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Altoids flashlight/wallet

This is my first instructable so its not perfect. This is a very similiar but easy flash/wallet. Read all the way through first.

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Step 1What you will need

An Altoids tin with lid
a car gauge light (an led will work)
a switch
a drill (a dremel tool will work)
a resistor (opitonal)
thin cardboard like from a 12 pack of pop
duct tape (can be colored)
battery (make sure correct voltage)
leather of felt (optional)
hot glue gun
battery connector (optional)

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Aug 27, 2007. 12:47 PMSadam and Osama says:

this looks pretty easy! i still need an altoid's tin. i've seen them at some place at the mall, but it cost's like 4 dollars TT___TT

Sep 13, 2011. 5:48 PMDerek Vigil says:

Try discount stores (expired food stores) or the dollar store.

Aug 27, 2007. 3:48 PMfootballgirl004 (author) says:

i got mine for like 2 bucks and threw away the candy

Sep 23, 2007. 6:52 AMJames (pseudo-geek) says:

YOU THREW AWAY THE CANDY?!?!?!?!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!?!? YOUR SUPPOSED TO EAT IT, HOW DARE YOU WASTE ALTOIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apr 11, 2008. 7:34 PMstruckbyanarrow says:

ya u see the button on the keyboard that says Caps Lock try and click it btw cool off spaz

Apr 11, 2008. 8:13 PMJames (pseudo-geek) says:

lol, did you seriously not see that I was joking?

Apr 11, 2008. 8:18 PMstruckbyanarrow says:

sorry some kids at my school are obsessed in altoids they freak out about them it was kinda a force of habbit

Apr 12, 2008. 12:09 AMJames (pseudo-geek) says:

np.

Sep 24, 2007. 2:37 PMfootballgirl004 (author) says:

i ate most of them there were like only a few left

Sep 24, 2007. 3:24 PMJames (pseudo-geek) says:

oh well thats not quite as bad.

Dec 20, 2010. 4:38 PMportalturret2 says:

im going to try to make it. but im thinking that ill make one without the wallet part. like a altoids tin flashlight, thats really bright. with a bigger light. but i like the wallet idea.

Jan 29, 2010. 8:13 PMcdousley says:

I made one of these,IT SUCKED but this is a very cool project mine was overstuffed

Jul 14, 2009. 8:49 AMdungeon runner says:

There is a wonderful invention called punctuation.

Jun 17, 2009. 1:30 PMdreath77 says:

stuff like this makes me wonder, what do ppl do in their lives? awesome

Apr 11, 2008. 7:28 PMstruckbyanarrow says:

wow i've never seen a girl that can solder, likes football, and electronics. wait do you like fire? archery?

Apr 12, 2008. 5:24 AMfootballgirl004 (author) says:

yeah i like electronics. i am gettin into archery now. i like to blow things up with fireworks so yeah i like FIRE.

Apr 12, 2008. 3:18 PMstruckbyanarrow says:

got a bow? i have a 45 pound made of hardened ash recurve longbow and a 20 pound aluminum compound bow

Apr 12, 2008. 5:04 PMfootballgirl004 (author) says:

i use my brother's but im not sure wat it is but i havent shot anything yet im still in the practice phase

Apr 12, 2008. 5:55 PMstruckbyanarrow says:

cool i do competitions at my local archery range, ages 11-15 ive gotten 3rd prize out of 13 people.

Apr 12, 2008. 5:56 PMstruckbyanarrow says:

p.s. im not into killing animals unless its like attacking me

Apr 9, 2009. 8:01 PMMacLean says:

Ill show ya my bow later if you ask, it was my summer project that took 3 days (most to get the wood to sag), i made the bow out of sinew and its pretty accurate.

Apr 10, 2009. 6:16 PMstruckbyanarrow says:

sweet sound awesome my grandpa just gave me a longbow im not sure about the # but probably 20-30

May 3, 2008. 6:27 AM

=SMART= says:

lol nice

May 5, 2008. 5:17 PMstruckbyanarrow says:

ya.....

Apr 9, 2009. 7:55 PMMacLean says:

why no solder a bunch of scrap metal into a shrieken? That would be dangle show

Feb 28, 2009. 12:24 PMdaltonjcw says:

Definitely my favorite altoids wallet. Good details.

Jul 31, 2008. 8:14 PMMasteroffencing says:

thank you brittany hansen

Jun 19, 2008. 10:07 PMscubalou says:

Back in the old days (the 40s, 50s, 60s & 70s), women were a very active part of the manufacture of electronic products using soldering irons. In high school, before transistors, I had to do a lot of soldering. When I left the military in 1971, I went back to college and found a job at an IBM plant making sub assemblies for their tape drives of the day. The work force had about 50% women and the detail soldering was almost all women. Don't be surprised that all people can do similar tasks easily.

Aug 10, 2007. 5:28 AMwongsta says:

May 1, 2008. 11:53 PMdivxnz says:

Hey nice... check mine out...

eclipse torch

Nov 1, 2007. 1:46 PMx z i t says:

dis is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aug 10, 2007. 1:14 PMfootballgirl004 (author) says:

thats pretty cool what kinda of a light did u use

Aug 10, 2007. 7:39 PMwongsta says:

I used a very bright led which i happened to have for no reason... it has no brand or anything. I know it isn't as bright as a luxeon but its the same type (I think).

Aug 11, 2007. 8:34 PMfootballgirl004 (author) says:

cool

Sep 23, 2007. 6:53 AMJames (pseudo-geek) says:

ok now that just pwns. I'm going to make one of these. I'll post pictures later.

Apr 12, 2008. 5:07 PMfootballgirl004 (author) says:

you still havent posted pics

Apr 12, 2008. 7:06 PMJames (pseudo-geek) says:

oh I forgot about that....I have an altoids tin and some LEDs, maybe I'll make one later.

Sep 26, 2007. 9:33 PMriteaidrob says:

where can i get a wireless solder for a good price

Apr 11, 2008. 7:32 PMstruckbyanarrow says:

a wireless soldering iron?!?!?!. OMG they have those,??? where omg i have to get one wait how the hell does the electricity travel through ir signals that must be some new fricken technology.

Apr 12, 2008. 12:10 AMJames (pseudo-geek) says:

get one of these butane ones like I did.

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