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    In the market for a nice big heavy solid cigar ashtray. Glass, porcelain, granite, marble, agate, etc, etc... Something unique. Anybody have a good source for such things? Or maybe have something nice laying around that you'd be willing to part with?
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    I hear a lot of people like the Stinky ashtray line. I have mostly porcelain ones around that I got here or there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale View Post
    I hear a lot of people like the Stinky ashtray line. I have mostly porcelain ones around that I got here or there.
    I've seen these on Amazon, etc, and am not particularly fond of them, although I've never seen one in person... Looking for something more substantial. The stinkies look like thin sheet metal. Metal wouldn't be a bad thing, but I think I'd prefer something in a heavy brass, or maybe cast bronze or pewter if I went that route. Not real picky, just want something on the heavier side, and something unique that you don't see everyday. Thanks for your input though. I'll look more into the stinkies. Maybe they'll have something more to my liking than what I've seen so far..
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    Quote Originally Posted by SPEEDRACER View Post
    I've seen these on Amazon, etc, and am not particularly fond of them, although I've never seen one in person... Looking for something more substantial. The stinkies look like thin sheet metal. Metal wouldn't be a bad thing, but I think I'd prefer something in a heavy brass, or maybe cast bronze or pewter if I went that route. Not real picky, just want something on the heavier side, and something unique that you don't see everyday. Thanks for your input though. I'll look more into the stinkies. Maybe they'll have something more to my liking than what I've seen so far..
    Hit up a flea market.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DanB6177 View Post
    Hit up a flea market.
    That's a fine idea, Dan! Although I'm a sucker for cast iron cookware, old rusty carbon steel knives, and other things from the days when things were actually made in the USA, and always end up coming home from flea markets with a lot more than I was looking for in the first place. This is a good excuse to make another haul!
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    This is what I use. It an old piston out of a P&W engine that didn't meet the specs on the rebuild.

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    Quote Originally Posted by S.A.W.B. View Post
    This is what I use. It an old piston out of a P&W engine that didn't meet the specs on the rebuild.

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    Nice! Didn't think about a piston... I like the legs on that coffee table too!
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    You could cut it off about halfway through the pinholes, with a band saw, and make a couple of nice rests there too! I may just have look around for a nice big piston, S.A.W.B. That's a fine idea!
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    Quote Originally Posted by cinda View Post
    Damn. I might have to buy that!
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    I get compliments all the time on the coffee table. It's just some steel from a old cellphone tower and a drive chain from the elevator. I built it a few years back for my man cave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by S.A.W.B. View Post
    I get compliments all the time on the coffee table. It's just some steel from a old cellphone tower and a drive chain from the elevator. I built it a few years back for my man cave.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SPEEDRACER View Post
    You could cut it off about halfway through the pinholes, with a band saw, and make a couple of nice rests there too! I may just have look around for a nice big piston, S.A.W.B. That's a fine idea!
    Here's one from a 1969 Cadillac Coupe de Ville with a 472ci that I blew up 30 years ago:



    I thought about cutting it through the pin holes but I think it would have been too deep. Either way, you don't wind up with a whole lotta room for ashes
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    Here are a few of the man cave and the table.
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    Interesting kitty.....never saw one like that

    nice pic SWAB thanks for posting






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    Quote Originally Posted by S.A.W.B. View Post
    Here are a few of the man cave and the table.
    You need a cigar box clock on that wall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CoventryCat86 View Post
    Here's one from a 1969 Cadillac Coupe de Ville with a 472ci that I blew up 30 years ago:



    I thought about cutting it through the pin holes but I think it would have been too deep. Either way, you don't wind up with a whole lotta room for ashes
    Nice looking piston-ashtray you got there, CC86! I think when I make mine, I will cut it through the pin holes. I think that will make for some nice cigar rests, I'm not worried too much about the depth, and capacity won't be a big issue, as long as it holds the ashes from one or two cigars. I'll post a pic when it's finished. Gotta find a nice big piston first though... Looking back now, after hearing your story about the Coupe DeVille, I wish I'd saved one from one of the few engines I've blown up! Ha!
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    Quote Originally Posted by S.A.W.B. View Post
    Here are a few of the man cave and the table.
    Nice man cave (and furnishings) S.A.W.B., thanks for sharing! I agree with CC on the cigar box clock.
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    Have you ever see one like this?






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    Quote Originally Posted by SPEEDRACER View Post
    Nice looking piston-ashtray you got there, CC86! I think when I make mine, I will cut it through the pin holes. I think that will make for some nice cigar rests, I'm not worried too much about the depth, and capacity won't be a big issue, as long as it holds the ashes from one or two cigars. I'll post a pic when it's finished. Gotta find a nice big piston first though... Looking back now, after hearing your story about the Coupe DeVille, I wish I'd saved one from one of the few engines I've blown up! Ha!
    Yeah, ya know the more I think about it, that's probably the way to go, cut it right through the middle of the wrist pin holes because as you said, it will make for good cigar rests. The way I cut mine isn't exactly conducive to stopping a cigar from rolling off.

    Like I said earlier, I made that one 30 years ago when I didn't even smoke cigars so come to think of it, the idea of rests never occurred to me so I have to correct myself because it never did occur to me to cut through the wrist pin holes. I kind of modeled it after cigarette ashtrays (which I never used myself personally since I've never smoked cigarettes) and there are enough of what you could consider "rests" for cigarettes but not so much for cigars.

    As far as bigger pistons, you'd probably need to find one from a large diesel engine because I don't think there are automotive ones larger than the Cadillac one I used. The only problem with larger diameter pistons is they get awfully heavy.

    Anyway, I think you're on the right track with making the cut through the wrist pin holes.
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