Need a tub? (( Old Washer Tubs Make Great FIRE PITS! - $20 (Greensboro)
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delaneymeegan
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It's wrong in so many ways.
ovrphil
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WELL...
said.
said.
Would you rather just have them go to the scrapyard, to make next years Geeley's?
delaneymeegan
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YES.
They should put them out of their misery if they mean to kill them.
This is just washing machine torcher.
It's a stupid idea anyway, because, these are too deep for a fire. When it's burning, one can't see the flames.
An ideal thing would be a large diameter tray, with 10" sides.
This looks like stereotypical "mobile home park white trash".
We need to contact an agency that cares for the safety of washing machines. Something like the ASPCA.
The ASPCWA = The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Automatic Washers.
They should put them out of their misery if they mean to kill them.
This is just washing machine torcher.
It's a stupid idea anyway, because, these are too deep for a fire. When it's burning, one can't see the flames.
An ideal thing would be a large diameter tray, with 10" sides.
This looks like stereotypical "mobile home park white trash".
We need to contact an agency that cares for the safety of washing machines. Something like the ASPCA.
The ASPCWA = The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Automatic Washers.
christfr
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Prevention of Cruelty to Automatic Washers.. well sign me up.. over the years I have only actually scrapped 3 machines and I felt bad each time. but I hope they went to a better place like part of a bright shinny new Cadillac.
don't feel bad
Washer baskets do make great fire pits, planters, outdoor lighting, coffee or end tables (lighted of course).. I know of several members who have re-purposed tubs and baskets and was just talking with someone last night about making an overflow solid-tub basket fountain water-feature. I'm using a stainless steel tub for a garden hose keeper in the back yard.
Sometimes machines are beyond all hope of restorative resuscitation and must be sacrificed for the greater good. Parts to make other machines whole and working again, or just to clear space. I'm sure numerous people around here can attest to the fact that even the most desired or collectible washers and dryers are expensive to ship and therefore unappealing and unwanted by the majority. None of us can "keep them all" and if parts can live on with new purposes, so much the better.
Here is my 1-18 basket fire pit. It truly is beautiful to watch the fire dance around the holes and that donor machine is now giving life to at least two other 1-18 machines.
Washer baskets do make great fire pits, planters, outdoor lighting, coffee or end tables (lighted of course).. I know of several members who have re-purposed tubs and baskets and was just talking with someone last night about making an overflow solid-tub basket fountain water-feature. I'm using a stainless steel tub for a garden hose keeper in the back yard.
Sometimes machines are beyond all hope of restorative resuscitation and must be sacrificed for the greater good. Parts to make other machines whole and working again, or just to clear space. I'm sure numerous people around here can attest to the fact that even the most desired or collectible washers and dryers are expensive to ship and therefore unappealing and unwanted by the majority. None of us can "keep them all" and if parts can live on with new purposes, so much the better.
Here is my 1-18 basket fire pit. It truly is beautiful to watch the fire dance around the holes and that donor machine is now giving life to at least two other 1-18 machines.
ovrphil
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On the other hand...
I can understand the p.o.v. gansky1. Actually, it does look more interesting with the holes adding a bit of art to the fire experience.
I can understand the p.o.v. gansky1. Actually, it does look more interesting with the holes adding a bit of art to the fire experience.
wringingwet
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The best Fire pits are
made from washer and dryer drums. We have no trash service out this way so we have a burn pit for paper trash. AKA Red Neck paper shredders. I can saftley say that they outlast any burn barrel. so far in the last fifteen years I have had two .. A GE dryer tub That had been thru a house fire. and my Asko Dryer that a tech distroyed 5 years ago and it is still going strong since it is stainless steel.
Greg I never thought of a house for the hose .. what a great idea
Philippe
made from washer and dryer drums. We have no trash service out this way so we have a burn pit for paper trash. AKA Red Neck paper shredders. I can saftley say that they outlast any burn barrel. so far in the last fifteen years I have had two .. A GE dryer tub That had been thru a house fire. and my Asko Dryer that a tech distroyed 5 years ago and it is still going strong since it is stainless steel.
Greg I never thought of a house for the hose .. what a great idea
Philippe
I have heard of old washer drums/tubs being used as light fixtures!
ovrphil
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Light fixtures
That brings to mind, adding them to a rustic eatery, where casual rustic or mid-century cool breakfast/lunch place added washers and dryers as decor, and themed the place around but not solely focused on a laundromat; i.e.; more suggestive, since there are already laundromats that offer food services(I think).
Anyways, I can see a place where the tubs are hanging over large rough-hewn tables with chair and bench seating.
(er..I'm not starting a business!)
That brings to mind, adding them to a rustic eatery, where casual rustic or mid-century cool breakfast/lunch place added washers and dryers as decor, and themed the place around but not solely focused on a laundromat; i.e.; more suggestive, since there are already laundromats that offer food services(I think).
Anyways, I can see a place where the tubs are hanging over large rough-hewn tables with chair and bench seating.
(er..I'm not starting a business!)
Thank You, Greg!
People that think everything can, and should be saved, are dreaming. What about the plastic tub GE's, that everyone dismisses? Or Norge's, that people love, or hate? Or WCI machines, from the 80's, that folks always seem to despise? Do they need to be saved?
I don't know how many vintage machines I sent to the crusher, because no one wanted them. Offered here many times, no takers.
Nice fire pit, what is used for the base?
People that think everything can, and should be saved, are dreaming. What about the plastic tub GE's, that everyone dismisses? Or Norge's, that people love, or hate? Or WCI machines, from the 80's, that folks always seem to despise? Do they need to be saved?
I don't know how many vintage machines I sent to the crusher, because no one wanted them. Offered here many times, no takers.
Nice fire pit, what is used for the base?
Guess its better for the washer drums to be used as lampshades,firepits than being shredded or crushed-bailed for scrap???At least for these purposes-the tube could possibly be reused AS A WASHER tub if the need came???I am sort of wondering what a washer drum lamp would look like if it had a 400W PSMH lamp in it?Probably pretty neat!!!
wringingwet
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Thanks Kenny my point
Cannot save the world so resue it
I have it supported off the ground round concrete cylinders. Air Flow from bottom is great and a lot less smoke.
Philippe
Cannot save the world so resue it
I have it supported off the ground round concrete cylinders. Air Flow from bottom is great and a lot less smoke.
Philippe
I have it sitting on three bricks I found in a construction dumpster at a new house site. I put a small foil pan under the larger hole at the bottom to catch any falling embers, etc. when it's sitting on the patio. I really need to put a lot more thought into the whole yard and integrate it better into a plan. Keeping the airflow through the bottom does make for more heat and less smoke.
