I am accumulating a lot of bike spokes.
The mostly seem to be stainless steel, as they don't stick to magnets and they are too tough to be aluminum.
They come from discarded bike rims I score at my bike co-op.
The rims themselves are used to make crop cages and
compost rings.
I can recycle them but. I'm looking for
reuse ideas.
So far I have jewelry wire, chainmail wire, hat pins and meat skewers.
I'm not sure they would be food safe so skewers might not work.
They are threaded at one end and come with a special nut.
Unfortunately it takes a special machine to make these threads, the steel is displaced not removed.
I could cut standard threads on them but to what end?
The wire might come in handy as pins in a joinery
project or reinforcement in a
concrete project.
The 13 year old in me wants to build a blow dart gun, but ...