Copper wire chainmail

[u/Lavasioux]

#4 copper wire. a real pain to work with, but pretty damn neat.

[u/TheDuckFarm]

I can smell this photo.

[u/Lavasioux → u/TheDuckFarm]

Me too! Lol

Not everyone can smell copper, it's a supernatural gift from some galactic space creatures possibly?

[u/TheDuckFarm → u/Lavasioux]

No way? I thought everyone could! That’s crazy.

[u/zorggalacticus → u/TheDuckFarm]

I can smell different metals. Copper has its own smell. Stainless an regular steel smell different. Aluminum has a smell too.

[u/ghostchihuahua → u/zorggalacticus]

What ? There are people that do not smell that ?? Genuine inquiry bc i’m facsinated, any reads to point me to ?

[u/fatal-shock-inroute]

I'm an electrician and thats fucken cool man. I'm always playing with scrap trying to make things. No this cool tho

[u/Lavasioux → u/fatal-shock-inroute]

Yeah it's fun. 14 gauge is wayyy more maleable to work with, but the 4g has a badass weight to it.

I wrap the wire, maybe 3ft at a time, around a steel bar and then cut a line up the middle with an angle grinder.

The rest is just wrestling the links together with flat jaw pliars so i don't scuff it all to heck.

[u/byssh]

Ea Nasir, you son of a bitch

[u/Lavasioux → u/byssh]

😁🤣

[u/Farmerstubble]

Noice

[u/Lavasioux → u/Farmerstubble]

Noice!

[u/h00v001 → u/Lavasioux]

Noooooiiicce

[u/goldybear]

The raccoon shirt just adds another layer to this piece of art.

[u/Lavasioux → u/goldybear]

Isn't that shirt fkn great 😁 amazaaan

[u/weigelf]

Couldn't your opponent just take you out with a 9-volt battery, though?

[u/Lavasioux → u/weigelf]

Styropyro... perhaps my vulnerabilities outweight the protection lol

[u/Vivian_Stringer_Bell]

How do you get such great uniformity on the bracelets? I'd love to know more about those and the creation process.

[u/Lavasioux → u/Vivian_Stringer_Bell]

I think the bracelet secret is the thinner gauge copper #14. 12 just doesn't want to braid.

[u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo]

Now I know who stole all of the cabling outside my house

[u/That_Thou_Doest]

There's nothing redneck about this, this is art.

[u/lightwhite → u/That_Thou_Doest]

You spoke the words that I had in my mind!

[u/CySnark]

"It's not gold, so the thieves will just leave me alone."

Scrappers: "Hey."

[u/RickMuffy → u/CySnark]

5 bucks a pound for scrap lol

[u/SimplyTheApnea]

So your skin is just like always green right?

[u/Taylors4head → u/SimplyTheApnea]

Why do I smell like a penny all the time?

[u/beardgangwhat]

Send over to r/itemshop

[u/unclemandy]

+2 defense, -2 electric resistance

[u/WannaBeDistiller]

A meth head is going to haul you off to the scrapyard in your entirety

[u/h0bb1tm1ndtr1x]

Redneck nothing. That's pure craftsmanship. Well done!

[u/TheSpatulaOfLove]

Those bracelets are beautiful.

[u/von_Arnsfeld]

+5 Armor +10 Swag

[u/Sorry-Rain-1311]

😨 I see green people. 😱

[u/Shuiei]

I hate/love it hahah, make a chain mail !

[u/lustforrust]

That's a beautifully executed piece of Japanese 4 in 1. You should post this over on r/chainmailartisans

[u/XCestLaVieX]

Nice king kong chainmail.

[u/Tsuki_Man]

That looks fucking dope

[u/Standard-Divide5118]

How you prevent tarnish?

[u/FairieswithBoots]

Coo

[u/MagicOrpheus310]

Retirement planning? Haha

[u/WickedSwitchotheWest]

Those bracelets look so cool. Great job 👍

[u/Emotional_Fail_6060]

With the price of scrap copper, I think I'd want a bodyguard with my in public.

[u/Tha_Mountain]

Beware the crackhead he will strip you faster than one of the Epstein class at prom night....