Re: Rotor heaven?

[harrison <hsapir@multiverse.com>]

Why can't you just throw them out???? This is obscene!

harrison

Gary G. Erickson wrote:

> John Karasaki wrote:
>
> > My old rotors are in a pile in my shop.  Come to think of it, there are
> > Rabbit non-vented rotors in that pile too.  They should have gone in my
> > scrape metal bins, but I can't seem to part with them!  Crazy...
>
> I'm not sure if our rotors are a large enough diameter or heavy enough,
> but I've been in quite a few independant shops that have used them as
> bases for stands for assorted shop equipment.
>
> Weld a length of pipe to the rotor and a piece of steel to the other
> end, and you have a great stand for a bench grinder.  Use a shorter
> piece of pipe and some angle iron instead of sheet steel and you have a
> homemade jack stand or third hand to help install that exhaust pipe.
>
> Gary
>
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