Today I MADE

[Muk]

Gday all made some more junk art today as well as working on a project for another forum member can you guess what this latest item is made from I dont think it would be to hard anyway cheers Muk.

 

[Jaros]

Very clever design. erfect:

 

[Nightjar]

Visited the Claremont Caravan & Camping show and saw close up some "Awning/tent pegs"
Visit to Bunnings and an hour in the shed and here are four for the price of one.
No more skinned knuckles hammering pegs into rocky ground while trying to tie the van awning down.

 

[Redfin]

Excellent, I've been using landscape screws and an impact driver for years.
I just use washers, [no welding skills]

 

[goody2shoes]

I like the bird ...

Goody

 

[goody2shoes]

Good job Nightjar.

Goody

 

[Rockhunter62]

Visited the Claremont Caravan & Camping show and saw close up some "Awning/tent pegs"
Visit to Bunnings and an hour in the shed and here are four for the price of one.
No more skinned knuckles hammering pegs into rocky ground while trying to tie the van awning down.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1414/1553471259_awning_pegs_001.jpg

Good idea Pete but may have been better if they had a coarser thread that is larger in diameter compared to the shaft size. Would give better grip in the ground then. I take it that you are going to use your cordless drill.

Cheers

Doug

 

[user 14190]

Watching this with interest, as I have an old Viscount along with the old style annex, I have to carry about 12 pegs along with a short handled maul, all of which makes for a lot of weight. How long do the screws/bolts last before they are no longer effective, as drilling into dirt/gravel/rocks must make an impact on the thread.

Graham

Just did a search and these come up at bunnies, might have to have a look next time in town.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/whites-wires-15pk-screw-in-tent-pegs_p3042468

 

[Redfin]

Have had mine for years, can't remember the last time I camped on grass.
I carry about 15 of each, 100mm, 150mm 300mm.

 

[Greenhornet_au]

They were sold in ALDI too, I bought 120 of them - 20/$10

I love mine but they are a little soft and do bend.

 

[Gilly47]

YEP its landscaping screws from bunnings for me, brother in law introduced me to them at Xmas in adelaide

ray ower: erfect: :100:

ray

 

[Nightjar]

Good idea Pete but may have been better if they had a coarser thread that is larger in diameter compared to the shaft size. Would give better grip in the ground then. I take it that you are going to use your cordless drill.
Cheers
Doug

These are the coach screws I used, strong enough for most situations and yes use either my Ryobi cordless drill or impact driver.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/zenith-...galvanised-hex-head-coach-screw-each_p2449470

 

[Greenhornet_au]

Make sure you pick up some Mud Gaurd flat washers as well, they are very wide and retain guy ropes well,
just put your coach screw through the middle, put the rope around the bolt under the washer.

:Y: erfect:

 

[Manpa]

This is what I use, Otter landscape screws, available in 4 sizes from memory, 150, 175, 200, 225mm. I use 225mm for guy ropes and 175mm for soft floor edges with a mudguard washer.

Can't remember the last time I drove a tent peg, I also carry a 400mm 6.5mm masonry drill if I hit real hard ground so I can pre drill, luckily haven't had to use it yet.

 

[Wally69]

Today I made a few gifts featuring some unburied birth-date treasure and a cabbed abalone shell

 

[Mackka]

Very creative Wally and very artistic.
Mackka :Y:

 

[Sandbagger]

Some other things I made. Is it ok that it wasn't today?

Baz.

 

[Ded Driver]

great work
& I especially love that staircase erfect:

 

[Sandbagger]

great work
& I especially love that staircase erfect:

Thanks mate. It's my first. My neighbour was a builder's carpenter and helped me plot it out on the concrete, but he was indisposed so I was left to do it on my own. He said they're wrong because they don't squeak and stairs should squeak...

 

[Ded Driver]

ghosts in the night walking up your stairs :skull: :lol: