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 ...
I've gotten is deep shit with Hubby trying to cut stainless with tools that are only friendly with regular or zinc dipped steel, which you may be aware of, but not everyone is, so that's just a general heads up.
One thing I've used them for is sticking in the ground and putting a flag with a plant label on.
I've also used them to hold fencing in a ring.
Once I stuck a bunch in the ground to stop a squirrel from digging up my dirt!
Jay, I have abused tools in this manner, for this project even.
It's so easy to use what's at hand, just for a few cuts...
So far my tool of choice is an angle grinder-equipped with masonry blade!
I have used them for plant labeling , using them to hold aluminum tags in the ground near the base of a plant.
I'm not in love with the outcome.
so far the only thing i can think of for things that size is to keep cats out of recently-turned garden beds, porcupine style (the Interweb always says forks, but 1) you have these spokes and 2) who the heck has enough forks to fill a garden bed with?