Tool making 101
The right tool is 75% of the job, and every now and then there comes a time when you just don’t have the right tool. Thats when you have to make it! Take this 3 prong earring holder. I love the 3 prong look, but they are the hardest damn things to hold.
It finally got to a point where I was just sick of tearing up my fingers, and at that point I started digging thru my “tools I never really use” drawer. In that drawer there sat a pair of solder chipping pliers, and out came the seperating disk. I hacked the top of them off,
ground out a good portion of the single side with the grinder, and slotted it for the earing post.
Now just make a little triangle shape on the small end, and blammo! 3 prong earring holder. Happy tool making to all!
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nice work - can you send a larger-ish photo to make (pt@makezine.com) 500 x 500 of the tool in action? i’d love to write this up for make.
Comment by pt — 2/25/2006 @ 4:32 pm
patent this!
can relate… wish I had thought of this back in jewelry studio.
Comment by Lee — 5/8/2006 @ 9:56 am