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

Unique project, Dick. Your creativity is boundless!

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

Cummins, huh?

-- Maplewood, MN

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.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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

-- Hey ! I was born in IOWA .... don't blame me

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

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

-- "Functional WoodArt" by 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)

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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