Killer beauty. Waste Bullet Jewelry by Impact Accessories

An original military-style medallion, inside of which you can send a small photo or a miniature little thing dear to your heart, is easy to make from old cartridges. Since you have to work with life-threatening items, make sure that they are completely safe and there is no possibility of an explosion.

materials

To make a medallion from a cartridge with your own hands, prepare:

• two cartridges;
• a piece of copper wire;
• wire cutters;
• soldering iron;
• solder;
• Dremel with attachments for metal cutting and grinding;
• nail;
• a hammer;
• vise.

Step 1. Take the first cartridge and clamp its plastic part in a vise.

Step 2. Warm up the sleeve with a blowtorch. Do not overdo it, 5 - 10 seconds will be enough. Carefully remove the sleeve from the plastic shell.

Step 3. Using a hammer and nail, remove the primer from the case. Try not to damage it. It will be needed for further work.

Step 4. Steps one through three, inclusive, repeat for the second cartridge. Please note that their caliber should be the same, but it is worth choosing different brands. As practice has shown, sleeves of the same brand for some reason do not fit well into each other, and for this work this is a key point.

Step 5. Secure the second sleeve in a vice or other convenient way, and cut off part of the side walls.

Step 6. Take a small sanding block or a Dremel with a sanding attachment and work hard inner part two received sleeves. You need to remove the remnants of plastic from the walls, and also clean the hole for the primer from sharp metal edges.

Step 7. The side walls of the capsules also need to be cut off, and then the edges of the cuts should be carefully sanded.

Step 8. Insert the primers back into the holes on the shells. Fix them with epoxy.

Step 9. Push the sleeve, the height of the walls of which has remained unchanged, onto a metal part of a suitable diameter. Carefully expand the diameter of the workpiece. Check that the second blank from the sleeve is included in the first and at the same time sits tightly.

Someone will say that this is a pendant, someone will call it a pendant - the essence is not so important. In any case, we will consider how to make this product with our own hands from a 7.62 caliber bullet. Such decoration will be a good souvenir or a gift for a man, a connoisseur of military affairs.

First of all safety equipment. We are not responsible if your work (God forbid, of course) ends badly for you. We chose the 7.62 sniper cartridge, the drilling of which does not bode well. If you have a sighting-incendiary, tracer or armor-piercing tracer cartridge, then it’s better to throw this idea out of your head - it’s dangerous to handle such bullets at home with your own hands.

Why pendant and why 7.62

To make the pendant with our own hands, we chose a 7.62 caliber bullet and there is an explanation for this. First, the bullet size is 32mm high and it is much more noticeable than, for example, a 5.45 bullet. Secondly, the weight of the 7.62 bullet is almost 10 grams and it is weighty, tangible and somehow masculine, if you like. For example, a 5.45 bullet weighs only 3.4 grams, which seemed too small to us. Yes, and drilling such a small bullet size will be somewhat inconvenient.

However, these are just our comments and they do not mean at all that the cartridge with a 5.45 bullet is not suitable for making a pendant with your own hands. Perhaps you just want to make just a small and light pendant, or maybe you have a bullet of this caliber “lying around”. If so, then the algorithm of actions is not much different from ours.

Bullet pendant: step by step description and photo

Here is the cartridge from which we will have to extract the bullet and make a pendant out of it with our own hands. This is PS - a sniper cartridge for the Dragunov rifle, which was made in 1977 and has been perfectly preserved to this day. The caliber, as already mentioned, is 7.62 for the bullet, and this is quite enough for us to make not a big, but not a small pendant (pendant).

First you need to extract the bullet. There are several ways and they are all good in their own way: you can clamp the bullet with pliers and gently loosen it, you can use the strength of your fingers, or you can drill a hole in a wooden block with a diameter of 8 mm, insert the bullet into the hole and loosen it in this way, holding the cartridge case with your hand. A small vise can also help you out. We ditched pliers and vices for one reason: we don't want to accidentally scratch the bullet. Drilling a hole in a piece of wood or board is an option as the soft wood will not leave marks on the bullet. But we also refused this, because we know that with your fingers you can pull out a bullet easily and easily.
The photo shows that after the first pressing, the bullet succumbed and slightly arched the sleeve. Believe me, it is very simple and easy - the efforts of an adult man will surely be enough. Next, gently loosen the bullet and pull it out at the same time.

