Industrial Wallet

This instructable is going to show you how to make an aluminum wallet, with a hinge, and a magnetic latch.

The project can be done with or without using solder, i have a soldering iron, but when i asked my mom to pick up some solder the next time she was at the hardware store, she got me silver solder and no flux, so i made a version with electric tape (duct-tape will also work but i liked the black on silver look). any way the basic tools you will need are

• At least 2 pop cans(soda for those who call it that)
• A paper clip and 2 clicking pens, or just 2 similarly sized springs
• Either a soldering iron and all its accessories, or a durable tape of some kind
• A neodymium or other type of small strong magnet.
• A dremel tool will help but a knife can be used

Step 1 Cutting the cans

This step is pretty easy, simple use the dremel/knife, and cut the top and bottoms off the can as evenly as possible,then slicing it up the hight of the can. if using a dremel on top of the usual safety goggles you should use when cutting metal, id suggest doing this outside possibly with ear muffs, or large head phones, your cutting an air tight, can with only one opening, think an acoustic guitar. it gets pretty loud, plus you will need to use a low setting and go slow, do to the thinness of the can.

Once this is done you will want to flatten out the can, this is the long part, either get some heavy books, or tape it inside out around a large cylinder, like a canning jar. (If anyone knows a more efficient way of flatting them without using a 10 tonne press post a comment and ill add it here.)

*from iamamuhfjer, you can take the aluminum and pull it over the edge of a desk or table like you would a dollar to get it to got into a candy machine

Next another simple step is to take one of the slices of can and cut about a half an inch off one of the long sides, this will be attached to the other side to make the money pouch.

Comments

[jtobako]

Call me crazy, but won't a magnet in your wallet wipe all the magnetic stripes on credit, debit and ID cards?

[arch_angel07]

yah i forgot about that, although (ironically) the myth busters episode that was son yesterday showed that magnets won't do anything to credit cards, but i'd still be safe and not put them in this

[allix69]

actually the powerful ones do in the deleted scenes of that they try a powerful magnet but they cant register its magnetism so they don't add it in. weak ones don't wipe powerful ones do.

[Evilthingamabober]

I have no idea what to do. Try getting better pics.

[Punkguyta]

It's not exactly industrial, it's a good start, but you could cut the shit out of yourself.

[arch_angel07]

yes but i wanted to make something different from the million duct tape wallets that the only thing different between them is a couple of flaps or a different way to latch, as far as i know no one has ever done one like this before.

[Punkguyta]

I would be interested in welding something like this together and use hinges.

[arch_angel07]

if you make one put the pictures in a comment and ill add them to the instructable

[Punkguyta]

I could do that as I have some like 1 or 2 mm tin sheets somewhere. Actually, my father brough home a shitload of this nice unscathed steel sheet, he used it to put a 90 degree corner peice on out door step. It would probably work good. I can get cutting done, I could probably get a tool for riveting hinges on, but I got no welder.

[FrenchCrawler]

I find it easiest to cut soda cans with a good sharp pair of scissors (I got mine at the Dollar Tree and they cut cans perfectly). I made a small suit of armor using soda cans (statue) awhile back by turning the silver side out :)

[carbon]

Thanks for the idea, I'm going to go build one out of solid block of aluminum now. :P If I love the looks I get for my duct-tape and Tyvek wallet, imagine how happy I'd be with something like this. ; )