The Transmuted Victorian Engineer's Journal

Step 9 The Journal

Some final images of the journal open and closed.

Total time spent on project: ~4 hours (not counting paint and glue drying times)

Final Thoughts:

1. Always use eye protection - while grinding off the screw heads with my Dremel, one of the heads "got away" and smacked against my eye shields - if I hadn't been wearing them...

2. Let the paint dry good - take the extra few days to coat the aluminum thick and let the paint harden.

3. Looking back I know I should have drilled the aluminum first before painting... argh. But all those re-touch coats I kept putting on just kept adding to the nice look and feel of the covers.

4. I'm going to try and make a mini-journal next using the smaller set of aluminum plates, but I need a break... and then it's on to the next project.

Comments

[anbu94]

i would have to open mine backwards because im a lefty and the angle the cover stays open at would be a problem haha

[CamWaite]

You could always use it at 90 degrees like a note pad?

[anbu94]

hahaha touche >_<

[petrino]

we made these in high school... only no leather... no aluminiu,... no studs or screws... just paper...

[BleacheDInK]

This is awesome, I'm really considering making one myself :]