Altoid mint tins

[Joe Everhart]

Karl and all,

Yet other sources of tins are several specialty companies such as:
<http://www.usbox.com/Tins/Metal> and others found by using the search
string "metal tins" on Google.

I've also found that Dollar Tree stores have the small tins with handles
that Karl mentioned.  They are priced at - you guessed it one dollar -
thus being more economical than Five Below.

I even found some "handled" metal boxes almost lunchbox sized around
Easter at Dollar Tree.  The only problem is that they often have
"girley" themes and are decorated with pastel Easter Bunnies.  A liberal
application of Krylon takes care of that!

Joe E.,  N2CX


On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 20:59 -0500, Karl W4KRL wrote:
> Five Below has a lot of empty tins of various dimensions. Many of them have
> little latches and carrying handles. Here is my soundcard interface built
> into a SpongeBob tin. The eyes are LEDs that light when linked to the rig
> and computer.
> 
> Karl W4KRL
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert E. Seastrom [mailto:rs at seastrom.com] 
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:30 AM
> To: Mike O'Dell
> Cc: Tacos AMRAD
> Subject: Re: Altoid mint tins
> 
> 
> My niece (KI4YND) consumes Penguin Mints, which are like altoids in
> every way (including the tin) except that the sugar has been replaced
> with sorbitol and caffeine, at an astounding rate.  Let me know what
> you need and I'll see what I can get ya.
> 
> -r
> 
> Mike O'Dell <mo at 131.ccr.org> writes:
> 
> > the Altoids i routinely find in the stores are in the
> > genuine metal tins.
> >
> > if the statement that it's hard to buy "just the tins"
> > with the contents having already been consumed, that
> > might well be the case (ouch!), but i've also seen
> > unpainted tins that look remarkably like the Altoids tin
> > for sale on the net and in some parts rag.  worth a google
> > or two.
> >
> >      -mo
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