![]() Take off the battery cover and remove the batteries from the shoe polisher. Take your length of electrical wire and cut it in half. (Before you get started on this epic costume, pop in some AA batteries and make sure the shoe polisher is working properly.) I'd set aside several evenings to work on this costume. This took around 8-12 hours over the course of a week to fully construct. a spray paint mask (this is under $20 and really important for your health) helpful: a smartphone and an angle-measuring app Safety: a piece of scrap wood of some kind, at least a foot long (I used a mini ironing board.) drill bit attachment the size for your screw for the dremel (or just a separate drill) cutting attachment for dremel that will cut aluminum and plastic Structured Tooth Tungsten Carbide Cutter attachment for dremel (cone or taper) a tiny phillips-head screwdriver (you can find it at a hobby shop) ![]() four AA batteries (for the shoe polisher) Tools: a small sheet of sticky-back felt ($.50) around a 20"x20" piece of black faux fur ($1) a wire twist tie From a craft store or your stash: three empty jars or oatmeal tins with lids two empty plastic 500-yard thread spools a roll of electrical tape ($1) From the recycling bin: 8 feet of relatively thin, flexible copper insulated electrical wire (~$2) a screw (I used a random drywall screw I had around) a tiny amount of gray or silver universal spray paint (optional) white universal primer spray paint (~$5-7) two 3' long, 1/2" diameter aluminum tubes (~$8 each) two old bike grips (see if a local bike shop has some they don't want) From the hardware store: (check on ebay if you can't thrift it - get one like this) ![]() a 1980s-era battery operated shoe polisher with detachable heads (~$3) a classic fedora (~$3-$8) (If you can't thrift it, get a cheap foam one from a costume shop.) Brown, gray or beige will look gadget-astic. (These will get destroyed, so don't borrow them) brown gloves (I wore my work gloves) Thrifted: mens' dress shoes (it looks properly cartoonish if they are a bit too big) To make this costume, you need: Thrifted, found or borrowed:
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