Star Trek Pin!

by TyMan210 in Living > Halloween

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Star Trek Pin!

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I made myself a pin for the new Star Trek movie (Which was awesome!), So i wanted to make an 'ible about it!

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Supplies

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To make these pins you will need:

A pin. It doesn't really matter what kind.
Scissors.
A sharpie.
An X-Acto knife.
One 2mm thick sheet of craft foam.
One soda can.
Some gorilla glue.

Drink

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Drink the entire contents of the can.

Getting the Aluminium.

Use the X-Acto knife to cut open the can.
I'll have pics soon.

Template

Download and print one of the templates.
In this 'ible i'm using the science template.

Cut

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Cut the aluminum into the shape of the template.
Usually i can get three per can.

Glueing

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Cutting the Foam.

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Cut the foam into the inner shape of the template.

Polishing

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If you are going to polish your pins, now would be the best time.

Applying the Foam.

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Glue the foam piece onto the front of the pin.
Use the X-Acto knife to cut off the extra glue.

Done!

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Now take your pin and show it off to you fellow Trekkies, or make a bunch an sell them.
Remember to post pics of your pins!
Below is the song i was listening to while i was making this.
Live Long and Prosper.