Six Petal Flower Pendant

I made this flower from 3 nickels, a bullet shell, and a hot set crystal. I wasn’t sure if it was going to turn out so unfortunately I didn’t take photos along the way.

To make it I started out by cutting 3 nickels in half and rough shaping six petals. I soldered the petals in a stack and filed them to the same shape. I then de-soldered the stack, used a paper clip to emboss, and filed the edges round.

I cut the Primer side off a bullet shell and then filed it round. I soldered it all together to include a metal circle on the back for reinforcement. I used a heat gun to set the crystal. After polishing I made a jump ring from a paper clip.

(Use an expended cartridge. That means a shell that has already been shot. Do not under any circumstances use live ammo.)






 

Comments

[Kryptonite]

Neat, what chain did you use?

[Mrballeng]

This is a silver chain that came out of my wife's jewelry box.

[Kryptonite]

Convenient! Looks really nice.

[lastaztec]

what exactly do you do to hammer the nickle flat?

[Mrballeng]

I lay the nickel on a smooth steel surface and hit it with a smooth faced hammer. You can see all my fancy tools (not really that fancy) through out most of my other instructables.

[slyphoenix]

This came out good! It looks good on your wife...you should make one for mine!

[Mrballeng]

I'll trade you for a dinner plate of lasagna.