# Another Dollar Store PKE **URL:** \ **Category:** PKE Meters\ **Created:** [September 17, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322 "2008-09-17T22:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tralan](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Tralan](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Tralan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/1 "2008-09-17T22:45:28Z")
First off, Bradester, thank you. You’re equipment has been a massive influence to me. I no longer have to dream about GB equipment that I’ll never afford. I took your idea of using a plastic holder box and a screwdriver for a handle. I used 2 cheapo ballpoint pens from my hotel as the antennae. I’ll tape off the "screen soon as the glue dries and paint it flat black. I have a red knob to add (it is a painted Ocean Spray bottle top lol) and a black knob to add. I may cut up some playing cards to make the screen guard, but I dunno yet. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/e/b/eb1a1edb63edaff32f96eb5844c4646a6d09896e.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/1/7/17a4b0d2a54e94ee592635581fc820fd1f05d4f9.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/0/5/0512bf523a37b7ee041e25eac909ec2d554559d7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mjollnir/32/5986_2.png) [@Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Mjollnir)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/2 "2008-09-18T01:42:17Z")
Looks nice. Good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Raystantz\_Italy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Raystantz\_Italy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Raystantz_Italy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/3 "2008-09-18T19:31:40Z")
you were inspired by my trap…now i’m inspired by your pke!! ---
**Author:** ![SG1ampAtlantisFan](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SG1ampAtlantisFan](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/SG1ampAtlantisFan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/4 "2008-09-18T20:07:30Z")
You could easily fit some LED lights in there and a AA or AAA battery pack! Someone else in another forum took apart a cheap dollar store lightsaber for the lights on their pack… I bet you could use a couple of thoes. Maybe use slightly bigger… ummm “antennas” also to put lights on that? ---
**Author:** ![jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/jhsanny/32/163_2.png) [@jhsanny](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jhsanny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/5 "2008-09-19T00:35:51Z")
> [@SG1&AtlantisFan](#): > > You could easily fit some LED lights in there and a AA or AAA battery pack! > > Someone else in another forum took apart a cheap dollar store lightsaber for the lights on their pack… I bet you could use a couple of thoes. Maybe use slightly bigger… ummm “antennas” also to put lights on that? Adding lights to the pens/antennas is a good idea - however you shouldn’t need anything bigger than the pens you’re using to do this. I ran individual LED’s up through two mechanical pencils in an old PKE I made, and they fit just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mjollnir/32/5986_2.png) [@Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Mjollnir)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/6 "2008-09-19T02:22:02Z")
Sounds cool. What about christmas lights? Would those work? ---
**Author:** ![Tralan](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Tralan](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Tralan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/7 "2008-09-19T09:10:55Z")
> [@Raystantz Italy](#): > > you were inspired by my trap…now i’m inspired by your pke!! lol So… I haven’t advanced this thing any further than what you see here. Why? There is no glue that wil f\*\*\*ing hold the screwdriver to the back of this thing!!! I may drill a hole in the bottom and just glue the thing inside it. Maybe easier to hold it together. I’m not going to go all out for lights. If I do any at all. a lot of effort I don’t want to go through… ---
**Author:** ![minnesotaghost](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/minnesotaghost/32/5853_2.png) [@minnesotaghost](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/minnesotaghost)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/8 "2008-09-19T15:12:14Z")
> [@Tralan](#): > > > [@Raystantz Italy](#): > > > > you were inspired by my trap…now i’m inspired by your pke!! > > lol > > So… I haven’t advanced this thing any further than what you see here. Why? There is no glue that wil f\*\*\*ing hold the screwdriver to the back of this thing!!! I may drill a hole in the bottom and just glue the thing inside it. Maybe easier to hold it together. > > I’m not going to go all out for lights. If I do any at all. a lot of effort I don’t want to go through… I agree. My screwdriver has the same problem except I painted mine already. I’m gonna re-do a new type of glue to do it. and if all else falls, i will hot glue like bradester. ---
**Author:** ![Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mjollnir/32/5986_2.png) [@Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Mjollnir)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/9 "2008-09-19T15:43:08Z")
You guys tried airplane model glue or crazy glue? ---
**Author:** ![minnesotaghost](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/minnesotaghost/32/5853_2.png) [@minnesotaghost](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/minnesotaghost)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/10 "2008-09-20T01:12:07Z")
> [@Mjollnir](#): > > You guys tried airplane model glue or crazy glue? Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Tralan](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Tralan](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Tralan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/11 "2008-09-20T11:46:53Z")
Super glue, crazy glue, gorilla glue… Epoxy works. I have the kind that comes in two different tubes and you mix them together. JB Weld might do it also. In retrospect, I should have sanded the box before painting because I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s going to peel off very easily. Oh well, it’s looking pretty good. I’ll snap a few photos and post them soon. ---
**Author:** ![Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mjollnir/32/5986_2.png) [@Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Mjollnir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/another-dollar-store-pke/19322/12 "2008-09-21T22:16:02Z")
You could also use Wood Glue too. But thats made specifically for use on wood so that probably won’t work. Good luck with that. Hope it doesn’t peel