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Up-cycled Key pendant
Key pendants are elegant vintage accessories. This is a great way to recycle broken keys or old keys laying around.
Things you will need: Old keys/broken keys Rhine stones, broken brooches etc. Hot glue Jump rings Silver, gold and saphire ring
Tools:
• Pliers
• Blowtorch
• Vise
• Hacksaw/Dremel with cutting disc
• Some metal pipe or similar the same diameter as the inside of the ring (ring size)
• Either silver soldering equipment or heavy duty glue
• Drillpress
Materials:
• I used a 2.5x2.5x100mm square silver rod, but have also made one with a 3x3mm square for my mom. The dimensions are up to you, but for this to work it has to be a square cross section. The length of is has to be as least a few centimeters longer than the perimeter of the finger it's meant for.
• Gold rod with same cross sectional dimensions as the silver, 2cm long.
• Since gold and silver is so expensive, I recommend a square rod in a less expensive material, like brass, about 1 meter long, to practice with.
• 2 mm white sapphire (Optional, and really expensive) (man, I had some money back when I made this.. That’s a looong time ago ;) )
Others:
• Sandpaper of different grits, 600-1200-2000 would be recommendable
• Buffering wheel and polishing compound
With that sorted out, let's get started.
Waste in space
This must be the cheapest spaceship ever built. Two detergent bottles, some paint and we're off. And I bet someone will succeed in building a little battery light in the cabin.
What's needed:Two empty (transparent) detergent bottles
Two extra caps of smaller plastic bottles (engines)
scissors
small hacksaw
tie-wraps
pliers
sandpaper
masking tape
Acrylic Paint: basecoat,( I used acrylic modelling paste), black, gold, brown, copper
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