Bargain Store Project #5 - Glowing Rat Eyes
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Channel: GrandadIsAnOldMan · 2013 · Science & Technology
In this episode I use a "Battery Powered Tea Light" to provide flickering glowing yellow eyes for a plastic halloween rat. I have bent the rules for my Bargain store Project series a little here in that I made two purchases for £1 each, but I will use the items for more than one episode. This is the fifth episode in my new project series where I will buy an item from my local bargain stores for £1 or less and use it to make something it was not designed for, preferably a toy that my grandchildren could potentially play with. Remember, these bargain stores also sell plenty of toys for £1 or less so the project is not about making a cheap toy, it is about taking something and 'hacking' or 'repurposing' it to do something other than what it was designed to do. I am using bargain store products to limit my initial outlay. The components are: Plastic Rat Battery powered tea lights Short length of wire - I stripped mine from some telephone cable Tools - Hot Glue Gun Hobby knife Soldering Iron Wire cutters I will add this new video to my Halloween Projects playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB2DYeTf6HaQtb7QtxDEFCZ9 and my Electronic Projects playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB00lxaX8BD46F1QDJTe7Em4 and my Bargain Store Projects playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5a2xPRSrB0ZqYUdxXaQaJdg-cs3dKIi Facebook https://www.facebook.com/grandadisanoldman/ Merchandise - I suggest you check both of these links if you are interested as the prices will vary and the shipping charges will be different. http://www.redbubble.com/people/grandadiaom/portfolio http://grandadisanoldman.cottoncart.com/ Oldest videos https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?flow=grid&view=0&sort=da Most Popular https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=p&flow=grid&view=0 Newest videos https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/videos?sort=dd&view=0&flow=grid I have thousands of videos on YouTube covering a wide range of subjects. To find them follow my search guides https://youtu.be/ceBSOoOHcgw or https://youtu.be/Zj4UgwkwYRk or see my playlists page https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan/playlists?flow=grid&view=1 Generally my projects are for my grandchildren to enjoy. OK, I enjoy them too. If anybody else likes them, that is a bonus. I like to keep my work as simple and basic as possible so that it can be copied easily and improved by anybody who wants to try themselves. I recycle or repurpose items rather than buy new and when I do buy I like to keep it cheap. https://www.youtube.com/user/GrandadIsAnOldMan My "GrandadsOtherChannel" channel is generally where I will host the videos that give extra detail or longer versions of the videos I post on my main channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2mp_L8RoxMyw3ewwSecZ6Q
