What do you need to stay warm and cook without gas or electricity? That's right - make a fire. This is what our ancestors did, and for modern man safety and convenience come first. To “secure” open fires, stoves, barbecues, and potbelly stoves are used.
Why car wheels?
Craftsmen always find non-standard solutions their tasks. Why invent something when you can buy something ready-made? Stationary ovens and barbecues will not be cheap, and the thickness of the metal is collapsible structures does not promise long service life. An alternative is homemade products from rims. Their advantages are cheap and fast production, availability of materials, practicality and original design.
The disks themselves have required thickness and fire resistance. The shape and size are convenient for further use of the product. Round form ideal for installing a cauldron.
From disks you can make not only a cooking device, but also a heating source for a garage or workshop.
General points and what will be needed?
Despite the ease of manufacture, to implement the idea you will need skills in working with a drill, grinder and welding machine.
The materials you will need are 1-5 discs, asbestos thread for insulation, metal scraps, a metal pipe for the chimney, metal corners or leg plates. Fasteners and hinges.
The diameter of the discs can be any. Only if you make a stove for a cauldron, you need to adjust it in such a way that the cauldron with a round bottom is lowered halfway into the fire.
Let's look at several options from the most basic to more complex designs.
Stove for a cauldron: simple and quick for temporary use. Manufacturing will take several hours. We take 2 disks, cut out the core from the top one. Next, we weld the two parts, mark the contours of the future door and cut out a “window”. We hang the cut-out metal door on hinges.
This option does not have a chimney and a tray for collecting ash. But if the fireplace is needed for a short period or season, then it may not be worth complicating it.
For convenience, the structure can be raised on high legs made of small-diameter metal pipes. The absence of an ash tray makes it necessary to arrange a fireproof place. It is enough to remove the turf and cover it with bricks.
If you weld comfortable handles and paint the finished product with heat-resistant paint, you will get a noble stove for frying meat. A cross made of metal rods is welded onto the hole in the bottom to prevent unburnt coals from spilling out.
You can even weld the bottom with a thick sheet of iron and close all the cracks. In this case, all the heat will remain in the firebox. In this example, the method of manufacture is interesting homemade loop. The door itself is made separately and then welded - this way there are no gaps for smoke to escape.
Such work will take more time and require the skill of a welder, but the finished stove will look presentable and the cooking process will be more comfortable.
Brazier and grill from one car wheel
One old disk can be used to create a stylish hearth with a removable grill grate. It is enough to weld the legs, paint and make a metal grille of the same diameter.The small diameter disc on three high legs is convenient to carry in Right place and put away for storage. Making a grille with handles will take the most time, although it is quite possible to choose a suitable purchased option and adapt it.
Before painting, you need to thoroughly clean the surface, and afterward, do not forget about calcination. Following the application technique will prevent the paint from peeling off during further use.
For more comfort instead of legs old disk fixed on a stand, which is screwed to wooden base on wheels. In this case, the wood is treated with Danish oil, which can be purchased at a specialized knife-making store.
An interesting, but more labor-intensive option made from a large-diameter disk welded to a stand with a hanging grate on chains, which, if necessary, can be replaced with a cauldron.
A fireplace for a cauldron according to all the rules: step-by-step production The manufacturing process includes the following main stages:
in the upper disk we cut a hole for the cauldron (it is better to try it on so as not to make a mistake with the diameter), removing the central part;
we connect two disks by welding;
We cut out a hole for the door with a grinder and weld the hinges (it’s more convenient to make them before the hole is completely cut);
We weld a latch to the door from a cut piece;
we clean and paint the finished device with heat-resistant spray paint in a can in two layers; We weld three pieces to the lower disk metal pipe as legs; We attach homemade handles.
You can also improve the hearth-stand for a cauldron by adding chimney and ash pit. This design can be placed anywhere.
Potbelly stove for a garage: a thorough approach In the example under consideration, the firebox consists of 3 old disks, plus one for the ash pan and another one for smoke removal, which increases heat transfer.
Stages of work:
We weld the disks together, having previously cut off the core in the first three, except for the top one;
We weld 4 legs from metal corners;
we cut a hole and make a door to size from pieces of metal;
to seal the firebox, we insert an asbestos thread along the contour;
cover the top of the 4th disk with metal;
add a 5th disk at the bottom and make a hole in it to collect ash and a blower, completely cover the bottom with a metal sheet;
make a hole on the side of the 4th disk and weld a pipe to remove smoke;
After polishing, it can be painted with heat-resistant paint.
