A circuit board belt

[moem]

I love making things from circuit board. I love the way it looks, and as a material it's very versatile: light and strong. It can be sawed into any shape, sanded, and drilled. It is also often thrown away and so it can be easily obtained for free.

Here's a leather belt that I covered in pieces of circuit board. I used pop rivets to fasten the pieces. Of course, I had to take all the components off the board first.
After I was done I covered the leather up with tape and then spray-varnished the circuit board; it made things nice and shiny and it also prevents lead getting on your skin. Yes, sometimes there's lead in solder. Better safe than sorry.

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I made this as a gift for a friend and after it was done, I got so jealous that I had to make a second one for myself. The newer one has sea-blue circuit board and I wear it almost every day.

Bonus cat picture! Here's the belt being modeled by one of our cats.

Comments

[redsnake05]

What an ingenious idea! You obviously put a lot of care into getting them the right sizes and rounding the corners (one imagines that bending over could be dangerous with sharp edges), and I think it's a great combination of a little bit industrial and also rather pretty. Does it still fit through belt loops?

[moem]

Mostly: yes. But it takes a little extra time and care to run it through them.

And thank you for your kind words!

[lusentoj]

Woah, that looks really neat!