Geeky Circuit Board Earrings

Step 2 Cut the Board

Next you have to select an area of the board to use. It helps if you use a board with duplicate areas. I used an array of little surface mount components. I would recommend only using surface mount boards, as regular ones will be bulky. Keep an empty area towards the top to attach the hooks.
After selecting the area, cut out the board. I used a bandsaw with a wood blade because I'm too lazy to change blades. It didn't splinter, so I guess it worked. Test it on a scrap board. And of course, don't cut off any body parts. As my dad says, a blade can't cut you if your fingers aren't in front of it.

RaNDoMLeiGH brought up a good point that I hadn't thought of in the comments. Read her comment for a better description, but the basic point is, WEAR A DUST MASK! The dust produced by sawing through silicon can give you a huge assortment of unpleasant respiratory problems, namely lung cancer and silicosis. Wear a mask, use a saw with a vacuum setup, wet it down, whatever you need to do to avoid breathing the dust. It's a much bigger issue than solder. This goes for the next step, too.

Comments

[crummett]

I tried this with a wood blade like that and rendered my blade unusable after cutting 4- 5" circles. Of course, I was cutting through some pretty heavy duty components! Next time I'll try a hack saw blade.

[David Cousins]

I like it. I going to make some for my daughter.

[NetReaper]

Make sure to protect her from any lead solder in the circuit board.

[iamnotsancho]

Those are sweet, I'd buy'em if if saw them for sale.

[CameronSS]

five bucks+shipping :-) They really aren't that hard to make if you have even a hacksaw and a hand drill. The trickiest part is finding either a pair of matching circuit boards or a big one that has identical sections. You could even do this with ICs.