We were tired of losing our e-cigs under the car seat or in the woods (lost forever!) so I came up with a fairly quick and easy lanyard.
As a bit of a crafter, I had some polymer clay laying around. I picked up some scraps and made a swirly red, white, and various pinks design. I wrapped a dead battery (guts torn out) with a few layers of tin foil to keep the final product from being too tight. Then I flattened out the clay and rolled it around the battery and trimmed it all up nice. Along with that, I made a couple of small beads (just rolled into a ball and poked a toothpick through) and baked it all in the oven for 20 mins at 275deg.
After it was baked and cooled, I super-glued the beads to the side of the tube of clay. Then I strung some leather cord through the holes and knotted the ends.
I had picked up some rubber O-rings at the hardware store - 5/16 ID in this case fit my Vapor King battery nice and tight but not too tight. I slipped one on, followed by my clay tube, and then another O-ring.
Now I won't lose any more e-cigs! The key to the design is the O-rings - you could make the tube out of a lot of different things I suppose - it just happened that I am into polymer clay and it works beautifully for this. My design is simple, it could certainly be prettied up quite a bit.
As a bit of a crafter, I had some polymer clay laying around. I picked up some scraps and made a swirly red, white, and various pinks design. I wrapped a dead battery (guts torn out) with a few layers of tin foil to keep the final product from being too tight. Then I flattened out the clay and rolled it around the battery and trimmed it all up nice. Along with that, I made a couple of small beads (just rolled into a ball and poked a toothpick through) and baked it all in the oven for 20 mins at 275deg.
After it was baked and cooled, I super-glued the beads to the side of the tube of clay. Then I strung some leather cord through the holes and knotted the ends.
I had picked up some rubber O-rings at the hardware store - 5/16 ID in this case fit my Vapor King battery nice and tight but not too tight. I slipped one on, followed by my clay tube, and then another O-ring.
Now I won't lose any more e-cigs! The key to the design is the O-rings - you could make the tube out of a lot of different things I suppose - it just happened that I am into polymer clay and it works beautifully for this. My design is simple, it could certainly be prettied up quite a bit.