https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio Period 2- Mrs. Ross en-us 2016-12-19 14:37:25 UTC 2023-05-11 07:47:31 UTC hello@padlet.com cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144317877 First you need to choose what you are wanting to make, I decided to make a pentapus. You then need to cut a sheet of metal to fit your drawing. Then you need to glue the piece of paper on the metal.]]> 2016-12-19 14:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144317877 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144318649 This picture is showing half of my pentapus sawed, when you have fragile parts make sure to take your time so you don't saw the pieces off.]]> 2016-12-19 14:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144318649 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144319601 Once you have your drawing glued on you metal, you can then start sawing. You will want to take your time sawing so you don't mess up, anywhere where there is a part that you cant saw without sawing your project wrong, poke a hole so you can get the blade and saw to get everything off.]]> 2016-12-19 14:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144319601 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144321713 Once you fully saw off all the extras, make sure there are no extra pieces. The outsides are going to be sharp so be careful to not cut yourself.]]> 2016-12-19 15:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144321713 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144323225 After your project is fully sawed, since the edges are sharp you are going to want to smooth them out by using emery paper, you want to make sure all sides are smooth and don't have any "lips" which are sharp edges. ]]> 2016-12-19 15:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144323225 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144324210 I wanted to have a two color effect, because the eyes are cut out so you could see the copper color through the eyes, in order to do this you need to cut out a piece of copper (or whatever metal of your choice) to fit the same size as the head. You will then need to saw that out as well and solder the copper onto the back of the head. Once you solder the copper on you are going to want to use emery paper and a file to smooth out the head and make the copper fit perfectly to the other piece of the head.]]> 2016-12-19 15:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144324210 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144325387 This is what the pentapus looks like from the front after you solder the copper on the back and smooth out the edges, it looks dirty but once you are fully finished with your project you will shine it and the dark color will be gone.]]> 2016-12-19 15:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144325387 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144325998 I chose to dome the head of the pentapus to add the effect of 3D. I did this by using the dapping block and punches, you want to use the correct punch that fit the whole correctly. You want to then use a hammer and hit the top of the punch which then will dome my pentapus' head. If the copper starts to come apart from the other piece of metal that means you didnt solder enough and you will need to go back and solder again.]]> 2016-12-19 15:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144325998 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144328052 This is the pentapus after it is fully domed. ]]> 2016-12-19 15:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144328052 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144328535 I wanted to add a bit of texture to my pentapus' tentacles, so I decided to make little silver balls, I did this by carving small indents into a charcoal brick, I carved indents into it by using a nail, you don't want to make the indents too big. You then want to cut small pieces of metal (wire), as many pieces you cut is as many balls you will be making. ]]> 2016-12-19 15:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144328535 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144329346 After you have finished making your silver balls, you will then want to solder the balls onto the pentapus' tentacles, you want to use easy solder and you want to have a small flame and only keep the flame on the silver balls for about 10 seconds, if you keep the flame on the silver balls too long, they will melt. After you finish soldering each ball on, you want to make sure they are well stuck on, if they aren't, make sure the solder is melted and place the ball back on and put it under the flame once again. Once you are done with the fire, place the project into water to cool it down then put it in the pickle (acid bath), only keep it in the acid bath for about 2-3 minutes. Then polish your project to get the shine that you had when you first started back. ]]> 2016-12-19 15:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144329346 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144331334 Once you have the indents in the charcoal block, you want to place one piece of the cut metal(wire) in the indent and then turn the fire on and put the fire on the metal until the cut piece turns into a little ball. The picture below is showing what the metal pieces will look like when they turn into little balls.]]> 2016-12-19 15:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144331334 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144335436 This was the first project we made, I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to make but I wanted to do something a bit different, and something that I could see myself wearing. So I decided to make a pendant that is a circle shape that has shells that I cut from a necklace, I kept the shells on by using blue colored wire which added a colorful effect to the pendant, I then wrapped copper metal around it as well to keep everything in place. This was my first project ever so I didn't really know what I was doing, but I ended up really liking my end result.]]> 2016-12-19 16:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144335436 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144336803 For this project I decided to make a three wrap ring, It isn't the neatest because I did it last minute. If I had more time, I would have made the ends a spiral shape and made it look a lot neater. ]]> 2016-12-19 16:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144336803 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144337375 I also did this project last minute because I was working on two project the whole time, but I ended up making a bracelet with a hot twist wire and fold, forge, flip wire, I spiraled the wires around each other to keep them together. This bracelet ended up looking pretty good in my opinion, I could've made it look a lot better if I had more time, but I made it work.]]> 2016-12-19 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144337375 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144338154 For the the project, I made a pentapus. I really liked making this project because I got to learn a lot of new things, and im really happy with how it turned out. If I had some more time,, I would have polished it more to make it look cleaner and I would have added more silver balls on the tentacles. ]]> 2016-12-19 16:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144338154 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144339711 This is a video on home to use a dapping block and punches- to dome your project ]]> 2016-12-19 16:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144339711 cmeeke https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144341229 This was really fun, I enjoy enameling because I like the fact that we could use color and put shapes into it. If I had more time to do this I would have made it a thicker more intense color.]]> 2016-12-19 16:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeeke/rbyirj3ckrio/wish/144341229