any one have patterns for making stuff out of alluinum cans. ive been looking but so far have only found books to buy.
could you share some ideas please.

You could make a Red neck Windchime!


Check out this site. It has some cool ideas.

Can Crafts

or try these:
Wreath

Flowers

When I was in college I entered an "anything that floats" race with a raft I designed and built by sandwiching 682 aluminum beer cans (empties, that is, easily scavenged from fraternity dumptsters!) between two sheets of plywood. It had a, ahem, draft of about four inches while carrying two riders with paddles. It finished 5th out of about 40 entrants (the winner was a kayak made from two plastic trash cans joined top to top).

If you want a larger project, Dennis Weaver built a house using recycled aluminium (British spelling) cans and tyres (another British spelling ), but you'd have to ask the architect Michael Reynolds for the plans. Dennis Weaver's Earthship.

Alternatively, you could attend the Earthship Building Seminar in Hawaii in July.