How to Make a Necklace With Soda Can Tabs and Inner Bicycle Tube
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How to Make a Necklace With Soda Can Tabs and Inner Bicycle Tube
In this tutorial we will show you how to make a necklace with an inner tube of a bicycle and soda can tabs. We hope you like the instructable. The materials used:
- 24 Soda can tabs
- Cleaned inner tube of a bike
- Silver colored chain extender
- 12 silver tone square rivet studs
- Silver colored lobster clasp
- Silver colored jump oval rings
-13 Silver colored jump rings 5 mm
- A square lever Punch – Dovecraft
- Belt perforator
- Eyelet plier
- Cutting pliers, flat nose pliers and round nose pliers
First Take a Look at the Video to See How It Is Done
Punch Out Squares From an Inner Tube
Take the inner tube of a bicycle and cut it open. Clean it with water and soap and use it to cut out your squares. You need a total of 24 squares.
Construct Your Pieces
Use a belt perforator to cut out the size of the rivet stud in the inner tube square. The bottom of the stud is the base, than mount a square, 2 soda can tabs, another square and the second part of the stud. Use the eyelet plier to attach it all.
Attach the Pieces
Use 2 oval and a round jump ring to attach the pieces. Attach a lobster clasp at one end and a chain extender at the other end. Voilà your necklace is done. We hope you like our instructable!