Creative uses for unusable crank?

[disco stu]

I have a BMS forged crank that is cracked. It has already been repaired once and I don't feel like risking having it fixed again. I have a hard time throwing away such an expensive, nice looking piece of junk. Maybe I should make a lamp out of it. Sure will be a heavy ass lamp though.

 

[joemama]

Mailbox Post. Have it cleared so it won't rust.

 

[disco stu]

Yeah, if I had curbside mail that would be the thing. Kindof a short wimpy looking craing for that though. I6 tractor crank, yes.

 

[johnnyttype]

my friend made a mailbox with a torque converter as the base(dont know what it came from), crank going into the snout of the converter(might have been an ecotec crank), my stock tb camshaft welded on top the crank, and then the mail box on top!

It came out to a good height and was pretty sturdy, gave it to our GM ASEP teacher as a gift!

 

[aminga]

Lamp

 

[Ms. FastNasty]

Stick a bottom on it...with a glass top and call it an end table! My dad used an old block (but a good one) to make a coffee table once...mom told him she would turn it into a flower pot if he didn't move it.

 

[charlief1]

LOL to the Mrs. i agree though. If you had 4 of them you could make a coffee table.

 

[disco stu]

End table.... good idea.

 

[Jay Wicks]

How about a garage stool? Mount a bearing and seat on the snout/crank bolt and a base on the flywheel stand.

 

[Junior Samples]

Boat anchor

 

[SloGN]

here is what i did to my junk crank

 

[charlief1]

^^^Now that's a good idea.

 

[Boost231]

lamp

That lamp is sweet. O stool would be cool as hell to

 

[regal-nut]

My dad and i took my old 350 crank and mounted it to the fly wheel and then put a helogen lamp on it and use it in the shop for lighting. It will not tip over.

 

[turbo nasty]

I like the lamp idea. My father has a gear cluster from a 50 ford that has a chipped 2nd gear that hes been wanting to make into a lamp for 30 years.

 

[Mac in SD]

Sex toy.

 

[charlief1]

Sex toy.

Now that's just sad Mac.

 

[turbo nasty]

Sex toy.

Good One....LOL

 

[Junior Samples]

try this link for ideas

Car Part Couch - Wheel Rim Table - Steering Wheel Table: Industrial Art: Steven Shaver Designs

 

[KWIKR 1]

I think this looks cool .