What's the gizmo made from recycled bits?

[Firebottle]

I like to have a tat about, even better when the tat is free or redundant stuff.

I've made this gizmo with a very definite use, from 'free' parts.



The LED cluster came from a recycled low voltage lamp. It had a blown rectifier and all the surface mount resistors had increased in value by a large amount, so some fettling was in order. The black case was left over from a switch mode PSU when I used the innards in something else and the battery pack and associated contact strip was redundant from a hand held airband radio that was converted to a base station.



Can you think what it's used for?

Alan

[Ali Tait]

TT strobe?

[chelsea]

Police helicopter zappa?

[Macca]

Signal lamp. You have a boat. Or you use it to alert local members of La Resistance - do they still have that in France?

[Mr Kipling]

It's a hand-held phaser, which appears to be set to - STUN IT!

Am I right? Or am I right?

[The Grand Wazoo]

You're going to take it with you into a phone booth and change into your Jamie and the Magic Torch costume!

[Firebottle]

Loving the replies so far chaps..........

[gariusmacus]

its an ACME road-runner stunner

[brainz2000]

Ok ... I'm interested ,...

What is it?

[Oldpinkman]

Its for getting home safely from the pub on a dark night without falling arse over tit over branches blown down in the storm.

My stepson asks if he can have one please