Junk Unjunk!

Finding ways to 'unjunk' junked items and converting seemingly useless things into some usefulness can be an interesting pastime.... if we have a will and whim. Here are some of my own projects.

Monday, August 2, 2021

Duster cloth with stick handle from broken....

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During childhood in the marketplace shops, I used to observe with awe how the various items they kept for sale were dusted with a piece of c...
Monday, April 17, 2017

Hand drills from cricket stumps

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Street cricket was rampant in my younger days.  All kids were on the streets after school in the evenings playing various games and sports...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Golf club display

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My grandfather, besides his law profession, was a renown 'all-round sportsman'.  Way back in the 1930s and 40s he used to play a s...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Gapanathi's Whistle and more

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Living opposite our house on Devaparthiva Road, was one humble Iyer family.  Ramaswamy Iyer and his wife had five children. The third one ...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Bino-zoom for cheap camera

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Thanks to my kind friend Thomas who used to lend me his Sony Mavica in 2002. This became the first digital camera I handled and this littl...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Car bumper finds another use

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A flat, solid-looking metal object, broken in the middle, was lying in the store [attic] room for many years.  When I moved house, it came...
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