Here is a photo after disassembling the cartridge: the cartridge case, gunpowder and the bullet itself.
We will leave the cartridge case just in case (we will still figure out what to make of it), we will also collect gunpowder - we will make a small rocket to demonstrate to the boys in the yard, as well as to instill curiosity and homemade products. But that's all later, but for now, do-it-yourself pendant-pendant is on the agenda.

Actually, everything is simple - you just need to drill a hole where the cord, chain or ring will be threaded. Only not everyone manages to do this and not scratch the bullet. We solved this problem simply: we needed a piece of plastic window sill lying around, a vise and a sharp nail (a pencil, pen, marker or core will do - if only we could put a mark on the plastic).

The photo shows how we continued the work: the plastic window sill was tightened in a vise, and you can mark the place for the hole using the bullet next to it.
In our case, a hole 8 mm from the edge of the bullet will be made in the pendant, since the pendant will be attached to a simple nylon cord. If you want to insert a metal ring first, then you should choose the exact drilling location so that the ring is exactly planted. There are random honeycombs inside the plastic product, and there were several of them where the bullet went very tightly. So tight that fears about the rotation or deflection of the bullet when drilling disappeared instantly.

If you still do not understand why such wisdom, then we will explain. Many don't know how to drill through a bullet and keep it smooth. appearance. You can clamp it in a vise through a piece of rubber or wrap it with electrical tape so that the drill does not slip. But both options were previously tested by us and they did not fit: even if you punched a bullet, the drill immediately slipped when it touched and left a mark on the surface of the future pendant. In our case, the bullet is securely clamped, and 1.5 mm of the plastic wall served as a kind of guide for the drill.

And here is the photo of the drilling process itself.
Nothing complicated when there is a screwdriver or drill with the ability to adjust the speed. As you can see, there is no need for large turnovers here. It is important that the drill is directed strictly horizontally and then the hole will not be beveled to the side. It is also advisable to mark the direction of the drill so that it passes through the center of the bullet, although even a slight deviation will not significantly affect - the pendant will look beautiful. We drilled with a 1.5 mm drill. We believe that a large hole diameter is inappropriate for aesthetic reasons.

The hole is ready and now we recommend using a slightly larger drill to bore the edges of both holes.
Firstly, this will remove the burrs, and secondly, the cord will not fray on sharp edges. We used a 3.5 mm drill, which we got from the CISS kit for the printer. Just forget about the help of a drill or a screwdriver - there is a risk that the drill at speed will quickly enter the bullet and then you will ruin the workpiece. Better by hand, literally a couple of turns.

That's all, you made the pendant with your own hands, it remains only to stretch the cord. We purchased a dark-colored cord from a church shop, but you can even use a chain if you wish.

Instead of a conclusion

It is not difficult to make a pendant from a bullet with your own hands, as you have already seen. Of the most important rules, always remember the following: not every bullet can be drilled and any scratch will be too noticeable on the surface. Regarding the first Internet to help you - there are many sites where the marking of cartridges is indicated. The second rule, or rather, its consequences, depends on you. Accuracy and accuracy again - it will take quite a bit of time to make the pendant, so there is no need to rush.

This is probably the most creative disposal of cartridge cases from live bullets that have served their time. Now they can be considered symbols of pacifists. I think "We are for peace and beauty" is a suitable slogan for Impact Accessories.

The craftsmen of the creative jewelry studio take used cartridges, bullets and cartridge cases for scrap, and make original jewelry from them (rings, pendants, pendants, earrings and crosses), you can even order them according to an individual design. Of course, everything is not so simple - the material of the bullets cannot be called pliable, it takes a lot of effort to unbend and align a small piece of metal. Surprisingly, the core of an empty cartridge case - the primer becomes the center of decoration, its main part, which is “played out” in different ways to transform into different peaceful things.

In addition to the fact that everything is polished and engraved, craftsmen decorate “combat” jewelry with pebbles. The main attraction of the studio's collection is a cartridge cross made in Britain back in 1917. A real veteran who got a second life, beautiful and peaceful.

A few photos on the topic "How it's done"

Of all the anti-war peacekeeping actions, the most beautiful and creative were and remain art projects in which deadly weapon turns into harmless, cute little things filled with goodness and love. For example, in, like Pedro Reyes, from David Palmer, Magnus Gjoen, whom we have already written about. Or, beautiful decorations self made made from spent bullets by the creative team of the studio Impact Accessories.