Harbor Freight's 5-gallon bucket is for more than just carrying tools and holding materials. Here are some innovative ways to use this handy tool.

Cut part of the lip off the bottom of the food storage bucket to flatten it ... Just make a couple of notches on the top of a 5-gallon bucket. Set the pipe in the notches, and you have a stable ...

[Figjam] took a 5 gallon bucket, wrapped the inside with two layers of swamp cooler matting, made a loop of hose above it connected to a submersible pump and ran a fan out the top with piping.