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Metal roses are available! Great Christmas present!

K

KingNothing

Diamond Member
Mods, if this is inappropriate let me know how I should advertise it. There was enough interest in the threads I made about these before that I think a new thread is appropriate. FS/T rules prohibit linking to EBay auctions so I put it here.

Link to E-Bay auction

I decided to sell these using an EBay dutch auction since I don't really know how much they're worth. They're made out of hard drive platters and they take about two hours to complete. Bidding starts at $30 and there are 5 available. It's a 3-day auction so if they're popular I'll put 5 more up. Either way, you will get these in time for Christmas assuming you pay promptly.

Heatware

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Originally posted by: deftron
That's cool.




At least you found a use for all those empty beer cans 😀:beer:
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Yeah, forgot to mention that. Edited now. They're made out of hard drive platters.
 
Originally posted by: KingNothing
Originally posted by: deftron
That's cool.




At least you found a use for all those empty beer cans 😀:beer:
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Yeah, forgot to mention that. Edited now. They're made out of hard drive platters.
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Interesting. Were you by chance the guy buying dead hard drives in FS/T? 🙂
 
I tried making one of those, but I got hasty in cutting and made one of the outer petals look too small. I then tried working around with it too much and managed to break one of the joints. Damn hard drive.
 
Originally posted by: Mojoed
Originally posted by: KingNothing
Originally posted by: deftron
That's cool.




At least you found a use for all those empty beer cans 😀:beer:
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Yeah, forgot to mention that. Edited now. They're made out of hard drive platters.
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Interesting. Were you by chance the guy buying dead hard drives in FS/T? 🙂
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Yep! 🙂
 
Originally posted by: KingNothing
Originally posted by: Mojoed
Originally posted by: KingNothing
Originally posted by: deftron
That's cool.




At least you found a use for all those empty beer cans 😀:beer:
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Yeah, forgot to mention that. Edited now. They're made out of hard drive platters.
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Interesting. Were you by chance the guy buying dead hard drives in FS/T? 🙂
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Yep! 🙂
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Ah-ha! I knew it. Sounds like you found yourself a nice little money-making niche. Good luck with it. 🙂
 
I'd buy one if I had the money, but I blew it all tonight on my girlfriend's birthday.

I tried to make one myself, but great googly moogly did I ever screw it up. My tin snips were dull and the platters were extremely brittle.
 
Originally posted by: mobobuff
I'd buy one if I had the money, but I blew it all tonight on my girlfriend's birthday.

I tried to make one myself, but great googly moogly did I ever screw it up. My tin snips were dull and the platters were extremely brittle.
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Yeah, I bought new snips tonight. Sooooooo much easier. Smoother cuts too.
 
Originally posted by: Munchies
May I suggest using a pneumatic nibbler instead of tin snips? It wont be all jaggedy, and they are dirt cheap.
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I tried cutting it with my dremel but it was too difficult since I don't have a vise or anything to hold the dremel still while I cut. Plus it's hard to make the really tight cuts. It's hard to tell from pictures if a pneumatic nibbler would work any better.

I smooth the edges with a grinding tip on my dremel so they're not rough. Two of the roses in the pictures were made before I had my dremel so the sanding on them isn't quite as good. Those aren't being sold.
 
Originally posted by: KingNothing
Originally posted by: Munchies
May I suggest using a pneumatic nibbler instead of tin snips? It wont be all jaggedy, and they are dirt cheap.
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I tried cutting it with my dremel but it was too difficult since I don't have a vise or anything to hold the dremel still while I cut. Plus it's hard to make the really tight cuts. It's hard to tell from pictures if a pneumatic nibbler would work any better.

I smooth the edges with a grinding tip on my dremel so they're not rough. Two of the roses in the pictures were made before I had my dremel so the sanding on them isn't quite as good. Those aren't being sold.
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A pneumatic nibbler is alot different then a dremel.

Also they might be cheap but then you would have to get an air compressor if you dont have one already.
 
couple things

while cool, $40? I mean im sure it cost you that much.. but that's $



Also, totally wrong forum. Post in FS/FT at $40 shipped.
 
Originally posted by: RaDragon
How are you going to ship that so that it retains its shape?
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In a box filled with styrofoam peanuts. I'll play football with a rose packed that way to test it before I ship it, but I don't anticipate any problems. They've fallen off the top of my bookcase without suffering any ill effects. The packages will be insured in case significant damage does happen.


while cool, $40? I mean im sure it cost you that much.. but that's $



Also, totally wrong forum. Post in FS/FT at $40 shipped.
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It takes me about 2 hours to cut it out, sand it down, bend it, and put it together. I decided to use EBay because if they become popular, better for me. If they're not popular, same effect as $40 shipped in FS/T. I don't have enough free time to make a lot of these. Besides, I looked around and I couldn't find anything similar to this for sale online. The closest items I found were far more expensive.
 
I made one of these back when you told us all how and mine didn't come out quite as good lol.

Anyway IMo this is a great deal I mean yeah 40 is a bit more but this really is something that NO one esle will have or get and who can pass up a gift for a modern mom that is just irreplaceable? Im definately think im going to pick one of tese up from you b/c its a great idea and yours look better
😀
 
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