Creative uses for Altoid tins
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November 14th, 2011 at 10:54 am
Used to carry one with 10 cigarettes and a book of matches. That meant no matter what I did my smokes stayed dry and un-bent.
November 14th, 2011 at 10:57 am
I’ve been using Altoids tins for years to carry spare ammo. A layer of paper towel top and bottom keeps them from rattling, and duct tape keeps the tin closed and dirt-free. In wet/winter weather, I use melted wax to seal the lid first. I label them with a Sharpie and stash them in my truck or anywhere I might need them.
November 14th, 2011 at 11:37 am
We used them in the photo studio for razor blades, putty, pins, film leader retrievers… all the little bits and pieces it takes to take a good photo that doesn’t involve camera, subject, lighting or gaffer’s tape.
November 14th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
My main use is to hold 10 rounds of .44 Special ammo in a neat container, and one that is unlikely to be “made” (unless handled, the box gets way too heavy to be Altoids). I cut and use 1/8″ dense-cell foam to put padding in so the rounds don’t rattle in the can.
My other use is for a heavy-duty sewing kit which contains heavy linen thread, beeswax, assorted heavy needles (Coughlan’s sells them as a Tent Repair Kit) and a razor blade. This will repair everything from your boots to your hat.
Still haven’t figured out what to do with the Altoid Smalls boxes, though…
Of course, all this isn’t new. People used to pack their needed things into Prince Albert pipe tobacco cans, and I have used large Band-Aid tins for survival kits. Put soup-base, hot chocolate envelopes, or coffee-bags in one, and tape it up. To deploy, un-tape, use a knife-split branch to hold the lid and can of water whilst you boil over the fire, mix in the soup or cocoa and raise your spirits while you contemplate your situation. If you happen to have a little “airline” bottle of liquid spirits to dose that warm mix with, you will not even feel lost!
November 14th, 2011 at 10:07 pm
I’ve got a 20 meter radio transceiver in one.
It was in a Sucrets tin but was a little crowded, not enough room for all the connectors for power, Morse key, earphone, and antenna. So I had to buy a tin of Altoids just for the tin.
November 14th, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Fyooz beat me to it – a whole ham radio transceiver in a Altoids tin, http://www.qsl.net/wy3a/RockMite.htm