Altoids Tin Projects
It’s a mint tin modification extravaganza! What can’t you do with an Altoids tin?
Sour Time William Craig
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You’ll always know what time it is with this Altoids clock, made from a round Mango Sours tin
Take the workings out of a cheapo clock and install them in a tin; poke a hole in the face for the hands
Minty Strobe Martin de Selincourt
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Make a triggerable strobe to capture those high-speed moments, with the innards of a camera flash unit and some switches
Catch the action—look, levitating pennies
Guitar Unplugged bumpus
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Add a ruler, guitar strings, some eye screws for tuners, and you have a tiny guitar
Tin Guitar—Electric Version Jason and Ian Wilson
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Turn your tiny guitar up to 11 by adding a piezo pickup and an amp jack
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Altoids Case From Old iPod Courtney Sexton
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Don’t know what to do with all the mints you’re kicking out of their tins? How about this iPod Altoids case?
Ultimate iPod Case David and Chuk Industries
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Go EXTREME with this Ultimate iPod Altoids case—whoa, dude!
Speaker Matthew Poage
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Plug your iPod into this Altoids tin speaker, inspired by MAKE magazine’s Crackerbox Amp
You need some experience making printed circuit boards to build this one
Survival Kit Daniel Matthews
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Our Altoids tins will help us survive if we’re out in the wild… at least they will if we pack all these essentials in them.
Bicycle Survival Kit =SMART=
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For a bike ride, all this fits into a tin
Write important numbers in the lid
DIY BBQ in Action Alex Fleming
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Be prepared to barbeque at a moment’s notice with this foldable pocket BBQ grill. Lilliputian grilling utensils sold separately.
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The now-classic Minty Boost is a portable battery-powered USB charger. Beginners can get a build kit through the adafruit webshop (www.adafruit.com).
Pocket-sized Watercolor Box JPMartineau
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Use Fimo to make little wells to hold your paste watercolors. Let the paint dry, and you have a portable art studio.
Emergency Candle EAKLONDON
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Never be left in the dark with this multiwicked emergency candle—store matches in the lid
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