Beancooker
Oakley Expert
So I was running out of room and how I want to store my glasses. I like keeping the X-Metals open. I figure the less they are opened and closed, the longer life I will get out of the flex coupler.
I had tinkered with many different ideas using acrylic. Everything I came up with, looked like I would have bought it at the dollar store. Needless to say, it's not going inside my case if it looks like crap.
I saw my reflection in a copper pan at home and an idea was sprung. Copper tubing?
Last night I headed over to the local Home Despot. I took a look at the copper tubing and a 10' stick was $10. I grabbed four elbows, two "T" fittings, two cap ends and two stub ends. Home Despot made off with about $25 of my money, not too bad I suppose.
This is what I ended up with plus the 10' stick.
I break out a bottle of alcohol and start removing the damn UPC stickers. Once the stickers and glue is gone, I take out the can of Brasso and polish everything to a bright shine.
Now I start measuring and cutting the tubing. Everything starts to fit together nicely. I start sweating (soldering) the pipes together. I get half way through and realize it's bedtime. Damnit. I let the pipes cool and clean up the kitchen. This is where I left off.
Fast forward to after work today. I put together a vanity set for my wife and eagerly await her departure for work. She's not too keen on me tinkering with stinky chemicals and torches in the kitchen.
Now that I have the house to myself, I start sweating the last of the pipes together. They look like crap when I am finished. The torch has a tendency to oxidize copper very quickly. Out comes the trusty can o' Brasso again. Ten minutes later it is done. It would be really fitting if I had some copper Penny's to display on this... None the less, this is what I created.
I would really love some honest feedback. If you think it looks like crap, please tell me. I don't want to display trash in my case. If you like it, that is great too and I'd be glad to hear it.
Here are the pics of the completed project:
I had tinkered with many different ideas using acrylic. Everything I came up with, looked like I would have bought it at the dollar store. Needless to say, it's not going inside my case if it looks like crap.
I saw my reflection in a copper pan at home and an idea was sprung. Copper tubing?
Last night I headed over to the local Home Despot. I took a look at the copper tubing and a 10' stick was $10. I grabbed four elbows, two "T" fittings, two cap ends and two stub ends. Home Despot made off with about $25 of my money, not too bad I suppose.
This is what I ended up with plus the 10' stick.
I break out a bottle of alcohol and start removing the damn UPC stickers. Once the stickers and glue is gone, I take out the can of Brasso and polish everything to a bright shine.
Now I start measuring and cutting the tubing. Everything starts to fit together nicely. I start sweating (soldering) the pipes together. I get half way through and realize it's bedtime. Damnit. I let the pipes cool and clean up the kitchen. This is where I left off.
Fast forward to after work today. I put together a vanity set for my wife and eagerly await her departure for work. She's not too keen on me tinkering with stinky chemicals and torches in the kitchen.
Now that I have the house to myself, I start sweating the last of the pipes together. They look like crap when I am finished. The torch has a tendency to oxidize copper very quickly. Out comes the trusty can o' Brasso again. Ten minutes later it is done. It would be really fitting if I had some copper Penny's to display on this... None the less, this is what I created.
I would really love some honest feedback. If you think it looks like crap, please tell me. I don't want to display trash in my case. If you like it, that is great too and I'd be glad to hear it.
Here are the pics of the completed project:
