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#1 PVC Attachment with 35 mm film strip. Find the size you need to attach to your camera. You may need to heat it for 2 minutes to "stretch" it to fit over the lens housing. Then cut slots with a hacksaw to hold the film like this.

Attach the PVC ring to your camera.. Here I left the film in the attachment just to show you how it should appear. You will have to experiment to get the correct focus for your camera. Suggest you make several attahcments at different lengths so your pictures will be in focus. Remember, two negatives make a positive. You must put your camera in NEGATIVE mode to shoot a negative into a positive. (Look through the MENU on your digital camera for "negative art" or some such title.

For larger negatives you cannot use the 35 mm attachment. To shoot larger negatives do the following. Prop a sheet of white paper in a window where the sun hits the back side. Place the negative on the paper and use a tripod (reccomended) with your camera in NEGATIVE mode. With a little experimentation you can recover images from a long time ago. I also made a 35 mm slide attachment that fits over the lens (but using POSITIVE mode) Then I copy colored slides into images for CD/s etc. Let me know if you have ideas like this that you would share. OK?
NOTE: You must use sunlight. Shoot against
a glass windowpane without a screen or shadow. Contact me if you have questions. No Charge. Good luck! Cactus

#2 Wrist watch stand.. I really don't like watch bands that use a belt buckle. So I have "sewn" some with velcro as you can see. Here I sorted out the watches and put them on a little stand made of 1/2" CPVC pipe that was painted black. (There are two types of PVC pipe...the Schedule 40 -PVC- is used for higher pressure such as water pipes...the -CPVC- has a thinner wall and is cheaper), The base is wood drilled to accept the CPVC pipe and the nails were heated with a torch (using gas pliers to hold them). They can easily be inserted where you want while still hot.

Close up shot of Velcro on top bar. This is a little fuzzy but you can see I have alternated Velcro )using the velvet and the hook) across the top. With this on my dresser I can select which watch I want to use. (Work in the garage or go to church!) You get the idea..

#3 -24 Neckties on a single hanger. Got tired of wearing the same tie 'cause I am too lazy to find one that has not been worn. Added a pc of PVC pipe to the hanger. Held in place by cable ties. Spaced the 1/8th inch holes 1.25 inches apart (12 on each side). Alternated the holes with the opposite side. Used 2.5" roofing nails with the points ground off at 45 degree angles. I also used a rotary wire brush on the points to de-burr them. It's a simple arrangement for holding neckties. (I only wear them to church, really!).

This is the other side of the tie hanger.. Clara gave us some wood sticks with flavors for coffee. Thats what the wood sticks with little round tops are all about! (I drew a line on the PVC and used a dry wall screw to hold it onto a piece of 2 x 4. Then marked off the 1.25 spots to drill.) You can add more or less to your "tie hanger".

Close up of the 1/8" holes with roofing nails. I moved a couple of ties to show you this fuzzy photo of what the nails looked like up close and personal!

#4 -Belts on hanger. Actally, I had too many belts and they were always falling off the metal hanger onto the floor. Some were way too small! I got rid of them. I added a piece of 3/4"PVC to the rack on the backside and put roofing nails (1/8" Holes) through the holes at 45 degree angle. Then sliced slots to hold the PVCD at the proper angle. They are secured with cable ties. You may have a better idea than this. I'd love to hear about it. I did put caps on the ends of the pipe... it's just cosmetic.