Mother's Day Broach J/M

Mother’s Day Broach

Think and draw 3 ideas for a broach... for yourself or for mother’s day.

Pick one... why?

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Get signed and receive metal.

Directions for creating project:

1. Take the design you’ve chosen and draw (or paste) to your piece of metal.	2. Pierce out your design.	3. Make a pin-back	4. Cut a wire ½ inch longer than the width of your piece.
5. Bend into a U shape/ and file until the ends are flat.	6. clean your piece with steel wool and solder the u shape to the back of your piece.	7. Clean and polish.	8. Using wire cutters cut the “u” shape to about ¼ inch to one side.
9. Bend the long wire into a circle over itself.	10. Bend the short wire to catch the long wire.	11. Cut the long wire and sharpen with a file.	12. Clean and polish.

Broach
50 points

Points Breakdown
3 Sketches.............15pts
Creativity..............30pts
pin back................20pts
craftsmanship........45pts

Keychain Project

Keychain Project

Objectives:
1. + vs. -
2. Piercing metals
3. Sweat soldering
4. Patina (oxidizers)
5. Jump Ring

Materials: 
2 copper (1x1)
patina
tool box

Steps: 

1. Think of a design to put on a keychain.
(you can draw or print on a piece of paper and glue it)
2. Pierce out your piece!
3. On the bottom side of the pierced copper flow solder (med/hard) >>> put into pickle to clean. 
4. Clean (Sand) the back of your piece and sandwich the flux and pieces together so they match up. 
5. @the Soldering bench:
~Heat your metal evenly 
~when the flux turns clear concentrate your flame on the solder
~you'll know it's soldered together if you see a sliver of silver between the metals. 
6. Yay! Clean metal in the pickle (5 min) Rinse off and Polish
7. Jump Ring:
~Drill a hole where you will attach a jump ring. 
~thread ring
~solder ring shut with soft/ easy solder
8. Patina: Liver of Sulfur
~Dip your piece into the liver of sulfur until it turns black. 
9. Sand and buffer any raised surface so it becomes clean metal color and the insides will be a black color, showing your design.