How to Make a Hardware Menorah

Here's a fast and easy way to make a menorah out of some hex nuts, washers, and metal epoxy.

You'll need:

10 x 1/2" Hex Nuts
9 x 3/8" Hex Nuts
10 x 5/16" Washers
Metal Epoxy
Sheet of stiff cardboard
Hanukkah Candles

Mix the epoxy and glue 10 washers onto 10 of the 1/2" nuts.

Put a small amount of epoxy on the bottoms of the 3/8" nuts and glue them onto the tops of the washers, rotating them so that the flat side of the 3/8" nut lines up with the corner of the 1/2" nuts as shown.

Do that for 9 of the ten washer-nuts.

I lack the mad epoxy skills so mine are a bit messy. You might want to practice first on some extra parts to see how much epoxy you'll need.

Epoxy the last washer-nut to the bottom of one of the nut-washer-nuts. This time, make sure the two 1/2" nuts are lined up.

Put down the sheet of cardboard to protect your table from the expoxy. Add some epoxy on one side of the 1/2" nut and attach it to the side of the next. Make sure there are four cups on each side of the tall one.

Let it cure and you're ready to celebrate. You can secure the candles in the nuts by screwing them in about half a turn or so.

Happy Hanukkah!