glade at her place. Gives me an instant headache when I walk in.

 

[roofman]

i chucked our air freshener in the bin every time i bent down to fasten me bootlaces in utility room it squirted me in the face i smelt like a poofters handbag

HaHa..the missus has them things all over the house,i hate them for the very same reason and its got to the stage i think they wait for me now for a revenge squirt..like having something alive on the window sills