So...what to do with this sawed-in-half sanke keg?

I have a party in Oct. each year for friends to try whatever I've got bottled and kegged up, and last year I cut a keg in half-lengthwise- to use as open cooler type fixtures. Honestly, they kinda sucked at it, as the sides made for minimal usable space. So now I have 2 of these- duh- and want to use them for something- possibly like sconce type lights on the wall or maybe out in the yard as lights there. My thought is to drill holes randomly or in some type of pattern to allow a high output work light to shine through. Don't really want to blow money on plasma cutter service or the like, just whatever I may be able to swing with a drill and a trusty angle grinder.
Any nifty ideas?

Thanks!

Open fermenter :cross:

coolship FTW

Xpertskir said:

coolship FTW

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Coolship. Embrace the world!

Popcorn bowl?

maybe a smoker or a tailgate grill?

That would make a great sink for a brewery. Just polish it up and put a drain hole in it. That would go great with a urial made from a keg. Those are future man cave ideas!

Maybe you can use it as a planter for Hops
You could use it as a baby rocker
A water and food bowl for a Great Dane
Mount a table on top and and build legs and turn it into a table
Use it to wash small dogs in

Or just scrap it for the metal

Weld them back together and store beer in them?

Fire pits?

Huge punch bowl

Speed bumps

Giant chimes

BBQ grill (add some legs and a grill surface Ta-Da)

Benches (add legs on the other side)

insanim8er said:

Use it to wash small dogs in

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Winner

What a bad idea in the first place, but I like coolships!

insanim8er said:

...A water and food bowl for a Great Dane
...Use it to wash small dogs in...

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Did anyone else put those two together

I say BBQ grill, it's already halved.... just need 2 side vents and a grill.. BAM!

i say a grill as well. hinge them halves up!

Mount it on a wall as if you have a key in your wall
a drip catch
birdbath
wheel chalk for a 787
a heat/wind shield for a burner
a shield
Return it for half the deposit refund
a garden fountain/water fall

urinal

BurgBrewer said:

Mount it on a wall as if you have a key in your wall
a drip catch
birdbath
wheel chalk for a 787
a heat/wind shield for a burner
a shield
Return it for half the deposit refund
a garden fountain/water fall

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Love the half deposit.

If I could weld, the options would be nigh endless, but no such luck.

The urinal idea would be up there if I could weld, for sure.

+1 for the Grill

To go with your lighting idea and if you were cool spending some money. I'd turn it LED Sign Board.

My other thought would be turning it into a huge out doors shower head. Maybe fun if it was hot outside.

Drill holes, hang overhead somehow, recirculate water to the top with your March pump. Let the kids play. - I'll let you work out the details.

I'd use them as end caps and build a little back yard tiki bar between them...

stokems said:

urinal

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That's the first thing that came to mind for me too

That's obviously a stolen keg and the beer police will come get you unless you tape it back together and take it directly to the office of Luiz Fernando Edmond in St. Louis.

Although these would be cool if you had cut it differently.. ;-)

Somehow fit a 1/2 round fish tank in there with some salt water fish?

id put some hinges on it. build a smoker box. or you could hinge it and put some latches on it...add a motor and shaft and use it for roasting your own grains/coffee.

Put it flat side down on a table. Cut large holes in it and drop in some utensil cups to hold the forks/knives etc.

Build a base for the round side and plant some flowers in it. I always liked the idea of gardening with kegs

Or what about mounting it on the wall as art?

241 said:

Or what about mounting it on the wall as art?

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Mount on the wall and cut the bottom or top off and install a light inside it, cool wall lamp

tx-brewer said:

Mount on the wall and cut the bottom or top off and install a light inside it, cool wall lamp

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Love that idea

Put it in your front yard like a redneck bath tub planter?

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Definitely a charcoal grill. Check this video out. Looks pretty sweet.

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argyle said:

Definitely a charcoal grill. Check this video out. Looks pretty sweet.

http://youtu.be/RZLzSA9s8mI

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LOL beat you by 11 minutes

CCBrewer said:

LOL beat you by 11 minutes

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WoW! Same video and everything. You know what they say about great minds...

World domination?

Exactly

Shop/spotlights? The inside of the keg if shined up nicely would make a good reflector for the light. Make a stand lamp and have the keg attach and wires go in where the coupler used to attach.

Step 1: Cut keg in half
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit!

Huge platter for tasty pulled pork.

stokems said:

Huge platter for tasty pulled pork.

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Winner!

Weld the bottoms together and you'll have a canoe!

vent hood for your indoor brewery