In the example, the pipe has an angle of 90º, which, according to experts, will cause frequent clogging with soot. It is more practical to make an angle of 45 or 27º.
- Creating decorative items requires minimal effort, and the manufacturing process requires only scissors, fishing line, wire, cardboard sheets, glue and a drill. To decorate finished items, beads, colored and wrapping paper, foil, bright fabrics, beads, nail polish and glitter are useful.
- Crafts made from car wheels, while seemingly simple, require certain skills in working with tools and physical endurance. Considerable weight and large dimensions require a working area, and when creating interior and decorative items you may need electrical appliances, plywood sheets, glass, wires and light bulbs.
You should realistically assess your strengths and not try to immediately implement an intricate project. It is better to start from simple to complex, then the creative process will not become a test and will bring satisfaction from the result obtained.
Second life of a wheel rim
From the moment man invented the wheel, life changed forever. Car wheels are rarely considered as a material for decoration. After the end of their service life, they gather dust in garages, country houses, or are sent to the trash heap. A true home craftsman knows that there are no unnecessary things in the household, and old car wheels can come in handy.
Ideas for a summer residence
For many people, summer cottages serve as a place of relaxation and, in warm weather, become a center of attraction for friends and family members. You can decorate your area and create functional garden interior items using old wheels.
- Fire pit. Car wheels are made of durable metal that withstands temperature fluctuations well. Covering the old wheel natural stone or brick, you can create a fireplace for cooking kebabs, pilaf and your favorite homemade dishes over the fire. Facing material better strengthen mortar, then the fire pit will be durable and reliable. With welding skills, men can make an additional rain shelter and grill rack with hooks.
- Flowerbed. Flowering plants give joy and are beautiful in themselves, but you can do it for them original flower garden from an old car disk. Your imagination will help you decorate your flowerbed. Useful broken colored glass, pieces decorative stone, marble chips and similar materials that can be fixed assembly adhesive, and polish sharp corners grinder or sandpaper.
If you have a large number of disks, you can make an original fencing for the pond by strengthening the structure with cement and filling the gaps with decorative stone.
Home ideas
Coffee table from car disk will definitely become unique design solution. The durable metal base goes well with glass, stone, and solid wood countertops.
The material for making the table must be thoroughly cleaned and polished to a shine. Strengthen the tabletop with mounting glue. The table can be stationary or mobile if the legs are equipped with furniture wheels.
Garage ideas
Motorists spend a lot of free time in the garage, so it makes sense to spend some of it on landscaping the area. Car discs can be an excellent organizer for storing tools, and those who know a lot about electrics will love the idea of creating an original lamp.
For a chandelier lampshade, it is better to take alloy wheels to reduce the load on the ceiling and protect yourself from injury.
Recycling CDs
Computer or music discs become unusable over time and can no longer be used for their intended purpose. But you can use them to make a lot of interesting things for your home, decorate your dacha and create a festive mood with their help.
Home decor
Cute things in home interior They are pleasing to the eye and help create coziness, and their production requires very little time and skill.
- Picture frame. Albums with old photographs help to store memories, but the most bright photo I would like to give a worthy frame. By cutting out a frame from cardboard and decorating it with fragments of a CD, strengthening the pieces with glue, you can create a collage of photographs dear to your heart. If you repeat the pattern to decorate the mirror, the interior will take on a finished look. During the creation process, it is important to adhere to technique. All gaps between the fragments should be covered decorative plaster and coat the top with varnish.
- Original pot. Regular flowerpot or ceramic pot easy to turn into a bright interior detail. To do this, you can decorate it with pieces of the disk, laying out an arbitrary pattern, laying horizontal or straight lines, or completely covering the initial product with fragments.
Home craftsmen create curtains, chandeliers, original screens from discs and give old furniture a second life with the help of discs. The main thing is not to be afraid to show your imagination.
Garden decoration
The simplest option for using disks is garden plot is the creation of curtains. You can fasten round computer blanks with fishing line, and the location can be arbitrary. For garden gazebo you can make an original roof. First you need to select the base material - plywood or chipboard sheet will do. Using glue, the discs are attached to the base, creating a semblance of scales or shell.
New Year's ideas
A favorite family holiday is an excellent occasion for creativity. Carnival costumes and Christmas tree decorations, candlesticks, lamps – there are a lot of options for using CDs.
- Toys. Children will love the process of creating Christmas tree decorations that are bright and shiny. For decoration, plastic or glass balls are suitable, which need to be decorated with pieces of a cut disk. fasten small parts it is better to use glue, and if desired, the finished product can be coated with colorless varnish.
