I had a few pairs of broken sunglasses (arms in one, lens in the other), so recombined them into one I liked even better. I opted for an armless version, sewing an elastic glasses strap with slight tension to the frame to keep them in place. The lens from one was cut to fit the better frame from the other and added with little bolts. It was great as the snug fit meant it was hard for snow/wind/rain to be blown in, and the armless design was much more durable (more compact and less to break). The glasses strap meant it never fell off my face in a fall or when looking down, and was always handily around my neck when not in use. It lasted through another 6 years of climbing/crawling/hiking adventures.

Inigo's might be out of my league so I went for a Man In Black style. The pommel and guard are brazed together. The guard and handle wrap are an old shoelace and some string.

This water resistant MP3 player case was made from an old Sport Walkman. I removed the guts and added an earphone plug (from a set the airlines give you) inside so you can connect to any mp3 player/phone that fits. I use the water resistant headphones that came with the Walkman. It was successfully tested with swims at 3 foot depth (pool) and clips nicely to your bathing suit. You don't have access to buttons but press play with a long enough playlist before you go into the water and you won't need them. You can also put cash, car keys/clicker and credit cards in there when you're off to the beach. Also protects from sand/mud/etc.

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Yeah, I love that show too! I think they did acknowledge you can do it with an aluminum arrow (like here) and were only out to do it with wood. They were also looking for a split all the way down to the bullseye. This one's only about 8" deep but I love the zigzag fracture as the first arrow expanded to let the second one through.

My Dad managed to split an arrow with another at the archery range so I decided it had to be framed. I made this one from some leftover wood, metal trim and a plate.

I was out of brushes and wanted to get started anyway so I made this one using popsicle sticks. I haven't decided if she's stopping a blast or making one. You be the judge!

 

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I guess I've always wanted my own spaceship. When I had to clean up the radio tower, it just became a magnet for any other junk that needed a new purpose.

Here's a pic of the back too.

I loved the motion tracker from the movie Aliens, as well as radar screens in general, so I combined them for my clock. The mechanism was taken out of a new clock because I needed one with continuous motion (sweeped was needed for the radar, not stepped like in clock kits, plus I hate even a tiny ticking noise at night so sweeped is quieter). Then I used big alien blobs (or incoming bogies if you like) as the 5's and smallers ones for 1's. So 5 o'clock is one big blob, 12 o'clock is 2 big blogs + 2 small blobs. I cut glow in the dark paint on paper into the two "alien ships" circling around to be the minute and hour hand and still be visible when the lights go out.

This spaceship, of the Battlestar Galactica inspired Viper look was made mostly with reused materials.



- fuselage = an old radio tower that the wind knocked down.
- wings = metal doors someone threw out.
- skin (covering) and dorsal fin = mdf board someone threw out.
- front tire = from a broken baby carriage.
- engine rotors = hubcaps off an old car.
- engines = old drums that weren't watertight enough for dock floaters, 3 old garbage cans and the bottoms from 3 water jugs & two rollup toolboxes someone threw out.
- nosecone = an inverted lampshape and a piece of plastic from a computer monitor stand.
- back of the canopy = the cover of an old humidifier.
- seatbelts = presumably from an old car (garbage picked).
- seat cushion = from a broken back massager.

Back wheels were bought, but from a surplus store (I think they were gears originally).
Also purchased: paint, fibreglass, glue, bolts, front of canopy & 3 more garbage cans.

Finally installed the avionics. Includes:
An old battery from a scooter. A few strobes (new) attached to tubing from old hand vacuums for turbolasers. Switches both new and old (from past hobby projects). Gauges from a surplus store. A solar panel (from my camping gear) to keep the battery charged up. My camera (has a built in Gyro), GPS and a magnetic compass.


 
Now I just need to add brakes and steering. (I know for most people, that might have been before the flashing lights)
Here's the new engine cover too (needs some paint still):

These outfits were made solely from aluminum cans (no thread, tape, glue, velcro, buckles, wire, etc.).
The side metal of the cans is weaved through the pull tabs to make a kind of chainmail armor. Even the earrings are 100% from cans.
100% recycled and recyclable
100% aluminum
Made in Canada