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Then—after a sweaty afternoon of nailing squashed cans to your housetop—you'll probably enjoy a refreshing bath . . . and you can easily make a five-gallon shower unit from (you guessed it) another Blazo container. Cut away the top of the tin and make the receptacle into a water bucket by adding a wire handle. Then see the local hardware store for a faucet with a one-half-inch standard pipe male-to-hose connection and a garden hand-sprinkler. Cut a hole in the wall of the container toward the bottom and bolt in the faucet with a retainer nut. Screw the sprinkler onto the tap, fill the can with hot water from your drum heater and enjoy your wash. You'll find it much better than a sponge bath!

BLAZO BOXES

I've found "Alaskan lumber" useful for cabin shelves, stools, tables, night stands, shop storage bins, sled boxes or whatever. Just paint the crates and use them as your heart desires.

Blazo boxes also come in handy if you want to trap birds or small animals like rabbits and squirrels. Make a set of notched rods (as shown in the sketch) and prop the case up with them. Then lay a trail of food that leads to the trip stick and—when an animal disturbs that "figure four" support—the crate will fall and catch him. Most critters can dig under the box's edge to escape, however, so check your traps often.

Of course, the suggestions I've made for recycling fuel containers are just a beginning . . . the usefulness of these articles is limited only by your imagination. And such inventiveness is important these days. There are limits to what Mother Earth can give us, and we must learn to live within those bounds by reusing what we already have.

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