- Disco ball. A ball spinning under the ceiling, reflecting light on all its faces, is an undoubted attribute of festive fun. You can create a design from fragments of a computer or music disc, and when the lights are on, the room will be filled with glare and bright rays.
With the help of adults, children can make original candlesticks, decorate a carnival costume and make a bright lamp from disks.
This is just a small part of the ideas for creating crafts from disks. By showing your imagination and creatively approaching the decorating process, you can come up with a lot of original solutions and create unique things at minimal cost.
era computer disks comes to the end. People who use CDs as a storage medium are becoming increasingly rare.
Many people still have old discs at home, and only because it’s a shame to throw them away. But don’t rush, you can make a lot of interesting things out of them. On the Internet you can see a large number of photographs of handmade crafts from disks. This exciting activity will be enjoyed not only by adults, but also by children.
Making crafts from computer disks is relaxing nervous system, develops imagination and perseverance in children. There are plenty of examples where you can repurpose outdated CDs. These can be small crafts, decorative elements for the interior, and so on. You can consider the most interesting ideas, using old disks.
Roof of the building
For some reason, many people have simply a huge amount of CDs in their homes that are no longer used for one reason or another. From this amount, you can get an original roof for your house. It will sparkle and shimmer in different colors.
This exciting undertaking should begin by attaching disks to sheet plywood. Then the finished plywood can be attached directly to the rafters. The approximate calculation of computer disks per sheet of plywood of 1 square meter is around one hundred pieces.
You need to fasten disks to plywood like this: the initial row of disks should be fastened back to back, in the second and all subsequent rows, the disks should be fastened in order chessboard. To attach CDs to sheet plywood, you can use nails large sizes or self-tapping screws.
When creating a roof from old computer disks, you can get creative and lay out a drawing, which should be pre-thought out and calculated.
If you don’t have many CDs, but still want to stand out and decorate your home, you can use them to make an original porch roof.
Decorative elements for decorating a personal plot
Having a wild imagination, you can create a lot decorative elements for your garden. Like, for example, the British artist B. Monroe is extremely popular thanks to his amazing works. He made shiny lotuses out of computer disks in a pond on his property. For his masterpiece, he collected about 65 thousand discs.
When making crafts from old CDs for your garden, you can take an idea from the Internet and create, for example, a gorgeous peacock. CDs are attached to the tail frame using wire, with the shiny side facing up, and on sunny days, its tail will glow in a shimmer of bright colors.
While spending time with the kids, you can start making cute fish from disks. For this purpose you need to have several disks and cardboard different colors. If there is no cardboard, it can easily be replaced with multi-colored plastic.
Cardboard or plastic will serve as material for the fish's feathers, and the mouth is also made from these materials. After the individual parts of the fish are ready, you can assemble it using glue. The discs in this applique will serve as the body.
The second life of car rims
Sometimes car owners may have several old car rims in their garage that they can’t throw away, but can be used for direct purpose there is no longer a possibility.
Many motorists, having come across photos or videos on the Internet with ideas for DIY crafts from old car wheels, immediately get down to business. After all, from a seemingly unnecessary piece of iron, at first glance, you can create a miracle, an individual item that will have no analogues.
Any modern interior You can decorate it with a stylish coffee table made from an old car disc. To do this, you need to work hard and rub the disk until it shines, attach the glass surface to it and voila, the table is ready.
And there are quite a large number of such options for products made from car rims. They can even be used to make homemade lampshade for pendant lamp.
As a backlight ideal solution is a strip with LED flashlights that shimmer in different colors.
Using this iron, you can make stylish, even perhaps shocking, chairs for the bar counter. This piece of furniture will not leave anyone indifferent.
Photos of DIY CD crafts
The time of CDs has almost passed, many people still have a large number of them - music, films, cartoons, outdated computer programs- with images of characters from fairy tales and films, flowers, graphic pictures.
They sparkle and shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow on the one hand, and on the other they have beautiful designs. You don’t feel like throwing them away - and there’s no need to, you can use them to make a lot of original, beautiful and useful things for your home.
In addition, it is very simple to work with them - they already have the correct circle shape, which in some crafts will only need to be changed slightly to give it to a future product or decoration the right type. At the same time, they are easily cut with ordinary office scissors and glued to a surface made of almost any material.
It happens that some home interior items have lost their appearance, it is not possible to replace them with new ones, or it is simply a pity to throw away an old favorite thing that has served faithfully for many years. Discs will help give things a new life.
