What to do with 120 "fishbones"

[arigram]

When I first started shooting 120, I have to say it took me a while to get the hang on the very different feel of the package compared to 135.

One thing I like, is the discarded "fishbone", the 120 plastic roll spool.
Ofcourse one will keep a couple as spares so to be able to load the backs with fresh film, but being a new guy into this whole medium format business, it felt... well, strange to throw away a perfectly nice 120 spool.
I mean they are so cute!

Ahem. Anyway.
So, what to do with them?
I have now a whole bag of them and keep filling it up as I shoot. One day it will overflow and I will need to find a bigger one and then a bigger one, until I need a storage space for them! I will choke on plastic 120 spools!

The only uses I have think of are:
- Pet toy. My cat loves the spool tied to a cord.
- Necklace. String 'em together for a post-modern neo-hippy statement that "film ain't dead you digital pussies!"
- Roll them on the floor and enjoy as people trip on them. Good for escaping the cops after a bank heist.
- Fodder for hand catapult. I haven't tried it so the aerodynamics of the plastic spool could be bad. Could be useful as a weapon during a riot or a football game.
- Material for a sculptural art piece

What else?

[Aggie]

new age building blocks? New surface decoration to the exterior of a house? stung on long strings and hung as a new form of beaded doorway?
used on strings as cat toys?
recycled to cut film costs, and save petroleum products?
Made into a type of seethrough shirt for men?

[Ed Sukach]

new age building blocks? ...
Made into a type of seethrough shirt for men?

For MEN??? What about the obvious ... for WOMEN!!!!

- Now you have my attention!!!

[Aggie]

But Ed the womans version is a new spike high heel!

[Ed Sukach]

But Ed the womans version is a new spike high heel!

ONLY spike heels - and NOTHING else???

Woo Haah!!! I'll go for that!! Even better!!

[L Gebhardt]

I use them to fill in my local landfill.

[mark]

When I first started shooting 120, I have to say it took me a while to get the hang on the very different feel of the package compared to 135.

One thing I like, is the discarded "fishbone", the 120 plastic roll spool.
Ofcourse one will keep a couple as spares so to be able to load the backs with fresh film, but being a new guy into this whole medium format business, it felt... well, strange to throw away a perfectly nice 120 spool.
I mean they are so cute!

Ahem. Anyway.
So, what to do with them?
I have now a whole bag of them and keep filling it up as I shoot. One day it will overflow and I will need to find a bigger one and then a bigger one, until I need a storage space for them! I will choke on plastic 120 spools!

The only uses I have think of are:
- Pet toy. My cat loves the spool tied to a cord.
- Necklace. String 'em together for a post-modern neo-hippy statement that "film ain't dead you digital pussies!"
- Roll them on the floor and enjoy as people trip on them. Good for escaping the cops after a bank heist.
- Fodder for hand catapult. I haven't tried it so the aerodynamics of the plastic spool could be bad. Could be useful as a weapon during a riot or a football game.
- Material for a sculptural art piece

What else?

This is a very honest answer

Send them to me. As a teacher who does a lot of building and constructing I have found some great classrom uses. I have used them in Math, Science, Social Studies and Reading.

Please send them to me. Please Please Please Please.

[rjr]

Ari,

sell it at ebay. "Starterkits" for beginners, "Propacks" consisting of 10 hand-assorted spools and a roll of scotch tape, "Survival pack" - a water and impact resistant container for war-zones and rainy days (a roll made for holding those vitamine pills).

[jnanian]

here in the states lots of the labs recycle them.
maybe there is a lab in your neck of the woods that does the same?

[arigram]

here in the states lots of the labs recycle them.
maybe there is a lab in your neck of the woods that does the same?

Here the only thing they recycle is bullshit.
And I am not talking about the excrements.