Know of any uses for solid concrete cylinders?

[Excelsior]

Part of my job involves breaking concrete cylinders to see how many PSI they can handle and with each set of cylinders, one is a reserve. If the first four pass then the reserve is usually thrown away. However, this seems a bit wasteful to me, so I have started saving them in case I could figure out a use for them.

Now...can anyone think of something I could use them for? They are pretty strong (most can handle 3000+ PSI and for the most part, untouched.

Specs: 1 foot high/long
6 inches in diameter.

 

[TripleAAA]

6 inch or 6 foot? If the latter, I've seen them used at paintball parks.

 

[tommywishbone]

Mail them to e-bayers from Nigeria.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: TripleAAA
6 inch or 6 foot? If the latter, I've seen them used at paintball parks.

6 inches.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

They make a helluva door stop.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
They make a helluva door stop.

Thats for sure.

 

[JMWarren]

Foundation for somthing? Hot Tub????

 

[Sukhoi]

Make a corduroy driveway with the cylinders laid on their sides.

 

[Slacker]

how many do you have?

1: wacky walkway (a fun idea, and it is fun to say too!)
2: landscape edging (either vertically or horizontally)
3: lawn darts
4: keep one by the back door in case you lock yourself out
5: patio stools

 

[DnetMHZ]

mortar?

 

[computeerrgghh]

Hammer them into the ground and attach together with chain to make a walkway of some sort (but don't make it wacky )

 

[So]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
mortar?

:thumbsup:

black powder + high PSI concrete tube = Baseball mortar

 

[Demo24]

Im refraining from commenting what i want to say, but its so very hard

 

[ribbon13]

Mortar sounds good. But I'd use a coconut instead.

 

[Howard]

Bore one out and turn it into an outdoor speaker?

 

[imported_Tick]

I think corduroy walkway is the best idea. It'd look spiffy.

 

[Slacker]

Originally posted by: Tick
I think corduroy walkway is the best idea. It'd look spiffy.

Herringbone > corduroy

 

[kyzen]

Got any bodies you need to make disappear in nearby lakes/rivers/oceans?

 

[J0hnny]

Originally posted by: kyzen
Got any bodies you need to make disappear in nearby lakes/rivers/oceans?

Concrete shoes!

 

[Squisher]

6" rounds won't make the kind of walk way that you'd want on without twisting your ankles.

I'd say you'd need to plant them vertically to make anything, but they'd be too much work to make anything flush to the ground. You'd have to dig too deep.

You got me.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: Slacker

Originally posted by: Tick
I think corduroy walkway is the best idea. It'd look spiffy.

Herringbone > corduroy

But that's like way more work.

 

[LeadMagnet]

deck foundation

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: tommywishbone
Mail them to e-bayers from Nigeria.

BEautiful !!! :laugh:

 

[JDrake]

Draw faces on them and name them

 

[IronWing]

I've seen folks build garden walls out of them. Just stack 'em like cord wood.