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OK long term listener first time caller, if you get my drift.
This is my attempt at coming up with a sensibly sized survival kit. Its not the biggest and its not the smallest. It's probably a 3rd bigger then an Altoids tin. I did cheat !!!! I bought a pre made survival kit and augmented it (all items were cheaper this way)
This is my attempt at coming up with a sensibly sized survival kit. Its not the biggest and its not the smallest. It's probably a 3rd bigger then an Altoids tin. I did cheat !!!! I bought a pre made survival kit and augmented it (all items were cheaper this way)
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This kit started out as 2 individual items, the pre bought kit pictured and a disney cars mini lunch box. I didn't do much to the pre made kit except leave some items out like the pencil and paper, but for the disney tin.... yeah it needed work!
First it came with this little handle which is cute for a 4 yr old but would catch on stuff for me and well look plain silly so using my leatherman I unbent the metal tabs inside holding the handle on and got rid of that. Well that leaves me with 2 small problems in the shape of the 2 holes (sorry I didn't take picks of this I was unaware of Instructables at the time). Using some quick steel putty I plugged the holes, thats what those grey/greenish blobs are on the inside.
Next the bottom was like a lid pushed on with 4 rivets holding it but I could see daylight between the 2 so out came the silicone sealer . I smushed a bunch in and around the perimiter of the bottom. I'm not Guaranteeing total waterproofness but it should keep the worst out.
Next I sanded the outside and sprayed it with a can of black paint.
and thats the tin.
its 4 3/16th" wide by 1.5" deep
First it came with this little handle which is cute for a 4 yr old but would catch on stuff for me and well look plain silly so using my leatherman I unbent the metal tabs inside holding the handle on and got rid of that. Well that leaves me with 2 small problems in the shape of the 2 holes (sorry I didn't take picks of this I was unaware of Instructables at the time). Using some quick steel putty I plugged the holes, thats what those grey/greenish blobs are on the inside.
Next the bottom was like a lid pushed on with 4 rivets holding it but I could see daylight between the 2 so out came the silicone sealer . I smushed a bunch in and around the perimiter of the bottom. I'm not Guaranteeing total waterproofness but it should keep the worst out.
Next I sanded the outside and sprayed it with a can of black paint.
and thats the tin.
its 4 3/16th" wide by 1.5" deep
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You would have enough room to add some Micropure (water purifying) tablets and a wire-saw, and perhaps even a square-foot of plastic (to obtain/distill water) - then it's just about the ultimate small kit. (My opinion, anyway.)