Who hasn't used a wire hanger to make do. I was culling the hanger heard and remembered when there was a time when we used them for antennas for the tv/radio. Holding the tail pipe up. They have come in handy. Y'all have any ideas for uses?
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Who hasn't used a wire hanger to make do. I was culling the hanger heard and remembered when there was a time when we used them for antennas for the tv/radio. Holding the tail pipe up. They have come in handy. Y'all have any ideas for uses?
Just remembered another. Opening car doors.
You probably opened a can of worms here.
My latest adaptation of a coat hanger was to form a new fastener for the strap of my bib overalls.
I also like to use them to make the bails for a billy can.
They also make a good cleaning rod for a BB gun or .177 pellet rifle.
Antenna for my car
Antenna for my transistor radio
Welding rod
Roasting marshmallows
Unplugging things that are plugged
Dart tips
Hand cuffs for little brother
Fixing chain link fence
Antenna on make believe radio when playing Army
Hanging up all kinds of stuff
Crown
Weed eater replacement head
I agree....Coat hangers are right up there with:
Metal coffee cans, milk crates, 5 gal buckets, duct tape wire ties and wd-40.
My last use for a coat hanger was to keep a piece of plastic tubing straight (wants to roll back up) on a siphon for removing old gas for 4 wheeler.
Also fishing out a socket from the back side of a car battery...so I didn't have to remove the battery.
I keep a piece folded in half in my tool box.
Y'all had a couple I hadn't thought of or saw before. The wheels are turning, frog gig and hooks.
I hate to admit this but I actually used a couple to hold a gas tank on a 62 ford galaxy. Yeah, it did sway a little. I won't even get into how I tore the tank off. I drove quite a way with no tank believe it or not.
Oh, heck. Anything that requires a stiff wire. An electronics grounding station was my latest bright idea.
Muffler hanger
Fish net hoop
Pi$$in' off Joan Crawford
wire toy car, with bottle caps as wheels. (yeah we made them)
sling shot ammo (yeowch, can hurt pretty bad if shot with it)
securing/making fixtures to hold basically anything.
Opening my old car's door (hell used to lock keys in car so often I just drove with a coat hanger hidden in a wheel arch)
Used one to unclog my laundry sink drain once. That was a good day
Back scratcher. (everyone is shaking their head right now.)
Better than an ear cleaner.
Hey, if your back itches bad enough, you'll scratch it with anything you can get your hands on.
broken arm cast scratcher.
I make these things. These are smaller wire binders but clothes hangers make good big ones.
Yes, back scratcher is way up on the list too.
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I like that idea....I do small sockets like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowKey
the straight part makes a decent spotter bit, I've used them a lot for spotting holes through carpeted floors when cutting in a hvac system.
I tried putting sockets on them, but I always seemed to want the one in the middle.
Now those just go in the Socket Drawer in one of the several plastic parts drawer units on the workbench.
Just put the 1/2-/9/16 on one end....then the 3/8-7/16 on the other...all the other stuff goes in between them....Quote:
Originally Posted by LowKey
Yeah, I know..... my shop teacher needed to have them.,....In order......LOL