We’re big fans of Altoids tins here at MAKE, which is why we love this awesome round-up of 22 Manly Ways to Reuse an Altoids Tin by The Art of Manliness. Highlights include: a pinhole camera, an urban survival kit, and my favorite, the fireball shooter. If, after reading that, you still don’t know what you want to create with your empty tins, check out Make: Online’s exhaustive archive of DIY projects that involve the useful little enclosure.
In the Maker Shed:
my choice is to sand the paint off the front (works best on tins w/out raised lettering) and using it as an arduino enclosure… its just barely big enough for some small projects
A while back I found these smaller Altoids tins that are the perfect size for a Teensy board: http://twitpic.com/3fnggc I haven’t figured out what I will make with them yet, though!
A while back I found these smaller Altoids tins that are the perfect size for a Teensy board: http://twitpic.com/3fnggc I haven’t figured out what I will make with them yet, though!
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