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altoids ever lasting led lights diy, jackolatern light

altoids ever lasting led lights diy, jackolatern light

I was bored, and saw that everyone was making these cool little contraptions out of Altoids tin cans, so i made my own. i havent really decided what it is.... it could be a ever lasting led lights kit or it could be a light up mirror if you put a little mirror in the lid. so here it is.....

 
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Step 1Supplies

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Here are the following supplies you will need: Altoids can, solder gun, solder,  four 5mm led lights(any color), battery clamp, double sided adhesive tape, 2 AA batteries, a AA battery holder thingy, a little push switch(got mine from an old computers power button, a little circuit bored, and some type of clamp to hold something tight together, oh and some wire
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6 comments
Dec 22, 2011. 11:01 PMJKPieGuy says:
Darn I thought of this idea awhile back but never got to it. Well glad to see someone else thought of the same thing!
Oct 6, 2010. 4:02 PMandyspam says:
To make it turn on when you open it i would suggest a reed switch
Nov 4, 2009. 5:37 AMcowscankill says:
That's a really smart way to use a restart button! I never would thing of using it like this, good job.
Oct 30, 2009. 6:10 PMDIY Dave says:
Great job;

I would suggest adding punctuation and correcting spelling. Then the project would be perfect.

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