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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.

leather belt covered with rectangles of circuit board
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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.

Date: 2017-04-24 10:38 am (UTC)
redsnake05: Glue gun (Creative: Glue Gun)
From: [personal profile] 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?

Date: 2017-09-04 11:24 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] lusentoj
Woah, that looks really neat!

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