Magnet Bracelet.

I became bored and decided that I wanted to make a jewelry item that nobody else in the area wears. After looking through Instructables, I failed to find one that interested me(that I haven't already made, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. So, what do I make it out of. And the it hit me: MAGNETS.

I realized that this is a wonderful alternative to simply throwing away the magnets set. there were mass recalls for the product due to the fact that the magnets were being swallowed, after dislodging from the plastic:

http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/PRHTML07/07164.html

It would be horrible to know that I had thrown these magnets away and some gull or rat at the garbage dump had died from swallowing these. I would feel horrible :(

Anyway, this is kinda "green" and whatnot, so I figure enter it into the Epilog challenge. I am not truly expecting to win, or even come close, but hey, why not?

BTW- I do not own a digital camera(that makes me sad), so all images were taken with my cellular phone, which happens to be a Motorola V3M Razr. Not awesome quality, I am afraid. Sorry about that.

Step 1 Gather Tools, Ammunition, and Sacrificial Building Toys.

I used:

-Pliers. Always a good thing to have.
-4.5 millimeter Zinc-coated, steel BB's. Magnetic, obviously.
-RoseArt Magnetix magnetic building set. (shapes)

If you have the stuff laying around like I did, this can be done for free. Or you could purchase the magnetic building set, or simply the magnets alone. That is up to you.

Comments

[bassclarinet23]

That's really cool, yet simple and practical.

[J@50n]

lol, my awesome wrist decoration! cracked me up :)

[Father Christmas]

:D I try. If you cant make people smile, what point is there to life?

[reedz]

I used to have one of these with regular neo-dym magnets and then ones that were coated in a black epoxy. Sadly... I lost it. I just made a new one using found neo-dym magnets and brass plated BB's. I found somewhere around 100 more magnets and I am going to try to sell them as bracelets (per magnet) at school and other places.

[Father Christmas]

I tried selling these a while ago. It seems most people are apprehensive about magnets near electronic devices. I like the idea of brass-plated bb's. That woudl give a more varying color to it. And black epoxy coated? That must have looked amazing!

[lemonie]

You're not claiming any heath benefits?!

L

[Father Christmas]

Well, in all honesty, I really don't think much of magnetic therapy and such. I have had quite a few jewelry item claiming to be such, and I have never noticed anything about them. I didn't really feel much like addressing the issue though, because i do not really care to share some opinions. On issues like magnetic therapy, there will always be people who take offense at one side or the other.

[lemonie]

I'm doubtful about the magnets too. What happens if your wrist brushes something made of steel? L

[Father Christmas]

Well depending on how thick the steel is, it may attract. You also might have problems with keys in your pocket or something like that. I do remember reading a comment by 'NobodyInParticular' on the http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-fancy-magnetic-jewelry-easily/ instructable that the magnets, when in a cycle like this, have a relatively contained magnetic field.

[Chicken2209]

Is there a chance that your could retake your pictures with a better quallity? all of your images are really blurry for example, I can't read the bb carton

[Father Christmas]

afraid not. in the intro, however, i did write; "I do not own a digital camera(that makes me sad), so all images were taken with my cellular phone, which happens to be a Motorola V3M Razr. Not awesome quality, I am afraid. Sorry about that." I wish I could get a camera though. That would make life easier.