What's on the slab?

Welcome to the lab.

Which is actually a shoe box.

Anyway, work has begun on a few jewelry pieces. They began life as nasty, fake silver bracelets with heart shaped plastic and pewter decorations. The decorations were the first thing to go. Underneath that terrible silver finish, there is a lovely copper, now sandpapered to smoothness and a nice sheen.

Unfortunately the weld/glue/solder points from the original decorations have left a residue that somehow goes deeper than flush with the surface of the bracelet. I'm at a loss for how to get rid of it.

Further decoration will likely cover those, assuming I find no way of removing them. At the moment, considering using the shutter assembly from one of the old cameras as a base. No real idea of where that will go yet.

As I have seven of these bracelets, I plan on using one or two to make some wrist mounted ray guns, though I'm lacking components. I may also end up using the jeweler's saw to make some interesting shapes, not sure yet.

Fun in the City

Madison continues to be lax in providing sufficient job opportunities for its citizens. I will be taking a test for a position as a library page next week, and applying for several other jobs tomorrow, time permitting.

My other plans for the day include stopping off at a thrift store or two in search for parts usable in several different machinations, as well as a stop at the hardware store for some fine grain sand paper and WD40.

Beyond that, I shall be working on a translation project for the day. I should hopefully finish that at some point next week, thus banking myself another $100.

Progress reports on gadgets and gizmos to continue each day that I find time to work on them. Something similar shall probably occur in regards to my employment search as well.

Until next time,
SCIENCE!