What can be made from a washing machine drum?

Unfortunately, it happens that the washing machine breaks down and cannot be repaired. However, do not rush to throw it in the trash completely - you can give a second life to some elements.

Today we will talk about what useful things can be done from an old drum.

Your washing machine, or rather, a stainless steel tank can become a real interior decoration... To do this, you just need to show a little imagination and spend a little time.

A homemade table looks very stylish - dense perforated steel, especially decorated with backlighting, looks really impressive, expensive and ideally complements high-tech furnishings. It is not difficult to build such a table - you will need 3-4 metal rods, which should be welded to the CMA drum; a glass, epoxy or MDF tabletop is attached to them.

With certain skills, the drum can be made quite interesting poufs... To do this, you need to take a pillow, and then cut out a rectangle of the appropriate size from the wood board, and then use a furniture stapler to fix the pillow on a wooden blank.

Half of the card loop must be fastened to the outer wall of the drum and chipboard. All that remains after this is just to cover the surface of the tank with bright paint, and the unusual ottoman with a folding seat is ready. By the way, inside you can store small toys and small things.

In order to change the interior of a children's room or living room, you can make a homemade lamp or floor lamp, the work includes several stages.

• Take any non-flammable and non-conductive material (ebonite, textolite) and cut out a circle half the diameter of the old drum.
• Insert the cartridge into the hole prepared in advance and fix the circle on the back of the drum. In this case, the wire must be brought out.
• In the ceiling hole fasten the hooks, fasten strong cables on them, on which you can then hang the entire structure.
• After that, only connect the wire from the lamp to the terminals of the socket and screw in the bulb.

If you have a summer cottage or a personal plot, then you can make with your own hands quite interesting and unusual elements for landscape design, devices for planting care and chores.

The old drum can always be used for cleaning fruits and vegetables grown in our own beds. To do this, the reservoir is placed above the sewage pit, the harvested crop is laid and watered from above using a hose. In this case, all dirty water will flow out through the holes by gravity. In fact, this design works like a colander in the kitchen, but is much larger and allows you to wash a large number of vegetables and fruits at a time.

Many summer residents use an old washing equipment tank. as a growth restrictor for fruit and ornamental shrubs, as well as to protect the roots of ornamental crops from pests - all excess moisture will go through the perforated holes, while not a single rodent can pass through the steel protection.

Look pretty interesting flowerpots from the CMA drum, to give them a more decorative look, they are laid out with fragments of a clay pot or ceramic tiles.

From the CMA tank you can also get good windmill, which will become a source of alternative energy.

For lovers of fried meat and fish, it is advisable to make cars from an old tank. brazier, barbecue, oven, grill or brazier.

The drum is usually made of high quality and extra strong stainless steel, so it can withstand heat and is suitable for lighting a fire. You will need a few metal rods, a welding machine and 20-30 minutes of work. If desired, the supporting block of the structure can be made collapsible - in this case, you can take the brazier with you to suburban picnics and on trips.

If you wish, you can always do small mobile smokehouse, which is suitable for cooking juicy and tasty meat or fish. It is better to plug the side openings of the tank by wrapping the container with a thin metal sheet - this will prevent smoke from escaping from the tank. As befits a smokehouse, you need to make holes on top for the chimney, and inside the homemade device you need to fix the grate, the one taken from the old stove will do.

From the CMA tank you can build spacious sterilizer for preservation. To this end, you need to put small plugs on the holes of the activator, fix a wire mesh at the bottom, attach a support and drill a hole for an electric boiler. Such a device allows sterilize up to 10 cans of fruit and vegetable spins at the same time, for processing meat products its temperature indicators will not be enough.

Lovers of apple juice can quickly and easily make juicer... It is best to take an old CMA with a centrifuge and a washing unit, for example OKA, for this. In this case, the activator must be replaced with steel knives. The mechanism of operation of such a product is simple: fruits are washed in small portions and poured into the tank with the chopping knives turned on, and after 20-25 minutes the entire processed mass is transferred to a centrifuge, which will squeeze out the juice.

The CMA tank is suitable for making a feathering machine. To do this, insert removable rubber fingers into the side holes with a step of 3-5 cm. The lower disc is attached to the drive shaft, the drain hole does not need to be plugged - it will be used to drain water.

If you cut out part of the tank together with the door, you get stylish sea porthole, which will look creative in the bath.

And if you have a dog, then with such a "window" you can decorate the pet booth. In addition to its stylish appearance, such a device will perform a practical function - if necessary, you can always isolate the yard guard from guests, as well as protect the animal from precipitation and frost. Just do not forget to drill holes for ventilation in the kennel, as the CMA hatch is hermetically sealed.

A grape press, a hay cutter, and a wax melter are also items that can be made from an old washing machine drum.

Next, see how to make a brazier from a washing machine drum.