Chain Mail Lamp

by full_metal in Workshop > Lighting

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Chain Mail Lamp

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how to create a chain mail lamp from recycled items

Materials & Equipment

2 core - copper electrical wire
aluminium tax disk holder
12mm steel bar
pliers
drill
5mm dril bit
side cuts
aluminium

Preparing the Copper Wire

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strip out the earth wire witch is just a plain pice of copper wier, and then just remove the live and neutral wiers from the grey casing.

The Ring Jig

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dill a hole in the end of the 12mm steel bar

Macking the Rings

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twist the electrical wier around the the ring jig,
then once this step has been done remove the jig
then cut up the wier into litle ringlets

Macking the Chain Mail

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for this the chain mail is going to be a 4 in 1 patern,
oppen 1 of the rings and close 4 of the others, then put the 4 closed rings onto the open 1 and close it.
you will need a fair phew of these. you will then need to join them together with more links, and finaly get a large mesh of chain mail.

Drilling the Aluminium Tax Disk

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drill around the edge of the tax disk with as many holes as needed.

Linking the Chain Mail and the Tax Disk

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add another set of rings joining 2 of the rings on the chain mail to one of the holes on the tax disk and go around until it is done.

once this is done you will want to join the 2 ends of the chain mail to thier isent a line doen it, you link this the exact same way as you did when you wer binding the chainmail together.

The Finished Product

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this is how my product turned out


thank you for reading, pleas comment as this is my first instructable and i would like to know how i could improve on my preasentation.