Solar Powered Timepiece & Compass Pendant - 6 hour class $149 Richard Salley
Student Level: All Skill Levels
Workshop Description: Do something good for the environment…reduce your carbon footprint…find your way…know what time it is! In this workshop you will complete a project that not only is a beautiful pendant, but also a functioning compass and sundial. When closed it appears to be an ordinary etched-copper pendant – the triangle dangling from the bottom will serve as part of the sundial. Open the cover to reveal the compass and sundial face plate (made of Faux Bone™). The compass can be removed and the copper triangle put in place to serve as the gnomon (“shadow caster”) for the sundial. Carbon credits awarded upon successful completion of the project.
Kit Fee $0 The Faux Bone™, etching supplies, compass and leather cord for the neck strap will be supplied.
Student Supply list: -Sheet copper (24 gauge is preferred or something close) approx. 4 inches x 4 inches…it wouldn’t hurt to have a bit extra just in case…
-Copper wire in 14 and 20 gauges. If you can’t find them at your local hardware supplier, I online at http://kitkraft.biz/home.php?cat=78 (14 gauge copper wire, 10 ft = $5.95, 20 gauge copper wire 50 ft = $8.95)
Tools List:
- Jeweler’s saw and #1 or #2 blades
- Round and flat nose pliers
- Wire cutters
- Metal Shears (tin snips)
- Small vise…the type that will clamp to the table.
- A file or two
- Bench block and bench pin
Optional : A Dremel or other rotary tool with grinding or sanding attachments. This will speed up the shaping of the Faux Bone™.
