This is what you get when you hammer air gun BB’s in to a penny and then polish off the copper to show the zinc.
To do it:
Place several BB’s between two pieces of aluminum tape. Lay a penny over the tape and cover it with another piece of tape.
Hammer the BB’s into the penny. Remove the penny from the layers of tape.
Place the penny on a piece of wood and use the head of a carriage bolt to hammer in a convex shape.
Solder a nail to the back side of the penny and mount it in a drill press. Spin in round and use progressively finer sand paper to shape and buff it. Finish it off with polishing compound and a cloth.
De-solder the nail from the penny before you drill a hole in one of the divots.
Make a jump ring for it to place it on a chain.
To do it:
Place several BB’s between two pieces of aluminum tape. Lay a penny over the tape and cover it with another piece of tape.
Hammer the BB’s into the penny. Remove the penny from the layers of tape.
Place the penny on a piece of wood and use the head of a carriage bolt to hammer in a convex shape.
Solder a nail to the back side of the penny and mount it in a drill press. Spin in round and use progressively finer sand paper to shape and buff it. Finish it off with polishing compound and a cloth.
De-solder the nail from the penny before you drill a hole in one of the divots.
Make a jump ring for it to place it on a chain.
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I only wish I could repay the favor with any of the weirdo things I am ALWAYS building.... But you, sir, have an unabashed fanboy.
Thank you for giving an incredibly(read: no bank account, no car, no assets, when we say."We have nothing" it means, you know, "We don't eat today") poor but creative guy hope that there ARE,ways to do things.
Cheers, man, and thanks!
P.S. I'm aware that many users have already asked you for a soldering tutorial, sorry to repeat the question yet again. I just came across this today, and I thought I'd try to throw it together as a last minute Christmas gift for a friend.
Thank you
http://youtu.be/ly7OYmOEQ4U
Love your work, we think along the same lines. Someday I'll find time to post my stuff. Anyway, I thought this was a really great idea for a short project, and I wanted to post what I came up with. I apologize for the poor picture, my camera is not meant for macro work. I haven't put it on a chain yet, but I ran a piece of hemp through it, just for demonstration purposes.
All the best,
~Wander
I think this chain came from the jewelry section at target.
Either way, I love this. I was a Cub Scout leader for several years & I know my scouts would have loved to make this. My own 2 boys are teenagers now,but I know they are going to want to make this when they see it! Thanks!
You would giggle if you'd seen my husband and me walking through Lowe's last night, looking at all the different metal pipe fittings and so on! I grabbed a couple of copper pipe sections for a dollar each to make pendants from, and now I can't wait to get started!! :D
Thank you again for all the inspiration, as well as the reassurance that this really can be done!
Great photos, great process.
I'd call for a "true" instructable, but it's pretty easy to follow from the photos alone...