Hello.
What are we to do with these old unwanted van seats?
Yes they are a putrid pink-purple. Dingy? Quite. Could they not-eth be clean…ed? Dos dingy make them not of worth-eth?
The couch folds flat into a tiny bed. It would sleep two small children or little people. Great for those of you with children or little people. All the hardware to mount it to the floor is present, but you would have to drill through the vehicle floor or build some elaborate wooden furniture platform or something.
Well whatever. If it ever stops raining we’ll be curbing them with a “FREE” sign. Maybe someone will drive by and take them. We’d like to see them re-used creatively.
Want to see some drum projects?
I was gifted a pair of Wood Whacks long ago. For a long time I didn’t like them, but recently I finally got it and can use them well and to great effect. I priced them last week. Over twenty bucks a pair?!
Commercial Wood Whacks:
So when Jen and I were at the Asian market we saw a bag of bamboo skewers for about $2.50. Add some tape and viola!
Homemade Wood Whacks:
I still have enough left in the bag to make several more pairs. It’s true that these were only 12″ skewers, but I’m sure 18″ skewers are out there and available for an equally reasonable price. These shorter Wood Whacks are great for jazz and for busking. They also double as wicked ninja weapons. Aim for the eyes!
If I really cared to get fancy, I could get Plasti- Dip from the hardware store and dip the handles. It would add to the price, but they would still be cheaper than buying them from the music store.
They sound great if you’re wondering. Just like the “real thing”.
Next I’d like to show off a work-in-progress. The Bongo Shelf:
It’s a mini shelf with a bunch of hardware hose clamped to it.
So far I’ve added splash cymbals (played with the hands) and microphone stands. The shelves will house containers for the microphones and… other.
I’ll definitely be adding a carry strap.
It’s a work-in-progress.
Pictured next are my first homemade cymbal stands. They are way way way cheaper to make yourself than to purchase new or used.
The cymbal holders above are a thin length of dowel with a long headless screw hose clamped to the dowel. A nut separates (and spaces) the screw bottom from the dowel. It’s topped with a washer, some cymbal felts, and a rubber sleeve. It’s tip-topped with a wing nut.
With that, this wing nut is signing off for today. The xmas is over! We made it!
Thanks for reading ButterSword. Have a great week and we hope you’ll return Friday for more ButterSword. ButterSword!
Forget the dangers of ‘machine washing’, Acid Marble has got to seriously mess with the best-o-space suits!
Reginald sure hopes so! If not he’ll have to add red clothes to turn the doctor pink!
There are a bunch of sites that you can post free stuff to give away. Bet some artist would make use of those seats in their studio.
True. Thanks Bearman. We’ll list them after we get the base plates out of the van floor. We’ll have to have that done at a willing place that has some serious air tools.
Acid marbles! I wonder what other tricks he might have up his sleeves.
Sleeps little people and/or Wombies! But we’re a little too far from you for a pick-up.
Reginald and Donald have all kinds of Mission Impossible gadgets. They are the ninjas of the…
I’ll have to tell their story soon.
That little couch/bed would indeed be perfect for Wombies!
Oh no! Pitted!
About to be more as well.
Awesome and inspiring crafting ideas! As to the seats, may I suggest you see if there’s a Freecycle in your area? It’s how I pass on most of my still-good-but-not-good-for-me stuff.
Thank you rewinn! Welcome to ButterSword. We do have a Freecycle, as well as a Craigslist free section. Some others as well. We’d like to get the bases out of the floor so the seats will be complete before we gift them. Otherwise we will later have just the bases. I guess we meant in the meanwhile.
Donald??? Vacuum Cleaner guy’s name is Donald??? Who would ever expect an acid marble attack. Great defence move. Hey we could put those seats on our veranda. Or maybe not…
The seats are comfortable at least. They’d look great on the set of a sci-fi bridge except that they wouldn’t because they are pinkish purple.
I don’t know if I ever named ‘The Doctor’ but I will consult my notes before I do a diagram of his robot spacesuit. I might have. It’s been awhile I guess.
Oh i just realised that Donald is the grey alien who was hit by Vacuum Guy
You are correct sir!