I'm sure that someone here has figured out a solution to this problem.

I've got a stack of old brake disks sitting in my garage.  I don't want to throw them out because it seems a shame to waste that much good metal.  I can't put them in the blue box because they're not the sort of thing municipal recycling takes.

How do people here deal with their old brake disks?  Is there some metal recycler somewhere around Toronto that takes them?  And in small quantities?

Any metal recycler will take them.

Or for the more creative types, they could be used for some type of homemade drum set.  Or perhaps a very stylish hat?  The greatest fashions and art forms are always unappreciated in their own time.

Thanks, guys.

Wedge1 wrote on 04/26/9 at 00:51:57:

Going by the weight of brake disk, even when it's worn down to its limit, would probably be unappreciated by the neck as well when it's worn as a hat.  

Recently I saw that a shop had used them as a base, welded to exhaust tubing to use as supports when installing exhaust.  Also saw a car club weld poles of some sort to them used to run rope around their car so people wouldn't stick their noses to close to the them.  

As a hat I think they'd be a bit heavy - but - with only a little bit of work they'd make a good dinner plate or ashtray.  

I would guess an auto wreckers would take them - they could toss them into a car to be crushed for added weight.  

Jeff_Hagan wrote on 04/27/9 at 08:03:48:


With optional caliper in case - you know - you're possessed.