Acrylic Bracelet

[SXRguyinMA]

With cash flow tight right now, the wife and I decided to do home-made gifts for Christmas. I decided to finish Rockin Case for her. While I was workin on that I thought of something else. I saw her Jade bracelet and figured I'd make one out of Acrylic.

sorry for the cell phone pics. if I brought the digi down the wife would have been asking why lol. click on pics for bigger versions

I cut 2 green and one red circle out of plexi

and glued them together

I decided to make it thicker by putting a piece of red on either side. only problem was the red I have is too thick to put on both sides

so I decided to cut it in half

but the bandsaw was too rough, it broke it

so I cut another circle and used a hacksaw to cut it by hand this time

took longer but it worked!

and glued

roughly sanded with her jade bracelet on top for size comparison

and a rough rounded-shape

after 120 grit

after 240 grit

after 1000 grit

after 1500 ad 2000 grit

I cut the inside out with a side cutter bit mounted in the drill press

and a rough rounded sanding of the inside

after 120, 240, 1000, 1500 and 2000 grit

after a polishing with the dremel. started with a buffing wheel with novus polish #3, then #2, then #1.

the weld-on made some interesting "flakes" where the acrylic was glued together. I think it actually made it look pretty neat

and a few shots with better lighting.

I think she'll like it. now to wait for christmas to find out!!

mods feel free to put this in the competed section

[Zephik]

That's pretty neat!

[Trace]

That looks really cool +Rep
Could also do something like that for around a front intake fan or blowhole.

[SXRguyinMA]

good idea! I have that chunk I cut out of the middle still, I'm thinking of making a ring or some earrings with it

[Zephik]

You should get it etched or etch it yourself with something, just for that extra bit of special. Just a thought.

[SXRguyinMA]

I like that idea. maybe I can etch our names and date we got married in it with a small dremel engravng bit. hmmm.....

[billygoat333]

wow that turned out cool! good work man!

[Luke122]

Looks awesome!

Now to add some LED's...

[Collinstheclown]

Looks awesome!

Now to add some LED's...

That was my reaction exactly.

Can we get some dimensions on that thing? Outer and maybe inner diameter would be good.




-CollinstheClown

[msmrx57]

Nice! I really like the idea of home made gifts. Means a little more that way. I'll probably be in that boat myself as a seasonal layoff where I work is coming, they just won't tell us when. By the way +rep