For example, you can decorate an old mirror with them, making them out of pieces different shapes and the size sparkling and iridescent in the rays sunlight from a window or in the light of an electric lamp in all the colors of the rainbow - an original frame.
You can make a beautiful frame for a photo, decorate the edges of the cabinet drawers with a mosaic of pieces of disks.
Frame for mirror or photo
You will need a lot of disks, scissors, paints, glue, thick cardboard, colorless transparent varnish.
First you need to cut out a frame from cardboard in the shape and size of a mirror or photo. Then cut the disks into pieces of different shapes - squares, irregular quadrangles, rhombuses, triangles.
Take glue and stick the figures onto the frame so that there is a distance of one or two millimeters between them. As a result, the frame will have a mosaic of iridescent geometric shapes.
When the glue has dried and the figures cut out from the disk have stuck well, use black ink or paint to carefully and carefully go over the joints of the figures. After this, the frame is coated with transparent varnish, allowed to dry and mounted on a wall with a mirror or photograph.
Mirror frames made from discs look mysterious and original.
If in an apartment interior doors with glass, the glass can also be laid out with a mosaic of discs. In this case, there is no need to paint the joints between the pieces, but simply cover everything with transparent varnish, then there will be a feeling of light and space.
Clock made from disks
An option is to purchase a clock mechanism with hands or remove it from an old clock, lay clocks of any configuration on the wall with disks, gluing them to the wall, and strengthen the clock mechanism in the middle.
Decorating walls with discs
On the wall in the room or in the kitchen from disks with beautiful pictures, selected by topic, can be posted interesting composition. Or you can use them to create your own painting.
To do this, you need to take the disks and paint their shiny side with black ink, when the ink is dry, mark the lines of the future image along it, and then go over them with something sharp - a thick needle, a special scraper or sharp knife with a thin blade and a sharp tip.
Iridescent lines on a black background will look very beautiful - you can draw anything you like: unusual birds, flowers, an abstract design. And hang the discs on the wall in any order.
Decorating the kitchen with discs
In the kitchen, discs can make an unusual “apron” in the work desk area. It will look extremely original, and the discs will not be inferior in performance properties tiles– they are also easy to clean from splashes of fat and juice from vegetables and fruits.
The principle of working with them is the same as with frames for mirrors and photographs - just stick them on the wall.
Whether for a room or a kitchen, you can make a mosaic panel from disks by gluing pieces the desired shape and colors onto cardboard, and then covering the composition with clear varnish.
Household items made from discs
The discs will make an excellent hot plate. IN in this case– the disk will play the role of a base; you need to put a nice cover made of fabric on it, and the stand is ready.
It will be original to update the tabletop with cut pieces of disks coffee table. To do this, cut them, fix them on the tabletop using a plasticizer in any order or by making a pattern out of the pieces, and then fill the tabletop thin layer clear varnish, making it even.
The coating will be durable. The tabletop will sparkle and shimmer beautifully.
You can make a holder for women's earrings from two disks and a thick tree branch.
The core of the stand is made from a smoothly processed branch, ground to the diameter of the hole in the center of the disks, one disk will be the base, the second shelf, make holes in it and insert the earrings into them.
How to decorate a suburban area with discs
There is room for creativity and imagination. For example, from old car tires and rims, you can make a flower bed by decorating the outer surface of the tires with a mosaic of shiny pieces.
Is it possible from rubber tire cut out a peacock, and make the tail from whole round disks - to do this, you need to glue them in pairs with their shiny sides facing out, and then make them into a large triangle-tail, gluing the glued blanks in pairs overlapping.
On country fence The discs can be used to create a huge iridescent caterpillar. You can color the discs ladybug– use red paint, black paint to make spots and draw a head, and place them on fruit bushes and trees.
New Year's decorations from disks
Due to the fact that the discs shimmer in the rays of light with all the colors of the rainbow, beautiful snowflakes will come out of them. New Year's holiday– they are easy to cut with scissors, you can cut out the most intricate patterns. You can hang snowflakes on the Christmas tree and on the walls.
You can cut the disks into small pieces, thickly cover an ordinary ball with them and hang it from the ceiling on a thread - it will rotate and sparkle, reflecting the lights of New Year's garlands.
The application can be very different. From disks you can make interior curtain in the likeness of bamboo - collect disks on long threads. They can make an ultra-modern necklace, a refrigerator magnet, a vase, a candlestick, a stand for ballpoint pens and pencils, a box, you can even decorate a summer bag with them.
