Motherboard Heart Pendant

If you love taking things (especially computers) apart as much as I do you are bound to have a motherboard or two lying around, so here is a project to turn them into some really pretty jewelry.

At the time of this post, I have been on Instructables for only a few days but I have spent hours finding and making projects, and this website has inspired me to build and make more, so I was looking at the challenges and the jewelry one popped out at me, and a few days ago I had taken apart an old PC that I was done with, and so had lots of extra parts. So that is how I eventually came up with this idea.

Tools:

-Drill.

-Tin Snips.

- Two drill bits- one for the chain attachment (I like 3/34) and one that is the same diameter as the light you are using.

Supplies:

-Electrical tape.

-Coarse sandpaper (I used 36).

-Safety goggles.

-Small light.

-Small battery (I used size 357)

-Motherboard or control board.

-Glue gun or super glue

OPTIONAL:

Needlenose pliers

Use a pen to mark your shape directly onto the motherboard.

I chose a heart for this project, but it's up to you what shape you want.

Use tin snips to cut roughly around the perimeter of your shape. I suggest wearing safety goggles for this step because the extra pieces of the motherboard can snap off and go flying.

Use coarse sandpaper to bring the rough cut down to a nice smooth rounded shape

Use the 3/32 drill bit to drill a hole where you want to attach the pendant to a necklace.

WARNING: Wear safety goggles, and GO SLOW-you don't want your beautiful pendant to break now.

Now use the drill bit with the same diameter as the light you have, and put a hole where you want the light to come through.

Thread your light of choice through the hole you drilled in the previous step and secure it with a glue gun or super glue.

Now connect your battery, you can do this however you like, I used electrical tape because I lent my soldering iron to a friend.

Now you just need to attach the other wire from your light, and it should turn on!

Now use the glue of your choice to attach the battery to the back of your pendant.

Enjoy!