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  • Date Created: 18 Nov 2017 1:27 AM Date Created
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Dollar Store Parts in Projects

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18 Nov 2017

This blog is to add to theheckwithkaren blog about using Dollar Store parts in projects.

I scour the Dollar Store for parts on many projects and I have use parts from the Dollar Store countless times.

Here are a few examples:

The Acrylic dome on my Konker Connection is part of a butter dish from the Dollar Store (The other part will likely be used to cover a solar panel on a different project):

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This urethane orb was found in a Dollar Store. It was used in my LED road test.

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This PLA dispenser for 3D printers was built with low-cost skateboard bearings and uses a paint roller for an axle:

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The turn table in this Star Trek Alcove video is from a Dollar Store:

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This tablet stand for my Star Trek Alcove uses a plastic hockey stick from a Dollar Store. That power bar was also a Dollar Store item.

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The stand for the Purple People Eater also uses a plastic hockey stick from a Dollar Store:

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The list of Dollar Store parts gets to be very long ......

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  • geralds
    geralds over 8 years ago in reply to dougw +3
    Hi Douglas, Some of your images or videos are restricted under " Unauthorized Access to this place or content is restricted. If you think this is a mistake, please contact your administrator or the person…
  • danzima
    danzima over 8 years ago in reply to dougw +3
    Hi Doug et al, We actually noticed this a few weeks ago but thought it was just related to permissions in the different spaces, but if it's happening in this fashion too we're going to submit a ticket…
  • dougw
    dougw over 8 years ago in reply to jw0752 +2
    That is so true John. When you are walking through a store and everything you see, you are thinking "how can I re-purpose this item or strip off something useful?" Suddenly all that cheap junk is alive…
  • dougw
    dougw over 8 years ago in reply to jw0752

    That is so true John. When you are walking through a store and everything you see, you are thinking "how can I re-purpose this item or strip off something useful?" Suddenly all that cheap junk is alive with neat possibilities.

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    jw0752 over 8 years ago

    Hi Doug,

    This is a great collection of Dollar Store memorabilia. When one is a maker it is important to always be looking for resources. When just about everything is viewed as a source of parts and pieces the world is seen in a totally different perspective.

     

    John

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    fmilburn over 8 years ago

    I too am a fan of the dollar store.  I've used containers for weather proofing "instruments", toys like princess tiaras as the starting place of blinky stuff for my grandchildren, and they have inexpensive glue and Velcro to hold stuff together.  Great stuff!

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