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Make a miniature wire trumpet with no more than a piece of wire, some pliers, and your hands!
I'm entering this in the Epilog Challenge. With an Epilog Zing laser I could make my miniatures much more detailed and outstanding.
I'm entering this in the Epilog Challenge. With an Epilog Zing laser I could make my miniatures much more detailed and outstanding.
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Supplies:
A piece of wire about 2 feet long or so, malleable enough to be able to be bent with your fingers, but not too easily.
Pliers, with a small tip.
A reference image. I used http://olveramusic.com/images/fotos%20instrumentos%20grandes/trumpet%20picture.jpg
Copy your reference image into Word, Paint, or some other program and shrink it until it is about 2 and a half inches long on your screen. You can print it out if you like, I prefer to save paper.
You will hold your work up to your screen along the way to make sure your scale is right.
A piece of wire about 2 feet long or so, malleable enough to be able to be bent with your fingers, but not too easily.
Pliers, with a small tip.
A reference image. I used http://olveramusic.com/images/fotos%20instrumentos%20grandes/trumpet%20picture.jpg
Copy your reference image into Word, Paint, or some other program and shrink it until it is about 2 and a half inches long on your screen. You can print it out if you like, I prefer to save paper.
You will hold your work up to your screen along the way to make sure your scale is right.
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do you know about nylon-jawed pliers? they provide similar grip and leverage as normal pliers, but don't mangle the metal nearly as much.
As a trombonist you might want to check out this: http://doganie.deviantart.com/art/Wire-Trombone-200840070
As a wind instrumentalist, could you make, or have you seen instructions for, an oboe, clarinet or flute??
Thanks!