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Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« on: September 11, 2017, 11:43:27 AM »
We are thinking of making one into a yard umbrella.
 So I went online, had a look, many cool uses.
Umbrellas, beds, swings, fishponds and other stuff.
 Anyone on here repurposed one ?

Btw its a 10 or 11 foot diameter one.
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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2017, 11:54:13 AM »
When I was a kid we repurposed one into a sled  ;D

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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2017, 12:02:29 PM »
Frank...welcome to pinterest  ::)

https://www.pinterest.com/mabarker5/satellite-dish-ideas/

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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2017, 02:44:01 PM »
Radio antenna array?
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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2017, 03:15:54 PM »
I've skated one...

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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2017, 07:46:23 PM »
If it works good, it looks good...

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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2017, 08:51:43 PM »
 I turned a small one into a bird feeder. Alas, no pic.
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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2017, 10:46:59 AM »
Radio antenna array?

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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2017, 12:04:08 PM »
What beef do you have with aliens? They been probing you lately?
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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2017, 08:40:02 PM »
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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2017, 05:46:53 AM »
Make it into a planter, I guess this is an an old school large dish.
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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2017, 06:54:20 AM »
"Well, Mr. Carpetbagger. We got somethin' in this territory called the Missouri boat ride."   Josey Wales

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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2017, 11:50:59 AM »
The best thing I ever did with one was to make it INVISIBLE, haha.
I was a satellite installation engineer back in the 90s and was asked to do an install on a listed building.
It was a several hundred year old thatched cottage and by law couldn't have anything done to change the looks of the cottage so the dish had to be invisible to onlookers.

This is the cottage.
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Re: Re purposing Sattelite Dish.
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2017, 05:08:00 PM »
What beef do you have with aliens? They been probing you lately?

Someone sounds jealous.  Got to take what action you can get.