Recycled Bushcraft

[shutz]

Whilst sorting the recycling it got me thinking.
Now then I know a good few of us have made woodgas stoves out of a couple of cans or maybe a little meths stove out of a pop can.

What other bushcrafty items have people made out of recycled items (might even help pread the pennies out).
Looking forward to the inginuity.......
Cheers
Shutz

 

[Shewie]

Wooden sporks and spoons out of scrap materials

Blow pokers out of old piping

Bags and cases out of an old inflatable canvas canoe shell

Hammock tree huggers from old seatbelts

Fire grills from old oven shelves and cooling racks

Gear storage at home from old fitted wardrobe inners

Canoe rack from the same wardrobe 2x2" joists

Alcohol stoves from deodorant tins and pop cans

Wrist warmers and neck tubes from old fleeces

Wet weather firelighters from old inner tubes

My four year old kindling supply from the old bathroom when we ripped it out, probably about 500ft of pine tongue and groove

The list goes on ....

 

[sxmolloy]

I made a couple of these after reading this thread: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/content.php?r=265-Quick-Cheap-Pocket-Stove-To-Make

Really good idea I think.

 

[Snowfire]

Oil lamps from fish tins

Windshields for candles from milk bottles

Fire starters from sawdust and candle stubs

Bags for fire blacked pans from old t-shirts

Pan grabs from an old towel and t-shirt

Mittens knitted with wool from an unravelled old jumper

Char cloth from a tea towel a scout set on fire

I never can pass a skip without having a look - I once found a moses basket which I used to store all my fleece for spinning (until the cat decided it would be good as a litter tray :yikes

And not exactly bushcraft but abandoned orange plastic netting from a building site is still doing good service as pea netting
after 7 years.

There's probably more

 

[John Fenna]

Spoons and knife handles from skipped furniture (inc a Victorian Oak chest of draws - lots of good wood!)
Botles , ladles and storage jars from coconut shells
Bags and clothing from old tents
Clothing from old blankets
Belt and storage pouches from old leather garments and bags
etc etc

 

[Harvestman]

My camping cutlery (bone fork, carved wooden spoon, and titanium spork) were always getting covered in soot from being stored with my woodburner. So I turned an odd sock from the back of the sock drawer into a cutlery pouch. Perfect.

 

[Ogri the trog]

Containers of all shapes and sizes get pressed into duty as carriers for camping sized;
water, parafin, meths, shampoo, shower gel, washing up liquid, cooking oil containers.

Riflemans hunting shirt from old army blankets.

Cut off legs from old army trousers make great stuff bags as they already have a drawcord on them.

My favourites are billy cans from biscuit and tea/coffee/sugar tins.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[birdbrain57]

Bags and pouches from caravan awning.Garden hammock from orange plastic netting off building site.Pouches out of side pockets on army trousers.

 

[lannyman8]

the new forge is being made from a 6L gas bottle i just finished off, and some steel pipe i scrounger from the industrial steel place, and my anvil is a section of I beam from the same place, its 30 inches long 8 inches wide 9 inches deep and 3/4 inch thick at the top and bottom of the I section.........

all i need now is insulation which is coming throught the post, its the only thing i have payed for, £28.30 in total for a gas forge, not bad i dont think.........

i also make billy cans from 1L dog food cans, they fit inside my hobo, another tin, the billy is perfect to fit a 1L sports bottle inside it, se its great all fits inside each other.......

 

[nodd]

I had a go q while back my attempt can be seen here http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42852&page=1

 

[Everything Mac]

I made a couple of these after reading this thread: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/content.php?r=265-Quick-Cheap-Pocket-Stove-To-Make

Really good idea I think.

^^great idea - I like that!

I generally just make stuff like this
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67002

all recycled files. broken coil springs found at the side of the road. That kind of stuff.

 

[MartinK9]

My latest was a pair of bivvi boots from an old Softie jacket.

 

[John Fenna]

Hobo stove from discarded sink drainer, billies from coffee tins, biscuit tins etc, crusader cup lid from bent messtin, pot hangers from supports off a busted paperhangers table, pot hooks from a busted leaf rake, flint and steel sets from old files, waterproof stuff sacks from old goretex jackets - I love junk!

 

[shutz]

Just what i thought pretty resouceful buch of folk
I too can't go past a skip without having a quick look..you just never know. Managed to get an old water tank and pressed it into service as a small chicken coup.
The woodgas stove i knocked up after info from here and elsewhere was a great success, pretty surprised how it worked.
Also old christams decorations tinsel etc have been used to tie flies with.
Anyway really liking some of the ideas. Hmmm..

The little waxed carboard burner great idea. Also wished i hadn't let the awning go with the old caravan
Toying with making a canoe sail out of an old beach shelter..
Cheers folks thanks for sharing.

 

[Andy BB]

Just saw an article in MotorcycleNews about a couple of kids doing a cheapo bike tour. They used old shower-curtains for waterproofing (groundsheets/tarps presumably)

 

[addo]

Many things ive made were out of recycled materials or free natural materials.
Knives, stoves, bags, tarps, coats, saws.
Ive also had some quality stuff out of skips, which ive used on home and garden DIY.

 

[John Fenna]

Toying with making a canoe sail out of an old beach shelter..

I used the fabric from an old golf umberella for the basis of a squaresail for an old home built canoe....