If you had a new stand like this but the stem had broken off the base and the base wasn't available, would you throw it away or use it for something else (e.g. tomato stakes) and buy a new one or try to fix it (and obtain/make a new base)?
PS: That you picked up for free, not $16.
I'd also be getting my eyes checked because that thing looks horrible. Edit: I'd also add the price of the item in the title of the post, to highlight the absurdness of the question.
There lies the paradox - we're working too hard to have time to be more sustainable and creative. People don't think twice about throwing cheap stuff away without thinking about the footprint of making the product.
If your main concern is the ecological impact of the manufacture of a coat stand, then go ahead and fix it. Do you need some sort of moral support?
@ihbh: I'd say the person who buys retarded shit like a coat stand isn't thinking of the environment…
Who owns big trench coats etc anymore or needs a stand for their hats??
Almost useless
Who owns big trench coats
I don't know how you managed this but you've made me ashamed of owning a trench coat.
hats??
Baldies.
Almost useless
I like my home tidy. Can't stand people draping my chairs with coats.
(Just noticed you're from QLD. Summer child.)
@[Deactivated]: Lol can't help being from the land of sun and bikinis. Now a bikini holder o could see use for!
At just $16, unless you already have the materials (including glue, screws, and paint), it'll likely cost you more to repair than to replace.
Take decerative steel bucket. Fill with concrete. Insert stand. Place rocks at top for visual appeal.
Do you already have a saw, screw and a drill? If yes to all 3 then fix it, if no then try and repurpose it somehow.
I don't like creating waste. If I still liked it? Then I'd screw it back together, or use some wood glue or something. If I didnt like it? Compost
I would be buying this - https://www.bunnings.com.au/loctite-14ml-self-mixing-epoxy-w… - and gluing it back together. It will be rock solid and the glue will definitely come in handy for other fixes in the future.
Cut the broken piece out of the base and stick the upright back in.
That's a bad design. The height component joins the base with such a small contact area.
That's an extremely long cantilever. Not something that should be made out of wood.
(To make things worse, when you put a coat on it, you're going to be loading it laterally, offset and near the end of the lever.)
Don't bother repairing especially if your goal is to be environmentally friendly because you will be using a lot of resources to repair this over and over again.
Cut your losses.
Cast it in concrete mate
Is find something to do with it. The method would be determined by the end result required.
I always prefer to repair than chuck.
Sharpen the stem and turn it into a spear. Otherwise re-purpose a knife and attach it on the end.
Go off and hunt pest or feral animals like rabbits, foxes, ducks, pigs, feral cats and feral goats.
That'll help the environment more than re-purposing MDF. Plus free dinner.
The coat hanger arms will smack the spear thrower in the face and shoulder as it is released.
Some see this as a design flaw but they fail to appreciate that the enraging effect that compounds after each throw.
(Also, it wouldn't be made out of MDF. It is definitely pine.)
If it smacks you in the head that points towards poor form which leads to poor hunting.
Hmm, wide throw technique?
@[Deactivated]: Or reverse it around and attach knives to the other end and all the coat hanger arms (x7). Combo kills.
@Typical16-bitEnjoyer: Front heavy spear, rate of fall would be very high. Good for downward target at 5-15ft.
If you wield such a spear, I can only presume you are on a high snake diet.
Definitely looks like it’s destined for a sword fight
hurdle for exercise for kids/dogs
I wouldn't personally. I think fixing things is great, but it's only worth fixing stuff that's well built to begin with.
Ikea/kmart stuff is trash, held together by plastic and a prayer. It's not meant to last. Fixing it really means building it.
That said, for a hat stand, all you need is a wide flat piece of wood, some small angle brackets and some screws. It will look ghetto as hell, but if your furnishing your place with refurbished kmart gear then appearance is probably not your main concern.
I keep most things that seem like they could be useful. I eventually do repurpose them too. I recently pulled apart an old lanyard to keep the metal clasps and used them for hanging things using command hooks. I definitely think that could be used in the garden for a tomato plant or similar.
Buy something else of higher quality if that one broke.