Unneeded CDs are an excellent material for creativity, a way to spend leisure time - making certain things from them, and an opportunity to decorate a house or cottage in an original and unusual way without spending a lot of money.
Photos of ideas for fake CDs
Car rims not only hold the tires and provide movement for the car, but are also part of it. appearance Therefore, very high demands are placed on them. In case of the slightest deviation, the disks are replaced, because the cost of a new part cannot be compared with the costs you will go through to eliminate the consequences of an accident due to a defective disk. Next, we will tell you how you can give a second life to these car parts and what can be made from them.
Disc processing
There are discs various types, however the most popular are:
- stamped and forged steel;
- light alloy cast and forged;
- titanium cast and forged.
The first ones can be cut without any problems with an autogen or plasma cutter, welded with an inverter and cleaned sandblaster. The latter can be cut and cleaned by any means, but for welding you will have to use a semi-automatic machine with an argon cylinder. The third type of disc can be easily cleaned with a sandblasting machine, but cutting it with any tools is not easy due to the high strength of the metal. To weld, you need a special inverter that produces D.C. of sufficient size and cylinders with argon or helium.
A sandblasting gun with air compressor and sifted sand. You should not clean the metal surface with solvents, because they cannot even completely remove paint, leaving oil traces and, moreover, they will not cope with rust. Another advantage of the sandblasting machine is that after processing it, the surface of the disc becomes perfectly clean and does not require degreasing before painting. When working with sandblasting, be sure to wear protective equipment, including goggles and a respirator.
Any powerful inverter capable of working with 5 mm electrodes and delivering up to 200 amperes of operating current is suitable for welding steel disks. However, many use electrodes with a diameter of 2–3 mm and a much lower current, because the weld is not subject to maximum loads.
What can be done
Here short list what can be made from old rims:
- sink;
- bar stool;
- flowerpot;
- bake;
- barbecue grill;
- hose reel;
- coffee table.
Light alloy wheels are best suited for creating a shell, but stamped ones can also be used. To make a sink, clean the metal of paint and rust, then weld all the holes except the center one on the outside. For maximum effect weld the patches so that they form a flat surface with internal part all the details. Then, first with a grinder, then by hand, clean and polish the inside of the disc until mirror shine. Insert the sink blank into the cabinet prepared for it and install the siphon. The faucet can be installed either in place of the nipple or on the cabinet, whichever you prefer. It is advisable to coat a steel sink with powder paint or galvanize it with any protective metal, for example, zinc.
Bar stool
There are many ways to make a bar stool, but any of them will require at least three sandblasted wheel rims. In addition, you will need a round seat from a real bar stool, which you can either buy or make yourself.
To make a flowerpot, just turn the wheel rim, cleaned of paint and rust, face down, place it on the ground and fill it with soil. If you are not satisfied with its natural color and want to protect the metal from rust (only relevant for stamping), then coat it with powder or any other paint suitable for metal and outdoor work.
For this, it is advisable to use forged or stamped steel wheels, because light alloy wheels are afraid of strong heat, and titanium wheels can be used in more worthy ways. To make a stove, you need to place two steel disks on top of each other, turning them towards each other internal parties and boil at the joint, then cut a hole for storing firewood. The finished stove will need to be placed on bricks or stones so that air can pass between its lower edge and the ground without problems. If several holes are cut in the outer sides of both disks, then the stove can be placed directly on the ground, and a pot or frying pan can be placed directly on it.
To make a barbecue you will need a cleaned disk and a corresponding shaped grid made of steel rod with a diameter of 7–10 mm. Weld legs of a suitable length to the outer part of the disk to make it more convenient to work with the barbecue, and weld the simplest loops for the grate to the inner part; they can be made from a rod and a tube.
To make a table you need a cast or forged light alloy wheel with beautiful design knitting needles and round glass with a thickness of 10 mm or more. Place the disc face up on the table using special glue. If you only have regular superglue, then place the glass on the disk and use a marker to trace its outline along the outside of the glass. Then degrease the contact points on the metal and back side glass with any alcohol-containing liquid.
After the alcohol has dried, quickly apply glue to the metal surface in the contact area and on the back of the glass, both adhesive layers should be 2-3 mm wide and completely symmetrical. Immediately lightly sprinkle glue on the glass baking soda and place the glass in place, pressing it lightly. Since you will only have one attempt, we recommend that you carefully practice this operation before applying the glue. Lastly, remove traces of marker from outside glass
