Repurposing saw blades

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I have 3 saw blades, 2 large and one medium size. I want to do something cute with them and hang them on the outside of garage but I'm not an artist so any suggestions

Adrianne C · Answer

Clock faces would be cool.

Ken · Answer

You could also replace the wheels on an old bicycle frame with the two large blades to make an 'Ice Cycle' and I agree, a clock for the smaller one. Or an 'Ice Wheelbarrow' considering the winter in NY this year.

Kathy · Answer

Those are great ideas thank you

Liliana Wells · Answer

I was thinking of a clock face too. See the post http://www.meadowlakeroad.com/family-room/diy-vintage-clock-face/ to give you an idea.

Marie Niemann · Answer

That's a nice one! Clock might be safer than as yard art. I have one that I set out on a stump and put my birdfeeders on top of it.

SarahGenie Bliss · Answer

PAINT A Picture of your own.... Maybe Of: winter / sping time - barn - cabbin,,, Have fun:}

Suzan · Answer

These are old saws that were headed to the dump. just spray painted them, and put them on painted wooden dowels and stuck them in the ground.

Luigi Long · Answer

Have you considered making a garden thermometer? You could shine up one side of the saw face, and put a nice hand-indicator, and then get the back of an existing round thermometer which isn't so nice, and perhaps made of plastic, and attach; you could get real creative with the face side by painting the values in various colours?

Susan Lancia · Answer

What about a 3 tiered plant shelf? Paint the saws a really bright color (so no one bumps into them) and then string them with some chains. Or maybe use some glow in the dark paint.

Susan · Answer

make a hanging light..industrial look with an edison bulb...easy to do

Pamela Golden · Answer

I would buy 3 ceiling medallions each with a different style and paint them. Either all the same color or all 3 different colors that would look nice on your garage. Please leave the saws in the original color and just clean them up. Then glue medallions onto the saws.

Lesley · Answer

I think it is best to keep them out of the way on the side of your garage as the saw edges could be pretty nasty if someone bumped into them. I suggest grouping them together with some other rusty old items, for instance, old garden tools, making a sort of 'rusty vintage' collage. No artistic skill required, just and 'eye' for layout!

Marion Nesbitt · Answer

Like Suzan's idea but I would attach them to the garage wall. Those edges are still sharp enough. You could do brown-eyed susans. Paint the blade yellow,, drill a hole in the center so the screw attaching them to the wall is hidden with the brown eye. Then just paint some green stems.and leaves. If you do a modernistic style, they can be stylized. Group of three would look really good.

Kathy · Answer

thank you all for such great ideas now I just have to pick one..

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

it is pretty easy to turn them into clocks.

Grandmona · Answer

I saw 3 saw blades painted as colorful large flowers, attached to the side of an old weathered shed. The stems were lengths of old barbed wire. It was really attractive.

Eileen · Answer

I would make a snowman using the 2 lg ones for the body, medium for the head. I would also paint the opposite side as, flowers, ladybugs, something spring/summer so you just flip them over with the changing seasons. Anxious to see what you decide!

Susan S · Answer

You can use an iron plant hanger.  I found the planter hanger is weighted and bends when I hung a large bird feeder.  What I had was a huge bend.  A friend resolved that problem by welding a blade inside the crook on the pole at the top, and welding it to the large crook (not the small one that hold plants or bird feeder.  It works!

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