One Man's Junk, Diesel Engine Connecting Rod Bookcase!

Can’t say I’ve ever seen anything like that before. Great job!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Looks like you firing on all 6 cylinders.
Is this what they call workig green.
Great idea for recycling.

-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida...Lets be safe out there.

Unique project, Dick. Your creativity is boundless!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Cummins, huh?

what a cool idea.

-- making sawdust....

International DV-550B V-8 diesel. about 1975.

I think this engine was a downfall for IHC.

It had a flame hardened crankshaft, that couldn’t be reground.

I rebuilt one once, & it cost more than a buying new short block, so I just junked them after that.

I never got over 38,000 miles on one. I called it a throwaway engine.

They now have a 6 cylinder that’s very good.

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You know your stuff, Dick. I never saw anything like that either. NEAT IDEA!

Dave

-- Dave Leitem,Butler,Pa.,http://dlcarver.etsy.com

Dick,

I can count on you to come up with something innovative like this. This is certainly a classic example of thinking outside the bookcase (or box if you prefer). Very nice. I can honestly say I have never seen anything like this. I wonder how many miles your are going to get out of this one? :)

Nice post and great project.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

What a creative use of materials. I love stories like this that teach me history.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

cool one Dick ! be sure to enter it into the bookcase contest !

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

This would have gone great with my airplane engine cylinder lamp. I knew I shouldn’t have let the wife talk me into putting it in the garage sale. This would have opened up a whole new decor for the house. :[

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Hi Dick;

What haven’t you done?

Great job! Very Creative!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

That’s pretty creative Dick… me being the “Anti-Mechanic,” I didn’t even know those parts existed!... lol.
Pretty creative and functional bookcase..

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

a very unique project Dick, just wondering how many novels/gallon you get with it.

-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles

Yes, Dick… what CAN”T you do? or What HAVEN”T you done?

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks to all of you!

Lee, & Debbie:
There must be something I haven’t done, but I don’t remember what it is.<;o)

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Clever use of those old con rods Dick & a bit of nostalgia to boot.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I decided to enter this in the summer awards contest.

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Good luck with your entry Dick.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Thank you Grumpy!

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I just updated the pictures today.

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Now that’s a unique idea. Yep it’s a winner

-- DocK, WV

Thank you Dock!

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Now that is really cool. Thinking outside of the box.

-- Bruce from Central New York

Great Bookshelf Dick.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thank you Bruce, & Karson!

There wasn’t an awful lot of woodworking here, except the drilling of the holes in the shelves,

but at least they were made of wood. <;O)

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So you were looking for supports for your bookshelf, went to a junk yard, tore down and engine and said…

“Hmm, diesel do.”

Ha, sorry, couldn’t pass it up, good luck with the contest.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Thanks Rob,

With the price of diesel fuel nowadays, I wished I had use parts from a gas engine.<;O)

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I am somewhat of a gearhead too, my son and I work on motorcycles, and I gotta tell you this is is cool! My son, a true gearhead, loves it too! I want to post pics of our motorcycles that my son and I have been working on all summer but I wonder if LJ’s is really not the place to do it.

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

Thanks Chris.

You can put your bike picks in a blog, or the coffee break forum, but your blog would get more attention I think.

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So Dick,
Do you have a creative ideas for these circa 1959 Cat D2 Pistons?

The pistons were made in 3 pieces. The top (aluminum) ring lands (steel) main body (aluminum)

One of the piston tops unscrewed releasing the ring lands and rings where they banged against the bottom of the head, which essentially welded it all back together again.

Oddly enough the only engine damage was the one piston and its sleeve. Rod/bearings/head/valves were all ok.

-- Joe

Hi Joe,

I made a set of bookends with a Cummins engine Piston.

I’ll get an image for you tomorrow.

You live in a nice place, I’ve been through there on my way to Hot Springs.

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A very ingenious use of useless auto engine parts.
Sharad

-- patanjali

Thank you Sharad.

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