Overview

Whether you cut it, smelt it, hammer it, bend it, or cast it, we want to see what you’re making with metal. Enter the Metal Contest for a chance to win a DIWire CNC wire-bending machine from Pensa Labs, spot welders, butane soldering torches, wire cutters, and more.

There is a judges’ prize for wire projects, so all you wire enthusiasts, show us what you’ve got! Good luck, metal heads! Keep calm and forge on.


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Grand Prize

20 Prizes

Grand Prize (1)

One Grand Prize winner will receive:

Judges' Prize: Wire

One Judges' Prize for the best project involving wire will receive:

First Prize (3)

Three First Prize winners will receive:

Second Prize (5)

Five Second Prize winners will receive:

Runner Up (10)

Ten runner up prize winners will receive:
  • Parallel Clips: 100 cut clips
  • an Instructables prize pack including the robot t-shirt
How It Works

Write an Instructable

Create a new Instructable that fits the guidelines outlined in the contest description above. To be eligible, Instructables must be published between Jun 8, 2015 and Aug 17, 2015 (11:59pm PT).

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Enter

Upon publishing your Instructable you'll see checkboxes for open contests. Select Metal Contest. If you have entries currently eligible for entry, it will also show up by clicking "Enter this Contest" on the right side of this page.

Accepting

Entries are accepted by Instructables staff within one business day Monday - Friday. What matters is the submission time, not acceptance time.

Judging

A panel of judges made up of Instructables staff and respected members of the community rate the finalists. The averages of the ratings determine the winners.

Winners

When the winners are decided they will be notified and announced here on the contest page.