Jewelry or Serviette holder

This is a nice project that can be given as a gift (if you make it look nice) or used as serviette holders for Christmas dinner or any other occasion. Depending on its shape and size it could also be used as a bracelet.

Step 1: Cut aluminium to size

You need a small sheet of aluminium, about 1mm thick. Using a piece of paper as a template work out the dimensions that it should be. If you are making it as a bracelet wrap the paper around your wrist and mark how long it has to be so that it can easily be put on and taken off. If you are making it as a serviette holder do the same thing, it may help if you have a look at a commercial one so that you can copy the dimensions. Make it a few centimeters longer than you measured so you can clamp it in a vise for ease of bending, this can later be cut off. It is always better to make it too long than too short. I made mine to the dimesions in the picture with a lenght L that I determined later. Then mark the template onto the aluminium. I cut mine using a rotary tool.

Comments

[digizelda]

could you make this out of titanium?

[matroska]

Indeed, Ti would be kinda hard to manipulate, and also to engrave. Perhaps with more suited tools...

[john-hannah]

 I really like this idea, I'm going to try it on copper.

[cree888]

Thanks for the tip.

[cree888]

I have a concern about the edges at the ends of the bracelet being sharp.(where you slip is on your arm.) Does it add a lot of bulk to turn those edges in?

[puffin_juice]

yeah, that definately be too bulky. Maybe cut the bracelet to size before you bend it. Then sand all the edges until they are smooth and then do all the folding. Hope that helps :)

[mum]

Could you use an used aluminium drinks can cut open and turned inside out instead of buy some?

[Jakevfr]

I recommend those slim fast cans if you want to recycle. That's what I made mine out of and it works great

[puffin_juice]

Aluminium drink cans are a little thin and therefore might be too sharp

[mum]

Okay thanks, it just an idea 4 recycling stuff

[Seanzee]

although i'm months late, you could probably use an old coca-cola can or the like, but you'd want to bend all the edges inward, including the lengths and widths of the strip from the can, when you round it to make this bangle it may crimp but considering how little the intensity of the bends seem to be it may be okay, nothing wrong with trying

[ting-a-ling]

You could use aluminum flashing from the hardware store. It comes in rolls and you would have a lot of aluminum. You could make many, many bracelets!!I think I'll try it. Thanks for the idea.

[dhoncave]

inscribing it before you roll it will make the job easier

[sam]

it has an expensive look to it. i like it!

[canida]

Looks nice! You should add this to the Homemade Gifts contest.

[puffin_juice]

Yeah I'm working on it, I'v always had problems adding projects to groups. I dont know why

[canida]

You seem to have it under control. I recommend you go ahead and join the groups you're likely to file under later, then when you're making your Instructable public it will prompt you to tick group boxes at the same time it asks for keywords. That's the easy way.

[puffin_juice]

oh is that how you do it. Because I couldn't find the homemade gifts group when being asked for the keywords, So you join the group before you publish your projects. Thanks, now I know how